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St Petersburg News - Kerry Expresses Concern To Lavrov Over Ukraine Attacks
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Kerry Expresses Concern To Lavrov Over Ukraine Attacks. Friday 14th August, 2015. US Secretary of State John Kerry has called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to express "grave concern" about the sharp increase in separatist attacks in eastern Ukraine, the State Department said. According to a State Department spokesman, Kerry also urged for an immediate cease-fire to take place. Based on reporting by Reuters and AFP. More St Petersburg News. St Petersburg News...
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St Petersburg News - Russia extends food trade ban to five more countries
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Russia extends food trade ban to five more countries. St Petersburg News.Net. Friday 14th August, 2015. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday announced that Moscow was extending its ban on food trade to five more countries, the media reported. These countries have sided with the European Union (EU) about extension of anti-Russian sanctions, claiming they must introduce them due to various agreements with the EU," Medvedev said. More St Petersburg News.
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St Petersburg News - Amid Crackdown, Putin Reportedly Plans Human Rights Award
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Amid Crackdown, Putin Reportedly Plans Human Rights Award. Thursday 13th August, 2015. MOSCOW - Rights groups in Russia have been ensnared in a far-reaching government clampdown since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, but some activists may soon get plaudits and even prize money from an unlikely quarter: the Kremlin. The reaction in human rights circles will be mixed. There is also no doubt the Kremlin will try to show with this who it thinks is a hu...
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St Petersburg News - Ukraine Posts Video Of Captured 'Russian Soldier' Asking For Putin's Help
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Ukraine Posts Video Of Captured 'Russian Soldier' Asking For Putin's Help. Friday 14th August, 2015. Ukraine's state security agency has released a new video purporting to show a Russian army officer who was detained last month in eastern Ukraine appealing to President Vladimir Putin to secure his release. Moscow has also denied providing heavy, sophisticated weaponry that has been repeatedly seen in eastern Ukraine to separatist forces. Speaking Russian, he appeals ...
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St Petersburg News - Moderate Syrian Opposition Leader Rejects Russian-Iranian Peace Plan
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Moderate Syrian Opposition Leader Rejects Russian-Iranian Peace Plan. Thursday 13th August, 2015. The leader of a political coalition of moderate Syrian opposition forces has told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that a Russian-Iranian proposal to end Syria's four-year-old civil war is unworkable. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Lavrov on August 11 that Saudi Arabia will not join any coalition that includes Assad's forces. Seoul wants free t...
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St Petersburg News - Russian Submariners Commemorated On 15th Anniversary Of Kursk Tragedy
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Russian Submariners Commemorated On 15th Anniversary Of Kursk Tragedy. Wednesday 12th August, 2015. Russian Navy veterans and authorities in Russia's Kursk region are gathering on August 12 with relatives of the 118 Kursk submarine sailors who perished in 2000 beneath the Barents Sea. Commemorations marking the 15th anniversary of the Kursk submarine tragedy include a wreath-laying ceremony at the World War II memorial where many of the sailors are buried. Russia is ...
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St Petersburg News - Odisha planning world heritage status for Bhitarkanika park
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Odisha planning world heritage status for Bhitarkanika park. St Petersburg News.Net. Thursday 13th August, 2015. If everything goes right, Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park would find a place in the World Heritage List, an official said on Thursday. Srivastava, however, said they are presently focusing on acquiring the coveted status for Bhitarkanika park located in Kendrapada district. They have already visited the site and would visit the site in the coming days ...
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St Petersburg News - Supermodel Vodianova Ignites Firestorm After Russian Cafe Boots Disabled Sister
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Supermodel Vodianova Ignites Firestorm After Russian Cafe Boots Disabled Sister. Thursday 13th August, 2015. Supermodel Natalia Vodianova has ignited a firestorm of discussion about the rights of the disabled in her native Russia after her autistic sister was kicked out of a Nizhny Novgorod cafe by the owner, who allegedly accused her of scaring customers away. A local police spokesperson was quoted later by Interfax as saying that "both participants in the conflict ...
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St Petersburg News - Russia Adds Four Countries To Food Import Ban, Threatens Ukraine
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Larr; Back to St Petersburg News.Net. Russia Adds Four Countries To Food Import Ban, Threatens Ukraine. Thursday 13th August, 2015. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that four countries have been added to its import ban list for foreign food. He also threatened on August 13 that Ukrainian products would be added to the Russian blacklist if Kyiv implemented the economic parts of its Association Agreement with the European Union. Based on reporting by Reuters, AP, AFP, Interfax, and TASS.
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