Provides the latest RSS feeds for Russia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Petersburg News.net http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/cat/723971d98160d438/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:02 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:59:02 -0400 30 The Ecuadorian Civil Space Agency issued an alert Wednesday about a possible collision of its Pegaso satellite, launched last month, with the wreckage of a Russian rocket. "ALERT: Possible collision of NEE-01 PEGASO and remains of Russian rocket," appeared Wednesday on the Twitter account of the space agency known as EXA. EXA's director, astronaut Ronnie Nader, published a notice from the Joint ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707755/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:10:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707755/scat/723971d98160d438 Space imaging studies have revealed over 10 new oil deposits in Krasnoyarsk territory in Siberia, a scientist said. "The method of space imaging quantum-optical filtration allows us to identify the boundaries of deposits," said Valery Rostovtsev, associate professor of Tomsk Polytechnic University's geology and prospecting department. "We can see four deposits near Bely Yar in the Tomsk Region, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214705063/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214705063/scat/723971d98160d438 Hollywood star Steven Seagal spent some time with Ramzan Kadyrov, the former militant fighter who now heads Chechnya, in the latest in a series of visits by Western celebrities to the volatile Russian republic. "The famous American actor, film producer, writer, director and martial arts expert (seventh dan aikido) Steven Seagal visited our republic today (Wednesday)," Kadyrov wrote on ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214704004/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:10:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214704004/scat/723971d98160d438 A farmer in south Russia allegedly chained up an employee and scalded him with boiling water, police said. The alleged victim in Krasnodar territory told investigators that he had worked for the farmer for a certain period of time, but when he decided to leave, unsatisfied with his working conditions, his former employer caught him. "The victim says the farmer hunted him down and put him on a ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214702950/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:50:02 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214702950/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW Thorbjorn Jagland, secretary general of the Council of Europe, has told President Vladimir Putin that the human rights body is concerned about Russia's law requiring non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents. Jagland said Europe will watch how the Kremlin implements the law that went in effect last November, a measure requiring non-governmental organizations ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214700285/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 18:15:20 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214700285/scat/723971d98160d438 Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr could start working "shortly", Xinhua reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's state atomic energy agency Rosatom. "I have never announced the exact timing because our absolute priority is safety and the final decision will be made by the customer," Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko told reporters. He added that Rosatom completely understands Iran's concerns ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693754/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:20:02 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693754/scat/723971d98160d438 In an exclusive interview with columnist of "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" Victoria Panfilova, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister spoke about the state of Russian-Azerbaijani relations, issues of the Karabakh conflict, and also answered a number of questions. "We, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, had a constructive exchange of views. If there is a need for our intervention ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708350/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:58:19 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708350/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia's Deputy Defence Minister has told the BBC that there is still a lack of trust between Russia and the rest of Europe. Anatoly Antonov said he would like to see more co-operation on Defence matters like terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. But he said issues like the proposed US missile defence shield keep getting in the way. He was talking to the BBC's Moscow ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708486/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:41:54 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708486/scat/723971d98160d438 Kommersant 1. Petr Netreba and Dmitry Butrin article headlined "Not to wait three years for promised things" says that the Russian government has begun to revise the 2014-16 budget because the budget deficit may rise to 0.6 percent of GDP in 2014; pp 1, 8 (746 words). 2. Roman Rozhkov et al. article headlined "defense Ministry surrounds CSKA" says that the defense ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708487/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:22 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708487/scat/723971d98160d438 Vladimir Putin to U.S. President Barack Obama, the Russian Embassy in Washington said. The letter is a response to Obama's message that U.S. national security adviser Tom Donilon brought to Moscow in April. Obama's message has not been made public, but Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said last month that it contained a number of proposals to deepen bilateral dialogue and ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708488/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:21 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708488/scat/723971d98160d438 Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has written letters to Russian authorities in support of two members of the punk group Pussy Riot jailed last August on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, his website said. The musician has asked the authorities to consider release on parole for Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who are serving two-year sentences for performing a "punk ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708489/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:19 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708489/scat/723971d98160d438 KIEV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ordered a dozen reporters to be barred from covering government meetings after they staged a protest over attacks on journalists at a rally. When reporters at the Cabinet meeting stepped in front of television cameras and turned their backs, emblazoned with slogans, on Azarov and his colleagues Wednesday, the prime minister reacted sharply. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708490/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:15 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708490/scat/723971d98160d438 ???????? 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State-controlled VTB owns a 10 percent stake in Rosbank, and stated its wish to exit after ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708358/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:00:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214708358/scat/723971d98160d438 New York, May 23 : Russia has been asked to increase the level of staff it commits to UN peacekeeping missions around the world, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707556/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50:32 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707556/scat/723971d98160d438 Phelan M. Ebenhack / Reuters An FBI official entering the apartment of Ibragim Todashev in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday. ORLANDO, Florida - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida after he suddenly turned violent, the FBI said. A friend of the dead man ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707557/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:44 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707557/scat/723971d98160d438 ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish court has sentenced four people to 83 years in prison each for the deaths of five Russians from bootleg alcohol poisoning. The Russians died in 2011 after consuming bootleg liquor during a yacht tour in the Aegean Sea. They were in Turkey training to be tour guides. The Anadolu news agency said Wednesday that a court convicted four people of murder for producing the ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707558/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:43 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707558/scat/723971d98160d438 A. Savin / Wikicommons A view of the Mariinsky Theater in May 2012. A body was found in its attic this week. A workman who disappeared in December was found dead in an attic at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater, investigators said. The body of the 22-year-old man was found hanging from a rope on Tuesday. Investigators believe he hung himself. The legendary Mariinsky Theater ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707559/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:41 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707559/scat/723971d98160d438 Ramzan Kadyrov has been awarded a medal "for unselfish work in the name of children." Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov announced the award on Wednesday, writing on social network Twitter that "not one child in the Chechnya republic was left by a mother in a maternity hospital in the last three years." All newly discovered orphans in Chechnya find their new ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707560/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:39 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707560/scat/723971d98160d438 kadyrov_95 / Instagram Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov posing with Steven Seagal in a photo on Kadyrov's Instagram account. Hollywood star Steven Seagal has spent time with Chechen ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707561/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:38 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707561/scat/723971d98160d438 ?? 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"?????-???????": ?????????? ????????? ?????? ??????? ? ??? ?? ?????? ??????????? ??????? ?? ??????? ?????????? ? ????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707563/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:20:00 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707563/scat/723971d98160d438 ???????????? ??????????????? ???????? ????????? 23 ??? ?????? ?????????? ????? ?????????? ??????? 10,166 ???? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707566/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:19:59 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214707566/scat/723971d98160d438 File Photo The Order of Lenin. Eighty-three years ago today, on May 23, 1930, the first Order of Lenin was awarded to a group of military officers, ordinary workers and the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper for its assistance in the development of socialism. The Order of Lenin - first mooted in 1926 and meant to reward those who displayed great merit in their service to the revolution, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214706518/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:18 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214706518/scat/723971d98160d438 Former Cambridge neighbors of a Russian mixed martial arts ?brawler shot dead by an FBI agent early yesterday in Florida - after ?being questioned about his ties to ?the marathon bombing and a Waltham triple murder - said he was nasty.Ibragim Todashev, 27, also hung around with slain marathon bombing mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26 - swilling beer and eating chicken on a stoop on Harding Street, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214706520/scat/723971d98160d438 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:51 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214706520/scat/723971d98160d438 Dmitry Medvedev , now the country's Prime Minister, discussed a "reset" of relations, the Cold War's Punch & Judy have been more like frenemies than friends. Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday his desire to strengthen the beleaguered bilateral relationship with Russia during talks with ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214705127/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:27:29 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214705127/scat/723971d98160d438 letter from President Vladimir Putin to US President Barack Obama, the Russian Embassy in the United States said. The letter is a response to ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214705296/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:19:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214705296/scat/723971d98160d438 WASHINGTON, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the intention to strengthen U.S.-Russian relations, including economic relations, as he talked with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. The White House press service reported on Wednesday that Obama had joined Patrushev's meeting with Thomas Donilon, the national security advisor to the U.S. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214704332/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:18:34 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214704332/scat/723971d98160d438 WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama reaffirmed on Wednesday his desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Russia during talks with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said. Obama briefly joined a meeting between Patrushev and National Security Advisor Tom Donilon in Washington. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214704339/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:07:23 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214704339/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - The investigator refused to drop the criminal case against former first deputy prosecutor general of the Moscow region Alexander Ignatenko, his lawyer Alexander Asnis told Itar-Tass on ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214702305/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:59:35 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214702305/scat/723971d98160d438 ? ????????????, ?????????????, ????????????, ??????????, ?????????? ????? ?????? ? ????. - ??????????? ????? ???????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214702304/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:59:34 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214702304/scat/723971d98160d438 WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) –A group of US lawmakers is set to travel to Russia to investigate the Boston Marathon bombings, and try to boost cooperation between the former Cold War rivals, the office of Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who is leading the delegation, said Wednesday. "As Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214699290/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:33 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214699290/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – An international conference on European security opens on Thursday in Moscow with Russia hoping to discuss approaches to the new pan-European security architecture in an open dialogue with the European Union and the NATO. The two-day conference, titled Military and Political Aspects of European Security, brings together senior defense officials from Russia, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214699289/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:31:33 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214699289/scat/723971d98160d438 Ibragim Todashev - the Chechen shot dead overnight by the FBI while being questioned in connection with the marathon bombing and a Waltham triple murder - was arrested by Boston police in 2010 after a road rage incident in Downtown Crossing, and by Florida police just weeks ago after a violent parking lot assault.The FBI and law enforcement sources say Todashev, 27, a former Cambridge resident, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214699080/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:19:56 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214699080/scat/723971d98160d438 ISTANBUL -- Syria's opposition coalition is to convene in Istanbul Thursday to decide whether to participate in talks next month on resolving the Syrian conflict that are being organized by Washington and Moscow. But the opposition has reservations about the role of the Syrian government in the planned talks. The Syrian National Coalition is due to meet over three days in Istanbul. The ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697846/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:41:30 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697846/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Number of people who received injuries as a result of a micro-tornado in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region some 300 km to the south of Moscow has reached twenty, a spokesman for the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ told ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697890/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:31:37 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697890/scat/723971d98160d438 WASHINGTON, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows. The lawmakers included language in the proposed Defense Authorization Bill, which was in the early stages of the legislative process in Congress ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697893/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:10 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697893/scat/723971d98160d438 1 of 10. Jailed Pussy Riot punk rock group member Maria Alyokhina is seen on a monitor, as she takes part in a video conference from the penal colony, inside the courtroom during a hearing in the town of Berezniki May 22, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697819/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:10:17 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697819/scat/723971d98160d438 Two teenage girls, who beat and abused young boys in a boarding school in Russia's Amur region, were sent to a detention center. The director of the institution, where the scandal broke out, was temporarily dismissed from the ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214698117/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:56 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214698117/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed May 22, 2013 3:52pm EDT * Radical change said needed to fulfill potential * Taxes, legal issues cited as barriers * Russian officials say reform to come gradually By Robert Evans GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) - Russia, long touted as an engine of growth for the stuttering global business aviation industry, needs radical changes in its taxation and regulatory system if it is to fulfil that promise, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697539/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:00 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214697539/scat/723971d98160d438 Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The annual inflation in Russia until May 20 accumulated an increase of 7.3 percent and in the current year it reached an increase of 2.8 percentual points, said the Russian National Statistics Committee (ROSSTAT) Wednesday. In the week from May 14 to 20, the inflation increased 0.2 percent. Since May 1st increased 0.4 percent, compared to 0.3 percent in the same ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696139/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:24:53 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696139/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Office of Russia’s Prosecutor General has submitted to court a case over twelve activists of the off-parliament opposition who were involved in a street riot on Moscow’s downtown Bolotnaya Square May 6, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696179/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:19:52 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696179/scat/723971d98160d438 Ibragim Todashev - the Chechen shot dead overnight by the FBI while being questioned in connection with the marathon bombing - was arrested by Boston police in 2010 after a wild street fight that followed a road rage incident in Downtown Crossing, according to a police report.The report states: "About 3:21 PM on Thursday 2/11/10 Officers Hester and Cordasco ... were patrolling in the ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696656/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:57:41 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696656/scat/723971d98160d438 Residents of the town of Efremov, near Tula, central Russia, experienced a highly unusual natural disaster for this region. A strong hurricane tore off roofs and felled trees in the town. Regional EMERCOM called the natural phenomenon "strong gusts of wind" whereas local people said that it was a twister. Videos from the scene prove that it was more than just "strong gusts of ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696657/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:43:02 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696657/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - An emergency situation has been introduced in the town of Yefremov in the Tula region, which is located some 300 km to the south of ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214695085/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:02 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214695085/scat/723971d98160d438 SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree appointing Sergei Prikhodko a Deputy Prime Minister with the functions of the Chief of Government Staff, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214695087/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214695087/scat/723971d98160d438 SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - CEO of Russia’s VTB bank, Andrei Kostin, has told Vladimir Putin about the floatation of shares worth 102.5 billion rubles /USD 1=RUB ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214695086/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:01 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214695086/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow will not succumb to provocations targeted at Syria and it urges the Syrian government to keep up a consistent political course, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Wednesday at the talks with visiting Syria’s First Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694813/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:00 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694813/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia's Dina Garipova performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694806/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:04 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694806/scat/723971d98160d438 US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace on May 22, 2013 in the Jordanian capital Amman. Backers of the Syrian uprising are meeting in Amman to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the brutal two-year conflict escalates close to the border with Lebanon. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694816/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:02 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694816/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia's Dina Garipova performs during the final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694818/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:04:55 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694818/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed May 22, 2013 1:56pm EDT * State stake diluted to 60.9 pct from 75.5 pct * VTB raised $3.3 bln from the deal, to bolster capital * VTB sees 2013 net profit at over 100 bln rbls, its highest ever MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - The sovereign wealth funds of Qatar, Norway and Azerbaijan and China Construction Bank have bought about 55 percent of the new shares on offer from VTB, Russia's ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696459/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:56:50 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214696459/scat/723971d98160d438 ???????????? ????? ? ???????? ???????????? (???????????) ?? ????????????? ???????? ?????????????? ???????? ????? 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Some businessmen began to seriously consider Luxembourg as an economic ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694348/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:13 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214694348/scat/723971d98160d438 exclusively -- to Argentine daily El Clarin (there's a huge Syrian diaspora in Argentina, as well as in neighboring Brazil). Cutting through the fog of Western hysteria, he made some valuable points. The record shows that, yes, the regime has agreed several times to talk to the opposition; but myriad "rebel" groups with no credible, unified leadership have always refuted. So ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693216/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:57:21 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693216/scat/723971d98160d438 Stalin Over half of Russians believe Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was the best head of state in the past century, followed by Bolshevik Revolution mastermind Vladimir Lenin and dictator Joseph Stalin, a poll by Levada Center has revealed. Sociologists asked Russians about their attitude towards 20th-century leaders. Some 56 percent of respondents have positive feelings about Brezhnev, who led ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693482/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:43:17 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693482/scat/723971d98160d438 , one of the two remaining imprisoned members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot, has gone on hunger strike after being denied permission to attend a parole hearing in ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693062/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:31 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693062/scat/723971d98160d438 The European Magnitsky Law event has been canceled after German authorities refused to grant safe passage to William Browder, the head of Hermitage Capital, who was due to speak at the event in Berlin on May 27. Germany's refusal to grant Browder safe passage comes after Russian authorities filed a request with Interpol to monitor the investor's international movements. Browder is ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693484/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:25 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693484/scat/723971d98160d438 Russneft CEO Mikhail Gutseriyev paid $20 million for 41 percent of Krasnaya Polyana, which is building a ski resort in Sochi, he said in an interview with the Dozhd television channel, Vedomosti reported Wednesday. He said a friend of his, Akhmed Bilalov, asked him earlier to buy his brother Magomed Bilalov's stake in Krasnaya Polyana. Akhmed Bilalov estimated the stake at $80 million to ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693485/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:31:23 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693485/scat/723971d98160d438 ??????? ????: ?? ????? ?????? ?????? ???? ????? ????????? ?? ?????? 1450 ??????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693486/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:23:35 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693486/scat/723971d98160d438 ??????????????? ??????????? ?????????? ???????? ??????? ????????????? ???????, ?????? ??????? ???????????? ??????????? ????????? ??????? 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(+5,15%). ????? ???????? ?????????? ?? 5,12%. ? ??????? ??????? ????????? ?????? ???-9 (-3,38%) ? ????????? ??? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693493/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:23:14 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693493/scat/723971d98160d438 * Deficit seen at 0.6 pct of GDP in 2014, 0.7 pct in 2015 * Putin promised balanced budget by 2015 * Finance Ministry says spending will remain constrained By Maya Dyakina MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - Russia is likely to run a budget deficit at least until 2016, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday, a decision that would break a pre-election promise of President Vladimir Putin to balance the ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693088/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:22:27 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214693088/scat/723971d98160d438 Geostrategy-Direct.com Russia's Federal Security Service [FSB] announced on May 14 that it had caught a CIA agent in Moscow red-handed in the process of recruiting a Russian man who was in fact a FSB undercover ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691569/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:50:48 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691569/scat/723971d98160d438 PARIS (AFP) - French bank Societe Generale said Wednesday it had sacked the head of its Russian unit Rosbank, who was arrested last week in Moscow for accepting a $1.5-million bribe."The Board of Directors of Rosbank has initiated the process of dismissal of Vladimir Golubkov as CEO of Rosbank," said Societe Generale, which owns a controlling stake in the Russian bank.Golubkov and his ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691872/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:26 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691872/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (R-Sport) – Lokomotiv Moscow forward Felipe Caicedo has told R-Sport he tries to block out racist chants at Russian football ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691873/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:59 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691873/scat/723971d98160d438 Daniel Kalder A few weeks later and Ladas had already become infamous for their rubbish quality, and were the butt of a thousand corny jokes from Saturday teatime TV comedians. But Neil escaped ridicule by being prepared well in advance with a gigantic lie. Clever boy; I wonder what he’s doing now… In fact, during this period lots of countries from the Eastern bloc were exporting ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691874/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:58 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691874/scat/723971d98160d438 Nikita Belykh (R, standing), governor of the Kirov region, attends a court hearing, with Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny (2nd L) seen in the foreground, in Kirov, May 22, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691043/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:19:05 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691043/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that the Syrian opposition had not yet shown enough commitment to efforts to arrange a peace conference with ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691576/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:17 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691576/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW - A Russian drunk driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison. Moscow's Nikulinsky court ordered Alexander Maximov to serve eight and a half years Wednesday. Maximov scandalized Russia last fall when he crashed his Toyota sedan into a bus stop at 200 kilometres (125 miles) per ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691876/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691876/scat/723971d98160d438 ?????????????? (????) 28 ??? ?????? ?????????? ?????? ? ??????????? ? ????? ? ????????? ??????????? ?????????????. ?? ???? ??? ??????? ???????? ?? ?????????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691878/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:47 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691878/scat/723971d98160d438 ??? ? ??????? ????? ??????? ????????? ?? ?????, ???????? ???? ?????????, ??????? ???????? ?? "????? ???????". ? ????? ????????????, ? ????? ?????????? ??????????, ????????? ??? ?? ???????? ????? ???????? ????????? ????????????? ?????? ??????? ??????????? ????? ???, ? ????????? ??? ?????????????? ? ????????? ????????? QE. ??????? ???? ??????/????? ??????????? ???? ? ?????? 31,10 ???. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691881/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:45 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691881/scat/723971d98160d438 The global economic crisis has been gathering pace recently. According to IMF forecasts, the growth rate of the economy in 2013 will drop to 3.3 percent. Officials with Russia's Ministry for Economic Development said that the slowdown in the domestic economy would be even more considerable - up to 2.4 percent of GDP. What is the Russian government going to counter to these negative trends? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691883/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:02:57 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691883/scat/723971d98160d438 SOCHI, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The support to the Russian filmmaking, particularly for the making of state-funded films, will be discussed at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the film people on May 24, Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, meanwhile, rejecting the suppositions of several newspapers that reported, "The Kremlin intends to deal with ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690170/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:09 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690170/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Federation of Russia’s Jewish Communities has slammed as provocative a statement by politician Leonid Gozman, who compared the Soviet Union’s World War II counter-intelligence service SMERSH (Death to Spies) and Germany’s Nazi SS. Also, it expressed extreme concern over a new spiral of confrontation in the public discussion over the results of ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689990/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:05 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689990/scat/723971d98160d438 JERUSALEM, Israel -- Not only will Russia make good on delivering advanced S-300 anti-missile batteries and surface-to-air missiles to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, it has also provided anti-ship cruise missiles with advanced guidance systems, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689996/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:22:42 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689996/scat/723971d98160d438 Russian economy Russia's luxury tax - a campaign pledge by President Vladimir Putin - is taking shape. Though attaining social equality through taxing the rich has proven tough, the Russian parliament has outlined legislation to sharply raise taxes on luxury cars. Driving quick as the wind on a car worth over $160,000 on Moscow streets, which sees its fair share of expensive German cars, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689997/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:18:15 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689997/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (R-Sport) - Zenit St. Petersburg midfielder Roman Shirokov has been given a two-game suspension for making an obscene gesture after scoring the third goal in his side's 3-1 win over FC Volga over the weekend. The Russian Football Association’s disciplinary committee announced the punishment after a meeting Wednesday. It means Shirokov, 31, will miss Zenit's last ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690171/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:53 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690171/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia refined 35.235 metric tons of gold in January-March 2013, up 4.37 percent from a year earlier, the Russian Gold Industrialists Union said on Wednesday. That included gold extracted by gold miners and gold from the associated output of non-ferrous metals. Gold extraction grew by 6.34 percent to 29.33 tons, while gold output from scrap and waste ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690172/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:16:53 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690172/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW | Wed May 22, 2013 10:12am EDT MOSCOW May 22 (Reuters) - Societe Generale's Russian unit CEO Vladimir Golubkov's duties will be terminated, the bank and its unit, Rosbank, said in a joint statement on Wednesday. For details please see (Reporting by Katya ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691573/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:12:24 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214691573/scat/723971d98160d438 The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service has opened a case against mobile phone operators Rubicon Wireless Communication and Uzmobile, accusing them of violating anti-trust legislation and forming a cartel. The anti-monopoly watchdog said the two Uzbekistan-registered operators had colluded to push their main competitor, Uzdunrobit, which is a subsidiary of MTS, out of the market, Interfax reported. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690174/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:54 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690174/scat/723971d98160d438 After unusually warm spell, the Moscow temperature dipped to 15 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, with forecasters declaring that it would be the coldest day of the week. In the Moscow region, the temperature was set to drop even lower, with a daytime forecast of 13 to 18 C, Interfax reported. Last week saw record-breaking temperatures posted in Moscow as the temperature regularly soared above 25 ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690175/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:53 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690175/scat/723971d98160d438 UTair airlines has announced ambitious plans to turn a Kaluga region airport located less than 100 kilometers from Moscow into a hub for low-cost airlines. The airline has signed a $2 billion agreement with the Kaluga region government to base up to 20 Airbus A320 aircraft at Yermolino Airport, which was exclusively used by the Interior and Defense ministries until recently, Vedomosti reported ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690176/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:53 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690176/scat/723971d98160d438 The poor quality of mobile telephony in Moscow is caused by a lack of competition, said Jere Calmes, head of Tele2 Russia, during the Telecom 2013 conference organized by Vedomosti on Wednesday. "Competition is the key factor and the most effective method to increase [network] accessibility and improve line quality. In my view, five years ago, the quality of the [mobile voice] network in ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690177/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:51 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690177/scat/723971d98160d438 Vladimir Putin is building a system of increasingly centralized control, in which he directly manages the government, influential research group Minchenko Consulting said in a report published Wednesday. The report analyzed the first year of Prime ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690178/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:50 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690178/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW/CAIRO (Reuters) - Russia-focused telecoms firm Vimpelcom's talks to sell a controlling stake in its Algerian mobile business Djezzy to Algeria are at a delicate stage but have not failed, a source with knowledge of the discussions said on Wednesday.Algeria wants to nationalize Djezzy and has pushed Vimpelcom into discussing a sale of a 51 percent stake.A report by Dow Jones earlier ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689846/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:38 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214689846/scat/723971d98160d438 But the settlement on the outskirts of the Russian empire, once considered a place of punishment, is now the economically emerging capital of the independent Republic of Moldova. Renamed Chisinau in Romanian after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city still preserves its old name in ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690179/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:57:21 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690179/scat/723971d98160d438 ??????????????? ???? ??????? ? ??????? ?????? ????????????????? ???????????? ? ?????????????? ????? ?????? ????? ??????? ??????????? ?? ???????? ?????????? ?????? ?? ?????????? ???????. ??????????????? ????????? ???????? ? ??????????? ????? "? ??????????? ????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690180/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:57:16 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690180/scat/723971d98160d438 ????? ?????????? ??? 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A group of approximately 60 Russian tourists were visiting the Turkish Aegean resort of Bodrum in May 2011, when 21 of them fell ill from ingesting the bootlegged alcohol on a yacht tour. Five of them, all tour guides, died from poisoning. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690003/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:55:29 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690003/scat/723971d98160d438 The 20-year-old Dutchman Sirin Shriver, who attacked 11-year-old Russian Nikita Onishchenko on Crete suffers from autism, the mother of the man, who worked as a hotel entertainer, said. The woman, Alexandra Schriver, said that she would arrive on Crete on Monday to testify on the case and said that she could not arrive earlier due to the strike of air traffic ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690190/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:03 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214690190/scat/723971d98160d438 1918-1925 7 ???????? 1918 ???? ????????? ???? ????????? ????????????? ? ??????? ?????????????? ???????????? ????????? ? ???? ?????? ??? ????. ????????? ????????????, ??? 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In April 2013, 63% of Russians indicated that they approved of the job Putin was doing as president. 63% is hardly overawing, but is a figure that's broadly in line with recent months and is the exact same level of support that Putin enjoyed in December of ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688068/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:07:57 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688068/scat/723971d98160d438 Russian economy The Russian economy will not be able to grow faster than 2 percent per year in the coming decade and might become another Greece, says one of Russia's leading investment banking firms Renaissance Capital. This would mean the government increasing national debt just like it was in Greece.The slowing economic growth in Russia to 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2013 has ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688477/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:01:09 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688477/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russians view Leonid Brezhnev as the most positive of all Soviet and Russian leaders in the 20th century, but Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin were close behind in an opinion poll released on Wednesday. Brezhnev, who ruled the Soviet Union from 1964-1982, was viewed positively by 56 percent of respondents in the survey carried out by Moscow’s Levada ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688478/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:27 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688478/scat/723971d98160d438 View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A gay rights activist holds a placard during a rally to mark the international day against homophobia in St. Petersburg May 17, 2013. The placard reads "Homophobia kills!" ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688479/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:56:10 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688479/scat/723971d98160d438 Anyone who has lived in Moscow long enough will have encountered the term remont - a byword for the unending refurbishment of apartments in the city. But the term may soon gain currency in the U.S. A landlord in New York is seeking to put a legal end to two-years of "over-the-top loud" refurbishments at a property owned by former Federation Council Senator Vitaly Malkin, the New York ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688702/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:47:53 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688702/scat/723971d98160d438 Igor Kim snapped up cast-off assets from foreign banks pulling out of Russia, and now the banker says he wants to expand into Europe. Kim, 47, emerged with his partners as an asset consolidator after the global crash of 2008 forced Western banks to downsize, buying the Russian commercial banking units of Barclays, WestLB, Morgan Stanley and Santander. "We are looking at different assets, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688703/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:47:52 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688703/scat/723971d98160d438 PARIS - Societe Generale management was set to face investors on Wednesday for the first time since the shock arrest of the French bank's top Russian executive on charges of bribery. The annual shareholder meeting is also likely to draw ire over a rise bonus payouts for top management last year after a year that saw job cuts and a slump in profits at France's No. 2 listed bank. SocGen ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688704/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:47:50 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688704/scat/723971d98160d438 ?? 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BMW, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688715/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:46 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688715/scat/723971d98160d438 ?? ??????? ???????????? ?????????? ?????????????? ????? ? ????????? ????????????? ????????. ?? ?????????? ???? ????? ????????, ???????????????? ?? ?????????? ?????, ? ????? ??????????? ???????? ??????? ??? ??????. ?????? ????? ????? ???????? ? ???????????, ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688714/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:39:45 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688714/scat/723971d98160d438 According to him, a failure of one of the blocks immediately killed 15 experimental rodents. Also, due to problems in the "Contour" block of the satellite, scientists also lost the gerbils that had been sent into space. To establish the causes of the incident, a special commission was ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688716/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:27 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688716/scat/723971d98160d438 In the Soviet Union, every citizen had to build communism and make the "bright future" closer to the best of the ability. Those who declined to participate became enemies. They did not understand the importance of the changes taking place in the country and, therefore, did not wish the speedy dissemination of the new social system on the planet. On May 4, 1961 a law was adopted to ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688717/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:26 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688717/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia's defense export giant JSC Rosoboronexport hopes to win the tender for the supply of Ka-226T helicopters for India, the head of the helicopter export department of the company, Grigory Kozlov said. The results of the tender are not yet known, but Rosoboronexport officials believe that the company has good chances to ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688718/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:32:25 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214688718/scat/723971d98160d438 AMSTERDAM ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687956/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:16 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687956/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Dugladze Wine Company, exporting in particular Saperavi and Khvanchkara wine brands, will be the first Georgian company that will return to the Russian market after an embargo imposed in 2006, the head of the Georgian National Wine Agency, Levan Davitashvili, told the Izvestia daily on ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687320/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:13 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687320/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia and the global economy The Russian government is poised to amend 2 banking laws which will authorize the Central Bank to limit banker's salaries and supervise both domestic and international branches. The State Duma Committee on Financial Markets will meet on Friday, and is expected to approve the bill, as they already have support from both government and bank deputies.If approved ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214686742/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:49:40 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214686742/scat/723971d98160d438 KAZAN, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s contestant in this month’s Eurovision song contest said on Wednesday there was no need for an investigation into "lost" Azerbaijani votes for her performance. "To be honest, I don’t know why an investigation is needed," Dina Garipova said. "I am satisfied with the result of the ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687094/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:48:31 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687094/scat/723971d98160d438 federal budget deficit will probably widen next year more than previously planned as a weaker economy risks erasing 650 billion rubles ($20.8 billion) in revenue, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said. The shortfall will stem from reduced oil and gas revenue as well as a drop in other earnings, Siluanov told reporters today at the lower house of parliament in Moscow. Spending plans already ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687322/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:33 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687322/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia canceled an auction of ruble bonds for the first time since October as waning expectations of a central bank interest rate cut sent yields rising. ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687321/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:31 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687321/scat/723971d98160d438 Ramzan Kadyrov decided to have a little fun with his thousands of online followers by posting photos of himself posing with someone who appears to be his identical twin. "Dear friends, I will reveal a secret to you, but please don't tell anybody," ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687324/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:35 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687324/scat/723971d98160d438 Alexei Navalny , his adviser in 2009, could have influenced the terms of financial agreements between the KirovLes company and the state. Belykh said that the charges against Navalny were "dubious" and that all contracts between KirovLes and the region were concluded through official tenders, RIA Novosti reported. Navalny is currently standing trial in Kirov on charges of embezzling ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687325/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:31 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687325/scat/723971d98160d438 One of Russia's most internationally renowned journalists, Masha Gessen, has said that she will probably move to New York to join her son, who is studying in the U.S. Gessen, 46, moved with her family to the U.S. in 1981, returning to Moscow to establish a career as a journalist covering Russia for The New Republic, Slate and the New York Times. In an interview to New Zealand-based online ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687327/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:29 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687327/scat/723971d98160d438 KAZAN - Russia's contestant in last weekend's Eurovision Song Contest said Wednesday that there was no need for an investigation into "lost" Azeri votes for her performance. "To be honest, I don't know why an investigation is needed," Dina Garipova said. "I am satisfied with the result of the contest." The dispute has dragged in both the Russia and ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687328/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:37:15 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687328/scat/723971d98160d438 ??????? ???????????? ???????? (??????) ?? ?? ?????????? ????????? ???????????? ????? ? ?????????? ???????? ??????? (???-??) ????? 26210 22 ??? ??????? ?????????????? ??-?? ?????????? ???????????? ??????, ???????? ? ?????? ?????????????? ????????? ???????????. ?? ???? ????????? ? ????????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687331/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:29:51 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687331/scat/723971d98160d438 ???????? ?????????? ?? ????? ?????????? ????????????, ????? ?????????? ??????? ??????? ???? ???? ? ????????? ???????????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ???????? ? ????????? ?????? ???????????. ? ?????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ?? ????????????? ????????? ?????????? ?????? ISTAT, ??????????????? ?????? ?? ?????? ????? ???????????? ?????????. ? ???? ???????????? ISTAT ????????, ??? ????? ?????, ??????? ?? ????? ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687332/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:29:50 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687332/scat/723971d98160d438 American historian Jeff Strasberg in his book provides considerable evidence that within the period from 1936 to 1941 the Soviet Union was working on top secret project to create super-soldiers. He argues that the experiment involved some 300 volunteers of young age and cites numerous eyewitness ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687340/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:22:18 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687340/scat/723971d98160d438 Among all leaders of the Soviet Union and the pre-Putin Russia, Russians are most positive about Leonid Brezhnev. As many as 56 percent of respondents praised his work and 29 percent said that they shared a negative attitude to his ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687341/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:22:14 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687341/scat/723971d98160d438 The former star of adult films, currently a musician, DJ and actress, Sasha Grey, set off on a long car journey across Russia. Sasha left the city of Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, driving a Lada Kalina ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687342/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 07:22:12 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214687342/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Russia is unprepared to join the European system of early warnings of meteorites even if such a proposal is made. Although the country just recently experienced a powerful meteorite strike, such a program has not been given a go ahead and Russia has nothing to contribute to the European "meteorite pool," the chief of the space astrometry department at the ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214685773/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:22 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214685773/scat/723971d98160d438 MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - People, who were hospitalized in the Moscow medical institutions after an awful terrorist act in Makhachkala on May 20, are in heavy and moderately heavy condition, the press service of the Russian Health Ministry reported on ... http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214685753/scat/723971d98160d438 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:21 -0400 http://www.stpetersburgnews.net/index.php/sid/214685753/scat/723971d98160d438 Russia Russia is outraged over how Eurovision votes for its entrant, Dina Garipova, disappeared during a voting mishap in Azerbaijan, the Foreign Minister said. 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