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Coronavirus: Russia's 2020 Car Sales May See A Slump As Bad As It Was Around The Fall Of The USSR
Tough coronavirus-related measures coupled with the devaluation of the rouble and a big drop in personal incomes could see Russian car sales slump to levels seen around the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, market participants and experts said.
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25 Years On, Russians Tell Of How They Defeated A Coup
The KGB major was on vacation in the Russian countryside in August 1991 when he woke up to a radio broadcast announcing a state of national emergency. The bulletin contained something else: a secret code phrase for intelligence officers, summoning them back to their posts immediately.
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Iran to Meet Hassan Rouhani Timetable on Ending Sanctions: Nuclear Chief
Iran will fulfil its commitments under the July nuclear agreement with major powers in time to have sanctions, that have crippled its economy, lifted by the end of the year, its atomic energy chief said today.
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Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics much more than mere fun and games
There are good arguments for Sochi as an Olympic venue. Having won more than 300 winter games medals, either in the colors of the Soviet Union or since its breakup in 1991, Russian athletes more than earned this opportunity to compete on home soil.
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Coronavirus: Russia's 2020 Car Sales May See A Slump As Bad As It Was Around The Fall Of The USSR
Tough coronavirus-related measures coupled with the devaluation of the rouble and a big drop in personal incomes could see Russian car sales slump to levels seen around the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, market participants and experts said.
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25 Years On, Russians Tell Of How They Defeated A Coup
The KGB major was on vacation in the Russian countryside in August 1991 when he woke up to a radio broadcast announcing a state of national emergency. The bulletin contained something else: a secret code phrase for intelligence officers, summoning them back to their posts immediately.
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Iran to Meet Hassan Rouhani Timetable on Ending Sanctions: Nuclear Chief
Iran will fulfil its commitments under the July nuclear agreement with major powers in time to have sanctions, that have crippled its economy, lifted by the end of the year, its atomic energy chief said today.
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Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics much more than mere fun and games
There are good arguments for Sochi as an Olympic venue. Having won more than 300 winter games medals, either in the colors of the Soviet Union or since its breakup in 1991, Russian athletes more than earned this opportunity to compete on home soil.
