18:54
MONGOLIA MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOSCOW STATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
A majority of professional Mongolian diplomats were trained in Moscow State Institute of International Relations. This was said at a gala meeting in the Mongolian foreign ministry, devoted to the 50th anniversary of the institute.
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16:12
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT STEPS UP DRUG-ADDICTION STRUGGLE
The Russian government will increase by one-third the financing of the federal specific anti-drug programme for the rest of 2001 and the entire year of 2002. This decision was taken at a conference held by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on combating drug-addiction and drug-trafficking.
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14:53
RUSLAN KHASBULATOV, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF RUSSIAS SUPREME COUNCIL: WHO NEEDS THE WAR IN CHECHNYA?
The most mysterious war started in 1994 when the tanks attacked the capital of Chechnya, the city of Grozny. It is not clear who needs this war; this winter it is going to be the 7th year of the war in Chechnya. All these years the Chechen campaign has been bringing profit to those who arranged it the superprofit, to be more precise>
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13:56
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YOUTH PROBLEMS OPENS IN KHABAROVSK
"Youth in the new century: problems of health and education" is the theme of a three-day international conference that has opened Tuesday in Khabarovsk, a major city in the Russian Far East.
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13:45
MOSCOW HOSTS EUROPEAN HELICOPTER FORUM
14 countries, including the USA, Israel, China, South Korea and Japan, have delegated representatives to the 27th European Helicopter Forum, which opened in Moscow on Tuesday.
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13:24
WORK HAS BEEN RESUMED ON CUTTING OFF SUBMARINE'S FIRST COMPARTMENT
Early in the morning on Tuesday work was resumed in the Barents Sea on cutting off the first compartment of the Kursk nuclear submarine.
As was reported by a spokesman for the headquarters of the Northern Fleet
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13:07
ANTIGLOBALISTS PLAN TO ATTACK ARMS TRADERS
Slogans are going to be as follows: Fiesta for peace, against death, Down with arms traders gathering, Best defence is chaos. Today, mass antiglobalist actions are expected in London where an international arms fair is opening.
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11:41
SPECIAL 'GON' PONTOON FOR KURSK SUBMARINE TOWED TO MURMANSK
The special Gon pontoon will be towed Tuesday afternoon by the Yegorov sea tug from Severodvinsk to the ship-repair factory in the Roslyakovo settlement near Murmansk, said Tuesday navy spokesman Igor Dygalo.
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10:59
SOFRINO MANUFACTURING VENTURE EXHIBITS CHURCH PLATE IN ARGENTINA
A church plate exhibition organised by Sofrino manufacturing venture of the Russian Orthodox Church /Sofrino is town outside Moscow/ in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires was a big success with the Argentinian public
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09:30
GREATER PART OF FIRST COMPARTMENT ALREADY SEVERED FROM KURSK SUBMARINE
The greater part of the first compartment is already separated from the Kursk nuclear submarine, Gennady Sorokin, press-secretary of the Rubin Central Design Bureau, said on Monday. He is quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency as saying that "they will finish sawing the hull in several days".
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20:57
CORRIDA IN ARMENIA REPUBLIC ENDED WITH KILLING BULL
Corrida which was banned in Moscow by mayor Yuri Luzhkov took place anyway, but in Erevan the capital of the republic of Armenia. Like in Moscow it was promised the battle would be without any blood
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18:37
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN FARK.RU WEB-SITE LAUNCHED
The launching of the Russian-American web-site FARK took place today. For the first time one of the most dynamically developing foreign resources is now available on the Russian part of the Internet
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18:10
ROMAN FOMIN: END OF VLADIMIR GUSINSKYS EMPIRE. MEDIA-MOST HOLDING LIQUIDATED
The general meeting of shareholders of the Joint Stock Company Media-Most decided to liquidate the company today. Besides, the meeting also determined the procedure to convey the shares of 24 companies which remained at Media-Most, the shares are going to be handed over to Gazprom-Media
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17:37
WARRANT FOR MURDER ISSUED
Law-enforcement bodies seriously regard the problem of search for the two dangerous criminals who escaped last week from Butyrka prison. It must be remembered that the criminals are Boris Bezotechestvo, Anatoli Kulikov and Vladimir Zhelezoglo condemned by at once several articles of the criminal code.
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14:43
STREET IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD TO BE NAMED AFTER GERMAN CITY
A street in Nizhny Novgorod will be named after Essen, its German twin city, said Yury Lebedev, mayor of Nizhny Novgorod at a meeting with his colleague from Essen Wolfgang Reininger.
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14:34
JEWISH COMMUNITIES' FEDERATION DELEGATION LEAVES FOR ISRAEL
The delegation of the CIS Jewish Communities' Federation headed by Berl Lazar leaves for Israel Monday.
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14:29
EUROPEAN UNION ACCOMPLISHES SPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECT FOR RUSSIA
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14:15
VLADIMIR PUTIN ACCENTUATES NECESSITY TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
"Every Russian citizen must be sure that the medical services will be rendered to him or her in a timely manner and be of high quality", said Monday Vladimir Putin at the regular conference with the Cabinet Ministers.
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13:58
HELSINKI FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW
From September 11 to 14, in keeping with the 1993 cooperation agreement between the capitals of Russia and Finland, Moscow will host the Helsinki Festival.
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13:10
SCHEDULED CUTTING OF HULL TO BE RESUMED
Experts believe that the scheduled cutting of the Kursk's hull will be resumed on Monday afternoon, a spokesman for the North Fleet Staff was quoted as saying referring to Chief of Special Naval Expedition Vice-Admiral Mikhail Motsak.
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13:01
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER LAW RELATED TO PENSION INVESTMENT
The government of Russia intends to consider and approve a draft law related to pension investment. This statement was made Monday by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, who spoke at the annual conference of foreign investors "Russian Economy on a Wave of Growth."
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11:58
CUTTING OFF KURSK'S FIRST COMPARTMENT TO BE RESUMED SOON
Cutting off the Kursk's first compartment is due to be resumed soon, said Monday navy spokesman Igor Dygalo. According to him, currently the equipment is being adjusted, and thereafter work will be resumed.
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11:34
DENSE FOG IN KURSK SALVAGE OPERATION ZONE
There is a thick fog in the Kursk salvage operation zone. Rough weather conditions caused cancellation of all flights by the Northern Fleet Naval Aviation helicopters. Bad weather also made Russian authorities cancel the flight from Murmansk, which had to bring journalists aboard the Mayo salvage vessel.
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18:19
"PETER THE GREAT" CRUISER SETS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT TO THE SITE OF "KURSK" SALVAGE OPERATION
The heavy nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great" sets off Sunday night to the site of the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk salvage operation, a spokesman for the Russian Northern Fleet's Headquarters told journalists.
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12:45
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN CONGRATULATED RUSSIAN TANKMEN ON THEIR PROFESSIONAL HOLIDAY
Russia's President Vladimir Putin congratulated servicemen and veterans of the tank forces, designers of the tank-building industry and tank builders on the Tankman Day.
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12:09
THIRD CABLE SAW TO CUT UP KURSK HULL
The Kursk-sub salvage operation will involve a third cable saw, which is being moved into position today. This was disclosed to RIA-NOVOSTI here today by a spokesman for the headquarters of the Russian North Fleet
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10:25
SHIP OF RUSSIAN PACIFIC FLEET TO VISIT JAPAN
The Admiral Tributs large anti-submarine ship of the Russian Pacific fleet will leave Saturday for a visit to the Japanese port of Sasebo. According to the Pacific Feet press centre, the visit will last from September 11 till September 15
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10:16
CEREMONIES DEDICATED TO BLOCKADE VICTIMS LAUNCHED IN ST. PETERSBURG
Ceremonies to commemorate victims of the World War II blockade of St. Petersburg launched in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
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10:02
MOSCOW REGION HOSTS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IN SUPPORT OF REFUGEES
The first international festival in support of refugees began in the Moscow region today.
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21:07
LEFTIST ORGANIZATIONS ARE GETTING READY TO COME FORWARD IN MOSCOW
Moscow may experience big shock because of that. However these were not the first statements from the extremists, they all promised something grand like earthquakes before
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