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It was US and UK that sank Russia’s Kursk submarine
May 18, 2012
Strategic submarine “Kursk” that sank in 2000 was sunk by the Americans. This theory discussed in Russia and abroad was once again raised by a Polish newspaper, referring to the information allegedly received from the Russian General Staff officer, “Lt. Col. Andrei.” The restraint of the Russians made it possible to avoid a full-scale nuclear war…
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May 16, 2012
On Tuesday, May 15th, the State Duma discussed the events that took place in Moscow on May 6th, when the authorized action of the opposition in the center of Moscow developed into mass riots and clashes with riot police. There were only OMON police officers (riot police) hospitalized as a result of the clashes…
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Americans will never acknowledge Russia as equal partner
May 15, 2012
John McCain believes that “the law of Magnitsky” will be tied to the repeal of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. The U.S. considers the bill as a way of putting pressure on Russia. The bill “Justice for Magnitsky” introduced a prohibition on entry into the United States and financial transactions to individuals involved in the death of a lawyer Magnitsk…
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Italian Centauros coming to Russian army?
May 14, 2012
Russia may soon launch the production of Italian Centauro tanks. Russian specialists already conduct the tests of two modifications of the machines equipped with 105- and 125-millimeter guns. Centauro is also known as a wheeled tank. Italy created the vehicle that combined the functions of a heavy armored vehicle and a basic heavy tank…
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Russia needs missile defense system in Latin American states
May 11, 2012
A meeting on the deployment of US missile defense system in Europe organized by Russia has ended in failure. NATO officials watched the videos about their defense knocking out Russian missiles, the Defense Ministry once again explained that the European missile defense is a threat to Russia, and promised to attack preemptively should the need arise…
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Russia won’t shelve Sukhoi Superjet program
May 10, 2012
The incident with Russia’s state-of-the-art Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ 100) casts doubts on Russia’s ambitious plans to enter the international market of aviation. According to experts’ estimates, Russia pinned great hopes on the SSJ 100 project.The plane went off radar screens yesterday in Indonesia during a demo flight…
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Putin: “I consider it to be my life mission to serve my motherland”
May 8, 2012
Assuming the President’s office, Vladimir Putin announced that he understands his responsibility to the country and promised to justify the trust of the citizens. “I think the meaning of my life is my duty to serve the motherland, our people, whose support has inspired and helped to solve the most difficult and complex tasks”, Putin said….
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Newspaper Pravda: Mirror of great and miserable Soviet time
May 5, 2012
On May 5th, 2012, the newspaper Pravda, which was listed as one of the world’s leading publications of the 20th century, marks its 100th anniversary. Pravda.Ru is directly relevant to the newspaper. As a result of the tragic end of the “mouthpiece of the Kremlin” in 1991, the editorial staff of the newspaper split into three newspapers in 1991-1997…
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Russian gays to join opposition movement
May 4, 2012
The organizers of the “March of the Millions” do not mind adding rainbow colors (sexual minorities) to white that became the color of the Russian opposition movement. The “March of the Millions” is to take place in Russia on May 6th. One minority has already joined the other one before – it happened in St. Petersburg during May Day demonstration…
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Freedom House produces more rubbish about Russia
May 3, 2012
US human rights organization Freedom House has published another annual report about the freedom of speech in the world. According to Freedom House, whose budget is presumably based on the grants from the US government, the state of affairs with the freedom of press did not worsen in 2011 for the first time in eight years…
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