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Russia Kicks USAID Out Of The Country
Russia is kicking USAID, the U.S. federal body responsible for civilian aid, out of the country, the State Department announced. The State Department said in a release that it was, "proud of what...
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What It's Like To Vacation On The Notorious Trans-Siberian Railway
For some people, a week off work means relaxing by a pool somewhere warm. For Melody Serafino, a 29-year-old media relations director from New York City, it means sleeping in cramped quarters with two...
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Why The 'Trillions Of Carats' Of Diamonds Found In Russia Will NOT Change The...
Earlier this week, a story appeared in the Christian Science Monitor that reported that Moscow had revealed that it was sitting on an enormous amount of diamonds. The news had a wild back story....
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How A Brutal Prison Abuse Video Could Throw One Of America's Key Eurasian...
The situation in Georgia, the former Soviet republic, may remind you a little of America at the moment. An incredibly polarized election pitting an incredibly wealthy businessman against a once...
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Here's The Controversial Photo IKEA Doesn't Want You To See
IKEA doesn't want any trouble. It swiftly went on damage control when a photo — featuring four young people in balaclavas — popped up on its Russian corporate website, reports Jens Hansegard at the...
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Wealthy Russian Oligarch And Putin Critic Charged With 'Hooliganism'
Alexander Lebedev, one of Russia's wealthiest men and an international media mogul, has been charged with "hooliganism" and "battery", according to Interfax. If found guilty he could face a 7 year...
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Vladimir Putin Sends Hugo Chavez A Dog
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a puppy, according to reports in Ria Novosti. The puppy — a black Russian terrier puppy — was sent via Igor Sechin, president...
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Russian Bishop 'Consecrates' The North Pole
A Russian Orthodox bishop has lowered a "holy memorial capsule" into the sea at the North Pole in an attempt to "consecrate" the Arctic and reasserts Moscow's claims to the territory. The service was...
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Russia Reasserts Ownership Over The North Pole
A Russian Orthodox bishop has lowered a "holy memorial capsule" into the sea at the North Pole in an attempt to "consecrate" the Arctic and reassert Moscow's claims to the territory. The service was...
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Experts Believe Russia Is Bankrolling A Plan To End Shale Gas
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West's strategic plans. It's not some Cold War...
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Why Facebook Suddenly Likes Russia (FB)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Russia and just visited with Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev is the official widely viewed as a figurehead who swaps jobs with Russian president...
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Prison Abuse Scandal Costs Georgian Ruling Party The Parliamentary Elections
Georgia's current President, Mikhail Saakashvili, has conceded defeat in one of the most contentious elections in the country's history. The Central Election Commission said that the opposition...
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Retired Accountant 'Beaten To Death' By Russian Escort Girl
A retired accountant who became a recluse following the death of his wife was beaten to death at his home by a Russian escort girl after becoming "addicted" to her, a court has heard. Natalia Woolley,...
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Suspected Russian Secret Agent Charged With Trying To Illegally Export...
Alexander Fishenko, a Kazakhstan-born businessman, was charged in New York today for allegedly being a secret Russian agent and leading a network of 11 people that tried to illegally export American...
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The Head Of Russian Security Forces Says Al-Qaeda Set Europe's Forests On Fire
Alexander Bortnikov, The Chief of the FSB — the Russian government's security bureau and the modern-day counterpart to the KGB — says Al-Qaeda is responsible for wildfires that ravaged Europe...
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CONFIRMED: A Top Russian General Was Killed By Syrian Rebels While Advising...
A Russian Major General who worked as a military advisor to the Syrian regime was killed by opposition forces in August, according to leaked documents published by Al-Arabiya. On Aug. 8 Moscow denied...
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A Russian Boy Stumbled Across A 30,000 Year Old Woolly Mammoth Carcass
For a long-extinct Ice Age species, mammoths have been making a lot of news lately—and the remarkable, hairy finds simply keep on coming. An 11-year-old Russian boy has reportedly stumbled upon the...
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Here's Why Only 20% Of Russian Women Would Marry Vladimir Putin
In honor of Vladimir Putin's 60th birthday on Sunday, Moscow-based Levada Center released a statement yesterday that said 20% of Russian women would marry Russian President Vladimir Putin, according...
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Russian Hacker Is Planning A Massive Cyber Campaign Against US Banks
A Russian hacker has begun recruiting associates from around the world to hack into American banks before they scale up their security regimes. The campaign was first accounced in a release by cyber...
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Russia May Finally Have To Respond To The Crisis In Syria
Last week we talked to Ross Wilson, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2005 to 2008, who told us that there needs to be a stronger response from NATO as the chaos in Syria increasingly threatens...
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