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In this Sunday, April 10 file image taken by T-Hawk drone aircraft and released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the aerial view shows the damaged reactor building of Unit 4, left, of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan's nuclear regulators raised the severity level of the crisis at a stricken nuclear plant Tuesday to rank it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, citing the amount of radiation released in the accident. The Nuclear Safety Commission and Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency both announced the rating was being raised from 5 to 7, the highest level on an international scale overseen by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Disaster   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents		  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Russia says Japan exaggerating nuclear disaster
Wed 13 Apr 2011
THE disaster at the Fukushima atomic power plant cannot be compared to Chernobyl, Russia's nuclear chief said today, suggesting Tokyo was exaggerating the emergency, possibly for financial... (photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co.,File)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, unseen, after their talks in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Thursday, Oct. 2,
Elections   Photos   Politics   Russia   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin		  The New York Times 
Putin's Comments Have Russians Scratching Their Heads
Wed 13 Apr 2011
MOSCOW — As Russia heads into a season of deepening political uncertainty, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday laid out his rationale for keeping the public, and the government, in the... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses the media, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011.  Herald Tribune  Wed 13 Apr 2011
Putin explains delay in decision on 2012 vote
MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says it's still too early to say whether he will return to the presidency next year, or whether President Dmitry Medvedev will seek a second term. If the... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, gestures speaking during his meetin with Uzbekistan´s President Islam Karimov in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 9, 2007. The 11th St. Petersburg Economic Forum, opened on Saturday in St. Petersburg, is one  Newsvine  Tue 12 Apr 2011
Putin touts Moscow-led customs union in Ukraine
KIEV — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed nostalgia for Soviet times on Tuesday in urging Ukraine to join Russia's new customs union with Kazakhstan and Belarus. Ukraine has resisted... (photo: AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Dmitry Astakhov)
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Top Stories more Headlines
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seen before his meetings in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Medvedev has demanded robust checks at all transport hubs and lashed out at the airport for lax security following the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at Russia's busiest airport. ABC News Tue 12 Apr 2011
Russia's Medvedev: Space Will Remain Key Priority
The Associated Press MOSCOW April 12, 2011 (AP) AP Children watch a model rocket blasting off during a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Yuri Gagarin's first... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)
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Books published to mark the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight are on display at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 8, 2011. Gagarin was the first human to fly to space on April 12 1961. The title of the book at front is " The First Forever." The Times of India Tue 12 Apr 2011
Russia celebrates first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin 50 years ago
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday marked a half century since Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, the greatest victory of Soviet science which expanded human horizons and... (photo: AP / Misha Japaridze)
Photos   Russia   Space   Technology   Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarin
A starboard view of the Soviet civilian space research ship cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin underway (8/11/1989). The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (Russian: Космона́вт Ю́рий Гага́рин) was a Soviet space control-monitoring ship that was devoted to detecting and receiving satellite communications m&c; Tue 12 Apr 2011
Gagarin anniversary fuels longing for new space victories
Moscow - The headlines in the Soviet press screamed 'The first human in space!' as cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin took his historic flight on April 12, 1961. Fifty years later,... (photo: Creative Commons)
Anniversary   Moscow   Photos   Space   Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarin
The mouth of the centrifuge at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. The Hindu Tue 12 Apr 2011
Russia to fete memory of Yuri Gagarin
Vladimir Radyuhin... (photo: Creative Commons / Drilnoth)
Moscow   Photos   Russia   Space   Wikipedia: Yuri Gagarin
Poland, Russia spar over memorial plaque Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mon 11 Apr 2011
Poland, Russia spar over memorial plaque
MOSCOW -- Ceremonies on Sunday and today in memory of the president of Poland and dozens of the country's top political and military leaders who died in an airplane crash... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Moscow   Photos   Poland   Russia   Smolensk   Wikipedia: Smolensk
ATL2 The Siasat Daily Fri 8 Apr 2011
Russia slams UN, France on Ivory Coast
Moscow, April 08: Russia has criticized France and the United Nations peacekeeping forces for their military interference in the recent post-election conflict in Ivory... (photo: Public Domain / Alexandre.aceti)
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Dmitry A. Medvedev, in a bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of BRICS Summit, at Sanya, China on April 13, 2011. PM, Dmitry Medvedev discuss nuke safety reviews DNA India
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the signing of agreements with India in New Delhi, India, Thursday Jan. 25, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin offered on Thursday to build four new nuclear reactors for energy starved India, cementing his coun Russia's Putin says election "fuss" disrupts work KDVR
Women light candles at an entrance to the Oktyabrskaya subway station in Minsk, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The toll in Monday's Belarus subway bombing rose to 12 dead and more than 200 wounded Tuesday and authorities said several people have been detained in what they are calling a terrorist attack. Arrests made after Belarus subway bombing NZ Herald
The remains of a Palestinian flag flutters near the beach, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The United Nations says the Palestinian government in the West Bank has successfully built some institutions and public services that are required for a future state. But it also says the Palestinian Authority can only go so far in efforts at state-building without resolving its conflict with Israel and the division with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. U.N. Endorses Palestinian Efforts at Governance The New York Times
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived at Sanya Phoenix International airport, to attend the BRIC Summit-2011, in China on April 12, 2011. PM arrives in China The Siasat Daily
Economy
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses Saudi businessmen Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, at the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Putin on Monday met with Saudi and Russian businessmen seeking to explore investment op Putin Questions W.T.O. Rules The New York Times
McDonald's fast food restaurant McDonald's Sets Sites on Emerging-Market Growth The Street
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev unveils new plan to improve investment climate Breitbart
Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-400 (B-HUD) being cleaned in the maintenance area at London (Heathrow) Airport, England. The object below the flight deck windows is the winglet of a South African Airways 747. Cathay Pacific Introduces Attractive Fares to UK/Europe Scoop
Vladimir Putin Russia, Belarus sign $9 billion nuclear plant deal The News & Observer
Industry
The Kremlin wall, towers and cathedrals are reflected on a nameboard of state-owned oil company Rosneft's headquarters, Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004. President Vladimir Putin on Thursday strongly defended the purchase of Yukos oil assets by a state-owned company, saying the state was protecting its interests in moving to get control of the one of the biggest production facilities in Russia. In an apparently secret deal, the state-owned Rosneft oil company bought BaikalFinansGroup, the obscure company that purchased Yukos' most important production unit in an auction Sunday. The Yuganskneftegaz subsidiary was sold for US$9.3 billion (euro7 billion), half of what foreign auditors say it was worth. BP Scrambles to Salvage Rosneft Deal as Deadline Nears The New York Times
Russia´s President Vladimir Putin addresses the media at the Senningen Castle in Luxembourg, Thursday, May 24, 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin completed his short European tour with a visit to Luxembourg on Thursday, where more energy and in Putin Seeks to Cajole Ukraine Wall Street Journal
Rosneft-azs Tribunal blocks BP plan for Rosneft share-swap The Independent
Ford Motor Company Plant (Cleveland, Ohio). Ford: Russia's Contribution to Stock Value The Street
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