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Russian chess grandmaster Volodar Murzin wins FIDE World Rapid Championship
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the winner of last year’s championship, was earlier disqualified for breaching the dress code ...
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Trump’s Greenland comments could be part of policy of countering Russia and China — media
WASHINGTON, December 29. /TASS/. US President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about making Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal part of the US could be part of a policy of countering Russia and China, ...
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Syrian ports of Latakia, Tartus fully resume operations — official
DUBAI, December 28. /TASS/. The Syrian ports of Latakia and Tartus, the country’s largest ports on the Mediterranean Sea, have fully resumed operations after a short break caused by a change of ...
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Russia to counter extremists’ attempts to recruit minors — strategy
The strategy suggests that in order to counter such activities, teenagers should be encouraged to take part in efforts to maintain war memorials ...
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Moscow Exchange index tops 2,800 first time since October 16
The index climbed by 1.56% at 10:56 p.m. MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The Moscow Exchange index with the ticker symbol IMOEX2 surpassed 2,800 points first time since October 16 in evening trading, ...
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Houthis say they shot down US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen
According to the group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree, the rebels have destroyed 13 such US drones since the escalation began in the ...
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Embassies in Niger, Sierra Leone to serve as ‘windows to Russia’ — deputy PM
According to Alexey Overchuk, it is important to create comfortable conditions for the activation of business contacts ...
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Russian Investigative Committee’s head office takes over plane incident investigation
MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The Russian Investigative Committee’s head office took over the country’s investigation of the plane crash in Kazakhstan, it said in a statement. The investigation into a ...
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Fighting erupts on border between Afghanistan, Pakistan — report
On December 24, the Taliban Defense Ministry announced that Pakistan struck an area in the Paktika province of Afghanistan. The ministry condemned the attack, saying it violated international law. The ...
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Roscosmos buys Earth observation satellite data from private company for first time
MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos has concluded the first forward contract with the private space company Sputnix on buying Earth remote sensing satellite data, ...
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Kazakh, Russian specialists jointly investigate Azerbaijani plane crash — president
"Kassym-Jomart Tokayev emphasized that the Government Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan continues the investigation with the involvement of specialists from Azerbaijan, Russia, and Brazil," the ...
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Gazprom delivers 42.4 mln cubic meters of gas to Europe via Ukraine
The transit line through Ukraine remains the only route for Russian gas supplies to Western and Central European countries ...