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Austria and Slovenia to join South Stream

23:58 10/11/2009

Russia's ambitious plans to diversify its natural gas supply routes to Europe are taking shape. At the end of last week, Sweden and Finland gave the approval required for construction on the Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany through the Baltic Sea to begin.

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Small arms: present and future of warfare
23:34 10/11/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military analyst Ilya Kramnik) - On November 10, 2009, Mikhail Kalashnikov, who created what is truly the most well-known weapon in modern history, will celebrate his 90th birthday.
Europe cannot pick a president even at the Berlin Wall
21:36 10/11/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political analyst Andrei Fedyashin) - Greater Europe celebrated the 20th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and then immediately started dealing with practical issues, including the growing discord and dissension over the imminent bureaucratic reorganization in Brussels. The fallen wall may have united Germany, but the European Union, which had to pick up the pieces, which in this case means the Eastern and Central European countries, has not grown any closer because of it.
Gordon Campbell: I’ll Do My Best to Help Sochi Break the Records of Vancouver
15:47 10/11/2009
The Premier of the Province of British Columbia, which will host the Olympics-2010, headed the Canadian delegation in the United States presenting the upcoming Winter Games. He shared his forecast of the ice-hockey final in Vancouver, talked about other Canadian Olympic bets and pledged his support for the next Games in Sochi - in an interview with Dmitry Gornostaev, RIA Novosti New York Bureau Chief.
Early warning for future gas wars
10:08 10/11/2009
On the eve of the November 18 summit between Russia and the European Union in Stockholm, the Russian Energy Ministry prepared and sent to the European Commission a memorandum outlining the creation of an early warning system for energy affairs.

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Austria and Slovenia to join South Stream

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