MOSCOW (Reuters) – A sweeping new Moscow fashion exhibit illustrates the evolution of Soviet couture behind the Iron Curtain from the post World War One era to Perestroika. “Fashion behind the Iron Curtain” at the 16th-century Tsaritsyno estate on Moscow‘s outskirts spans seven decades of female coquetry, describing how Soviet women made do with silk [...]
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Moscow to spend $33 bn on subway
Moscow, May 15 (IANS) The Russian capital plans to spend over a trillion rubles (around$33 billion) by 2020 to extend the city’s subway system, an official said. Andrei Bochkaryov, head of the municipal construction department, said: “The total volume of financing has been set at over a trillion rubles, which includes the planning and construction [...]
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MOSCOW, May 8 (UPI) — Moscow lifted its embargo on military exports to Libya more than six months after leader Moammar Gadhafi died during the civil war, the government said. Moscow joined a ban on military hardware sales to Libya shortly after the country plunged into civil war in early 2011. The Kremlin reversed its [...]
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – An explosion hit Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Friday, close to the ruling party headquarters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The activist group said no one was killed by the blast itself but one guard at the headquarters died, apparently in a round of gunfire that followed the explosion. …
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