May 26th, 2007
According to ITAR-TASS news agency report, the Socialist United Party of Russia (SUPR) will dissolve itself and its members will join the Just Russia party headed by Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov.
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May 26th, 2007
Swedish DC3 shot down by a Soviet fighter plane in 1952 was being used to spy on military facilities on the other side of the Baltic Sea. But only now the true aims of the covert operation have been revealed.
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May 26th, 2007
Chrysler Group plans to strengthen its presence in Russian car sales and production, a top executive said in the advance abstract of an interview with Automotive News Europe.
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May 8th, 2007
Andrei Markov scored a goal and added two assists to lead Russia to a 6-3 win over Switzerland on Sunday as the home team remained undefeated at the world championship.
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May 8th, 2007
A physics teacher in the city of Irkutsk was hurt nine times with a knife by her own pupil. As a REGNUM correspondent was told today at Irkutsk regional police department, the teacher was attacked near her house.
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May 8th, 2007
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has accused China and Russia of breaching a United Nations arms embargo by continuing to supply weapons to the Sudanese authorities for use in Darfur.
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May 8th, 2007
About 38,000 hectares of the forest are on fire in the Russian Far East, Siberia and the Volga-Urals region.
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May 8th, 2007
Russia has offered India a one percent equity stake worth $1 billion in state-controlled oil firm Rosneft, the Financial Express said in an unsourced report on Tuesday.
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May 8th, 2007
Russia’s number one goalkeeper Igor Akinfeyev will be out of action for months after tearing knee ligaments in CSKA Moscow’s premier league match at Rostov.
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