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World Humanitarian Day: 17 million volunteers. Half a million aid workers. 190 countries. 1 day.

… their families. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC 11:00 am, Russia: Ladies who lunch! A mother and … up their food parcel. The ICRC and the Russian Red Cross provide food and hygiene … about 9,000 displaced people in the south of Russia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC 12:00 pm, Myanmar: …

Russian Federation: Regulating private military and security companies

… jointly by the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ICRC and the Russian Association of International Law. … Maria Zabolotskaya, Legal Division, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Under …

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Russia: Red Cross and Red Crescent photos in parliament

… An ICRC photo exhibition has given Russian MPs a unique look at 200 years of war … of the ICRC, news agency TASS and the Russian Central Museum of Contemporary … in the State Duma (parliament) of the Russian Federation, with support from the …

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A strong resolve to end violence against health care

… The military manuals of Belarus and Russia also set out disciplinary measures for …

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Russian Federation: ICRC helps Ukrainian families

… food parcels and hygiene kits in southern Russia so far this year to people who fled the … operations with the local authorities and the Russian Red Cross. Many people who fled from … and villages. Some are living in southern Russia, either because of the ongoing …

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Russian Federation: Fighting Star Wars by the rules

… on 21 April and involved participants from Russia, Belarus and Armenia. Participants … University; declared Nvard Kazarian from the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University of …

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Ukraine: "My husband went to visit his mother. That was the last time I saw him."

… to seek refuge in safer areas, in Ukraine, Russia and even Belarus. But Victoria says she …

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Russia: ICRC Moscow Humanitarium to promote discussion of humanitarian issues

… During the opening ceremony, the Russian version of the 2015 ICRC Report …

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B, General services, 1917- ongoing, 3313 metres of shelf space

… detainees took place during the Hungarian and Russian civil wars fought in those countries … basis. While those on Spain, Greece, Hungary, Russia, Georgia and Czechoslovakia contain … exception of Czechoslovakia, Spain, Hungary, Russia and part of Lithuania, each file has a …

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Health Care in Danger: Latest news

… Working Group meeting was held in Moscow, Russia, during the World Medical Association …

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