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Russia Test Fires Missiles From Submarines in the Barents Sea
on 24 August 2019 at 08:38
The Defense Ministry said the ship missile systems' efficiency was confirmed during the tests. […]
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Russian Spacecraft Carrying Humanoid Robot Fails to Dock With Space Station
on 24 August 2019 at 07:20
The FEDOR robot is on its way to the ISS for a planned two-week mission to support the crew and test its skills. […]
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Russian Doctor Contaminated by Food, Not Nuclear Blast – Authorities
on 23 August 2019 at 14:54
This is the first official confirmation that a doctor who treated patients after a nuclear blast was found with a radioactive isotope in his body. […]
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Russian Hockey Star Kuznetsov Gets 4-Year Ban for Cocaine
on 23 August 2019 at 13:57
Video allegedly showed Kuznetsov seated next to a table with lines of white powder and rolled-up U.S. dollar bills. […]
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Chechnya Inaugurates 'Europe's Biggest Mosque'
on 23 August 2019 at 13:55
The mosque was opened in a pomp-filled ceremony and has capacity for more than 30,000 people. […]
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30 Years Ago, the 'Baltic Way' Protested Soviet Rule
on 23 August 2019 at 13:39
Aug. 23 marks 30 years since the Baltic Way protest, when 2 million people in Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands to create a 600-kilometer “human chain.&rdquo […]
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Russian Rocket Accident Likely Had 2 Explosions, Norway Monitor Says
on 23 August 2019 at 13:35
The second explosion was likely from an airborne rocket powered by radioactive fuel. […]
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Kremlin Says Chernobyl-Style Explosion Cover-up ‘Impossible’
on 23 August 2019 at 13:16
Suppressing information about the explosion “is out of the question, I can tell you dutifully,” the Kremlin's spokesman said. […]
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Russia Begins Sales of 'Putin Limousine', Eyes Chinese Market
on 23 August 2019 at 12:55
The Russian-built limousine is intended to become the heir to the ZIL sedans that for decades transported Soviet leaders. […]
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Russia's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Sets Sail in Arctic Amid Environmental Fears
on 23 August 2019 at 11:57
The plant's voyage comes at a time of heightened concern over nuclear energy. […]
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Russian Court Extends Detention of Ex-U.S. Marine Whelan
on 23 August 2019 at 11:40
Earlier on Friday, Whelan said that prison authorities in Moscow had physically hurt him. […]
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Putin Orders Reciprocal Russian Response to U.S. Missile Test
on 23 August 2019 at 11:31
Russia cannot stand idly by, Putin told Russia's Security Council. […]
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Arkhangelsk Doctors Weren’t Warned About Radiation, Surgeon Confirms in First Public Account
on 23 August 2019 at 10:08
“My colleagues found themselves in front of the victims with jack s***, not even a respirator," the surgeon said. […]
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Ukraine, EU Oppose Trump's Suggestion of Readmitting Russia to G7
on 23 August 2019 at 09:53
"Nothing has changed since March, 2014, when Russia's participation in the G8 was stopped," Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. […]
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Academics Accuse Kremlin of Repressing Political Protesters
on 23 August 2019 at 09:52
In an open letter, they demanded that criminal cases be dropped against more than a dozen people who face up to eight years in jail. […]
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Russia, Ukraine Near Prisoner Swap Including Jailed Sailors – Reports
on 23 August 2019 at 09:08
Twenty-four Ukrainian sailors who Russia captured off the coast of Crimea last year would be returned to Ukraine as part of the deal. […]
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Russia Says U.S. Missile Test Will Lead To ‘Uncontrolled Arms Race’
on 23 August 2019 at 07:08
“According to President Trump, America is ready for an arms race,” Russia's deputy UN ambassador said at a Security Council meeting. […]
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Freed Opposition Politician Navalny Predicts Bigger Protests
on 23 August 2019 at 06:42
"There is no support for this regime. They feel this and they are afraid," Navalny told reporters. […]
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Kremlin Jabs at Trump’s Greenland Purchase Idea
on 22 August 2019 at 14:22
“We don’t engage in international shopping of that kind.&rdquo […]
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Wildfires Have Cost Russia $100M in 2019, Forestry Authority Says
on 22 August 2019 at 14:05
“The real cost is at an exponentially greater magnitude,” Greenpeace Russia's firefighting head said. […]