Day: June 15, 2019
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‘Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy’ Wins Pushkin House Prize
This year’s winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize is Serhii Plokhy, whose book, “Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy” (Allen Lane) was announced at a ceremony in London on Wednesday. This was the second time Plokhy has won the award. The Pushkin House Book Prize is unique in the world of literary competitions. First, it…
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Russia’s Putin Gives China’s Xi Ice Cream on His 66th Birthday
Chinese President Xi Jinping celebrated his 66th birthday on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who Xi considers a close friend and who gave Xi ice cream as a present, Chinese state media reported. The discussion of senior leaders’ private lives is extremely rare in China, and the exact birth dates of most of them are…
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Russia’s New Arctic Missile Knocks out Targets in Massive Test Launch
In August 2018, the armed forces on Kotelny fired two Termit cruise missiles with missile complex Rubezh on targets located about 50 km away in the ice-covered part of the Laptev Sea. In 2015, the country moved the S-400 Triumph the new generation anti-aircraft weapon system, to the Kola Peninsula. That was followed by the deployment…