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Four wives always better than one?

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The debate regarding officially allowing polygamy in Russia has been going on for years. The main arguments in favor of polygamy are the existing families with multiple wives, whose position is now not protected by law, as well as shortage of men. Perhaps the fate of the third or fourth wife is better than being alone? Peculiarities of life in a polygamous family have long become a familiar topic... 

French far right wants closer ties with Moscow instead of with the EU and the US

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While the EU forces France to accept more and more immigrants, the country has already had enough, with anti-ethnic sentiments growing every year, believes Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right party National Front. Marine follows the political line of her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of the National Front, who is famous in France and all over the world for his conservative and anti-immigration... 

Russia sentences Israeli to 18 years for sex trafficking

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Avi Yanai (right) got only 18 years for ruining the lives of "hundreds of women". That means a few months for each life ruined. A few hours or days for every rape these women experienced. A military court in Russia has sentenced an Israeli citizen to only 18 years in prison for running a vast network of female trafficking in the Middle East and Europe. Aside from Yanai, 83 people were arrested... 

Russian Official Fired Over ‘White Race’ Remarks

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Konstantin Poltoranin A spokesman for the Federal Migration Service was fired Wednesday hours after he declared that uncontrolled migration threatens “the survival of the white race.” Konstantin Poltoranin, speaking in an interview with the Russian BBC Service, criticized the EU’s immigration policy for accepting migrants from the Middle East and North Africa who, he said, have largely... 

Russia takes real action to counter space threats

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By the end of the current year, Russia is expected to finish the establishment of air and space defense troops. According to General Lieutenant Oleg Ostapenko, the commander of space troops of the Russian Federation, the concept for establishing air and space defense troops has been approved. The decision about the new type of troops was made by President Medvedev in 2010. In his Address to the Federal... 

Black holes hide whole civilizations?

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Vyacheslav Dokuchaev, an employee of the Moscow Institute for Nuclear Research, suggested a sensational hypothesis. He proposed that the so-called “black holes” may contain not only different microparticle matter, but entire planets with living organisms. The scientist suggests that they can rotate within the hole on stable orbits. According to our most common notions, everything that... 

Russian journalist: 'USA is the real empire of evil'

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A year ago, the community of reporters of The New York Times launched a website the purpose of which was to let people share their stories about the real Russia. The website contains all sorts of compromising materials, scandals and other negative things which may and may not exist in Russia. One could find a piece of positive news on the website – about the Americans taking part in the Victory... 

Russia Orders Missile Alert After Mysterious ‘Vortex’ Slams Into Germany

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A shocking ‘top-secret’ report prepared Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) on their meeting this past week with Prime Minister Putin, in Novgorod region, warns that our planet Earth is ‘under attack’ by an as yet unnamed ‘extraterrestrial entity’ to which President Medvedev has responded by ordering a second regiment of S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system to protect... 

Moscow prosecutor refuses to ban Protocols of the Elders of Zion

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Documenting an alleged Jewish plot for taking over the world, the text was written by the Russian secret police in 1901 and then disseminated internationally in the early 20th century. Moscow’s chief prosecutor has refused to ban the sale of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, one of the world’s most infamous fake anti-Semitic texts, a top human rights group said Monday. The Moscow-based... 

Medvedev clashes with Putin over Libya

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Medvedev visits a base in the town of Shchelkovo outside Moscow. Less than one year ahead of presidential elections, the conflict in Libya has finally laid bare tensions between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his predecessor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Analysts have long claimed to have detected disputes on issues ranging from the construction of a road through a forest outside Moscow to... 

Putin likens U.N. Libya resolution to crusade calls

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Russia’s Prime Minister Putin listens to Governor of Sakhalin Region Alexander Khoroshavin during their meeting in the Far Eastern city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday likened the U.N. Security Council resolution supporting military action in Libya to medieval calls for crusades. Putin, in the first major remarks from a Russian leader since a coalition of Western... 

Russia calls for halt to Libya attack

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Russia Sunday called on U.S. and European forces to stop the “indiscriminate” attack on Libya. “The reports say that during air raids on Libya strikes were also delivered on non-military facilities. … As a result, 48 civilians are reported dead and over 150 wounded,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the RIA Novosti news agency. “In this connection,... 

Russia 'regrets' Libya invasion

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Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich Russia says it regrets that the Western countries decided to take military action against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who has been cracking down on revolutionaries in the country. A statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich on Saturday said, “Air force units from a host of countries began military actions... 

Russia's Zhirinovsky urges Muslim world to support Gaddafi

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Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the colorful and flamboyant leader of Russia's LDPR party. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the colorful and flamboyant leader of Russia’s LDPR party, on Saturday called on the Muslim world to unite and support Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. “LDPR turns to all the people of the Muslim countries and urges them to unite and show solidarity with Muammar Gaddafi. The leadership... 

Islamic militants wound 7 police officers in Russia's province of Dagestan

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Police officers have killed three militants in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Police in Russia’s restive southern province of Dagestan say that seven policemen have been wounded by militants. Local police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said that several gunmen drove to a police precinct in the town of Kizilyurt late Monday. They sprayed the building with automatic gunfire and then detonated a car bomb,... 
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