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| This year, the museum insomnia covered the whole Russia - from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. People were standing in lines for over an hour to see specially prepared exhibitions. In Moscow the event involved about half a million people. According to surveys, one in ten Russians spent this night at the museum. For the first time sixteen Moscow theaters opened their doors at night too. | May 24-31 Fort Carson in Colorado will be the place of the first joint military exercises of Russia and the United States. The program includes planning and conducting of tactical airborne operation, reconnaissance of terrorist camp, raid actions, and evacuation by helicopter. 22 officers and soldiers will come from the Russian side for two weeks. | President Putin will not attend the summit of G8 on May 18-19 at the U.S. Camp David. Instead, Russia will be represented by Prime Minister Medvedev. Before the inauguration, it was expected to be Putin's first foreign visit. The Kremlin says that the president has to continue to form the government. Or may be Putin just don't want to answer the questions about suppression of protests? | On Thursday evening the police stopped a car for inspection near the stationary post, located on the outskirts of Makhachkala. At the time when the vehicle stopped, an unknown detonated an explosive device planted in the car. After the police, rescuers, and civilians gathered near the site, a second car, parked nearby, exploded. As a result 12 people were killed; more than 100 people were injured. | According to a study of the Higher School of Economics Russia in the minds of foreigners is still mainly associated with Russian doll (matrioshka), caviar, and vodka. Foreign tourist does not consider Russia as a country of unfriendly people. More than a third of respondents agreed that Russia has high prices for substandard services. | More notes from Russia » |
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