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  • Irans n-power plant to be launched shortly Russian agency

    Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr could start working "shortly", Xinhua reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's state atomic energy agency Rosatom. "I have never announced the exact timing because our absolute priority is safety and the final decision will be made by the customer," Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko told reporters. He added that Rosatom completely understands Iran's concerns ...

  • Russia develops advanced target simulation system

    Russia is developing an advanced target simulation system for its air defence units based on the short-range Pantsyr system, the defence ministry has said. The new system "can launch up to 12 targets in one salvo simulating cruise missiles or multiple rocket launcher rounds," the ministry said. A prototype of the new simulator has been tested jointly with the Air Force's anti-aircraft units at ...

  • Putin calls for fast naval deliveries

    President Vladimir Putin has criticised the state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) for delay in delivery of warships to the Russian Navy and demanded the shipbuilders to improve efficiency. Established in 2007, the USC is the country's largest shipbuilding and ship repair company. "Problems still remain with deadlines and the quality of implementation of orders, including defence ...

  • Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran

    STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East this week for talks to promote an international peace conference on Syria. Russia wants Iran to be part of the process. In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. "Iran has ...

  • Number of injured by tornado in Russia’s Tula region goes up to 20

    MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Number of people who received injuries as a result of a micro-tornado in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region some 300 km to the south of Moscow has reached twenty, a spokesman for the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ told ...

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Suzanne's Career (La Carrière de Suzanne) [DVD]

Suzanne's Career (La Carrière de Suzanne) [DVD]

Suzannes Career (La Carrire de Suzanne) is a tight, brief excursion into dawning self-awareness. The main character is a college student named Bertrand (Philippe Beuzen) who, like all college students, thinks he knows himself and others much better than he does. His ... ...

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  • US Lawmakers Try to Block Sharing Missile Defense Data with Russia

    WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows. The lawmakers included language in the proposed Defense Authorization Bill, which was in the early stages of the legislative process in ...

  • Russian punk band member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling

    1 of 10. Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is seen on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the town of Berezniki May 22, ...

  • Teen girls torture small children in Russian orphanage

    Two teenage girls, who beat and abused young boys in a boarding school in Russia's Amur region, were sent to a detention center. The director of the institution, where the scandal broke out, was temporarily dismissed from the ...

  • Russia doubted as growth engine for business aviation

    Wed May 22, 2013 3:52pm EDT * Radical change said needed to fulfill potential * Taxes, legal issues cited as barriers * Russian officials say reform to come gradually By Robert Evans GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - Russia, long touted as an engine of growth for the stuttering global business aviation industry, needs radical changes in its taxation and regulatory system if it is to fulfil that ...

  • Russia Annual Inflation Reaches 7.3 Percent

    Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The annual inflation in Russia until May 20 accumulated an increase of 7.3 percent and in the current year it reached an increase of 2.8 percentual points, said the Russian National Statistics Committee (ROSSTAT) Wednesday. In the week from May 14 to 20, the inflation increased 0.2 percent. Since May 1st increased 0.4 percent, compared to 0.3 percent in the same ...

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