Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Russian firm to produce caviar in Argentina
St Petersburg News.NetA Russian-owned company will begin production of caviar in the northwestern Argentine province of La Rioja, a spokesman for the regional government said.
China Eyes High-speed Rail Links With Europe, India, Russia
Travel BlackboardChina is reportedly in negotiations which could see the economic behemoth build a high-speed railway connecting its capital with the United Kingdom, Russia and Southeast Asia. The new connections cou...
Duma Looks To Give Foreign Teachers A Break
The Moscow TimesState Duma deputies will hear a bill in a key second reading later this month that would streamline the current process for employers to register foreign teachers. Regulations put in place last year...
Gazprom Neft's Q4 Results Disappoint
The Moscow TimesGazprom Neft on Wednesday posted a smaller fourth-quarter profit than analysts had expected, largely because of reasons unrelated to production. The oil arm of gas giant Gazprom earned a net income o...
Traffic Police Investigated In 'human Shield' Case
The Moscow TimesInvestigative Committee 's Moscow branch opened a criminal investigation Wednesday into allegations that traffic police stopped several cars to form a "human shield" across a road as they at...
Decision To Fine Ikea Reversed
The Moscow TimesIKEA for violating laws on competition, the watchdog said Wednesday on its web site. IKEA MOS, one of IKEA's Russian units, was accused of violating monopoly laws after an investigation found that th...
Central Bank Eases Ruble Band Again
The Moscow TimesThe Central Bank was forced to ease its trading band for the 12th time in three weeks Wednesday after the ruble strengthened against the dollar to the highest level in almost two months on climbing oi...
Venezuela Approves Oil Joint Venture
The Moscow TimesCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s national legislature approved the creation of a joint venture between state energy company Petroleos de Venezuela and National Oil Consortium to pump as mu...
Revival Of 1920s Satirical Writer Lacks Punch
The Moscow TimesThere are writers who hide from their public for years, for decades and maybe even for centuries. Nikolai Erdman is one of them. He was one of the most important playwrights and screenwriters of the ...
Chilean Totems In Wood, Sound Show
The Moscow TimesMiguel Norambuena is a Chilean psychiatrist who heads the Racard Center in Geneva, but he is also a writer and artist whose current installation is on at club Ulitsa O.G.I. on Ulitsa Petrovka. The exh...
* Russian President Urges Sweden To Extradite Chechens
Taipei TimesREUTERS, MOSCOW Thursday, Mar 11, 2010, Page 6 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Sweden on Tuesday to extradite two men it says are Chechen separatists who have been involved in killings and...
Russian, Jordanian Leaders To Focus On Middle East During Moscow Talks
RIA NovostiMiddle East settlement and the post-election situation in Iraq along with bilateral trade and economic relations during talks in Moscow on Thursday.
Fatal Russia crash fuels anger at police, Lukoil
The StarMOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday ordered Russia's interior minister to report to him on a fatal car crash last month involving a senior official of Russia's largest oil compan...
Sidney Crosby’s gold medal hockey stick intercepted on way to Russia
Vancouver SunTeam Canada's Sidney Crosby collects his hockey sticks from the bench at the end of Canada's game-day skate in preparation for their game later in the day against Slovakia in Vancouver BC
Russia may ban night time spirits sales in shops
World BulletinRussia may impose a ban on sales of spirits in shops after 2100, Interfax news agency quoted a government source as saying on Wednesday. "The talk is about beverages containing more than 15 perce...
Russia to sign deals worth $10b with India during Putin's visit
Gulf NewsLarsen & Toubro Ltd's shipyard in Hajira. Sobyanin, who is also Putin's chief of staff, said warm ties with former cold war ally India did not undermine relations with other BRIC nations, although tr...
Russian police force in human shield probe
Euro NewsRussia’s police force is back in the spotlight, once again for all the wrong reasons. Prosecutors in Moscow are investigating claims officers used several drivers as human shields on a motorway...
Russian drivers forced to act as shield
Boston HeraldM OSCOW — Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway — and remain inside — to block a fleeing criminal suspect...
Russian Businessman Wins Libel Suit In Litvinenko Murder Case
Quote.com(RTTNews) - Self-exiled Russian businessman Boris A. Berezovsky on Wednesday won a libel case in a London court in connection with allegations made by a Russian broadcaster that he was involved in t...
Russian drivers forced to act as shield
ExaminerRussian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway - and remain inside - to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors said Wednesday...
Russian Cops Probed for Allegedly Using Drivers as Shield
Fox NewsMOSCOW — Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway — and remain inside — to block a fleeing criminal suspect, ...
Russian drivers 'used as human shield' to stop criminals
BBCRussia has launched a criminal inquiry following claims that traffic police used civilian motorists as a "human shield" to stop suspected criminals.Several drivers were reportedly ordered to...
Russian drivers 'used as shield'
BBCRussia has launched a criminal inquiry following claims that traffic police used civilian motorists as a "human shield" to stop suspected criminals.Several drivers were reportedly ordered to...
Russian drivers forced to act as shield
Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) -- Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway - and remain inside - to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors...
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