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India To Open 2 New Consulates in Russia: PM Modi In Moscow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that India has decided to open two new consulates in Kazan and Yekaterinburg cities of Russia in a bid to further boost travel and trade with the country.
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Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained In Russia On Spying Charges: Report
Russias Federal Security Service said it detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg on spying allegations, the Interfax news service reported Thursday.
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Indian Medallists At World Boxing Championships Will Get Direct Entry Into Olympic Qualifiers
The world championships are scheduled from September 7 to 15 in Yekaterinburg city. India's overall record at the mega-event is four bronze medals.
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Man Tries To Kiss Reporter On Live TV. Her Reaction Has Internet Cheering
A Brazilian sports journalist is being praised online for giving it back to the man who tried to kiss her while she was reporting live from the World Cup. Julia Guimaraes from TV Globo and SportTV was reporting live from Yekaterinburg in Russia before the Japan vs Senegal game when a man leaned in to kiss her on the cheek as she spoke to the camera...
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Russian World Cup City Razes 'Love It Or Hate It' Soviet-Era Landmark
As Russia hurries to spruce up its venues for this year's soccer World Cup, the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Saturday blew up its most famous landmark -- a rusty, half-finished Soviet-era television tower.
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Russia Seeks Prison Sentence For Church Pokemon Hunter
Russian prosecutors on Friday called for a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for a blogger who hunted Pokemons in church, in a case that has drawn ire from rights activists.
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Thrilling Footage Shows Man Jumping On Train Tracks To Save Little Boy
The incident occurred in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg when a little boy, believed to be eight-year-old, fell onto the railway tracks. The black and white footage, less than a minute long, shows him trying to get up and failing to do so. A few passengers can be seen hesitating on the platform before one bystander jumps down and scoops h...
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How To Make California Great: Secede, With A Little Help From Putin
It's 1 p.m. in Yekaterinburg and midnight in Los Angeles when Louis Marinelli, the leader of a California movement to secede from the United States, sits down to lunch at the Double Bar & Grill.
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Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia Review
The third and final chapter brings Ubisoft's intended trilogy to a close in an unsatisfying fashion.
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Remains of Soldiers Killed in World War II Found in Russian World Cup Stadium
World Cup matches will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums located in 11 Russian cities. These are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.
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Goa's Gloomy Tourism Season May Continue: Russian Tourism Expert
With a poor tourist season for Goa and no foreseeable sign of its resurrection, the road ahead is a tough one for the tourism-oriented state, according to top officials of the Russian Information Centre (RIC) in Goa.
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Russian Food Safety Regulator Shuts Fifth McDonald's Restaurant
Russia's food safety watchdog has ordered the temporary closure of one of McDonald's restaurants in Yekaterinburg in the Urals region, the fifth such closure in recent weeks, the fast food chain said on Tuesday.
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Lion Cub 'Runs Wild' After Smuggled on Russian Train
A Russian woman who smuggled a 50-kilogram (110-pound) lion cub onto a sleeper train claiming it was a domestic cat was being questioned on Thursday, police said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin backs ban on adoption by foreign gay couples
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he would give his backing to a proposed ban on the adoption of Russian children by foreign gay couples but denied there was discrimination against homosexuals in his country.
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Meteorite hits central Russia, 400 hurt
About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms.
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India To Open 2 New Consulates in Russia: PM Modi In Moscow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that India has decided to open two new consulates in Kazan and Yekaterinburg cities of Russia in a bid to further boost travel and trade with the country.
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Wall Street Journal Reporter Detained In Russia On Spying Charges: Report
Russias Federal Security Service said it detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Yekaterinburg on spying allegations, the Interfax news service reported Thursday.
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Indian Medallists At World Boxing Championships Will Get Direct Entry Into Olympic Qualifiers
The world championships are scheduled from September 7 to 15 in Yekaterinburg city. India's overall record at the mega-event is four bronze medals.
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Man Tries To Kiss Reporter On Live TV. Her Reaction Has Internet Cheering
A Brazilian sports journalist is being praised online for giving it back to the man who tried to kiss her while she was reporting live from the World Cup. Julia Guimaraes from TV Globo and SportTV was reporting live from Yekaterinburg in Russia before the Japan vs Senegal game when a man leaned in to kiss her on the cheek as she spoke to the camera...
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Russian World Cup City Razes 'Love It Or Hate It' Soviet-Era Landmark
As Russia hurries to spruce up its venues for this year's soccer World Cup, the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Saturday blew up its most famous landmark -- a rusty, half-finished Soviet-era television tower.
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Russia Seeks Prison Sentence For Church Pokemon Hunter
Russian prosecutors on Friday called for a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for a blogger who hunted Pokemons in church, in a case that has drawn ire from rights activists.
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Thrilling Footage Shows Man Jumping On Train Tracks To Save Little Boy
The incident occurred in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg when a little boy, believed to be eight-year-old, fell onto the railway tracks. The black and white footage, less than a minute long, shows him trying to get up and failing to do so. A few passengers can be seen hesitating on the platform before one bystander jumps down and scoops h...
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How To Make California Great: Secede, With A Little Help From Putin
It's 1 p.m. in Yekaterinburg and midnight in Los Angeles when Louis Marinelli, the leader of a California movement to secede from the United States, sits down to lunch at the Double Bar & Grill.
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Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia Review
The third and final chapter brings Ubisoft's intended trilogy to a close in an unsatisfying fashion.
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Remains of Soldiers Killed in World War II Found in Russian World Cup Stadium
World Cup matches will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums located in 11 Russian cities. These are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.
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Goa's Gloomy Tourism Season May Continue: Russian Tourism Expert
With a poor tourist season for Goa and no foreseeable sign of its resurrection, the road ahead is a tough one for the tourism-oriented state, according to top officials of the Russian Information Centre (RIC) in Goa.
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Russian Food Safety Regulator Shuts Fifth McDonald's Restaurant
Russia's food safety watchdog has ordered the temporary closure of one of McDonald's restaurants in Yekaterinburg in the Urals region, the fifth such closure in recent weeks, the fast food chain said on Tuesday.
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Lion Cub 'Runs Wild' After Smuggled on Russian Train
A Russian woman who smuggled a 50-kilogram (110-pound) lion cub onto a sleeper train claiming it was a domestic cat was being questioned on Thursday, police said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin backs ban on adoption by foreign gay couples
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he would give his backing to a proposed ban on the adoption of Russian children by foreign gay couples but denied there was discrimination against homosexuals in his country.
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Meteorite hits central Russia, 400 hurt
About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms.
