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18.11.2004 - Should any foreign spy plane cross into Russian airspace, Moscow will respond in line with its domestic laws
Gen. Cheltsov’s statement comes after the detection of a U.S. spy jet, an Orion, near the Russian border in the Caucasus. Commenting on the incident, the AF chief said that this had been a route familiarization flight.
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18.11.2004 - In recent years, Russians have learned the basic principles of the market economy and begun living better
There is no chasm in society between generations or social classes. Ivan and Natasha Ivanov, whether they are 25 or 60, are proud of the same national achievements, although they may assess historic events differently.
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18.11.2004 - Since 1999, the number of abduction and extortion incidents has halved
"According to law-enforcers, 174 abduction incidents were registered in Moscow in 1999, 137 in 2000, 114 in 2001, 101 in 2002, 97 in 2003, and 82 in the first ten months of 2004. This statistics shows that the abduction rate has dramatically dropped," said Sergei Solopov.
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18.11.2004 - Russia ranks third after China and the United States in terms of tobacco smoking
"Russia ranks third after China and the United States in terms of tobacco smoking," Nikolai Gerasimenko, deputy chairman of the State Duma health committee, said to reporters on Wednesday.
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18.11.2004 - Anywhere from 150 to 200 foreign mercenaries fight in Chechnya
Anywhere from 150 to 200 foreign mercenaries fight in Chechnya, at present, says the Russian Defense Minister’s report "On the Main results of combat training of the Russian Armed Forces in 2004, and perspectives of their development until 2016" prepared for today’s meeting of the Armed Forces high-ranking officer staff. President Putin is scheduled to attend the meeting.
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17.11.2004 - Suicide among major reasons for deaths in Russia’s Armed Forces
Some 932 servicemen have died in Russia’s Armed Forces in 2004, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov declared at a meeting of top military officials today. According to him, 423 people died on duty and 509 during off-duty time, including as a result of crimes committed by civilians.
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17.11.2004 - The Far Northern population dwindled by 2.2 million, or 16.7 per cent from 1989 into 2002
What Russia’s federal government has been doing these ten years boils down to stopping state support of the Far North or ceding those duties to local authorities, who cannot afford the task, warned Igor Shpektor, Arctic and Far Northern Towns’ League president. He was addressing a League congress, which opened in Moscow today.
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17.11.2004 - A parliamentary commission investigating the reasons of the Beslan act cannot name the exact number of militants
A special parliamentary commission on investigation into the reasons and circumstances of the Beslan terrorist act cannot name the exact number of militants who seized the school in that North Ossetian city on September 1 yet, commission chairman Alexander Torshin said Tuesday.
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17.11.2004 - In February a monument to Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin - will be erected in Livadia
In February a monument to the heads of the three states taking part in the Yalta conference of 1945 - Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin - will be erected in Livadia (the conference venue) in the Crimea.
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16.11.2004 - US spy plane spotted flying along Russian border
A plane belonging to the patrol aircraft of the US Navy in the Atlantic Ocean based in Cyprus was spotted when making a reconnaissance flight along the Russian state border above the Black Sea on Monday. A Russian jet Su-27 was sent to intercept the spy plane, the press service of the Russian Air Force said Tuesday.
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