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In April, new trolleybuses will go into service
Irkutsk is updating its public transport fleet, the city bought 26 new trolleybuses for 96 million rubles, and 18 have already arrived and are set to enter service in…
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Medvedev and Obama will meet on April 1
Dmitry Medvedev said he will meet Barack Obama on April 1 in London at the G20 summit and discuss key bilateral issues from nuclear nonproliferation to fighting the…
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Georgia withdrew from Eurovision 2009
Georgia officially withdrew from Eurovision 2009 in Moscow after organizers demanded changing the song We Dont Wanna Put In or choosing another. The band Stefane and 3G…
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According to the Finance Ministry forecasts, the peak of the crisis will shift to late 2009 early 2010.
Alexei Kudrin believes the peak of the global economic crisis will shift to the end of this year or even the start of next, and recovery may take at least three years…
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The traffic police have begun a large scale inspection of minibus taxi drivers
A large inspection of minibuses has begun in Irkutsk. Traffic police and the transport association are checking vehicle condition and driver compliance with traffic…
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How to buy a product without cash and credit
A regional branch of German Sterligovs Anti crisis Settlement and Commodity Center has opened in Irkutsk, offering an alternative payment system without relying on cash…
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Dialogue between religion and the press
In Irkutsk Oblast, at the Religion and Media round table, representatives of faiths and regional media discussed how to improve cooperation and make coverage of…
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Satellites collided over Siberia. Fragments are falling to Earth
For the first time in human history, two satellites collided in orbit, the Russian Cosmos 2251 and the American Iridium 33. The accident occurred at about 805 kilometers…
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Video pirates will be caught right in the cinema
Scientists have developed a technology that can determine from an illegal film recording where in the theater it was filmed. To do this, they slightly alter the…