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Telegraph.co.uk A spacecraft will “conduct a demonstrative manned circumlunar test flight with the subsequent landing of cosmonauts on [the Moon’s] surface and their return to Earth” by 2030, according to a leaked strategy document from Russia’s space agency, Roskosmos. Moscow has periodically announced ambitious plans for space exploration in recent years, but this is the first time a firm deadline has been set for a manned lunar mission. Russia won the first round of the [...] ByAlexander Bratersky
Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters An official in Stavropol showing what a webcam feed from a polling station will look like during the March 4 vote.
VELIKY NOVGOROD — In this historic city that was once the cradle of Russian democracy, an unprecedented new campaign kicked off over the weekend to install web cameras in every polling station around the country in an effort to prevent voting fraud. The ambitious program — costing billions of rubles — was ordered by Prime MinisterVladimir Putinfollowing the largest public protests [...] From FT: The leaders of Russia’s opposition protest movement were embroiled in a scandal on Monday night after recordings of private phone conversations in which they labelled each other “scoundrels”, “bitches” and “prostitutes” were posted on a Kremlin-friendly website. Former Russian army colonel Yury Budanov had been convicted of killing 18-year-old Elza Kungayeva. June 10, 2011 Former army colonel Yury Budanov was convicted in 2003 of strangling Elza Kungayeva in a case that shocked Russia. He was one of only a handful of Russian officers to be prosecuted over what [...] |
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