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‘Hundreds’ of Polar Bears Killed Annually in Russia – IFAW

22:38 21/03/2013

Russia is losing up to 200 polar bears every year to poachers in the far eastern Chukotka region, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said Thursday.

Amur Tiger Heading For Extinction - IFAW
14:54 27/09/2012
Russia's small population of highly-endangered Amur tigers has almost halved in the last seven years despite attempts to protect them, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said on Thursday, ahead of Sunday’s Tiger Day.
Anderson, Bardot and other activists praise Russia's harp seal trade ban
01:58 21/12/2011
Prominent animal rights campaigners, including Pamela Anderson and Brigitte Bardot, praised the import ban on harp seal products by Russia, which earlier bought 90% of all Canadian harp seal pelts.1

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Russian experts are developing robots designed to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks and neutralize terrorists, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.

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Russia’s decision to publicly identify a purported top US spy in the country is an “unprecedented” move in relations between Moscow and Washington going back back to the Soviet era with no clear indication of how the United States will react, former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers and security experts told RIA Novosti on Friday.

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