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‘Best possible Christmas present’: ‘Batman mask’ baby’s mother talks to RT’s Ruptly after challenging operation

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Eight-month-old Floridian Luna Fenner has undergone the most difficult part of her treatment in Russia’s Krasnodar to remove a rare facial skin condition. Ruptly asked her mother Carol and surgeon Dr Popov about the progress. … Read More >‘Best possible Christmas present’: ‘Batman mask’ baby’s mother talks to RT’s Ruptly after challenging operation

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Non-lethal, but dead-on: WATCH Russian cops use massive BIRCH LOG to disarm knife-wielding man

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Known as the Russian national tree, birch also works well as a Taser, apparently – at least this is how these local policemen tackled a violent knifeman, whom they didn’t want to shoot because they “pitied” the erratic man. … Read More >Non-lethal, but dead-on: WATCH Russian cops use massive BIRCH LOG to disarm knife-wielding man

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Tech companies ask Putin to veto new law banning sales of smartphones without Russian software

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A major industry body, with Google, Apple and Samsung in its ranks, has written a letter to President Putin, warning that a new law will force major players to reconsider their Russian market strategies, and will harm consumers. … Read More >Tech companies ask Putin to veto new law banning sales of smartphones without Russian software

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Thanks, but we’ll keep ‘mother’ & ‘father’: Putin rejects politically correct ‘parent #1 & #2’ titles

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During a discussion on Russian national identity, President Vladimir Putin made sure to politely but firmly reject any notion of replacing traditional family structures with more “progressive” examples implemented in the West. … Read More >Thanks, but we’ll keep ‘mother’ & ‘father’: Putin rejects politically correct ‘parent #1 & #2’ titles

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Cold steel: Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile ‘completes its first ARCTIC test’

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Russia’s new Kinzhal (‘Dagger’) air-launched hypersonic missile has been tested in freezing Arctic conditions. It successfully struck a land-based target in what was the maiden test of its kind, defense industry sources said. … Read More >Cold steel: Russia’s Kinzhal hypersonic missile ‘completes its first ARCTIC test’

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Parent 1, Just Killed a Man, Put a Gun… Putin Hopes Word Mother Will Never Be Replaced in Russia

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In February, French MPs passed an amendment to a law that will replace the words mother and father in schools with “parent 1” and “parent 2”. Supporters of the legislation say their proposal would stop discrimination against same-sex parents … Read More >Parent 1, Just Killed a Man, Put a Gun… Putin Hopes Word Mother Will Never Be Replaced in Russia

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‘We didn’t forget how to negotiate’: US, Russia agree on adding Novichok & NATO-made chemicals to OPCW blacklists

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A Russian envoy rejoiced at a diplomatic breakthrough that allowed the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to make history by drastically expanding its blacklist of the world’s deadliest toxins. … Read More >‘We didn’t forget how to negotiate’: US, Russia agree on adding Novichok & NATO-made chemicals to OPCW blacklists

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‘Sports changed my life & mindset’: Putin says parents were against him studying martial arts, but coach talked them around

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Russian president and judo black belt holder, Vladimir Putin, said he would’ve been a different person without combat sports in his life, thanking his coach for fending off his parents’ attempts to put an end to his training. … Read More >‘Sports changed my life & mindset’: Putin says parents were against him studying martial arts, but coach talked them around