Use Annual Gathering of 110 Members to Confront Critics, Strengthen International JusticeThe government’s continuing disregard for human rights could prevent Cambodia from reaching its HIV goalsAt the last EU-Russia summit there was hope for civil society reform in Russia. Six months later, at least four more activists have been murdered, showing how vulnerable independent voices still are in Russia....
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United Russia, headed by prime minister Vladimir Putin, crushed opposition parties in the elections, held across much of Russia in October....
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Venezuela, Russia to boost technology cooperation < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateVenezuela and Russia say they are working on a series of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of industries ranging from robotics to biochemistry.Venezuela's science and technology minister, Jesse Chacon, says the agreements will likely be signed next year.Russian...
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Russia president criticizes ruling party over vote < ');" class="arial11blue1"> Rate, Russia (AP) — Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.Medvedev's statement marked a rare criticism of the United Russia party led by his predecessor and mentor, Prime Minister...
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Russia pledges 25 percent emissions cut by 2020 < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateNovosti) Russia aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below the 1990 level by 2020, President Dmitry Medvedev told an EU-Russia summit here Thursday.Speaking after the summit in Stockholm, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed Russia's commitment.'I very much welcome the signal from...
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Tehran, Nov 12: Russia has to fulfill its contract on the supply of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said."We have a contract with Russia to buy S-300 missiles. I don't think it is right for Russia to be seen in the world as a country which does not fulfill its contractual obligations," Iranian Labor News Agency reported quoting Vahidi Wednesday.Russia...
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Russia plans to supply helicopters for NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, the deputy general director of the state hi-tech corporation Russian Technology Dmitry Shugayev said here.''We are prepared on commercial terms to provide the NATO coalition forces with helicopters of different types,'' Mr Shugayev told RIA Novosti.He said the coalition forces were experiencing helicopter shortage in Afghanistan,...
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Official: Russia plans extensive research program to support claim to Arctic Sea resourcesAn official says Russia is planning extensive research to help uphold its claim to the energy-rich Arctic Sea shelf.Andrei Smirnov of the state-run company Atomflot says Russia is planning icebreaker missions in the Arctic over the next three years to conduct a detailed geological analysis of the seabed.Russia...
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Russia plans to supply helicopters for NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, the deputy general director of the state hi-tech corporation Russian Technology Dmitry Shugayev said here.''We are prepared on commercial terms to provide the NATO coalition forces with helicopters of different types,'' Mr Shugayev told RIA Novosti.He said the coalition forces were experiencing helicopter shortage in Afghanistan,...
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President Dmitry Medvedev hopes to conclude negotiations on Russia joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2010, he said in comments released by the Kremlin on Friday."WTO accession remains on our agenda: we hope to conclude talks in 2010," Medvedev said.Medvedev stressed the importance of accession to Russia, a key global supplier of oil and gas, as well as to its trading partners."Russia will...
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