Friday 18th May, 2012
G8 summit: Putin conspicuous by his absence
Russian President Vladimir Putin decided not to attend the Group of Eight (G8) summit hosted by US President Barack Obama to be held at the Camp David US presidential retreat in Maryland on 18-19 ...
Moscow’s trump card taken away while NATO plans to resume transit to Afghanistan through Pakistan
The United States and Pakistan will resume the transit of NATO-bound cargoes to Afghanistan that was suspended last autumn over the crisis in relations between Washington and Islamabad. The daily ...
Moscow Hits Out at Attempts to ‘Wreck’ Annan Plan for Syria
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - UN envoy Kofi Annan's plan for Syria is in jeopardy over the attempts by certain forces to create a spiral of violence in the country, a Russian Foreign Ministry ...
Nordgold reduced IQ net profit.
AK & MThe IQ 2012 net profit at Nordgold rallied down 30% to $60mln from $85mln prior year period, the company informed. The revenues lost 8% to come to $264mln from $244mln; EBITDA gained $114mln on 15% ...
VSK/PANH signed an agreement.
AK & MHelicopter Servicing Company (VSK, sub of Helicopters of Russia) and PANH NPK signed a partnership agreement, the company informed. The agreement is aimed to involve PANH into the integrated ...
Ukraine being dragged into NATO again
PravdaNew attempts have been taken recently to drag Ukraine into NATO. Vyacheslav Kirilenko, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament of Ukraine) with the faction "Our Ukraine - People's ...
Dormost calls annual meeting in June.
AK & MDormost BOD decided to call the annual meeting June 14, the company informed. The holders should consider the issues included into the annual agenda and contracts with the Bank of Moscow on bank ...
RailTransAvto covered the 5th-6th coupon.
AK & MRailTransAvto covered the 5th and 6th coupons of the 2d issue released in the volume of 1.5bn rub., the company informed. 44.88mln rub. (29.92 rub./pcs) were transferred on each coupon. 1.5mln ...
Net profit of Aeroflot for 2011 up 94% to $491 million
AK & MNet profit (IFRS) of Aeroflot Group for 2011 was $491 million increasing by 94% year-on-year, the company informed. The group's revenue increased by 25% to $5.378 billion, revenue from ...
Putin’s popularity among Russians grows – poll
News.AzElectoral ratings of Russian President Vladimir Putin have grown to 55% returning to 2010 levels, the Public Opinion Foundation said on Thursday. According to the pollster, Putin’s ratings ...
VTB Group summed up offer to BoM shareholders
AK & MVTB Group has completed its offer to shareholders of Bank of Moscow (BoM), VTB informed. As a result, the Group has increased its holding in BoM's equity by less than 0.03% to 94.87%, through ...
Net profit of Rostelecom for Q1 increased 17.2-fold
AK & MNet profit (RAS) of OJSC Rostelecom for Q1 2012 increased 17.2-fold to RUB 13.304 billion from RUB 771.922 million for the same period in 2011, the company informed. Revenue increased 5.2-fold to ...
FAS satisfied application of Orionbay Trading Corporation
AK & MThe Federal Antimonopoly Service satisfied the application of Orionbay Trading Corporation for the acquisition of 75.19% of voting shares of OJSC Moskovskiy Podshipnik (Moscow), FAS informed. The ...
RAO ES East's investment program approved.
AK & MThe Ministry of energetics affirmed the investment program developed by RAO ES East for 2012-2014, the company informed. The realization of the program demands 20.1bn rub. in 2012; 28.5bn in 2013; ...
Volzhskaya TGK BOD holds sitting May 23.
AK & MVolzhskaya TGK BOD holds sitting May 23, the company informed. The annual report and accounting for 2011 should be affirmed preliminary along with the profit distribution and dividends. Besides, ...
Gas output in Russia moved up 0.3%.
AK & MThe gas output in Russia over the 4-month 2012 moved up 0.3% to 241bn m3 against prior year period, Rosstat informed. In Apr. the patterns dropped ...
Gazprom neft signed contract with Halliburton.
AK & MGazprom neft summed up the totals of the tender on the development of 11 wells in Iraq, the company informed. The $95mln worth contract was won by Halliburton Concern. The first well is assumed to ...
Putin sworn in as Russian president
Daily NationRussia's president-elect Vladimir Putin takes his oath of office in Moscows Kremlin, on May 7, 2012. Putin took his oath of office today to become Russia's president for a historic third ...
Putin accepts resignation of Irkutsk governor Mezentsev
Itar TassMOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted resignation of the governor of the Irkutsk Region, Dmitry Mezentsev. Sergei Yeroshchenko has been appointed acting ...
Bolivia's Morales wants UN to chew coca leaves
PravdaBolivian President Evo Morales raised many eyebrows with his speech at the meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna. Morales urged the international community to let his country grow ...
Putin Protesters Set To Face Huge Fines
Orange NewsRussia's parliament is to debate a Bill that could see protesters being fined ...
The Parasitic American Leisure Class
PravdaWhen American sociologist Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) published The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), of which one historian noted that the author "discussed the habits and thoughts of the ...
The United States in the dock - Part IV
PravdaMay 7 to May 12 - the The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal is hearing the accusations against the United States of America for acts committed on detainees in Iraq. The accusations are unutterably ...
Putin Holds Key to Ending Syrian Bloodshed
Ya LibnanWhen NATO leaders meeting in Chicago this weekend take up the continued bloodshed in Syria, their best course of action is to have a long, hard talk with Russia about what it would take to turn the ...
The third crisis of capitalism
Pravdaby Frei Betto, AditalThe current economic crisis of capitalism manifested its first signs in the U.S. in 2007, and in Brazil signs of uncertainty already emerge.The system is a cat of seven breaths. ...
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