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Second World War veterans are furious that the men who risked their lives to maintain the vital supply route to the Soviet Union are being denied their own medal.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to take part in summit as part of United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Russia's State Duma to consider second reading of bill on bankruptcy of financial institutions Ritek to hold EGM to elect CEO MMK to announce IFRS financial results for January-September Federal Tariff Service to consider ...

I appreciate Deacon Dennis Kudlak's thoughtful "guest voice" column on Thanksgiving .

Dec 15: Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeals to re-examine dispute between RussNeft and Rosneft unit Samaraneftegaz over 50% stake in Zapadno-Malobalykskoye oil field Dec 15: Moscow Arbitration Court to hear Shades of Cyprus' 3.1 billion ruble claim against Sberbank Dec 15: Arbitration Court of St.

The number of unemployed citizens registered at the employment service bodies of Russia increased over seven days by 0.7 percent and amounted to 2.56 million people, the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development reported on Monday.

GMK Norilsky Nickel is going to invest 45bn rub. in 2010 which is 60% higher prior year figures - 28bn rub., the company informed.

To get to the venue where we're getting married today, Dieter and I had to fly some 7,000 miles across the Pacific - and way, way down under - to Dunedin, New Zealand.

In an article published by the Izvestia daily newspaper, Gennady Matishov, who is the director of the Murmansk Marine Biology Institute in northern Russia, explained that "We would really like our animals in future to work like American sea lions." According to the newspaper, Matishov, whose work is supported by the navy, trains around 10 seals to ...

December 5, 2009 - President John F. Kennedy talked about the missile gap during the Cold War, that the Russians had more nuclear weapons than the U.S. Well, this week, we learned of another gap between our two countries - a sea lion gap.

Russian scientists have doubts over whether global warming is here to stay and whether it's man made.

The state is seeking to boost its depleted coffers by helping the economy through its first recession in a decade, as well as being part of a drive to improve competitiveness in a country where the state is seen as an inefficient corporate manager.

Rob Huebert Arctic sovereignty: Let's join the Texan and St. Nick Anthony Jenkins/The Globe and Mail A new U.S. attack sub has surfaced at the North Pole and so will a Russian rival.

Engineering firm Reinertsen, based in the Norwegian city of Trondheim, will expand its operations in Murmansk, Russia, as a result of a new $400 million contract to provide parts for a CO2 capture and test center at Technology Center Mongstad, the company said in a release Oct.

The wind has spread a garland of russet-colored leaves around the marker on Pvt.

HACKENSACK a ' Members of the American Merchant Marine Veterans may be in line for medals for their service during World War II a ' from the Russians.

Russia, the world's biggest gas producer, has invited international energy majors to help it realize its ambitions to conquer one-fifth of the global market for liquified natural gas by 2020, but experts say it could be more than a decade before new production comes onstream.

During nine months of 2009, the cargo flow of sea ports of Russia increased by 8% compared to the same period of the previous year, to 368.6 mln tonnes.

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Italian collectors rescue socialist realism paintings discarded when perestroika brought freedom to Russia Derided, lampooned and long since consigned to the dustbin of aesthetic history, the art of Soviet Socialist Realism has not enjoyed a happy afterlife following the collapse of communism.

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