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A resolution on the Armenian genocide in...

A resolution on the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, passed by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Relations, has raised a real storm in international diplomacy.


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MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev, for RIA Novosti) - At its recent meeting, the Presidential Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of Russia"s Economy called for developing a transport-energy module with a megawatt-class nuclear propulsion unit.


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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered special one-off payments for people injured in Saturday"s blast in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a government spokesperson said on Monday.

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German hard rockers Rammstein put on a fiery...

"At first, I thought I would be burnt," a fan near the front of the stage told RIA Novosti after Sunday"s Olimpiisky Stadium show, adding "genius!"

Rammstein concerts are famous for fire shows. However, due to a nationwide safety campaign after a blaze in the Urals city of Perm that killed 155 people in December, there were fears that the group"s show would be toned down.

The second of the group"s Moscow concerts is scheduled for Monday. Tickets are sold out.

There have been calls in neighboring Belarus for the group"s March 7 concert to be cancelled, with the head of the country"s Council for Morals accusing the band of promoting "homosexuality, masochism and other perversions, as well as brutality and obscene language."

MOSCOW, March 1 (RIA Novosti)




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