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  • More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

    MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

  • Russian multimillionaire wants humans to become immortal by 2045

    A Russian tycoon said that he is interested in developing a technology that will allow humans to outlive their bodies. 32-year-old Dmitry Itskov has an aggressive timetable in which he would like to see his milestones toward his goal met. He visions that by 2020 robots that can be controlled remotely with our brains will be built. By 2025, he wants robot prosthesis that could replace an ...

  • Putin Obama agree to push for Syria talks in Geneva

    Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday held here face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain. At a press conference after their two-hour talks, the two leaders admitted they had big differences on Syria, but they agreed to push for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland. "Our positions do not ...

  • Russian judoka commits suicide

    Russian judo champion Elena Ivashchenko committed suicide because of her failure during the London Olympics. Russian judo officials said Monday that Elena Ivashchenko, 28, a four-time European champion (in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012), jumped from a 15th floor in the Siberian city of Tyumen, Saturday, reports Xinhua. "Her depression started after her defeat at the Olympic Games. She really punished ...

  • Production of coal on coalmines in southern Siberia stopped due to quake

    KEMEROVO, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s federal watchdog agency for technological supervision, Roztechnadzor has suspended production of coal and blasting works on coalmines and opencast mines in the Kuzbass coalfields in southern Siberia, the press service of the Kemerovo region administration said Wednesday. At the time of reporting, urgent inspections of the technical condition of ...

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Escape From the Planet of the Apes [DVD]

(Warning: As it is difficult to discuss adequately the Planet of the Apes series without giving away some important plot information and potential surprises (especially in the first film), the following article contain numerous spoilers. If you have not yet seen the films, proceed at your own risk.) ...

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  • Russian Church in America marks 400th anniversary of Romanov dynasty

    NEW YORK, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia /ROCOR/ has marked the 400th anniversary since accession of the Romanov dynasty to the Russian throne. The main events of the celebration were held in the Cathedral of the Icon of Our Lady of the Sign in New York City. Tuesday night, a remembrance vespers service for the late czars and emperors of Russia was held there. ...

  • U.S. and Russia Sign New Anti-Proliferation Deal

    Lefteris Pitarakis / AP President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Barack Obama waving for the cameras during the summit ...

  • Thousands Evacuated in Ammo Depot Explosions

    Over 30 people sought medical help, 11 were hospitalized and more than 6,000 local residents were evacuated on Tuesday from a village near an ammunition depot in central Russia where a fire caused massive explosions of stored artillery shells, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said. The fire at the Volga Federal Ammunition Testing Site in Chapayevsk, Samara region, broke out late ...

  • In Berlin Obama to renew calls for reductions to US Russian nuclear stockpiles

    BERLIN - President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles during a speech in Berlin Wednesday. A senior administration official says Obama will propose cutting the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third. That would bring the total number of warheads in each country to about 1,000. Obama is not expected to propose any timeline for achieving those ...

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