Thursday 9th September, 2010
Russia judge shot dead in North Caucasus province
shot several times [Reuters report] by gunmen suspected to be Islamic insurgents and died at the scene. The Russian government has faced a growing insurgency in the Northern Caucasus, including deadly...
Kazakhstan grants Russia permission to extinguish wildfires
Kazakhstan has granted Russia's Emergencies Ministry permission to extinguish wildfires on the Kazakh-Russian border and in Kazakhstan, the ministry's information services said on Wednesday. Earlier ...
Putin hints at return to Russian presidency
Published Date: September 08, 2010 SOCHI: Expectations intensified yesterday that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may run again for the Russian presidency after he drew a surprise comparison with four-...
Russia’s leaders split on pace of reform
Financial TimesListen to Russia’s president and prime minister talk about its most pressing political issue – modernising its economy – and a significant difference of tone emerges. President Dmitry Medvedev h...
Russia's Budget To Rise By RUB226 Billion In 2011 - Reports
Morning StarBudget spending, meanwhile, will rise by 220 billion rubles next year, 200 billion rubles in 2012 and another 200 billion in 2013, Kudrin said. -By
Fire destroys dozens of homes in Russian region
SINAMOSCOW, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- About 50 homes have been destroyed by fire and an evacuation was underway in a village in Russia's Altai Region, the regional emergencies ministry said Wednesday. "Fifty h...
No injuries, but jangled nerves after Russian emergency landing
Earth TimesMoscow - A Russian pilot brought his plane to a rough landing after losing power in mid-air, skidding across a short military landing strip before coming to a halt just short of a forest, officials an...
Russian plane makes 'miracle' crash landing
C NewsThis Russian passenger Tupolev (TU-154) aircraft carrying 81 people made a "miracle" crash landing at a deserted air strip deep in the Siberian taiga after a complete mid-flight power failure, officia...
2011 Mondeo To Launch in Russia, Followed by Focus
General Sources— Ford plans to produce an updated Mondeo in St. Petersburg starting next month. The news came from Ford Russia CEO Mark Ovenden. The new Mondeo will be equipped with a 240-horsepower EcoBoost ...
Russia okays $600 mn investment in SSTL for 20% stake
Business StandardThe Russian government will pick up about 20 per cent stake for $600 million (Rs 2,793 crore) in Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), a joint venture telecom firm with India's Shyam Group. Russian Fede...
Fires flare up as Russia pledges better forest protection
BreitbartForest fires flared again in Russia on Wednesday as President Dmitry Medvedev demanded better protection for the country's prized forests to avoid a repeat of this summer's disaster. Fresh fires de...
Given: Russia games will be 'trickier'
Irish ExaminerRepublic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given has said that his side are going to face a harder test next month when they face Russia in Dublin in their Euro 2012 qualifer.Dick Advocaat’s men will head ...
US: Russia coach wrong about Soviets' victory
Tampa Bay OnlineU.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski responded to David Blatt's opinion that the Soviet Union's victory in the controversial Olympic gold-medal game was fair by saying that Blatt should have that belief as a Ru...
Russia Slams USA's Far-Fetched Report about Democracy
PravdaRussia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry criticized the annual report from the US State Department about the support of democracy in the world. Official spokesmen for the ministry said that some politician...
Russia: Missile Tests to Resume Within Weeks
VOAUS, Russia Still at Odds on Missile Defense Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov says tests are set to resume this month on a submarine-launched ballistic missile that has failed repeatedly in e...
Russian jetliner lands in forest; no one hurt
Washington Times** FILE ** A Tupolev 154 comes in for a landing at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport in 1996. A similar Tupolev 154 suffered an electrical system failure Tuesday and made an emergency landing, ending up in a f...
Gates: Any Russian arms cheating would backfire
Washington TimesRussia will not be able to achieve "militarily significant cheating" under the New START treaty.Some Republicans have questioned the value of the treaty and expressed concern about whether Russian com...
Fires flare up in Russia
West AustralianForest fires flared again in Russia on Wednesday as President Dmitry Medvedev demanded better protection for the country's prized forests to avoid a repeat of this summer's disaster.Fresh fire...
Russian High Court To Consider Complaint Against Ruling Party
Spero NewsRussia's Constitutional Court has agreed to consider a complaint from a regional deputy claiming that all the regional parliament committees are headed by deputies from the pro-Kremlin United Russ...
Fires flare up in Russia
SBSForest fires flared again in Russia on Wednesday as President Dmitry Medvedev demanded better protection for the country's prized forests to avoid a repeat of this summer's disaster.
Spy Anna Chapman is 'Russian' to be famous in her homeland
New York PostSexy topless-posing spy Anna Chapman is back in Russia -- and she's getting a lot of love. The former spy, who was busted earlier this summer and sent back to her home country as part of an exchange d...
Kilbane warns of Russian backlash
Independent.ieKevin Kilbane has warned Ireland to beware a wounded animal ahead of Russia's Euro 2012 visit to Dublin next month.Dick Advocaat's men will head for the Aviva Stadium on Friday, October 8 no doubt sti...
Ambiq Tech SPB Showcased at St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum
General SourcesSAN JOSE, CA and ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA--(Marketwire - September 8, 2010) - Ambiq Tech SPB ("Ambiq") will be exhibiting at the St. Petersburg Innovation Forum September 29 - October 1. Participants at...
U.S. diplomat raps Russia on jailing, free assembly
General SourcesMOSCOW (Reuters) - A top U.S. diplomat criticised Russia on Wednesday over the jailing of a prominent human rights activist and urged the Kremlin to respect the right to free assembly.
Russia reports 4 mln illegal migrant workers
RIA NovostiFour million foreign nationals work illegally in Russia, the head of the Federal Migration Service said on Wednesday. More than 10 million foreigners entered Russia in 2010, Konstantin Romodanovsky s...
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