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Russia targets pollster for political activity
Russia has pushed strongly in recent months to enforce the law, which requires all foreign-funded NGOs that engage in spuriously defined political activities to register as "foreign agents," a term that recalls Soviet-era propaganda casting suspicion on foreigners. The measure is seen as an attempt to restrict Kremlin critics and undermine their ...
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Russia and the Arctic Ocean in the next century
Modern geopolitics in the West has always targeted Russia since the famous thesis of Halford Mackinder. Russia is seen of course as an evil empire, also as the Heartland of Eurasia, heir of the Mongols, enjoying so the biggest and most strategic position on earth. Twice invaded and destroyed by the troops of Napoleon and Hitler, Russia is still considered the land of Asiatic invaders! As stated ...
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Jobless Youth Europes Hollow Efforts to Save a Lost Generation
Europe is failing in the fight against youth unemployment. While the German government's efforts remain largely symbolic, Southern European leaders pander to older voters by defending the status ...
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Large-scale operations launched in regions of Azerbaijan bordering Russia
The operations are underway on north and north-west of Azerbaijan, APA reports. It involves bodies Azerbaijani and Russian law enforcement agencies. Posts have been created in Zaqatala, residents say. The police check both outgoing and incoming cars. Though Gakh Police Department confirmed the launch of operations, it declined to provide details citing its confidentiality. Guba Police ...
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Relations with Russia occupy important place in Azerbaijan’s foreign policy
Ali Hasanov visits Astrakhan. Head of the Azerbaijani delegation arriving in Astrakhan for participation in ceremonies on occasion of the 90th jubilee of national leader, Heydar Aliyev, chief of the public policy department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Ali Hasanov met the governor of Astrakhan, Alexander Zhilkin on 20 May. Special correspondent of AzerTag, governor of the ...
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Russia was to get high score from Azerbaijan – chief of Public TV
Director of the Public Television of Azerbaijan Jamil Guliyev made a statement on the calculation of Azerbaijani votes for Russia in Eurovision 2013 song contest? AzerTag reports. The statement says: "Russia is a country that has much in common with Azerbaijan-these are common interests, common human values and common history. Today, cultural and artistic ties of Azerbaijan and Russia ...
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France Child MurderBritish man confessing murdering his own 2 children in France UK News
The man, named by the Foreign Office as Julian Stevenson, was held after the bodies of his son and daughter were found by police in his flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon. Their throats had been slit. The children have been named in local reports as Mathew, 10, and Carla, five. Stevenson – who was said to be unemployed – had been living in France for some time, possibly around ...
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Congressman tells Brussels to investigate Aliyev allegations
'Avukat' should know that this is a question of whether the police have jurisdiction or not. It depends on what kind of laws we have in the Constitution of Malta. As far as I am aware of the police have no power to investigate his alleged crimes. Otherwise I am sure that the police would have investigated ! It would be another investigation like all others ...
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Egypt breaks ammunition development contract with Russia - Izvestia newspaper
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SK ready to open criminal case against State Duma lawmaker from A Just Russia faction Ilya Ponomaryov the newspaper Izvestia writes
The SK will insist that Ponomaryov be stripped of lawmaker's immunity. SK spokesman Vladimir Markin told the Izvestia that the SK would pass all the necessary documents to the Prosecutor General's Office which would request the State Duma to strip the lawmaker of ...
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Open Government Partnership says Russia is not joining the Kommersant reports
Russia officially refused to join the international organization Open Government Partnership /OGP/. The membership bid was personally initiated by Dmitry Medvedev in the spring of 2012, the OGP said a report on Twitter. This will not affect the work of Russia's Open Government. "OGP confirms that Russia withdrew its letter of intent to join the Partnership," the report ...
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European shares flat after touching fresh 5-yr high charts positive
* FTSEurofirst 300 index steadies by midday trade * Euro Stoxx 50 flat, support seen at 2,750 points * Ryanair jumps after forecast-beating results By Atul Prakash LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - European shares held steady on Monday after touching a new five-year high, with positive data from the United States and Japan pointing to an improving global economic outlook, boosting the market's ...
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Briton to be charged in France with childrens murder
A British man who has reportedly admitted killing his two children by slitting their throats is due to appear in court in Lyon charged with their murder."He has recognised the facts, he has given factual elements of what happened, but he has not gone into details about the motive and hasn't shown much remorse," the French prosecutors' office reportedly said.Investigators are ...
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Italy cries foul over penalty that helped put Milan into Champions League | Paolo Bandini
Siena , a team who had already been relegated and whose fans might even have preferred to lose than to risk doing any favours for their Tuscan ...
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Russia Needs 3-5 Years to Build Efficient Economy – Kudrin
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will need from three to five years to exit stagnation and build an efficient economy, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday. "Even if we roll up our sleeves and set to work right now, we’ll need from three to five years to achieve new elements of efficiency," Kudrin said at an Open Tribune meeting held by the State Duma, ...
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EU law key to ending too big to fail banks BoEs Tucker
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - The Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Paul Tucker, addresses the International Association of Deposit Insurers Annual Conference in London October 25, 2012. REUTERS/Neil ...
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IHT Rendezvous Storm in a Dipping Bowl Over Europe’s Olive Oil Rule
LONDON — Even the most fervent supporters of the European Union would acknowledge that its bureaucrats occasionally display an unrivaled talent for shooting themselves in the foot. At a time of declining public enthusiasm for the pan-European project, Brussels has set aside time from tackling a chronic economic crisis to confront the pressing issue of how olive oil is served in the ...
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Marrying a white man to elevate status is risky Swedish man wants his Kenyan ex-wife deported from Sweden without their baby
Sweden together on discovering that she was pregnant. After a short while in Sweden, they started fighting one another and their relationship has broken down. The woman, together with the child, is now being housed by A women crisis center. The man has now used his connections and wants the woman deported without the baby. The woman’s father in Kenya who gave them the go ahead to have ...
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Europe gives key nod to planned gas pipeline
The European Commission cleared the way for the planned Trans Adriatic natural gas pipeline to offer Azeri natural gas to consumers, a consortium announced. The TAP pipeline said it received a third-party access exemption for an initial capacity of 350 billion cubic feet of natural gas from Azerbaijan. "The decision means that TAP can offer capacity for export of gas volumes from ...
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Mayotte issue to split or join Comoros France
Despite heavy protests from Comoros, the Comoran island Mayotte soon will become a department and an integrated part of France. The move could further divide France and Comoros, or bring them closer ...
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Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China
Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...
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Will USA approve Russia shipping missiles to Syrian rebels
The U.S. suspects Russia of delivering missiles to the Syrian government. According to U.S. intelligence, Moscow intends to supply Damascus with advanced anti-ship missiles called Yakhont. Such a move, experts say, would help President Bashar al-Assad to effectively struggle with any attempts to intervene, prevent arms supplies to rebels and avoid the naval blockade of the ...
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For Russia Syria is not in the Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with (clockwise, starting in top left.) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Prime Minister David Cameron, next Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. REUTERS/FILES A string of leaders and senior emissaries, seeking to prevent further escalation of the Syria crisis, has headed to Moscow recently to meet with ...
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Cult hero Ricken on Dortmunds 1997 triumph
Much loved at Borussia Dortmund after scoring a memorable goal 20 seconds after coming off the bench in the 1997 UEFA Champions League final, Lars Ricken recalls that momentous ...
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Ukrainian media protest after journalists beaten
Supporters of the Ukrainian oppositional parties take part in a rally against the current regime in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, May 18, 2013. The banner reads: "Freedom to Ukraine" (AP Photo/Sergei ...
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US nuclear missles in Europe remain poised for a war that will never come
The United States and Russia recently signed a new landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty called START in March and the US in early May followed up its non-proliferation goals by making the unprecedented step of publicly declaring how many nuclear weapons it had – just over 5,113 in total, though many of them are in storage and would take time to be deployed.
That is a vast reduction compared to the total arsenal the country possessed at the height of the Cold War in 1967, the number at that time was 31,225, according to reports by European news media. Read more
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