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70 to 100 Russian warships permanently stationed in world's oceans
Xinhua 15 Jun 2018
Korolyov said the navy has been constantly overhauling its fleet. A new frigate "Admiral Makarov" will arrive in the port city Sevastopol and be part of the Black Sea Fleet in August or September ... ....
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World Cup 2018: Away from the party in Russia, neighbouring Abkhazia fight to be eligible ...
The Independent 14 Jun 2018
Amongst a sparse crowd at the Davit Petriashvili Stadium, where the ugly relics of old industrial-era Soviet Tbilisi peer intrusively over the shallow main stand, Ashkar Sanakoyev looks like just another spectator. There is little sense of the role he has played in attempting to heal a fractured country ... At its peak, the administration was receiving around $7m of Georgian state funding ... ... A goalpost stands in Sevastopol, Crimea....
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Blackout in Crimea: Entire peninsula left without electricity
Pravda RU 13 Jun 2018
Electricity was cut off in the center of the city of Sevastopol. Many other cities and towns of the Crimean Peninsula were left without electricity as well. The blackout occurred at 15.25 MSK. Two sources at Crimean telecommunication companies confirmed the information. It was said that the blackout was most likely caused as a result of a breakdown on the power bridge from Russia's Krasnodar Territory to the Crimea ... ....
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World Cup 2018: Russian Orthodox Church hoping 'gift from God' tournament will help spread its ...
The Independent 13 Jun 2018
Outside the Church of Christ the Saviour, the white, golden-domed headquarters of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Fifa World Cup 2018 souvenirs being sold in kiosks offer clues about the mega-show about to unfold. . Inside the building, clerical leaders have developed their own plan for using the tournament to promote their vision of Russia's conservative culture. ... ... World Cup ... A goalpost stands in Sevastopol, Crimea....
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“They Threw Russia Out”: On Trump’s Understanding of Recent History
CounterPunch 12 Jun 2018
Before leaving for the G7 meeting in Quebec, President Trump made this off-hand, unexpected, ungrammatical statement to reporters ... They should let Russia come back in.”. They?. Um… Donald, it wasn’t them that done it in the first place. Let me make this simple ... You should know however that Russia annexed Crimea to prevent the expulsion of its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol and the transfer of Russian facilities to NATO....
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‘Uelcome to Russia’: Putin's Kremlin hoping World Cup will bring it out of isolation
The Independent 11 Jun 2018
Vladimir Putin is not known to be a football fan, so it’s unlikely he knows the Shankly adage about it being more important than life and death. But if you were to look at his personal commitment to the 2018 World Cup project, you’d conclude the Russian president is living close to the former Liverpool manager’s principle. ... “Uelcome to Russia”. World Cup ... Away from the World Cup ... 28 show all ... A goalpost stands in Sevastopol, Crimea ... ....
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Part giant squid, part supernova, this World Cup will see politics and football mix like ...
The Independent 11 Jun 2018
Vladimir Putin arrived in Zurich in December 2010 with a smile on his face, a spring in his step and a speech in his pocket. Just hours earlier, Russia had been named as hosts of the World Cup for the first time. Now the Russian president simpered ingratiatingly at the dais before his assembled audience, addressing them in a language he could speak well, but hardly ever did publicly. ... A goalpost stands in Sevastopol, Crimea....
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Vladimir Putin - Annual ‘Direct Line’ Q&A; in Moscow
Information Clearing House 11 Jun 2018
Video and transcript. June 10, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual ‘Direct Line’ Q&A session in Moscow on Thursday, June 7. During the session, people from across Russia have the opportunity to contact the president via telephone, text message or social networks ... . Transript. Andrei Kondrashov. Good afternoon ... OK ... Yes ... Now, the sports centre in Sevastopol....
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Putin and Poroshenko speak on the phone
Pravda RU 09 Jun 2018
In his messaged that he posted on Twitter, Poroshenko congratulated Sevastopol on the City Day and expressed his confidence that the Ukrainian flag would be raised over Sevastopol sooner or later....
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Artillery Beasts – Railway Guns in 33 pictures
War History Online 09 Jun 2018
When it comes to heavy artillery and German military efforts, one family name has marked an era of innovation ― the Krupps ... 400 mm St ... Schwerer Gustav, saw active service during the siege of Sevastopol in 1942. Manned by a crew of 500 it obliterated the defenses of Sevastopol, knocking down forts and even destroying an ammo depot which was 30 meters under the ground ... U.S ... German 28 cm K5 (E) railway gun Sevastopol Crimea eastern front....
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The secret lives of Russian goalposts outside of football
The Independent 09 Jun 2018
Never mind Russia's state of the art World Cup stadiums, Reuters photographers have been capturing the eclectic settings of communities' spartan goalposts and pitches ... Away from the World Cup. the secret lives of goalposts in Russia. 28 show all. Away from the World Cup. the secret lives of goalposts in Russia. 1/28. A boy hangs from a goalpost in St. Petersburg. Reuters. 2/28 ... Reuters. 3/28 ... Reuters. 4/28 ... A goalpost stands in Sevastopol, Crimea ... ....
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8 famous and unknown Russian strongholds that drove the enemy crazy
Russia Beyond 08 Jun 2018
Sevastopol (1854-1855) ... When during the Crimean War (1853-1856) the allied forces of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia landed in Crimea on September 14, 1854, the peninsula’s main city and the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s base Sevastopol was absolutely defenseless ... the Russian army left Sevastopol.5....
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Trump Claims He's a 'Nightmare' to Russia Seconds Before Doing Putin's Bidding
Alternet 08 Jun 2018
The president's lies aren't even convincing. During the rambling, semi-coherent press scrum as he was reluctantly heading for Quebec, Donald Trump declared “I have been Russia’s worst nightmare.” He also stated that Hilary would have been much better for Putin ... Russia’s $1.7T GDP does include several billion dollars directly from the economy of captive Crimea and got a multi-billion boost from the availability of ports like Sevastopol....
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