Russia
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East Asia
Last Day of Maslenitsa Festival
Russians play with snow during Maslenitsa in Gatchina, Leningrad Region, Russia, Feb. 26, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia
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Russia Celebrates Defenders of the Fatherland Day
Performers attend the reenactment of battles during celebration of Defenders of the Fatherland Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia
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World
Paper Lantern With Love Wish
Couples fly floating paper lanterns to mark the Valentine’s Day in Moscow, Feb. 14, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Kehong> news@theasian.asia
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Politics
Russia to suspend children adoption by U.S. citizens
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday signaled that Moscow may temporarily suspend adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens following a series of mistreatment allegedly committed by American adoptive parents. In a statement posted on its website, the ministry listed a string of cases about U.S. adoptive parents’ abuses of…
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World
Flower Consoles Casualties’ Grief
A flower is seen on the ground at the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 27, 2012, marking the end of the Siege of Leningrad. The battle, also known as the Leningrad Blockade, was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history…
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East Asia
Spring Festival Celebration With Diving
Russian and Chinese winter swimmers show their diving skills in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2012. A joint performance of winter swimming was given by Chinese and Russian swimmers in Harbin during the Spring Festival holiday, to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on…
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West Asia
Russia Opposes Iran Sanction
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference in Moscow, capital of Russia, Jan. 18, 2012. Russia opposes any military strikes or unilateral sanctions against Iran, Lavrov said Wednesday. <Photo: Xinhua/Li Yong> news@theasian.asia
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World
Fire Works Celebrates New Year in Russia
Fire works are seen over the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Zeng Jianguo> news@theasian.asia
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Central Asia
Russia Blastoff Soyuz with 3 Astronauts
Photo released by NASA shows astronauts waving goodbye from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Dec. 21, 2011. A Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off from Russia’s launch facility in Kazakhstan on Wednesday. <Photo: Xinhua/NASA> news@theasian.asia
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Drilling Ship Overturned···Two Dead
A snapshot of a computer screen, taken on Dec. 18, 2011, shows the location of an overturned drilling platform, in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East. Two people were dead and 51 missing after a drilling platform with 67 people on board overturned in the Sea of Okhotsk…
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