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Some Russians Still Live in The USSR

By PravdaJuly 9, 2011Culture, Politics666, antonina pronina, article 28, citizens, city of sverdlovsk, constitution of the russian federation, hammer and sickle, igor bukker, nostalgic, number of the beast, pravda, religious feelings, rubles, russian citizenship, russian federation, russian passport, soviet passport, soviet passport people, ussr, vladivostok

The Soviet passport stopped its existence seven years ago. Nevertheless, about 5,000 residents of the city of Sverdlovsk live in a non-existent country. They refuse to exchange their ID for a Russian passport. What is the reason behind such absurd situations? Do those people feel nostalgic about the erstwhile superpower or are they stuck-in-the-mud kind of people? What can be done about such citizens who can not even be referred to as citizens?

A local news agency says that many of those “Soviet passport people” ask officers of migration services to glue in new photos in their invalid passports. Some others decide not to exchange their Soviet passports for Russian ones in order not to pay the state duty of 1,000 rubles ($30). There are people who say that the new passport insults their religious feelings. (more…)

Russia to Restore Naval Presence in All Oceans

By PravdaNovember 26, 2010Politics, WeaponsCuba, dmitry medvedev, konstantin sivkov, naval bases, poland, russia, russian vessels, soviet era, soviet union, usa, ussr, Vietnam

Russian guided missile cruiser SLAVA. Source: Wikipedia

Russia may open new naval bases in other countries, President Dmitry Medvedev stated November 25 at a meeting with Russia’s top brass.

“Unfortunately, the reality is that a number of our previous opportunities have disappeared,” Medvedev said. Medvedev said that he now had “certain ideas” about how these could be replaced. “But for obvious reasons, I will not say them out loud,” he added.

First and foremost, it goes about support points for Russian vessels on the territory of foreign countries. It is necessary to build such objects to support Russia’s military presence in strategically important parts of the globe. (more…)

World Market Nervous over BP’s Possible Collapse

By PravdaJuly 12, 20101 commentEconomy, Environmentarab sheikhs, azerbaijan, baku-tbilisi-ceyhan, bp, british ministers, british petroleum, ecological disaster, forties, gazprom, gulf of mexico, ivan tulyakov, libyan investment authority, north sea, oil giant, oil spill, persian gulf, pipeline, russia, shah-deniz, stock market, united arab emirates, ussr

The British Cabinet of Ministers gathered for a special meeting to discuss the future of one of the world’s largest oil companies in the world, British Petroleum, in connection with the liquidation of the consequences of the ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Some Russians Still Live in The USSR

Russia to Restore Naval Presence in All Oceans

World Market Nervous over BP’s Possible Collapse