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Russia not to succumb to external pressure: Putin

​Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will never yield to any external pressure.

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Egypt-Russia approach shows rejection of "US hegemony"

Besides their economic interests for both sides, the continuous closeness between Egypt and Russia and their growing strategic partnership indicate shared position on rejection of "U.S. hegemony."

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Sisi, Putin agree to build nuclear power plant in Egypt

​Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to build a nuclear power station in Dabaa city in Egypt' s coastal Matrouh province.

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Russian soldier to stand trial for family massacre in Armenia

A Russian soldier accused of murdering seven members of an Armenian family will be court martialled in a Russian military base, local media reported Monday.

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Russia looks forward to Friday's tripartite meeting on Ukraine

​Russia is ready to host constructive negotiations with partners so as to achieve agreements for resolving the crisis in eastern Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday.

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U.S. espionage charges another round of "anti-Russian" campaign, Moscow says

The espionage charges against Russian citizens demonstrated another round of anti-Moscow campaign by the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

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Kiev accuses Russia of sending troops, arms to east Ukraine, Moscow denies

​Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday accused Russia of sending troops and armament into eastern Ukraine to support independence-seeking insurgents.

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Putin voices confidence to go through economic hardship

External restrictions on Russia will prompt the country to carry out structural changes in the economy and push the country to make the structure more energetic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

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U.S. sanctions undermine int'l cooperation with Russia

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Tuesday the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian officials put in question the bilateral cooperation on major global problems.

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U.S. imposes sanctions on more Russians over lawyer's death

The Obama administration on Monday imposed sanctions on more Russian officials under a law enacted two years ago following the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

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Turkey suffers spillover impact by sanctions on Russia

​Turkish businessmen have started to feel the impact of Russian economic crisis especially in the field of tourism, suitcase trade and exports, Turkish industry chambers and tourism professional said here on Saturday.

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Finland's tourism growth suffers from Russian tourists decline: expert

​Finnish government officials recently painted a glowing picture of the expansion of the tourism industry against the backdrop of an otherwise listless economy.

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Russia says perplexed by Ukraine's call for border closure, troops withdrawal

Moscow said Thursday that it was perplexed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's plea to close the border with Russia, and that there were no troops to withdraw from the country.

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Syria "positively" deals with Russian political efforts toward solving crisis: Assad

​Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that his administration is dealing positively with the Russian efforts to find solutions to the Syrian crisis, according to the state news agency SANA.

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Russian military mission sent to eastern Ukraine at Kiev's request

​Russia has sent a group of military officers to Ukraine's Donetsk region at Kiev's request to facilitate peaceful settlement of the crisis, Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces said Wednesday.

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Western sanctions act as stimulus to Russian scientific researches: Putin

​Sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West could turn to be beneficial for Russian scientific researches, President Vladimir Putin said Monday, citing that blocked assess to foreign technologies and cooperation could push Russia into developing its own technologies.

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Russia hopes to sustain arms export despite sanctions

​Russia hopes there will be no decline in its arms export in 2014 despite Western sanctions, a senior official of the defense industry said Tuesday.