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Putin pledges 400 ICBMs for Russia in 10 years
Moscow, Feb 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's armed forces will receive over 400 modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), more than 100 military spacecraft and over 2,300 new tanks within the next 10 years, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said. Earlier media voiced fears that by 2020, Russia' ICBM arsenal could reduce by more than half as over 400 missiles would go

Motorists circle Moscow in anti-Putin protest
/RIA Novosti) Hundreds of cars with white ribbons and balloons drove around Moscow Sunday to protest the expected return of Vladimir Putin as the Russian president in next month's elections.

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Investors have not lost confidence in telecom sector: Sibal

More than a fortnight after the Supreme Court quashed 122 mobile telphone licences, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said foreign investors have not lost confidence in the sector and will participate

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Anti-Americanism key to Putin's campaign

It's a mantra of Vladimir Putin's presidential campaign: The United States is working to weaken Russia and push it back into the chaos that followed the Soviet collapse.

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Vladimir Putin's trial 'spoof video' goes viral on internet
): A spoof video that appears to show Vladimir Putin going on trial on charges of theft and terrorism became an internet hit in Russia on Wednesday, with two million views ahead of presidential polls.

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Putin hails Antarctic lake discovery

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday praised the Russian scientists who have reached a gigantic freshwater lake in Antarctica hidden under more than two miles (3.2 kilometers) of ice, a

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