Russia battles fires in Siberia, Far East
Russia is battling wildfires spreading across Siberia and the Far East, with officials scrambling to prevent a disastrous repeat of last year's deadly blazes, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.
Russia is battling wildfires spreading across Siberia and the Far East, with officials scrambling to prevent a disastrous repeat of last year's deadly blazes, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.
Environment
May 23, 2011
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US-Russia trade has yet to live up to the reset in political ties but US firms believe Russia's human resources can soon do for high-tech engineering what India did to the IT sector two decades ago.
Business
Mar 14, 2011
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The toxic smog smothering Moscow showed little sign of abating Monday as media accused officials of covering up the scale of the disaster and the authorities raced to put out a fire near a nuclear site.
Environment
Aug 9, 2010
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The worst smog in living memory blanketed Moscow Saturday, with residents fleeing the Russian capital or donning protective masks against pollution over six times higher than normal safe levels.
Environment
Aug 7, 2010
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Muscovites Wednesday coughed their way through the hottest days of weather on record in the Russian capital as a smog cloud created by peat fires blanketed the city for a third day in a row.
Environment
Jul 28, 2010
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(AP) -- Russian authorities have searched a Hewlett-Packard Co. office in Moscow in what one news report said was a bribery investigation.
Business
Apr 15, 2010
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(AP) -- Russia is 30 to 40 years behind developed economies in the technology sector and will lag further unless it innovates, Anatoly Chubais, the architect of the 1990s privatizations, warned Wednesday.
Business
Feb 3, 2010
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(AP) -- A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2009
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