| January 2012 |
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The An-32’s crew commander Russia’s Vladimir Popkov, who was arrested in late December in the South Sudan, was released on Sunday evening and arrived in Khartoum, a spokesman of the Russian Embassy in Sudan Yury Vidakas said.
International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the election situation in Russia and expressed its concern that the decision of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to run for presidency once again ruins “the prospect of much-needed political reform.”
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The responsibility for a failure to restart stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks will lie solely with Tel Aviv and its refusal to halt settlement construction, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said on Sunday in Moscow.
The Palestinian authorities are ready to continue peace talks with Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday.
A new task force from Russia’s Pacific Fleet has escorted its first convoy of commercial vessels along the designated safety corridor after its recent arrival to the Gulf of Aden, the fleet’s spokesman said on Sunday.
More than 30 MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor aircraft are on round-the-clock high-alert duty every day protecting the Russian airspace from airborne threats
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Russia, the world’s largest crude-producing country, is planning to raise its oil production by 1% year-on-year in 2012 to 516 million metric tons
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