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Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang, is one of the largest cities in northeast China. The city, most famous internationally as the home of the annual ice festival, was also a critical link in the country's industrial sector after the founding of the
At the Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers are getting ready for a new toilet system. The Russian-designed system will be installed next year, well in time for the expansion of the International Space Station in 2009. NASA has signed a contra
MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The red-haired Russian spy Anna Chapman, who recently received a state award in Kremlin for espionage, has posed for a men's magazine wielding a revolver, local media reported on Tuesday. Some media reports have hailed Cha
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In Russia this week, a series of suicide bombings increased concerns about terrorism. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev made a surprise visit Thursday to the North Caucasus. He called for more severe measur
The U.S. and Russia presidents are scheduled to meet for the first time Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London. The new Kremlin leader comes to the meeting with a record of policy initiatives that have swung between belligerent threa
In this image taken from TV Russian NTV channel on 21 Jul 2010, smoke rising from the Russian hydropower station in Kabardino-Balkariya Militants stormed a hydroelectric plant in southern Russia Wednesday, killing two security guards and setting off
The scandal also angered Russian officials and prompted the Kremlin to freeze further U.S. adoptions of Russian children. Elizabeth Lee | Washington 24 April 2010 Russian boy Artyom Savelyev, 7, who was sent back to Moscow by his adoptive American mo
President Medvedev says he has ordered drastic cuts in the Interior Ministry as part of efforts to reform the nation's widely criticized police force. Medvedev said Thursday he had ordered to halve the number of personnel in the ministry's head offic
Japan's nuclear accident comes as Russia prepares for the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. This combination may weaken support for nuclear energy in Russia, long a major nuclear advocate. A Soviet official hysterically bellowing t
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a rare visit to the West Bank, where he reaffirmed Moscow's recognition of a Palestinian state. With drums beating, schoolboys parading, and scores of people lining streets decked with Russian and Palestinia
Hundreds of youths gathered in North Moscow to commemorate the 40th day since the death of a Russian football fan. Yegor Sviridov was murdered in December, allegedly by natives of the North Caucasus. Shortly afterwards Russian nationalists took to th
Georgian TV Beams Russian Language News to Russia Russia and Georgia have had no diplomatic ties since their war several years ago. Georgians currently are reaching out, however, to their much larger neighbor through a new Russian language TV channel
Tajikistan is considering a bill that would prohibit the use of Russian by government agencies in the former Soviet republic. Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon is urging lawmakers in the Central Asian country to speed passage of the measure, which som
Russia's Memorial human rights organization has suspended its activities in Chechnya following last week's murder of its local representative, journalist Natalya Estemirova. Human rights activists have blamed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Presid
Buried In Trump's Nuclear Report: A Russian Doomsday Weapon ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Today the Trump administration released a report on America's nuclear weaponry. Most of the assessment was of the Pentagon's nukes and missiles, but buried in the plan was
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Just how deep are the ties between Russia and the National Rifle Association? The story of one Russian official offers some insight. His name is Alexander Torshin. Back in 2015, an NRA delegation traveled to Moscow and met him. N
By Jessica Golloher Moscow 02 November 2009 Joseph Stalin's grandson has sued a prominent Russian newspaper for libel, claiming Novaya Gazeta is tarnishing the former Soviet leader's good name. The news comes on the heels of a United Nation's commit
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 10 March 2008 Disturbing video of sadistic prison brutality has emerged in Russia. Authorities there do not dispute the images, but claim they are from the early 1990s. Russian human-rights activists say the violence occurred
Pre-Listening Vocabulary submarine: a tube-shaped underwater vessel; used mainly in warfare torpedo: an underwater missile scraps: unwanted bits and pieces, especially uneaten food galley: the place on a ship or vessel where the food is prepared and
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 11 November 2009 Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine he will cut off the country's gas supplies if it siphons fuel from export lines. Mr. Putin made the statement i