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All participants in St Petersburg gay pride arrested for marching
LGBT activists in Russia confirm that police have arrested about 60 participants in today’s gay pride parade for violating the country's anti-gay laws, while some were beaten and suffered injuries.
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Edward Snowden asking 15 countries for asylum, Russian official says
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked U.S. security secrets and is now a fugitive, met Monday morning with Russian diplomatic officials and handed them an appeal to 15 countries for political asylum, a Russian Foreign Ministry official told The Times.
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Putin: We'll Never Hand Over Edward Snowden To The US
Putin says Snowden can stay in Russia, with conditions.
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No One Wants To Claim An Abandoned Russian Cruise Ship Drifting Toward Europe
A Russian cruise ship has been adrift in the North Atlantic since January, after breaking free from a towing line as it was being delivered from Canada to a scrapyard in the Dominican Republic.
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Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow
One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful.
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Russian Rocket Crashes In Spectacular Fashion Just Seconds After Takeoff
Russian media reported no injuries but the value of the loss of the three Glonass navigation satellites that the rocket was carrying is estimated at about $200m (£130m). The cost to the already damaged reputation of Russia’s space programme may prove even greater.
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A Day in the Life of a Snowden-Chasing Journalist at Sheremetyevo International Airport
Since late June, reporters from some of the world's most prestigious news outlets have been holed up at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, in the hopes of catching a glimpse of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is believed to be in diplomatic limbo in the airport transit zone. Or perhaps he's in Hong Kong still. Or he's on a plane.
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World’s first floating nuclear power plant to begin operating in Russia in 2016
In three years, Russia will have the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, capable of providing energy and heat to hard-to-get areas as well as drinking water to arid regions.
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Moscow's Metro Dogs
A special subset of Moscow’s strays descend the stations’ vertiginous escalators and regularly navigate Moscow by metro.
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Gay tourists could face jail following new anti-gay law in Russia
In a total ‘screw you’ to progress, Vladimir Putin has signed an unspecific bill into law, punishing people for “homosexual propaganda” which could include holding hands in public, or a fondness of rainbows. The law could see tourists being jailed for up to two weeks for anything that is deemed to be pro-gay.
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Spooked by NSA, Russia reverts to paper documents
In the wake of recent spy scandals, Russia's Federal Guard Service has decided to play down electronic documents and beef up the use of typewriters and paper, Izvestia reports.
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Death And Tax Evasion: The Strange Case Of Sergei Magnitsky
The whistle-blowing lawyer was found guilty by a Russian court even though he died in prison in 2009. The case seemingly was a first for Russia, but putting the dead on trial isn't entirely unprecedented in history.
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Snowden accuses US of preventing his asylum
In a letter sent to a Human Rights Watch official, former intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden has said US officials have been waging a campaign to prevent him from taking up offers of asylum.
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Russian lawmakers say Snowden deserves Nobel Peace Prize
Some members of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, have voiced their support for Edward Snowden, ex-CIA employee wanted by the US for leaking state secrets, with United Russia representative Alexander Sidyakin saying that Snowden..
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Edward Snowden appears at Moscow airport and renews asylum claim – as it happened
Edward Snowden appeared in public for the first time in weeks to meet with representatives of human rights organizations inside the Moscow airport. Snowden said he felt safe at the airport and his living conditions were good, but he knew he could not stay there forever.
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Wikipedia Fears: Russian Anti-Piracy Law Could Shut Their Russian Version Down
The executive director of Wikimedia has voiced concerns that Wikipedia in Russia could be taken offline thanks to the country's new anti-piracy law. The new legislation, which comes into force on August 1, allows copyright holders to have websites blocked if they link to infringing material. Since Wikipedia has millions of hyperlinks to content that may or may not be authorized, the famous online encyclopedia is in an extremely vulnerable position.
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Russia: The internet's non stop source of WTF entertainment
Must be fun going over the daily dose of dash cam footage and spotting gold like this.
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Putin blames Snowden’s stateless situation on America
Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the Americans for ensuring whistleblower Edward Snowden remaines stranded in Russia.
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5 Gigantic Wars You Won't Believe Almost Happened
It's impossible to know exactly what the results would have been, but it's mind-boggling to think how close we were to these.
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Russia jails top opposition leader; Putin denounced as dictator
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment which supporters said proved President Vladimir Putin was a dictator ruling by repression.
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