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Cut in nuclear stockpiles proposed by Obama in talks with Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:25:30 -0400

BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...

Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:30:01 -0400

US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a comprehensive ...

With Russian Help Europe Prepares to Search for Life on Mars

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:04 -0400

PARIS The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials said at the Paris Airshow this week. Until last year, the ExoMars program was a joint project between ESA and the U.S. space agency NASA. But NASA dropped out, citing budget problems. The Russian space ...

Russia’s Birth Rate up 30 Since 2007 - Minister

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:13:13 -0400

MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said on Wednesday. In his interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the minister attributed the trend in part to the introduction of the so-called "maternity capital" on January 1, 2007. "During this period, the birth rate ...

One Killed Thousands Evacuated in Ammo Depot Explosions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:03:15 -0400

Video showing people's reactions as they watch several explosions occur at the ammunition depot. One person was killed, over 30 sought medical help, 11 were hospitalized and more than 6,000 local residents were evacuated Tuesday from a village near an ammunition depot in central Russia after a fire caused massive explosions of stored artillery shells, the Emergency Situations Ministry ...

Udaltsov Hit With New Charges

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:03:07 -0400

Investigators on Wednesday charged leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvozzhayev with staging "riots" at an authorized opposition rally on Bolotnaya Ploshchad in Moscow last May. In October, the two activists were charged with plotting the "riots," a term disputed by the opposition. In late April, a public inquiry held by human rights activists ...

Slavery US gives bad marks to China and Russia in its annual report

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:52:22 -0400

The State Department report on slavery notes that more countries are prosecuting traffickers and providing services to rescued victims. But China and Russia are failing to make progress, the US ...

US Criticizes China Russia in Fight Against Human Trafficking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:27:11 -0400

The United States has declared China and Russia among the worst countries in fighting human trafficking, a designation that could lead to sanctions against both nations. In its annual report on human trafficking released Wednesday, the U.S. State Department downgraded China and Russia, along with Uzbekistan, to the lowest possible U.S. rating, known as Tier Three. Iran, North Korea, Cuba, ...

Russian Man Films Own Death in Demolition Accident

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:07:43 -0400

MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - A man filmed his own death while recording demolition works in Lipetsk, Central Russia, regional broadcaster Most TV reported on Wednesday. Yevgeny Titov, a 29-year-old shop assistant, took a break to capture the demolition of a two-storey building near his workplace on a mobile phone camera. Workers tried to tear the brick structure down by making a bulldozer to ...

Video Russia not sold on idea of nuclear warhead reduction

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:01 -0400

Russia and congressional Republicans are not yet sold on President Obama's proposal to cut America's nuclear arsenal by a third if Russia does the same. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he won't reduce his arsenal without concessions from the U.S. on missile defense systems. Major Garrett ...

China and Russia’s Human Trafficking Leads to Sanctions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:20:06 -0400

Playing cards showing details of missing children are displayed in 2007 in Beijing, China. The cards showing photographs and information of 27 missing children were created by Shen Hao, the founder of a missing persons website to be handed out in areas notorious for child trafficking. China has just been put on a list of countries of serious concern for human trafficking. (China Photos/Getty ...

Iran Has No Plan to Sell Crude Oil to Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:12:54 -0400

Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar has said Iran has not been in talks with Russia for the sale of crude oil to its northern neighbour, ISNA reported. Referring to some news which has been published by some media outlets, Nikzad-Rahbar said that there is basically no infrastructure for transferring crude oil from southern Iran to the Caspian Sea. On Tuesday, the Mehr ...

Mass Disorder Plotting Case

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:57 -0400

Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on ...

Long-Lost Soviet Holocaust Films Under New Spotlight

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:57 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (By Maria Young for RIA Novosti) – Nearly a dozen long-lost, rarely seen Soviet films and scores of screenplays that were never produced about the persecution of Jews during World War II have been revived to offer decades-old evidence of a side of the Holocaust few people recognize today. From the dusty archives of Moscow and elsewhere across Russia, the works are ...

Russian Opposition Figures Charged with Plotting Mass Riots

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:55 -0400

MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on ...

Russia-linked Firm Develops Video App to Help Solve Crime in US

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:02:52 -0400

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – The US affiliate of a Russian software company has developed a database for the city of Baltimore that would help its police department track down private surveillance video that could solve crimes, an executive from EastBanc Technologies’ (EBT) Washington office said Wednesday. "We’ve almost completed development of a database ...

US condemns China Russia and Uzbekistan for human trafficking

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:53:00 -0400

Uzbeks work in fields outside Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which has been criticised for 'subjecting its citizens to forced labour'. Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty ...

Russia could stand in way of Obamas nuclear plan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:16:29 -0400

By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for cooperation from a former Cold War foe that's in no mood to ...

Media hoaxed FSB looking into fake press release about Russian Railways boss dismissal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:01 -0400

Transport A fake government press release about Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev "sacking" the head of Russian Railways has caused a quite stir in the Russian media and among bloggers. The Federal Security Service is already looking for the perpetrator of the prank. The news of Vladimir Yakunin's "dismissal" broke on Wednesday afternoon when top news agencies - both in ...

Vologda Governor Leverages the Hockey Puck

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:57 -0400

Oleg Kuvshinnikov knows how to send the hockey puck towards the goal, and uses the same energy and drive to try to make the region he governs a ...

Depeche Mode Never Let Me Down

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:54 -0400

As a part of their Delta Machine Tour, cult band Depeche Mode will take to the stage in St. Petersburg for the fifth time on June 24, to the delight of many local ...

US Scrambles to Keep Afghan Taliban Plan on Track Russia Backs Karzai

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:54 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – The United States scrambled Wednesday to salvage plans to bring the Taliban into Afghan peace talks while Russia threw its support squarely behind President Hamid Karzai after he angrily cancelled crucial security talks with Washington. Speaking at a news conference in Germany, President Barack Obama acknowledged early "friction" in the US ...

Obama Nuclear Arms Pitch More About Legacy Than Russia – Analysts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:53 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (By Carl Schreck for RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama’s desire to pursue nuclear arms cuts with Russia offers fertile ground for cooperation with Moscow but is above all about securing an enduring security legacy, a range of experts said Wednesday. "The nuclear issue itself is a special interest of Obama’s – he’s deeply passionate ...

Berlin Brandenburg Gate Become Icons for US Presidents

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:52 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (by Suleiman Wali for RIA Novosti) – Summertime in Germany has become a popular time and place for several American presidents over the past 50 years, ever since John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963. On ...

Hiring of Young Professionals Challenged By Generation Gap

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:51 -0400

Freedom loving, soul searching and socially conscious are some of the hallmarks of young professionals from Generation Y, an age group born in the period from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. ...

Body of Todashev Shot During Questioning in US Flown to Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:51 -0400

the Boston Marathon bombing , was flown to Moscow on Wednesday. "We are already in Moscow," said Todashev’s father Abdulbaki, who accompanied the coffin on a flight from the United States. "Tomorrow I intend to take my son’s body to Grozny on a passenger plane," he said, adding that he would press for a post-mortem examination in Russia. Todashev, 27, was shot ...

All About Town Economic Forum

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:42 -0400

All work and no play would be a waste of a weekend at the height of White Nights in St. Petersburg. Take advantage of all the city has to offer with the St. Petersburg ...

Legendary Hotel Celebrates 100 Years

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:40 -0400

The iconic Hotel Astoria lived up to its lavish reputation by celebrating its centennial on Tuesday with a grand party of nearly 500 guests, hosted by Sir Rocco Forte, co-owner, chairman and managing director of The Rocco Forte ...

Economic Forum Attracts International High Flyers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:39 -0400

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum begins today and will continue through Saturday, hosting more than 3,700 businessmen, officials and reporters. This year, an impressive number of Russian and foreign businessmen, many of them considered celebrities in their field, will be discussing various topics including the prospect of a new global ...

LGBT Group First to Face Fine Under New Law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:56:38 -0400

The Side by Side (Bok o Bok) LGBT rights film festival last week became St. ...

Obamas call for nuke negotiations with Russia suggests a slow road to new reductions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:44:45 -0400

WASHINGTON - By saying he intends to bargain with Russia over new reductions in nuclear weapons, rather than make cuts on his own, President Barack Obama is asking for co-operation from a former Cold War foe in no mood to agree. Relations between Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are tense, reflecting U.S. concerns about human rights abuses in Russia, the two leaders' disagreement ...

Trafficking in Persons Report U.S. downgrades Russia China

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:38:45 -0400

Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The TIP report ranks governments, including the United States, on their efforts to combat and prevent human trafficking. While Tier 1 is the highest ranking, it does not mean that a country has no human trafficking problem. The TIP report ranks countries into one of three tiers based on their level of compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination ...

Welcome to Russia’s Syria doublespeak

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:37:36 -0400

joint communique on Syria at the end of the G8 summit, the closing media remarks made it clear that Vladimir Putin hasn’t actually moved an inch on the issue. The Russian president once again lashed out at the European Union and the United States for considering arms shipments to the Syrian opposition, suggesting it will further destabilize Syria. At the same time, he made it clear that ...

Main News of June 19

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:47:20 -0400

News that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin would resign in order to run for the mayoral election in September came as quite a shock. Sobyanin's political potential is fairly dubious, not to mention his approval ratings. He has not finished many of the projects he initiated and the electoral effect from these projects is expected to come a bit later than September 2013. Sobyanin's opponents ...

Europol Cracks Down on ‘Russian-Speaking’ Mafia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:47:17 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – In one of the most significant blows to "Russian-speaking" organized crime, Europol has supported the arrest of 18 suspects from the Georgian Kutaisi criminal clan across several European countries, the EU crime fighting agency said Wednesday in statement. "The assassination of a Tbilisi clan leader, in January 2013 in Moscow, created a new ...

North Koreas nuclear program

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:47:13 -0400

Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through ...

Russia reacts coolly to Obamas nuclear proposals

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:44:51 -0400

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, visits a machinery factory in St. Petersburg. Putin was not enthusiastic in remarks responding to President Obama's call for further reductions in nuclear weapons by the U.S. and ...

1 dead many evacuated in Russian blasts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:39:41 -0400

A MAN has been killed and more than 6000 people have been evacuated in central Russia after massive explosions at an arms depot sprayed shells across several kilometres, officials ...

Specialty shops like the Mariage Freres tea boutique face daunting challenges when trying to do business in Russia.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:30:14 -0400

Miladus Edenensis / flickr Specialty shops, like the Mariage Freres tea boutique, face daunting challenges when trying to do business in Russia. A: There is a number of companies that have operations in the region. These include Nestle, Ikea, Metsaliitto, Thales and others. They invest, buy and serve other projects. Q: How do you deal with corruption? A: You know, of course, it would be a ...

Russia Is this Homophobia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:20:49 -0400

Interesting isn't it, we have a term [like anti-Semitism] which is used emotively to deter discussion on an issue? We'll, I'm not politically correctly and never intend to be, so I have some comments on the subject. I read recently that Russia was passing a law to prohibit the propaganda around homosexuality and the promotion of abnormal sexual activity associated with Sodomy. ...

Obamas Nuclear Push Moscow Fears Loss of World Power Status

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:55:00 -0400

A world without nuclear weapons? It's a nearly inconceivable scenario for the Kremlin, even if its arsenal costs Russia billions each year. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, the country has suffered a major drop in influence. Now it's doing all it can to cling to the geopolitical power it has ...

Obama Urges US Russia to Cut Nuke Stockpile

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:43:47 -0400

President Barack Obama called on Russia to partner with the United States in its effort to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles. During a speech in Germany Wednesday he said the two nations should embrace the spirit that Berlin displayed when it fought to reunite during the Cold War. "We may no longer live in fear of global annihilation, but so long as nuclear weapons exist, we are ...

Incendiary Russian anti-bureaucrat ad campaign produces record wins at world’s most prestigious festival

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:17 -0400

Scandal A street campaign exposing the unwillingness of Russian officials to fix city roads has won four awards at the annual Cannes Lions festival. But the woman behind the advert says the idea cost her her job, and potentially, her freedom. Executed by Voskhod advertising agency, Make Politicians Work has become the first Russian campaign to be awarded statuettes in four different ...

N.Korea Reaffirms Offer for Talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:49 -0400

BEIJING, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pyongyang reiterated its commitment to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday and said it was determined to tackle the nuclear issue through negotiations. "[North] Korea is ready for dialogue with all parties concerned, [ready] to participate in negotiations in various formats, including six-way negotiations, and hopes to achieve peaceful ...

Russia Showcases Prototype Air Defense System

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:47 -0400

The Vityaz system was shown during President Vladimir Putin's visit to a St. Petersburg plant where it is being manufactured by the Almaz-Antei ...

NASA Bill Would ‘End Reliance on Russia’ Nix Asteroid Capture Project

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:44 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – A draft Republican-backed bill released Wednesday that would authorize NASA programs for the next two years backs a $500 million project to develop crew transportation systems to end US reliance on Russian rockets for getting astronauts into space even as it blocks a less costly project to capture, redirect and explore an asteroid. The draft NASA ...

Climate change is the threat of our time President Obama pledges new arms pact with Russia and a greener world

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:38:21 -0400

In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate that instantly invited comparisons with visits to the same spot by some of his predecessors, President Barack Obama sought to make a historic imprint of his own, pledging to forge a new pact with Russia to further cut nuclear arsenals and to step up the fight against global ...

Moscow cool on Obama nuclear cuts plan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:36:11 -0400

RUSSIAN officials have reacted coldly to a call by President Barack Obama to jointly reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by a third, saying the United States should address Moscow's concerns over missile defence ...

Report of Yakunin Sacking a Forgery

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:27:52 -0400

Dmitry Medvedev 's spokeswoman told Interfax. "It contained grammatical errors and was sent from an electronic address forged to resemble an official announcement from the government press ...

How Russia views nuclear disarmament - and why it may resist

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:17:18 -0400

In his speech today in Berlin, President Obama called for the US and Russia to cut their strategic nuclear arsenals by a third. But the proposal may meet a chilly reception in ...

Russian zoo welcomes baby liligers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:48:22 -0400

The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there's a second litter of three, all of them females. They were born in May and now have grown up enough to start exploring their ...

Transmissions from a Lone Star Kim Jong-Un Declares Admiration for Hitler What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:31:14 -0400

New Focus International carried an interesting story on Monday. According to insiders, Kim Jong-un is getting into Hitler. In fact, the tubby tyrant digs the Nazi dictator so much that he’s started gifting copies of "Mein Kampf" to his inner circle. Having emulated Stalin for decades, it’s time for the regime to embrace a new ...

Former Investigators Urge New Review of TWA Flight 800 Crash

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:31:13 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Former investigators of the crash of TWA Flight 800, which exploded off the coast off Long Island in 1996 killing 230 people, say the original findings were false and are calling on the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to begin a new review. The former investigators from the NTSB, TWA and Airline Pilots Associations claim in a new ...

Russian official says statement on railway chief dismissal a hoax

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:19:53 -0400

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with CEO of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin (L), Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (2nd L) and Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov (R) inside a train in Moscow October 19, ...

Mikhail Prokhorov turns his back on Moscow mayor election

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:04 -0400

Civil Platform party has left the election race for the position of the mayor of Moscow, but it will fight for the seats in the City Council of the Russian capital, Mikhail Prokhorov said. The billionaire and businessman urged all opposition groups to unite for the elections to the Moscow ...

AIRSHOW-With Russian help Europe prepares to search for life on Mars

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:52:55 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:52pm EDT * First of two missions to launch in 2016 * First direct search for life since NASA's 1970s Viking probes * Russia to provide launchers, landing system By Irene Klotz PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials ...

Putin’s chess move in Syria with an eye on the region at large

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:36 -0400

Brian M Downing Shortly after Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to seek a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war, the Russian president bolstered his support for the embattled Assad government. Putin announced an impending transfer of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian military. It was a bold move that signals his intent to restore his country's ...

Russia unsure what to make of Obamas nuclear proposal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:27 -0400

The Russian government has reacted skeptically to President Barack Obama's renewed call on Wednesday for a reduction in U.S. and Russian nuclear weapon ...

Obama calls for reduction of US Russian nukes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:26 -0400

BERLIN (AP) — In a wide-ranging speech in Berlin, President Barack Obama has renewed his call to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles -- and also to confront climate change, which he referred to as "the global threat of our time." Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of the city that was divided during the Cold War, Obama said he wanted to re-ignite the spirit that ...

Russian Cyberspace Head Calls For Internet Kill Switch

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:38:13 -0400

The head of Russia’s cyberspace policy today called for global governments to react to the NSA spy scandal by creating a United Nations-style body that would have regulatory control over the Internet – including a web kill ...

Russia not to change taxes until 2018 -- Shuvalov

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:33:23 -0400

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Misharin appointed new head of Russian Railways

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:33:23 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Alexander Misharin the new head of Russian Railways Company. He will replace Vladimir Yakunin who left the post on Monday, June ...

Dmitry Medvedev dismisses Russian Railways CEO

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:33:22 -0400

UPDATE 2-U.S. puts Russia on notice in first report on WTO compliance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:30:51 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:30pm EDT * U.S. exports to Russia rose in the year * Report details "a number of trade irritants" * U.S. feed additive an issue in pork exports to Russia * (Adds more detail from report, byline) By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States, in the first report on Russia's compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on ...

Savage barrage Parcel abuse sparks Russian Post outrage

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:24:22 -0400

Russia and the global economy Russia's postal service, a notoriously underperforming organization, is under fire again after a video was published on YouTube allegedly showing one of its employees unloading a railroad car full of parcels in a most uncaring manner. The footage shows a man tossing out assorted cardboard boxes into a large heap on a railroad platform. Most of them seem ...

Russia Skeptical Over Obama’s New Nuclear Reduction Proposal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:10 -0400

proposed by US President Barack Obama in light of US global missile defense plans and attempts by other counties to boost their nuclear arsenals. Obama said in a speech in Berlin earlier Wednesday that he would negotiate to cut another one-third of US and Russian nuclear arsenals and seek "bold reductions in US and Russian tactical weapons in Europe." Shortly before Obama’s ...

Russian Space Freighter ‘Buried’ in Pacific

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:23:09 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Fragments of a Russian cargo spacecraft that undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) last week splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, mission control said. The Progress M-19M, which arrived at the ISS on April 26 with over 2.5 tons of cargo - including food, water and oxygen for the crew - undocked on Tuesday for a weeklong flight to study the ...

Photos Russian zoo shows off unique ‘liliger’ cubs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:21:44 -0400

The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia’s third-largest city, is home to a unique animal — the liliger. That’s a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there’s a second litter of three, all of them ...

Former Head of Yukos Subsidiary Paroled

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:57 -0400

reported Wednesday. Sergei Shimkevich, a deputy of the Tomsk Region's legislature at the time of his detention, was convicted of being part of an organized group that stole and laundered almost 6 billion rubles ($187 million) from Tomskneft, the Yukos subsidiary that he led, and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2010. A year later, he was convicted of using phony contracts to siphon ...

RDIF Toddling Along With $620M Invested

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:56 -0400

Dmitry Medvedev , the Russia Direct Investment Fund, or RDIF, operates as a subsidiary of Vneshekonombank and has been allocated $10 billion of government ...

Guelman Says Fired for Controversial Sochi Exhibit

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:56 -0400

Marat Guelman, a prominent art gallery owner and the director of the Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, says he has been fired for showcasing an exhibition on the 2014 Sochi Olympics that authorities called unpatriotic. Local and federal authorities were outraged by the "Welcome! Sochi 2014" exhibition organized as part of the Perm White Nights festival earlier this month, which featured ...

Obamas second-term G-8 dance card Judo with Putin trade and syria

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:02 -0400

secret police . Europeans also see a free-trader pressuring the French to bow before the altar of low tariffs in pursuit of a U.S. and European trade pact. Just last week, White House officials feared they wouldn't even be able to announce the beginning of trade talks at the G-8 Summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Northern Ireland. Under sustained pressure from British Prime Minister ...

Foreign Minister Eide critical of new Russian bill against gay “propaganda”

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:06:32 -0400

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Продавцы Указали Ммвб Дорогу К 1300 Пунктам

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:35 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:19 -0400

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Немецкий Commerzbank подтвердил информацию о сокращении более 5 тыс. рабочих мест.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:18 -0400

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Глава Ржд В.якунин Отправлен В Отставку На Его Место Назначен А.мишарин.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:14 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:13 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:11 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:05:08 -0400

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In pictures Lililger cubs in Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:11 -0400

A month-old liliger cub walks in Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's mother is Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger, and its father is a lion, Sam. Ilnar Salakhiev / AP ...

Video Russian Asian players eye lucrative plane market

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:28:44 -0400

Russian and Asian firms want a slice of the airliner market dominated by Airbus and Boeing. But they face a tough time convincing airlines to buy their planes. Julian Satterthwaite reports from the Paris Air ...

No easy nuke arms cuts Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:19:54 -0400

ST PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia voiced concern on Wednesday about US missile defences and high-precision conventional weapons, signalling that nuclear arms cuts proposed by President Barack Obama are likely to face ...

Boston suspect gets Russia burial

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:19:48 -0400

Grozny, Russia - The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for ...

Google Russia denies giving Washington access to servers

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:18:32 -0400

Google did not give the US special services access to its servers, head of Google Russia said Wednesday."We didn't give the US government or the authorities of any other country direct access to our servers. All claims that we allegedly did it are false," Julia Solovyova told Moscow's business Kommersant daily.Such requests come regularly but the company only responded to them ...

Salatin to address permaculture series in Moscow

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:01 -0400

Joel Salatin, local-food advocate, farmer and author, will deliver an all-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29 at the Latah County Fairgrounds in Moscow, Idaho.During his morning presentation, "Ballet in the Pasture," Salatin will talk about his Polyface Farm in Swoope, Va., and the relationship between plant and animal management and their impact on the land, community and ...

Volcanoes ready to erupt in Russia World Cup Sevens

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:11:56 -0400

The Philippine Volcanoes hope to continue their remarkable rise in the international level with a strong showing in their maiden participation in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, Russia, late this month. Having made an impact in the 15-a-side game, where they are now in Asia's top-flight, the Volcanoes have high hopes in their biggest, most important tournament yet. The Philippines, ...

Firefighting ‘Tank’ to Enter Blaze-Engulfed Army Facility

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:56 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – The Defense Ministry is setting up a field camp and preparing to send a firefighting "tank" into a central Russian military facility where a large fire erupted Tuesday evening amid multiple explosions that tore through the site and sent shrapnel flying over a kilometer. The tank will survey the situation on the ground and make preparations for a ...

Obama Urges Further US-Russian Nuclear Cuts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:54 -0400

BERLIN, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday to cut another one-third of US and Russian nuclear arsenals, stressing that it was possible to ensure a strong deterrent while also limiting nuclear weapons. "After a comprehensive review I have determined that we can ensure the security of America and our allies, and maintain a strong and credible ...

Le Bourget Air Show Yak-130 Demonstration Flight and Tour of New SSJ-100 Jet

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:50 -0400

LE BOURGET The Le Bourget Air Show has witnessed aerobatic maneuvers by pilots flying the Yak-130 combat trainer, while visitors were offered a glimpse of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100 with its Italian-style interior ...

Russia Tests Mine-Clearing Vehicle for Mobile Missiles

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:47 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) are testing a remote-controlled mine-clearance vehicle designed to let Yars mobile ballistic missile launchers travel safely through minefields, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "The vehicle will allow the components of the missile system to breach minefields as well as reduce the threat of ...

The Main Attractions of the Paris Air Show

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:46 -0400

The 50th Paris Air Show, which is underway at Le Bourget Airport in France, runs from June 17 through June 23. Photo: An Airbus A380 airliner on display at the Paris Air ...

Former YUKOS Subsidiary Boss Released on Parole

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:45 -0400

TOMSK, June 19 (RAPSI) – The former chief of YUKOS oil company subsidiary Tomskneft, who was serving a 13-year prison sentence for large-scale embezzlement, has been released on early parole, a penitentiary service representative in Russia’s Tomsk Region said. The Tomsk Oktyabrsky District Court considered and granted Sergei Shimkevich's parole request on June 6, the court said. ...

Provincial Russian Wrestler Strangled with Whip

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:09:44 -0400

KYZYL, June 19 (R-Sport) - A 23-year-old Russian man faces murder charges after he was accused of strangling a local wrestling champion to death with a whip and burying him in the woods near the Mongolian border, authorities said Wednesday. The victim, a man named Chechen-ool Mongush, had been honored as the Tuva Republic’s athlete of the 20th century for his exploits in a traditional form ...

How Putin Won the G8

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:54 -0400

Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and U.S. President Barack Obama at the G8 Summit, at Lough Erne, near Enniskillen, in Northern Ireland on June 18, 2013.(Yves Herman/Reuters) The G8 meeting in Northern Ireland ended with the diplomatic victory of Vladimir Putin: Assad will stay in power for another round of negotiations, while Russia will sell him more ...

Historian Presents Plan for State Textbook

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:54 -0400

Prominent historian Alexander Chubaryan, who heads a working group to develop a standardized history textbook for secondary schools, said Wednesday that he hopes the eventual content of the book will not be overly politicized. At the same time, Chubaryan, who is director of the World History Institute at the Academy of Sciences, acknowledged that the book would have an important role to play in ...

Skolkovo Reality Becoming Less Virtual

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:52 -0400

Hovercraft, bionic arms, space tourism and nuclear laptop batteries may all be products of the future to be created and brought to market by Skolkovo - the business education and technology center taking shape on the outskirts of Moscow. Despite a bumpy start, that has included typical Russian corruption scandals, construction delays and political intrigues, the formerly sleepy dacha community ...

Central Bank Head in Parting Shot Warns on Inflation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:51 -0400

The Central Bank's departing chairman sought on Wednesday to anchor his inflation-fighting legacy, warning of the risks to price stability that the government's push for a weaker ruble could entail. Sergei Ignatyev's comments highlighted the Central Bank's focus on low inflation as the basis for long-term economic stability and growth and contrasted with ...

Analysis Putin basks in isolation over Syria as Obamas charm falls flat

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:31 -0400

Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures during a media conference after a G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...

Russia says U.S. missile defense a big barrier to nuclear cuts

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:57:20 -0400

Russia (Reuters) - A senior Russian official said on Wednesday that the U.S. deployment of anti-missile shields was a huge hurdle to any further cuts in the offensive nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War foes, because of concerns the interceptors could shoot down Russian missiles. "How can we take the idea of strategic nuclear weapons reductions seriously when the United States is ...

Russia wants US to pay for astronaut flights to Space Station

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:51:56 -0400

Russia will ask the United States to contribute more toward the costs of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Thursday.Roskomos spokesman Vyacheslav Davydenko told AFP that since the US space shuttles stopped supplying the jointly manned station in the wake of the February 2003 Columbia disaster Russia had been shouldering ...

ИК Велес Капитал Высокие цены на нефть окажут поддержку фондовому рынку

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:51:41 -0400

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УК Альфа-Капитал Инвесторы на рынке акций ожидают итогов заседания ФРС США

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:51:38 -0400

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Ghaddafi thanks Germany Russia and China

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:45:53 -0400

Colonel Ghaddafi today in an interview thanked the governments of Germany, Russia and China for opposing a no-fly zone over Libya, promising new oil ...

USA arms Syrian rebels Russia arms Syrian government

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:43:04 -0400

The United States has made a decision to supply arms to Syrian insurgents. Expert of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis, Sergey Demidenko, said in an interview with Pravda.Ru that the USA had not specified what kind of weapons exactly will be shipped to Syrian ...

Gazprom keeps optimizing Shtokman field development project

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:25 -0400

It was emphasized that the design and survey operations for the offshore infrastructure and the marine port with LNG storage facilities were to be completed between late 2013 and early 2014. The devised documents will be reviewed by corporate, state and environmental experts. Design work continues on onshore facilities. The Management Committee was tasked to continue the project related ...

Russia Shares Kabuls Concerns Over US-Taliban Talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:05 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow supports Kabul’s position that peace efforts in the war-torn country should be led by the government of Afghanistan, instead of the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The Afghan government earlier on Wednesday suspended security talks with Washington over a dispute regarding the opening of a Taliban representative office ...

Russian Lawmaker Calls for Global Internet Regulation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:59:04 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – There is a pressing need for an international agency like the United Nations to regulate the Internet, a Russian lawmaker in charge of cyberspace issues said Wednesday. After World War II, all countries decided to establish the United Nations, which regulates international issues, and a similar organization is needed today to regulate the Internet, said ...

St. Petersburg Open Plans to Double Prize Fund to $1M

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:59 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (R-Sport) – In an attempt to stock its draws with big-name tennis stars, the St. Petersburg Open is planning to double its prize fund to $1 million, organizers said on Wednesday. Since 2008, when then-world No. 4 Andy Murray won the title, only one top-10 player – Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who was ranked ninth at the time – has appeared at the hard-court September ...

QA What Moscow Wants Foreign Investors to Know

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:56:43 -0400

Imagine a Moscow where every neighborhood boasts a top-notch kindergarten, an international elementary school and a European Medical Center-style clinic that treats well-heeled expatriates alongside ordinary babushki. That's the future that Deputy Mayor Andrei Sharonov envisions - and he says that City Hall will make it a reality with the help of foreign and domestic investors. Sharonov, ...

Todashevs body brought to Russia for burial

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:54:11 -0400

GROZNY, Russia (AP) -- The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for ...

SoGen Sees 15 Profit in Russia by 2015

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:36 -0400

French bank Societe Generale aims to deliver a sustainable return on equity of more than 15 percent at its Russia operations by 2015, SocGen chief executive Frederic Oudea said Wednesday. The target would mean almost doubling annual returns in a fragmented, state-dominated banking market that for years has failed to deliver meaningful profits for SocGen and that chased out many international ...

Ikea Growing Humility in Russia One Employee at a Time

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:35 -0400

With the coveted title of Russia's biggest shopping mall operator, Ikea Shopping Centres leads in a market that is expected to become Europe's second largest in the next 18 months. It recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and is making big plans for the future. The milestone closes a decade fraught with disputes with local authorities and legal conflicts, some of which are still ...

Russian Oil Flows to China at Europes Expense

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:33 -0400

Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July to September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained by ...

Investors Follow Putin to St. Pete

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:32 -0400

St. Petersburg is drawing scores of business leaders to a forum where they are hoping to get the latest tips on the course that the government and major companies might take. Opening Thursday at the exhibition center LenExpo, the three-day event will host ...

Putin criticizes U.S. over missile defenses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:17 -0400

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds a news conference at the end of a G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...

Дивидендная Неопределенность Вредна Рынку

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:48 -0400

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Фондовые Торги В Сша 19 Июня Открылись Понижением Ведущих Индексов.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:45 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:44 -0400

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Росимущество предлагает рассмотреть возможность обмена активами как один из вариантов приватизации Роснефти.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:42 -0400

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Нефтяные фьючерсы Light Sweet и Brent перед выходом данных по запасам нефти в США торгуются в положительной зоне.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:41 -0400

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Минфин Рф Разместил На Аукционе Офз-Пд Серии 25082 На 10 Млрд Руб.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:40 -0400

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:39 -0400

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УК Райффайзен Капитал Котировки многих акций почти достигли кризисных уровней

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:37 -0400

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Поворачивать Направо На Красный Свет Разрешили В Течение Двух Месяцев

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:31 -0400

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Two Russian soldiers injured by explosive device

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:40:00 -0400

An explosive device apparently detonated by militants Wednesday in the Russian federal republic of Ingushetia injured two soldiers, officials said. The Interior Ministry of the Russian North Caucasus said the blast occurred in the village of Alkun that borders the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. Both servicemen were hospitalized in satisfactory ...

Russia will spend $437.4 million closing down Baikal paper mill

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:59 -0400

A Russian paper mill blamed by environmentalists for damaging the world's deepest freshwater lake will finally be shut down, Russia's prime minister ...

Attention called to Russian rights record

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:59 -0400

The International Federation for Human Rights said the U.N. Human Rights Council needs to weigh in on the targeting of civil organizations in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin backed legislation last year requiring non-governmental organization to register as "foreign agents" if they receive some of their funding from foreign countries. The rights federation, known by its ...

Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:45 -0400

BERLIN (AP) -- Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our ...

Beer to be banned from summer cafes in Moscow

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:33:05 -0400

Beer, cider and mead will be banned in summer cafes of non-stationary companies in accordance with a new decision taken by the Government of Moscow. Dmitry Lipskerov, a restaurateur, commented on possible consequences of this ...

UPDATE 3-Russian cbank head in parting shot warns on inflation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:24 -0400

Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:12am EDT * Growth push should jeopardise price stability - Ignatyev * Veteran central banker stepping down * FinMin backs weaker rouble to boost revenues, growth (Adds Kremlin comment) By Maya Dyakina MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - The Russian central bank's departing chairman sought on Wednesday to anchor his inflation-fighting legacy, warning of the risks to price ...

Baltic states top Russians’ list of hostile countries

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:01:44 -0400

. The NGO conducted a survey which polled 1,600 people in 130 population centres around Russia, asking the residents to name the five countries that are the ...

Russia to take measures to preserve global strategic deterrence system

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:25 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will take measures to preserve the global strategic deterrence system in balance, President Vladimir Putin said. "We cannot allow the strategic deterrence system to be upset or the effectiveness of our nuclear forces to be decreased," he said at a meeting on the aerospace defence system, held on Wednesday, June 19. "The creation of the ...

ONF and United Russia nominate common candidate for regional governor post

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:24 -0400

VIDNOYE, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The All Russia People's Front (ONF) and the United Russia party have nominated Acting governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov a candidate for the post of the Governor of the Moscow ...

Russian Japanese diplomats to meet in Moscow ahead of Lavrov’s visit to Tokyo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:24 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and Japanese diplomats will hold consultations in Moscow in August ahead of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Tokyo, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday, June 19. He recalled that the agreement on Lavrov’s visit to Japan was reached between President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Lough Erne on ...

Putin urges military industry to coordinate work on aerospace defence

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:23 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin urged the Defence Ministry and defence enterprises to coordinate their work to create an aerospace defence system. "The creation of such a system requires careful preparation, effective organisation and thorough analysis of threats and offensive arms development plans and, of course, close coordination with other armed ...

Putin Dutch premier to discuss bilateral relations within SPIEF

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:22 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in St Petersburg on June 20 for talks on bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday. The Dutch prime minister will stay in St Petersburg as an honourable guest of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. "During the talks, Putin and Rutte are ...

Baltic Shipyard to launch first Russian Mistral in time

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:22 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said the Baltic Shipyard (St Petersburg) would launch the first Russian Mistral helicopter carrier in time. Thus, the Corporation has denied the statement by Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov saying the first Mistral helicopter carrier would be built in France due to Russian shipwrights’ sluggishness. ...

Statement by Russian US French presidents on Karabakh conforms to Azerbaijan’s position

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:19 -0400

BAKU, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement made by the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group conforms to Azerbaijan’s position, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said on Wednesday. Commenting on the G-8 summiteers’ statement on the Karabakh settlement, Abdullayev said, "Azerbaijan reiterated that it opposes the status quo, ...

Marine Le Pen seeks to strengthen Russian-French relations

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:18 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Leader of the French opposition party, National Front, Marine Le Pen said she sought to strengthen relations with Russia. Opening the meeting with Le Pen on Wednesday, Russian State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said: "This was your first trip to Russia in such format. The agenda is rather vast and includes meetings with the parliamentarians, political ...

Russia wants other nuclear powers involved in arms cut talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:51:04 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow wants other nuclear powers as well as Russia and the United States involved in any discussions about further nuclear arms cuts, President Vladimir Putin's senior foreign policy adviser said on Wednesday. Commenting on reports that President Barack Obama would call for reductions to the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals, Yuri Ushakov said: "It's necessary ...

Russia promises legal action over NSA surveillance scandal

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:14 -0400

USA The scandal over illegal data interception by US security services questions the correlation between the US and international law, and senior Russian officials are calling for an urgent update in Russian legislation in response. Russia will not ignore the actions of the US authorities who had admitted leaks of personal data of Russian citizens to which the US security services had ...

Syria Russia optimistic despite differences

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:13 -0400

Violence In the run-up to the G8 Summit at Lough Erne, there was much speculation over the disagreements between Russia and the West on Syria: Claims of chemical weapons use, arms deliveries to the rebels and the prospects for a new Geneva conference. But the talks in Northern Ireland - and the meeting between President Putin and Prime Minister Cameron in London the day before, in which I ...

50th International Paris Air Show

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:37 -0400

The Le Bourget Air Show has witnessed aerobatic maneuvers by pilots flying the Yak-130 combat trainer, while visitors were offered a glimpse of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100 with its Italian-style interior ...

Cyprus to Compensate Russian Depositors With Bank of Cyprus Equity

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:48:37 -0400

MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Cyprus plans to give shares of the island nation’s largest bank, Bank of Cyprus, to Russian depositors in compensation for recent deposit "haircuts" imposed under a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout agreement to pull the economy out of financial crisis, Cyprus’ president said Wednesday. Cyprus recently agreed to overhaul its ...

Ex-Russian wrestler strangled with whip

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:40:58 -0400

A RUSSIAN former Olympic wrestler has been found dead after being strangled with a whip and buried in a Siberian forest, Russian investigators ...

Russia needs to reclaim its digital sovereignty from US says MP

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:39:02 -0400

An internet cafe in Moscow. Foreign websites should all be forced to be subject to Russian laws, a United Russia MP says Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty ...

Cossack Taxis Coming to Moscow in Autumn

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:21 -0400

Cossack Taxis will hit Moscow's roads this autumn, and their drivers will be some of the most attentive and courteous in town, a news report said Wednesday. The taxis will look like regular taxis with canary yellow paint and checkers on the roof. As a distinctive feature, they will have the Cossack society's emblem and the inscription "Cossack Taxi" on the sides, Izvestia ...

Online Database to Flush Muscovites Toilet Woes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:19 -0400

Muscovites and guests of the city will be relieved to learn that toilets in the capital can now be found online. The locations of free restrooms are available on Moscow's public data ...

IMF Economist Calls for Ambitious Reforms

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:17 -0400

Antonio Spilimbergo, an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said that "ambitious economic policy reforms" are necessary to battle back against high inflation and slowing economic growth and realize the economy's potential, after meeting with high ranking governmental officials in Moscow this week. Spilimbergo met with Finance ...

Салон Porsche Macan будет похож на интерьер Panamera

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:31:30 -0400

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Новую Mazda3 заметили без камуфляжа

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:31:30 -0400

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Russian activist formally charged with causing 2012 riot

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:13 -0400

Tens of thousands demonstrators rally against the third term of President Vladimir Putin and also laws aimed to curb protests in Moscow, Russia on June 12, 2012. ...

Russian bank chief Transfer scams funneled $25B

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:12 -0400

Shell companies are responsible for illegally funneling $25 billion away from Russia, outgoing Central Bank chief Sergei Ignatyev said Wednesday. "In May this year, the Central Bank received an official inquiry from the Interior Ministry about some organizations that were used in illegal financial transactions by suspects in one of several criminal probes," Ignatyev said in a report to ...

4.3-magnitude earthquake destroys 500 homes in Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:11 -0400

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake damaged more than 500 houses and brought coal mining to a standstill in Russia's Kemerovo Region Wednesday, officials said. The earthquake struck at 3 a.m. local time at a depth of about 6 miles, RIA Novosti reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude of the quake was closer to 5.3. "The nature of the tremors is being clarified, the epicenter is ...

Thousands flee ammunition blasts at central Russia testing site

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:30:11 -0400

Fire at a central Russian ammunition depot triggered explosions of stored artillery shells, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, officials said. The explosions, in a worst-case scenario, could countinue for two or three days, one official said. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said 11 people were hospitalized and more than 6,000 residents were evacuated from their homes in a Samara ...

The Russian investment paradox

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:19 -0400

Policy concerns remain despite news that Russia’s international investment flows reached record levels in 2007, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Russia had foreign direct investment inflows of US$52bn and US$46bn was invested by Russian firms abroad in 2007, but the ...

The Real News Network Russians Checkmate US in Georgia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:19 -0400

As tensions increase in Georgia to Iran, The Real News analyst, Eric Margolis says Russia won't let an ex-territory in the former USSR be used to launch attacks against Iran WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Real News analyst Eric Margolis says "The US is used to passive Russian response under Yeltsin" and the Russians checkmating the US in Georgia was a "brilliant move by ...

International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:14 -0400

ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...

Russia to pass Borei and Yasen nuclear submarines into service

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:22:52 -0400

According to the Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, Russia will receive two nuclear submarines - Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh - and one multi-purpose submarine - Severodvinsk - before the end of 2013. If it happens, it will mark the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Russia passes new nuclear submarines into ...

AP PHOTOS 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:55:46 -0400

In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - carries her one month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar ...

List of weapons and military vehicles sold by Russia last year publicized

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:52:58 -0400

Russia sold helicopters, artillery and air defense systems to Azerbaijan in 2012, says the export report for 2012 submitted by Russia to the UN Register of Conventional Arms, APA reports. The report says that in 2012, Russia handed over 8 strike helicopters and 18 large-caliber artillery systems to Azerbaijan. 1200 portable anti-aircraft missile complexes (200 missile launchers and 100 missiles) ...

Ukrainian parliament not back opposition’s initiative to denounce BSF agreement with Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:49:44 -0400

KIEV, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s parliament has not approved a draft law to denounce the 2010 agreement to extend the stay of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. The draft law has been submitted by the opposition deputy, Vladimir Yvorivsky. A total of 152 deputies voted for the draft law. According to the opposition, the agreement with Russia was ...

First Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy to be fully built in France

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:49:43 -0400

LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The first Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy will be fully built in France, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Paris Air Show currently underway at Le Bourget, Borisov told journalists, "The after end of the first Mistral helicopter carrier will be built in France and not in Russia as it ...

Capello invited to prolong contract with Russia’s national soccer squad till 2018

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:49:40 -0400

MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - The chief coach of Russia’s national soccer team, Fabio Capello, has been invited to prolong the contract with the Russian Football Union till 2018, RFU First Vice-President Nikita Simonian told Itar-Tass. "Capello has been asked to prolong the contract till 2018. He is still considering it," Simonian said. Earlier, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly ...