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  • Missiles not meteorites on US-Russia agenda

    The US plans to collaborate with Russia on missile issues and Afghanistan, but not planetary defence from space threats, a US diplomat said. Building a joint asteroid defence system was not a "real proposal" until the project has funding, which is not on the cards with either country, said US Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Rose Gottemoeller. The meteorite ...

  • Russian military orders six Be-200 amphibious planes

    The Russian defence ministry has signed a contract with the Beriev Aircraft Company for the purchase of six Beriev Be-200 amphibious planes. "The contract is worth 8.4 billion rubles ($268 million)," Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said in a statement. "The first two planes will be basic Be-200ChS models, while the following four will be the Be-200PS version without firefighting ...

  • Russian police apologises for beating activists

    In a rare display of public humility, the head of police in Russia's St. Petersburg city publicly apologised to motorist rights activists after they were allegedly beaten up by policemen. But Sergei Umnov's apology, published on the city police's website, never specified what caused the conflict between traffic police and activists of the Blue Buckets group. The victims said they chided two ...

  • Black Widow Suicide Bomber Wounds 12 in Russia

    A female suicide bomber blew herself up in southern Russia's restive Dagestan Saturday, wounding at least 12 people. Police say the bomber detonated her explosives in the central square in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital. At least two of the wounded are in critical condition. Police reportedly have identified the bomber as 25-year-old Madina Alieva, a widow of two slain ...

  • Russia Cracks Down on Gay Activism

    Russian police arrested at least 30 gay rights activists and their opponents in the capital, Moscow, Saturday, enforcing the city's ban on gay rights demonstrations. The arrests coincided with the first-ever gay rights rally in neighboring Ukraine, which was allowed by authorities and protected by police. The demonstrators in Russia gathered in front of the nation's lower house of ...

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  • Dozens held at Moscow gay pride rally

    Several dozens of LGBT activists and their "opponents" were detained in the Russian capital Saturday during a string of gay pride events, Moscow police said. The majority were held during an attempted gay pride rally in front of the City Hall, which refused earlier to sanction the event. Several gay rights activists were also held near the State Duma building when attempting to stage ...

  • Russia and China Will Attend Syria Conclave in Tehran

    Tehran, May 26 (PL) Russia and China will attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis on Wednesday here, meeting convened by the Persian authorities preceding the so called Geneva II, agreed by Russia and the United States, confirmed an official source here. Countries with different positions (on the conflict in Syria) have been invited to the meeting, including Turkey, Qatar and ...

  • Interpol Rejects Russia’s Politically Motivated Warrant and Rules in Favour of William Browder

    24 May 2013 - Interpol has rejected Russia's attempt to misuse Interpol systems against William Browder, the leader of the worldwide campaign for justice for Sergei Magnitsky, by deleting its request from the Interpol's channels. "The decision by Interpol to delete the Russian "all points bulletin" for William Browder from the Interpol system is a clear sign that a ...

  • Russian Rosneft Venezuelan PDVSA Enter Joint Venture

    (MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Leader of Russia's petroleum industry, Rosneft, and State-energy monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, PdVSA, have signed founding documents to set up PetroVictoria, a joint venture to develop the Carabobo-2 oil field, Rosneft sources told Tass on Friday. The recoverable reserves of Carabobo-2 are estimated at 700 million tons. Rosneft has a 40-percent stake in the ...

  • Suicide bomb attack hits Russias Dagestan

    Nine people, including four policemen, have been injured in a suicide bomb attack near Russia's Dagestani Interior Ministry headquaters on Saturday, the Interfax news agency ...

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