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'Megafon provides Wi-Fi services via roaming'

Russian mobile operator Megafon has announced availability of its Grean Zone Wi-Fi service for customers using roaming services. Megafon's Grean Zone Wi-Fi service allows users to access the internet in Wi-Fi access areas. The...

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Russia’s War on Words

By K. Anthony Appiah, a philosophy professor at Princeton University and president of the board of trustees of the PEN American Center, the U.S. branch of the world's oldest international literary and human rights organization...

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Idea to Bypass Rivne Was Proposed by President Yushchenko’s Staff - Moscow Patriarchate

RIVNE—On August 3, 2009, Interfax reported that the schedule of the Russian Patriarch's visit to Ukraine was adjusted due to insistent recommendation from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's staff, the Russian Orthodox...

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A corner of paradise

Phoebe Taplin Every year for the last 40 years, on the first Sunday on August, fans of the poet Alexander Blok have gathered for a memorial poetry festival at the estate in Shakhmatovo. Whether you go for the festival, this...

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Russia launches new defense satellite to increase military presence on near-Earth orbit

Russian Space Forces conducted a successful launch of the Soyuz-U booster rocket with a defense satellite on board on April 29. The satellite, which entered the predicted orbit, will now be referred to as Kosmos-2450

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