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Conflict between the BRIC countries
Nov 14 2008, Celso Camargo

When the economist Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs Group, created the term BRIC to describe the four major emerging countries in the world, he was making only a series of projections for the future, imagining what it would feel like the world in 2050,...

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Russian human rights activists are voicing cautious optimism that an investigation ordered by President Dmitry Medvedev might dig up some truth about the mysterious...
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Russian Orthodox priest killed for criticizing Islam
Incognito, Boca Raton
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Second fire at Russian weapons depot kills eight
Dursun, Moscow
Eight Russian bomb disposal experts were killed Monday as they cleaned up after a massive fire at a navy arsenal 10 days earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said. A...
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Russia is now a criminal state, says Bill Browder
Dom, London
Russia has now turned into a “criminal state”, according to the man who was once its leading foreign investor. Bill Browder of Hermitage Capital was...
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Russia out of crisis, but Putin to continue stimulus
Didier, Moscow
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia’s anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet...
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Battle of Anti-racist and Far-Right Youth in Moscow's streets
Len, Moscow
The violence stems from deep animus between two aggressive camps with starkly different visions of Russia’s future — neo-Nazi skinheads who rank in the tens of...
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made popular Nov 19 2009
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Antarctica Cruise Gets Stuck In Ice, Trapping 100 Tourists
Evgeny, Moscow
A Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on a cruise around Antarctica was struggling to free itself from sea ice but was not in any...
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Putin wins respect at hip-hop party
Valera, Moscow
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with “respect” in a television show Friday that could help boost his...
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The Nabucco-South Stream race intensifies
Ari Rusila, Jyväskylä
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Medvedev Promises new era of Democracy to Regions
Jimmy, Moscow
President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday held out the remote republic of Tuva to illustrate Russia’s need for political reform and promised to make electoral changes...
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He was hungry- Sentence reduced for Russian man who cannibalized his mother
Incognito, Boca Raton
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Russia wards off everything averse: human rights groups face stern eviction effort
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The WALL
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Also human life is short, kaleidoscope of history-in-making is so speedy changing that last seventy years accomplished events lasting centuries previously: changing...
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For Russia’s Communists, Ousting Putin Is a Priority
Len, Moscow
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Eleven dead in Russian military plane crash
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Blood sucking leeches are not outdated; swelling demand for them, again
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Mikhail Gorbachev: 20 Years Later, Europe Must Address Divisions, Mistrust
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New Arms Race between Russia and USA may trigger Star Wars
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Real Threat or Paranoia?
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Russian missile test provokes a new arms race: But who's responsible?
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