Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on Wednesday about his plans to confront possible threats from the United States and NATO’s European missile defense project; the State Duma held its last session before December 4 parliamentary elections and late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam was arrested.
© RIA Novosti . Ekaterina Shtukina / Go to the mediabankOn November 24, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev danced together with some local children at a studio in the northwest city of Petrozavodsk.
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On November 24, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev danced together with some local children at a studio in the northwest city of Petrozavodsk.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Klimentyev / Go to the mediabankRussian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on Wednesday about his plans to confront possible threats from the United States and NATO’s European missile defense project.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addressed the nation on Wednesday about his plans to confront possible threats from the United States and NATO’s European missile defense project.
© RIA Novosti . Grigoriy Sysoev / Go to the mediabankThe State Duma on November 23 held its last plenary session before the parliamentary elections that will run on December 4.
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The State Duma on November 23 held its last plenary session before the parliamentary elections that will run on December 4.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei PiatakovThousands of people had been lining up outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral through the week to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.
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Thousands of people had been lining up outside downtown Moscow’s Christ the Savior cathedral through the week to see a belt believed to have belonged to the Virgin Mary.
© RIA Novosti . Ekaterina Shtukina / Go to the mediabankKirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, celebrated his 65th birthday on November 20.
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Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, celebrated his 65th birthday on November 20.