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“English fans need to know that if they try to mess with Ukrainian women then we will try to mess with them. The sex industry exploits women who are so poor and often uneducated. That is why we are going to try to attack every match.”
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
Inna Shevchenko, a member of Femen, the women's group that stages topless protests against men who come to Ukraine for sex tourism.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia wants the U.S. to share detailed data about its planned missile shield under a new arms control treaty, signaling potential new difficulties in the ongoing negotiations between Moscow and Washington. Dec 29, 2009 at 22:59 |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov told a governmental session on Dec. 28 that China is offering Belarus a big loan. “Chinese partners offer Belarus a $5.7 billion loan. This loan is a potential investment in the fixed capital. The relative agreement was signed in China last week,” the Vice Premier said. Preliminarily, the Chinese side has accepted 14 projects including 3 projects in the transport industry, 8 projects in the energy, 2 projects in the telecommunications and a project to construct various facilities ahead of the IIHF World Championship in 2014. “How fast we attract these funds depends on the efficiency of the borrowers and readiness of projects. It is not sufficient to secure foreign investments. What needs to be done is to come up with options of how to show them on a company's balance sheet. Only then, we may consider them as capital investments,” Andrei Kobyakov said. Read the entire article here. Dec 29, 2009 at 21:27 |
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Moscow, December 29 (Interfax) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continues to lead Russia's elite list, with 67.4% of those polled by the All Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTsIOM) putting him on top. Dec 29, 2009 at 17:37 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill banning the jailing of people suspected of tax crimes and has fired another senior prison official following the jail death of a tax lawyer in November. Dec 29, 2009 at 15:22 |
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Moscow, December 29 (Interfax-AVN) - A charter plane from Kabul to Moscow delivered onDec. 28the remains of two Soviet soldiers who went missing during their deployment in Afghanistan as part of Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces in 1979-1989, said Gen. Ruslan Aushev, who chairs the CIS Council of Heads of State's committee for soldier internationalists. Dec 29, 2009 at 12:37 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Vladivostok, December 29 (Interfax) - Russia's contracts on oil deliveries to Europe across Ukraine will be fulfilled, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told journalists. Dec 29, 2009 at 11:40 | Interfax-Ukraine |
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Germany has given its second and final approval for the Nord Stream project. The 1200 kilometer-long (745 miles) pipeline is to link the Russian city of Vyborg with Greifswald in Germany via Finnish, Swedish and Danish waters, to provide gas to western European countries. Read the entire article here. Dec 29, 2009 at 10:28 |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev:Russia does not have and cannot have its candidates there. Ukraine is an independent sovereign state, where a president is chosen by the people. I am sure they will gain an understanding of political declarations and the process of the difficult political race that has been going on – I think they have almost 20 candidates. We will definitely accept any choice of the Ukrainian nation; this is an obvious standard of international law. Read the story here. Dec 29, 2009 at 00:18 |
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MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Moscow on Monday gave a Georgian airline permission to fly to Russia for the first time since the two countries fought a war last year, but Georgian Airways said the permission came too late to organise the flights. Dec 29, 2009 at 00:07 | Reuters |
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BERLIN (AP) — German authorities granted formal approval Monday to build a pipeline to transport natural gas under the Baltic Sea from Russia, meaning that just one permit from Finland is still outstanding, the company running the project said. Dec 28, 2009 at 23:55 |
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RIA Novosti presents the past year’s ten most important global events, as chosen by its correspondents. Read the story here.
Dec 28, 2009 at 19:11 |
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ALMATY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - A reporter who covered the murder of a leading Kyrgyz opposition journalist this month was found dead in Kazakhstan over the weekend, police said on Monday. Dec 28, 2009 at 18:59 | Reuters |
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KOZMINO, Russia, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Russia launched on Monday a new Pacific oil terminal that will allow the world's largest energy producer to conquer Asian markets and divert some Siberian crude flows away from Europe. Dec 28, 2009 at 18:50 | Reuters |
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MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) - A former policeman who accused senior officers of corruption in a series of video blogs will himself face prosecution for abuse of office, Russian investigators said on Monday. Dec 28, 2009 at 18:39 | Reuters |
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MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday opened a new oil export terminal that will serve as a key gateway for Russian energy exports to Asian markets. Dec 28, 2009 at 18:28 |