Russian pole vault queen, Yelena Isinbayeva (see photo, L), who won a gold medal in the Olympics with a new world record of 5.05m, leads the Top 10 Olympic Beauty List released by a Japanese magazine.

日本著名杂志《周刊文春》近日刊出了10大奥运美女榜，以5米05打破世界纪录的俄罗斯“撑杆跳女皇”伊辛巴耶娃（见图左）位居首席，乌克兰艺术体操选手贝索诺娃（见图右）第二。“

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In RECENT weeks Russian nostalgia for past greatness has been seen stretching from the North Pole to the Mediterranean via the Caucasus.

在最近几周，从北极经过高加索山脉一直到地中海，到处都可以看到俄罗斯对昔日强盛的怀念。

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In 2007, a Russian expedition descended in a pair of vessels more than two miles under the ice cap and deposited a Russian flag on the seabed at the North Pole.

2007年，一支俄罗斯探险队在北极用两艘潜水器潜到了两英里之下的冰层，并在海底放置了俄罗斯国旗。

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Artur Chilingarov, an adventurer and deputy speaker of Russia's parliament, led two Russian mini-submarines to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean beneath the North Pole, where he collected gravel and planted the Russian flag.

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It plans to send two mini-submarines under the North Pole to scoop samples and deposit the Russian flag.

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Russian scientists are keen on proving that the seabed below the North Pole is part of the Eurasian continental shelf, an area called the Lomonosov Ridge.

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