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Grand Baikal entered the top ten largest regional tour companies in Russia, taking 10th place in the Turinfo ranking. In 2008 the company served 38.5 thousand clients…
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In Irkutsk more than 400 people held a rally against rising prices and utility monopoly rates as part of a nationwide action. Participants, including Communist Party…
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In Russia, new rules for passenger and baggage transport have come into force, again making taxi checkers, a yellow light and a taximeter mandatory. In Irkutsk, carriers…
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In Germany, tens of thousands of Die Zeit readers received a fake newspaper issue that looked so convincing that many were first seriously alarmed. The front page…
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Today in Chechnya they mark another anniversary of the March 23, 2003 referendum, when the republics first constitution was adopted, confirming it as part of Russia…
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In the final match of the Russian bandy championship, Baikal-Energiya beat Nizhny Novgorod's Start 4.2 at Rekord Stadium. Irkutsk led 3.0 at halftime and held off a…
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Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur have created an artificial heart that they estimate will be 30 times cheaper than Western counterparts and…
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VTsIOM found that 62% of Russians support introducing food stamps, and over the year the number of supporters rose by 11%. Support is especially high in Siberia and the…
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Head of the Oktyabrsky district Alexander Alferyevsky reported on last year and stressed that the district remains the fastest growing in Irkutsk. The article describes…