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The KVN Baikal team will play in the Premier League
The KVN team Baikal from Irkutsk Oblast and the Republic of Buryatia won the right to play in the Premier League under Alexander Maslyakov Sr. after the anniversary…
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30 of the water consumed in the Angara region does not meet sanitary standards
In Irkutsk region, they discussed the acute problem of drinking water quality. According to Rospotrebnadzor, 30 percent of water consumed in the region does not meet…
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The new bridge across the Angara will be fully opened by the end of 2009
The federal government will continue funding construction of the new bridge over the Angara in Irkutsk, avoiding another project freeze. Officials promise to open it by…
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What awaits Russian higher education
Rosobrnadzor says half of Russian universities do not meet their status, and in coming years higher education will face a major overhaul. By 2012, the number of…
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Modernization of Irkutsk railway stations
In February 2009, the Railway Stations Directorate of Russian Railways will begin tenders to select contractors for the reconstruction and modernization of stations…
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The mystery of Genghis Khan will finally be revealed
Attention is again focused on Genghis Khan, Yakutia's culture minister and director Andrey Borisov has made the epic historical film The Secret of Genghis Khan. The…
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In Irkutsk, a planetarium will appear again
Irkutsk astrophysicists created a fund to build a new planetarium and hope to open it for the citys 350th anniversary in 2011. A site on Sovetskaya Street has already…
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The new Patriarch became Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad
Metropolitan Kirill accepted his election as Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, and the vote outcome became clear after Metropolitan Filaret withdrew and urged support for…
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Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama will meet soon
The presidents of Russia and the United States agreed in a phone call to meet soon and confirmed readiness to work on restoring Russian American relations. The talks…