Example sentences for: segodnya

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  • Under the headline "New Russian Ambassador To Play It Tough in Washington," the Russian daily Segodnya said that Yuri Ushakov, who flew to Washington Tuesday to take up his post, had been given instructions "reminiscent of Cold War documents" by the Russian foreign ministry.

  • On the failed impeachment of President Boris Yeltsin by the Russian Duma, the daily Segodnya said that the "hearings in the Duma have proved beyond doubt that Boris Yeltsin hardly has a match among politicians."

  • (meaning, luckily, the Russian Duma), the daily Segodnya published a front-page lead story about the expected confirmation Thursday of Yevgeny Primakov as the country's new prime minister.

  • In Russia, where the government has announced plans to cut spending on social welfare programs, which are largely notional anyway, Segodnya published an upbeat interview with First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko predicting that the country will get its promised loans from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank "if nothing political happens again."

  • Segodnya pointed out that the 3,600-strong Russian presence in Kosovo--along with its 1,200-member contingent in Bosnia--will cost about $500 million per year--for which "there is no money" in the 1999 budget.


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