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(photo from http://konyukhov.ru) 17.05.2009, 09:45

Following the Great Silk Road

It seems that tireless traveler Fyodor Konyukhov has seen it all. Not quite, he says, as he has just started a new expedition which will cover the ancient Great Silk Road.

 AFP Photo / Koji Sasahara 13.05.2009, 21:29

Putin launches Silk Road adventure

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Russian traveller to hit the Silk Road

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No Korean groom for Putin’s daughter

Claims that one of Vladimir Putin’s daughters is engaged to the son of a South Korean retired top brass are false, the prime minister’s spokesman has said.

30.01.2010, 18:01 5 comments

US students building bridges with Russia

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No road, no food: remote village strives for life

Residents of a small Russian village are struggling for life. Local authorities have stopped sending food supplies to a remote settlement that has no shops and only five ageing residents.

Silk Road traveler hospitalized

Published: 12 June, 2009, 05:55


Fyodor Konyukhov

Russia’s most renowned traveler, Fyodor Konyukhov, is in hospital after falling ill on his new expedition to follow the ancient Silk Road.

 
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John June 12, 2009, 14:20 quote
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I can't find anything on Spencer's disease or vomiting sickness. Is it the same as jamaican vomiting sickness?

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