huge rally against russia vote results dispersed by cops
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sporadic protests both supporting and protesting against yesterday039s election results have sprung up around the capital this evening this comes after hundreds of people were arrested at illegal rallies on election day prime time039s jacob greaves is at an opposition protest at chistye prudyrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

freak of nature: double headed calf born in georgia
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a two-headed calf has been born in the village of abedad in georgia owner ludmila jgarkava said she thought initially that the mother cow had given birth to twins since its birth on january 2nd jgarkava has been bottle-feeding the calf as the mother rejected it quoti try to keep it alive and feed it with its mother039s milk every three hoursquot she told georgian imedi tv the calf has four eyes and three ears and appears to be otherwise healthyrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

video of 039monster039 two-headed albino snake shocking ukraine zoo visitors
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follow us on http:twittercomrt_com and http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsa two-headed snake has gone on display at a zoo in southern ukraine the quotskazkaquot fairy tale zoo in the crimean city of yalta on the black sea said on wednesday that the albino california kingsnake has two heads that think react and eat separately though one is more passive than the other the head of the zoo oleh zubkov said that the two heads sometimes compete with each other for food zoo workers have to put a barrier between the heads when feeding the snake the zoo said that healthy serpents of this kind are extremely rare appearing once in 50 years the snake will be on display at the zoo until mid-september

chernobyl-2 exclusive: rt at secret soviet facility inside dead zone
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it was the world039s worst nuclear disaster but 25 years on the battle to contain it continues building a new sarcophagus over the chernobyl site is the most pressing issue as a meeting of donor countries is held in ukrainert on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

medvedev launches sweeping reforms in last address
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president dmitry medvedev has said it is time for a comprehensive reform of russia039s political system which would give citizens an opportunity to be more involved in the political life of the country making his final address to the federal assembly as president medvedev outlined the key components necessary for achieving political reform read more http:onrtcomnl5qm5

goodbye lokomotiv video of heartbreaking farewell ceremony on ice
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a heart-stirring requiem mass has taken place at the minsk ice hockey arena where this evening local side dynamo were supposed to take on lokomotiv yaroslavl the team which tragically died in wednesday039s plane crash all tickets for the game had been sold long before the tragedy soon after the sad news spread worldwide the game039s organizers decided to arrange a mass at the arena honoring the legacy of the team not a single ticket had been returned as the ceremony was held in the packed arena each spectator brought flowers all the belarusian leadership including president aleksandr lukashenko were present at the event never was the arena that silent as 37 huge portraits of the players and staff were placed on the ice a requiem mass was performed by an orchestra while portraits of the departed yaroslavl friends and icons appeared on the scoreboard each picture was met with a storm of applause after which the dynamo players scored a puck each in their net similar ceremonies were held on thursday evening in a dozen russian and cis citiesrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

mass brawl on ice: khl teams fight 6 seconds into game
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top khl squad avangard managed to finish their home game against league underdogs vityaz 3-2 despite a mass brawl the incident occurred almost immediately after face-off the vityaz players went on the offensive after only six seconds of play avangard039s management says the brawl was a pre-planned act against their team they have demanded that vityaz be excluded from the khl and also want a lifetime disqualification for the club039s management in january 2010 a similar brawl occurred during the clubs039 meeting in the moscow region back then the game was suspended while vityaz were considered to have struck the first blow but avoided serious sanction from the khlrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

first video of yak-42 crash site as russia hockey team killed in yaroslavl
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for latest updates follow rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsat least 43 people have died in a yakovlev yak-42 passenger plane crash near the city of yaroslavl in central russia the majority of victims were members of the local ice hockey team lokomotiv

hope lost for sunken ship survivors 129 believed drowned
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flags are at half-mast across russia as the country mourns the victims of its worst boat accident in three decades 83 people have now been officially confirmed dead while dozens of bodies remain trapped underwater after an overloaded pleasure cruiser sank in the volga river in the republic of tatarstan on sunday rescuers say the chances of finding more survivors are remote rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews