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BANGKOK, 10 August 2017 (NNT) – Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha during his official visit to Thailand to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Thailand-Russia relations.The Russian foreign minister made a courtesy call on the Thai premier at Government House.According to Deputy Government Spokesman
Read More BANGKOK, 18 April 2017 (NNT) - The Cabinet has approved Thailand’s standpoint for bilateral talks with Russia with a focus on trade and investment promotion.Deputy Government Spokesman Lt. Gen. Weerachon Sukondhapatipak said Thailand and Russia will meet in the 3rd meeting of the Thai-Russian subcommittee on trade from 20-21 April
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia announced on Friday, January 6 that it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier and some other Russian warships from the waters off Syria as the first step in a drawdown of its forces in the war-torn Mideast country, The Associated Press reports.According to Russian General Staff chief Gen.
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The Foreign Ministry is cooperating with Russian authorities after a Thai cultural exchange student was found dead on a train in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan last week.Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee yesterday said that Chayanon Poonsirasin, 16, was an exchange student in Russia under the non-profit AFS Intercultural Programs.Full story: The
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The northern Russian port city of Murmansk, with a population of 300,000, has been partly left without electricity following an emergency at an energy facility. Eyewitnesses captured a bright flash, after which the lights went out.There have been eyewitnesses' reports of a "huge blast" at one of the city's electrical
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BRUSSELS -- European Union ambassadors have agreed to a six-month extension of sanctions against Russia in response to its occupation and illegal annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and Moscow's support for pro-Russia separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine.The decision by diplomats at a meeting in Luxembourg on June 21 still requires
Read More According to the Russian Emegencies Ministry, the bodies of at least eleven people were found and eleven more tourists have been saved.A tourist group of 49 people, consisting mostly of children, has been caught in a strong lake storm in Karelia, northwest Russia, according to the authorities. Preliminary reports state
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At least ten people have been injured, and a man is in critical condition, after clashes broke out between hundreds of Russian and English fans in Marseille, ahead of their teams' opening game of Euro 2016.The head of All-Russian Fans' Union, Alexander Sprygin, told Reuters that English fans were "drinking
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