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Principle of Flight Data Recorder's Operation

A Description of Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight data recorders

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Tank Brigade Exercises Outside Moscow

The Kantemirovskaya Tank Brigade exercised at a training center near Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow. Watch this RIA Novosti video of soldiers driving tanks and shooting at targets from a shelter.

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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Putin Goes to Israel

President Vladimir Putin went to the Middle East this week, where he visited Israel – the second visit by the Russian leader to that country in less than two years. Russia has suffered considerable...

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On a Personal Note

Russia Profile brings you some of the best analysis on top stories in Russia today. But there’s always more behind them. Each Friday, our writers provide their own take on the news, offering unique...

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Russian Nirvana

Tsoi was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) at a critical time. He studied at the Serov Artistic Academy during the mid-1970s, as the art movement in his home city was just beginning to develop the...

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Defending the Defenders

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week found herself acting as the last line of defense for Russian human rights activists, who are bracing themselves for a new law that threatens to...

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The Power of Goodbye

Recently I’ve been trying to wrap my mind around Russia. This primarily stems from my impending departure date from this country. I am leaving because my visa dictates that I do so, but also to go home...

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Sitting Tight

Russian parliamentarians have challenged the well-orchestrated government plan to relocate the country’s Parliament and other key institutions to the outskirts of Moscow. Former President Dmitry...

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Language Wars

Tensions in Ukraine have once again escalated as the country’s Parliament approved a controversial bill that would give the Russian language official status on a regional level. The move, which critics...

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Islet of Discontent

Russian pundits have expressed bewilderment over what prompted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to make a repeat trip on Tuesday to one of the four Pacific Kuril islands claimed by Japan. Russian...

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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: Could Russia Deliver Assad’s Ouster?

UN Special Envoy for Syria Kofi Annan made a commendable last minute effort to bring about an international settlement to the ongoing civil war in Syria by convening a meeting of nine countries in...

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Dividing Lines

In Ukraine, the unfolding drama over the new language bill elevating the status of Russian has reignited the age-old debates over language, culture, history, and even independence. Critics say the bill...

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Kiss the Score

I was told once by someone, I no longer remember who it was, that Russia’s greatest art exists in things that exist in the imagination, rather than things that can be seen directly. What he meant, I...

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The Blame Game

The destructive floods that wreaked havoc in southern Russia this weekend, killing more than 170 people, have set off a characteristically Russian blame game. Within days of the tragedy, local...

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The Chinese Are Coming

With Russia turning its back and Europe giving it the cold shoulder, Ukraine is trying to hedge its bet with closer engagement with China. After the scuffles and fistfights that accompanied the debate...

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Freedom Fighters

Wikipedia fired the latest salvo on Tuesday in the ongoing battle for Internet freedom in Russia. The Russian-language Wikipedia Web site shut down access for 24 hours in a last-minute effort to sway...

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All for Show

It seems that after months of intransigence Moscow is toughening its stance against Syria. After a top military official declared earlier this week that Russia would discontinue future arms shipments...

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Clearing the Doubts

Russian President Vladimir Putin seized the opportunity of his first meeting with members of an energy advisory council on Tuesday to reaffirm his commitment to the government’s ambitious privatization...

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Don’t Leave Home Without It

It’s the debit card that’s sure to pay it forward. Billionaire media mogul and devout Vladimir Putin critic Alexander Lebedev has announced that his bank will issue anti-corruption crusader Alexei...

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Russia Profile Weekly Experts Panel: The Magnitsky Act

The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, a piece of legislation moving through the U.S. Congress that is very likely to pass into law, is turning into a major irritant in U.S.-Russian...

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On a Personal Note

Russia Profile brings you some of the best analysis on top stories in Russia today. But there’s always more behind them. Each Friday, our writers provide their own take on the news, offering unique...

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What Happens in Yalta…

President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine last week came off without a hitch – though it depends on whom you ask. Not only did Ukraine fail to renegotiate what it perceives to be a sky-high price for...

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Wimpy Waltz with the Kremlin

Six months after capturing more seats in Parliament, the Russian parliamentary opposition remains trapped in the same quagmire, making only timid efforts to justify the hope of Russians who risk their...

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Open Arms, Not Open Minds

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday co-opted leaders of the country’s parliamentary opposition into the State Council, as opposition figures continue calling for protests and the government...

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Catch Me If You Can

Russia’s Prosecutor General has disclosed the results of an investigation revealing that private collection agencies have been using threats and sheer force to recover debts on behalf of banks. The...

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Coming Unhinged

Russian legislators have been busy unraveling key reforms that could have strengthened Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, spurring speculation that the Kremlin is working behind the scenes to weaken the...

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On a Personal Note

Russia Profile brings you some of the best analysis on top stories in Russia today. But there’s always more behind them. Each Friday, our writers provide their own take on the news, offering unique...

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The Ones to Blame

The scapegoats for the devastating flooding earlier this month in the southern Russian city of Krymsk have been singled out by the authorities. And they are, as it happens, the authorities themselves:...

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His Master’s Voice

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called for an increase in the pace of Russian rearmament on Monday – a move analysts say could draw a new line in the sand and make a new battle over military...

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Russia Profile to Merge With RIA Novosti's English Service

Dear Russia Profile readers, As of Wednesday, July 26, Russia Profile as a project is fully merging with the editorial team of RIA Novosti’s English-language Web site . This decision by RIA Novosti...

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