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Kruzenshtern cadets get their first sea rank on completing the expedition

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Kruzenshtern cadets get their first sea rank on completing the expedition

21:05 27/01/2010

Russia’s Kruzenshtern four-masted tall ship has successfully sailed through the Panama Canal and is heading for Vancouver, which is hosting the 21st Olympic Winter Games. Sergei Usankov, the ship’s first officer in charge of training, discusses the physical condition of cadets and the organization of their training in this RIA Novosti interview.

Patriot Games
13:20 27/01/2010
As the United States last week agreed to station Patriot missiles in Poland only 100 kilometers from Russian soil in order to bolster Polish air defense, the international community braced itself for a return to hostile U.S.-Russian relations. But apart from some initial tough talking, the arrangement has elicited an uncharacteristically indifferent reaction from Russia.

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