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| 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. | Russia is back on the world grain market. However, after the embargo in 2010 it was unable to fully restore its reputation. On April 25, the export of grain was 24.3 million tons (1.5 M tones more than the previous record set in 2008-2009). The main buyers are the countries of North Africa (Egypt, 6.8 M tons) and the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, 2 M tons). This year, Turkey with 2.5 M tons and EU countries with 2.1 M tons became large buyers too. | More notes from Russia » |
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