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Russia slams Kyoto Protocol

Russia supports Canada's decision to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol, says its foreign ministry, reaffirming Friday that Moscow will not take on new commitments.

One year in isolation

The six men in the Mars500 facility near Moscow have been in isolation now 365 days. The European crewmembers have been writing in their latest letters home about the highlights, monotonous life, team spirit and determination ...

Russia taps geek power for growth

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.

Moscow's toxic smog fails to shift as anger grows

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.

Moscow wheezes as smog cloud blankets city

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.

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