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  • US president plans talks with Russia on reducing nuclear weapons US president plans talks with Russia on reducing nuclear weapons

    BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...

  • Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

    US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a ...

  • With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars

    PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...

  • Aeroflot Russian Airlines suspends first deputy director general

    MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - The administration of Aeroflot Russian Airlines suspended Deputy Director General Andrei Kalmykov, who is under investigation on suspicion of abuse of authority. "Andrei Kalmykov has been suspended for the period of the investigation into the criminal case opened by the Moscow regional investigation department on the transport. The company's press service ...

  • Communist candidate submits documents for participation in Moscow mayoral election

    MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - First Deputy Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party /KPRF/ Ivan Melnikov, who will run for Moscow mayor, submitted documents to the Moscow election commission on Wednesday. "I believe that I was submitted documents together with millions of Muscovites who are not happy with the situation and wish changes," Melnikov told reporters. He ...

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Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) [DVD]

Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) [DVD]

Of all the films made about the Holocaust, Alain Resnais Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) is quite possibly the most moving and thought-provoking, which is all the more impressive given than it is barely more than a half an hour in length. As a visual document of the remnants of Nazi concentration camps, it makes an ironic statement about the inherent neutrality of physical object ... ...

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  • Putin to meet with Dutch premier deputy Chinese premier on sidelines of Petersburg economic forum

    MOSCOW, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the Petersburg International Economic Forum. On Thursday afternoon, he will hold talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte who will stay as an honorary guest of the forum, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. The president then plans a brief meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli. Putin will attend the ...

  • Moscow not satisfied with US ABM transparency it needs legal guarantees-FM

    MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Transparency with regard to the U.S. missile defence system is not enough and there must be legal guarantees that the system will not be aimed against Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. "As for the proposal to sign a legally binding agreement on transparency, the situation is as follows. Transparency is important but it is not enough, we ...

  • China Russia face sanctions in wake of US world human trafficking report

    US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an event releasing the Annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, June 19, 2013. The United States on Wednesday downgraded China, Russia and Uzbekistan to the bottom of a US table for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move that may spark sanctions. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ...

  • Anti-Putin Activists Could Face 10 Years In Prison For Protests

    Ultra-leftists' leader Sergei Udaltsov speaks during an opposition rally in Moscow, on June 12, 2012. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting 'Russia Will be Free' rallied in Moscow against President Vladimir Putin's third term despite a police crackdown on their leaders a day earlier. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Add two more activists to Russian ...

  • US Human Trafficking Report Downgrades Russia to Lowest

    WASHINGTON, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - In a move that opens the door to sanctions, the US Department of State named Russia and China among the world's worst countries in terms of forced labor and sex trafficking in its 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report. This year’s report states that the Russian government "does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of ...

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