By Lisa McAdams Moscow 08 March 2006 No country faces as severe a population decline as Russia. Disease, accidental death, and a decline in healthy newborns are to blame. In fact, deaths in Russia out

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(三月)

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 01 March 2008 The rules and procedures of Sunday's Russia's presidential election are widely considered to favor candidate Dmitri Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's designated choice to succeed him. VOA Moscow correspondent

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 September 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is ready to send a small group of construction engineers to Lebanon to help with reconstruction. He spoke at the end of a meeting with the leaders of France and

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The deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Russia accelerated after Kyiv sided with Georgia during last month's conflict in South Ossetia. Worsening ties coincide with next year's expiration of the bilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 22 June 2007 A top U.S. diplomat says Washington is puzzled and concerned by some recent Russian statements and actions -- but wants to work with Moscow to address problems. The diplomat's comment came on a day when lawmake

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China has expressed concern after Russia declared two regions of Georgia independent. As Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing, China has its own concerns about territorial integrity. China's Foreign Ministry says it is watching with close concern aft

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is offering government assistance to car buyers in an effort to support the country's ailing auto producers. The move comes amid an economic slowdown that is also affecting American car companies in Russia. Russ

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Ukraine and Russia are expressing concern about their image as reliable gas suppliers amid growing gas shortages in Europe, for which Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other. European officials warn of a crisis across region as a dispute between Russ

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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved a halt to all deliveries of Russian natural gas to Ukraine. Earlier, Ukraine shut all four of its pipelines that ship the fuel to Europe. Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Putin's go-ahead to stop gas shipments

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The ongoing dispute over transit fees and pricing has halted Russian natural gas exports to Europe. A gas pressure gauge is seen at a snow-covered transit point on the main pipeline from Russia in the village of Boyarka, near Kyiv, Ukraine, 06 Jan 2

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A tense summit meeting between Russia and the European Union has failed to provide assurances Europe will not face another mid-winter gas cutoff. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has also warned that stronger European ties with former Soviet republ

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 November 2009 Russia says the controversial Bushehr nuclear power plant it is helping build in Iran will not go into service by the end of the year as planned. The announcement comes a day after President Dmitri Medvedev

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Russias Winter Olympics to Break Spending Records It is the largest construction site in Europe: 100,000 men and 500 companies are working around the clock. They are building hotels, skating rinks and ski jumps for next years Winter Olympics in Sochi

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Analysts Concerned Over Impact of Closer US-Russia Anti-Terrorism Cooperation on Caucasus In the 1990s, Russian security forces killed tens of thousands of Chechens and displaced hundreds of thousands more to end two separatist wars for independence,

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US, EU Impose More Sanctions On Russia For Actions in Ukraine WASHINGTON The United States and European Union have imposed more sanctions against Russia, saying Moscow has failed to fulfill its commitment to work on defusing tensions in eastern Ukrai

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US, Britain: Tough Sanctions Against Russia if Ukraine Vote Is Disrupted LONDON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will hit Russia with far tougher economic sanction

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 03 July 2007 The United States and Russia remain far apart on the issue of Kosovo. In this report from Washington, senior correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the conflicting views. President George W. Bush greets Rus

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Two reports out today provide the clearest picture yet of the extent to which Russia went to influence voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The reports focus on a Russian troll factory's use of nearly every major social

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Three international military initiatives have been announced in the Kremlin over the past two days, one of them involving an important Central Asian air base used to support U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. These developments appear to repre

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By Bill Gasperini Moscow 15 June 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Georgian counterpart Mikhail Saakashvili this week in an attempt to improve relations that have become severely strained over economic and political issues. The two men i

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