Kremlin: Russia, Iran oppose foreign intervention in Syria
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Alexander Lukashenko wants average salaries in Belarus to go up – and what the authoritarian leader wants, he usually gets, which is likely to mean more trouble for the ex-Soviet republic's battered economy. “What is the average salary of $500? This is quite a low level - we should get higher. And this is a task for everybody,” Lukashenko tol [...] Read more ...
MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti) – Google unveiled on Wednesday a Russian version of the popular Street View service that features panorami [...] Read more ...
Lawyer Graham Conlon has just recently relocated from London to the Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna. His biography can be found here: [...] Read more ...
On Wednesday, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev received credentials from 8 foreign ambassadors in Russia, including the US’s new ambassador Michael Anthony McFaul. “For Russia, relations with all its partners are important,” Mr. Medvedev said. “But relations with the US are a priority for Russia’s foreign policy., Svetlana Kalmykova [...] Read more ...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a telephone conversation on Wednesday with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They discussed the volatile situation in Syria. The two leaders called for a speedy peaceful settlement of the crisis without outside interference. Read more ...
A shell fired by Syrian forces has hit an improvised press centre in the opposition stronghold of Homs, killing two foreign reporters there - a man from France and a woman from the United States. Three other foreign reporters have received injuries. Russia has condemned the killings and extended condolences to the bereaved families. Read more ...
BusinessGreen: Moscow meeting agrees package of measures to push EU to 'cancel or postpone' aviation emissions trading [...] Read more ...
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Belarus court sentences opposition activist to 10 days' detention for Minsk protest that echoed toy demonstrations in Russia [...] Read more ...
The development of democracy in Russia must proceed along its own, sovereign course, without any outside interference, if the country is to avoid popular uprisings, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Read more ...
Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, says in TV interview that Israeli decision is ‘not their business’; says security of Israel’s citizens is ‘Israeli government’s responsibility.’ [...] Read more ...
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In 2011, Rosoboronexport, Russia’s main arms exporting agency, fetched $13.2 billion from its arms and military equipment sales, which exceeded the initial goal by $1.6 billion. Russia is the world’s second biggest arms exporter. By 2012, experts predict its turnover to surge even higher, surpassing the $14 billion mark., Ilya Kramnik [...] Read more ...
Russia warns Israel that attacking Iran could devastate the ME and the system of intl. relations. Read more ...
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INFOGRAPHICS: Check out this graph on Russia's astounding growth in real estate investment: [...] Read more ...
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An opinion poll published by the state-owned VTsIOM research company this week shows Zhirinovsky coming in third place with 9.4 percent of the vote, behind Communist candidate Gennady Zyuganov, 14.8 percent, and Vladimir Putin, 58.6 percent. The LDPR was the Soviet Union’s first opposition party. In return, the U.S. will close its eyes to the upc [...] Read more ...
The Russian Federation Council approved on Wednesday a presidential law that would provide tougher penalties for recidivist pedophiles, including life impr [...] Read more ...
Residents of besieged city say they are preparing for final onslaught as tanks columns further bolster regime positions [...] Read more ...
Vladimir Putin said that Russia still hoped to become friends with the Georgian people and criticized the US authorities for rearming the current Georgian regime. Read more ...
In existence since 1904, the ITAR-TASS News Agency is one of the world's largest international information agencies. It has retained its status of being the state central information agency. The creation of the agency was initiated by the Finance, Interior and Foreign Ministries. Medvedev would not be “very successful in the job” of prime [...] Read more ...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday said his nation will work to neutralize any advantages gained by NATO through establishment of a European missile shield if the two military powers fail to reach a compromise on the issue, RIA Novosti reported (see GSN , Jan. 31). "This does not mean the beginning of confrontation, but it means that we c [...] Read more ...
Some 120,000 people are expected to take to the streets in Moscow on Thursday in four separate demonstrations organized by supporters of Russian prime minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin and his opponents in the March 4 elections. Read more ...
The new National Plan to fight corruption in 2012-2013 may be considered in March-April only. The number of revealed bribe giving was slightly higher, but, the chief prosecutor said, the algorithm of law enforces about such cases is well known. Only one major item is observed – Russia’s joining the OECD’s Convention on bribery of foreign citi [...] Read more ...
If advertising is the mirror of an economy, Russia has certainly bounced back from the 2008 financial crisis. Advertisers spent Rbs263.4bn ($8.9bn) in Russia last year, 21 per cent more than in 2010 and back above pre-crisis levels, according to the Russian Association of Communication Agencies. “The year 2011 was very significant for the adverti [...] Read more ...
Finding your way around Moscow is about to become a little bit easier both for expats and locals, as Google's street view has finally made it to the megapolis. Read more ...
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has appointed Valery Khoroshkovskiy first vice-premier, dismissing him from the post of finance minister, which he took over a month ago. Prior to that, Khoroshkovskiy, a prominent businessman and politician, headed Ukraine’s Security Service. Read more ...
British rock band "Kasabian" will be giving their first performance in Moscow on March 8. The concert program will feature tracks from their new, fourth album " Velociraptor !”. It was created under the impact of "Radiohead""s album " OK Computer ", as well as the art of such bands as "Nirvana" and "Pink Floyd". Read more ...
Interview of S.A. Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, to V. Orlov, Head Editor of Security Index Journal Sanctions against Iran: Depleted Resources [...] Read more ...
Official Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashvich on the killing of two Western journalists in Syria [...] Read more ...
Ukraine’s efforts to seek cheaper natural gas from Russia rather than comply with the terms of a bailout have alarmed investors, propelling the former Soviet republic’s credit risk above Argentina’s for the first time in two years. Read more ...
President Medvedev congratulates Russiaâs Buddhists on the Lunar New Year [...] Read more ...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin who is likely to win the forthcoming presidential election has spoke out on the country’s democracy in the future., Mamonov Roman [...] Read more ...
A man who worked for many years in Estonia's security police was arrested along with his wife on Wednesday for allegedly turning over state secrets to Russia. Aleksei and Viktoria Dressen were arrested at Tallinn Airport as they prepared to board a flight for Moscow. Aleksei Dressen has worked in Estonia's counter-espionage and anti-terrorism force [...] Read more ...
