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Stunning drone photographs show multi-coloured ‘Comfort Town’ in Ukraine designed to look like a real-life ...

The Daily Mail 05 Nov 2021

The Comfort Town, found in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, is the first residential complex in the country to utilise the 'block development' principle, instead of the typical Soviet era micro-district system ... grey 1950s and 60s communist-era architecture associated with the area.

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The Week In Russia: On The Offensive

Radio Free Europe 05 Nov 2021

Welcome to The Week In Russia. I'm Steve Gutterman, the editor of RFE/RL's Russia Desk ... Subscribe here ... And a rash of arrests stemming from risqué photos with churches and government buildings in the background raised questions about the priorities of the Russian state and the still-powerful legacy of the Soviet era ... 'Monstrous And Cruel' ... ....

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A nuclear-powered shower? Russia tests a climate innovationNuclear-powered residential heating is distinct from running space ...

Deccan Herald 05 Nov 2021

Still, some experts are concerned about the potential risks, pointing to the many spills and accidents on Soviet and Russian submarines and icebreakers that used similar small reactors ... At several sites during the Soviet era, engineers connected a type of reactor used to create plutonium for bombs to nearby homes for heating.

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The world in brief: Russia's Putin affirms claim on Crimea

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 05 Nov 2021

Unity Day marks the expulsion in 1612 of Polish-Lithuanian forces that occupied Moscow; the holiday was started in 2005, replacing the Soviet-era commemoration on that date of the Bolshevik Revolution ... "If we are to make this a new and better era, we as leaders must put aside our ...

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Four decades of Resistance against global arrogance

Press TV 05 Nov 2021

Iran showed once during the Obama era that it can resist such limitations ... Going back to the earlier days of the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the deposed Shah of Iran, a newly-modernized developing country like Iran would have to choose sides between the Eastern and Western superpowers of the cold-war era.

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Five killed in South Sudan plane crash

Business Ghana 04 Nov 2021

Since becoming independent 10 years ago, there were a number of planes that crashed in the country, the worst in November 2015, when a Soviet-era Antonov aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from Juba international airport killing at least 37 passengers on ...

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Nationalist Activists Detained Ahead Of Banned 'Russian March'

Radio Free Europe 04 Nov 2021

MOSCOW -- Police in the Russian capital have detained nationalist activists ahead of an unsanctioned public event known as the Russian March that has been banned since 2019 ... The holiday, held on November 4, was established in 2005 by President Vladimir Putin as a replacement for Soviet-era commemorations of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution ... ....

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Unity Day: Putin proclaims Crimea forever a part of Russia

The Associated Press 04 Nov 2021

“Our country has regained its historical unity ... Unity Day marks the expulsion in 1612 of Polish-Lithuanian forces that occupied Moscow; the holiday was started in 2005, replacing the Soviet-era commemoration on that date of the Bolshevik Revolution.ADVERTISEMENT ... .

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US should pivot away from "China threat" obsession

China Daily 04 Nov 2021

... has no military implications, some senior generals in Washington were quick to go back to their Cold War memories and rehashed the term "Sputnik moment," a jargon born at the peak of the era when the United States and the Soviet Union were at loggerheads over global supremacy.

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Putin proclaims Crimea forever a part of Russia on Unity Day

Belfast Telegraph 04 Nov 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the national Unity Day holiday with a trip to Crimea, declaring the region will always be a part of Russia ... / ... Unity Day marks the expulsion in 1612 of Polish-Lithuanian forces that occupied Moscow; the holiday was started in 2005, replacing the Soviet-era commemoration on that date of the Bolshevik Revolution.

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On Unity Day, Vladimir Putin proclaims Crimea will forever be a part of Russia

The Los Angeles Times 04 Nov 2021

MOSCOW — ... Putin exalted the annexation while visiting the city that is the home port for Russia’s Black Sea fleet on Thursday ... Unity Day marks the expulsion in 1612 of Polish-Lithuanian forces that occupied Moscow; the holiday was started in 2005, replacing the Soviet-era commemoration on that date of the Bolshevik Revolution ... WHO ... L.A.

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Desmond inquiry: health professionals failed to share information before killings

North Shore News 04 Nov 2021

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A lack of collaboration among health-care professionals was an "overwhelming theme" in the tragic case of an ex-soldier from Nova Scotia who killed three family members and himself in 2017, a provincial fatality inquiry heard Thursday. Dr ... Desmond, 33, bought a Soviet-era SKS 7.62 semi-automatic carbine on Jan ... Though Dr ... .

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Several killed as Belarussian cargo plane crashes in Siberia

Al Jazeera 03 Nov 2021

Antonov aircraft were manufactured during the Soviet era and are still used in former Soviet Union states for civilian and military transport [Russian Emergency Situations Ministry/AFP] ... Antonov aircraft were manufactured during the Soviet era and are still used throughout the former Soviet Union for civilian and military transport.

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Russian cargo plane crashes in Siberia with 7 on board: ministry

Urdu Point 03 Nov 2021

Antonov planes were manufactured during the Soviet era and are still used throughout the former Soviet Union for civilian and military transport ... Once notorious for accidents, Russia's major airlines have shifted from ageing Soviet aircraft ...

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Cargo plane, with eight on board, crashes in Siberia – reports

Russia Today 03 Nov 2021

The plane is catching fire,” and emergency services are working to extinguish the blaze ... The An-12 is a Soviet-era turboprop plane produced between 1957 and 1973, primarily for the armed forces of the USSR. It has since been operated by a number of civilian airlines in the former Soviet Union, primarily for freight flights ... DETAILS TO FOLLOW .