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2018 World Cup infrastructure inadequate
Russia is struggling to beef up its hospitality infrastructure ahead of the 2018 World Cup, with seven of the 11 host cities lagging behind in the number of hotel rooms on offer. Only Moscow, Sochi, St. Petersburg and Kazan meet the FIFA requirement of 60,000 hotel rooms for host cities, World Cup deputy CEO Alexander Djordjadze said Tuesday at the Football Build Expo here. "It's no secret ...
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Moscow safer than New York Russian minister
Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in ...
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India expects greater backing from Russia in UNSC quest
India, with its "time-tested relationship" with Russia, expects greater backing from Moscow in its quest for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, a diplomatic officical said here Tuesday. "India's interest in securing permanent membership of UN Security Council is supported by Russia, but there is now an expectation that our Russian friends need to do more - and be seen to be doing ...
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Russia foils terrorist attack on Moscow
Russian counter-terrorism agents have foiled a terrorist attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arrested another. The National Anti-Terrorism Committee said the terrorist group was located in a house in the town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, east of the capital. According to the BBC, the suspects are said to be Russian citizens who had undergone training in the Afghanistan-Pakistan ...
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Russia announces cash prizes for World University medallists
Russia's federal government will pay out roughly $5,400 to Russian gold medallists at this summer's University Games in the Russian city of Kazan, according to a decree signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Silver medallists, meanwhile, will receive a bonus of just over $2,600, while bronze medallists will earn about $1,600, as Russia looks to finish first in the medal table for the ...
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Depardieu to open restaurant in Russian city
French actor Gerard Depardieu, a Russian citizen since early this year, is soon to open a restaurant in the city where he now resides, authorities said Monday. "Depardieu told us that he will soon open a restaurant that aims to attract creative, enterprising people," Valeri Maresiev, information minister for the Russian Republic of Mordovia, told the Interfax news agency. The actor went ...
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90-year jail for Turks who poisoned Russians
Four Turkish nationals were sentenced Monday to 90 years in prison after they were found guilty of lethal poisoning a group of Russian tourists in 2011, a lawyer said. Some 20 Russian tourists were hospitalised with severe alcohol poisoning in Bodrum in late May on their return from a sailing tour organised by a local company. Four of them died in Turkish hospitals, while another victim died ...
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Russia needs 3 to 5 years for an efficient economy
Russia will need three to five years to exit stagnation and build an efficient economy, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin has said. "Even if we roll up our sleeves and set to work right now, we'll need from three to five years to achieve new elements of efficiency," Kudrin said at an Open Tribune meeting held by the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament. He also said the ...
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Past Differences Hamper US-Russian Efforts to Help Syria
Public diplomacy experts say a difference in perceptions dating back to the Cold War era could hamper U.S. and Russian efforts to deal with the ongoing civil war in Syria. Heritage Foundation senior fellow Helle Dale said there is a "love-hate" relationship between the United States and Russia that is "quite complicated." On VOA's Encounter program, Dale said she agrees with an ...
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US anti-corruption expert expelled from Russia
A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been banned from entering Russia. The New York Times said Moscow-based Thomas Firestone, who works for the Baker amp; McKenzie law firm, was declared persona non grata when returning to Russia from a trip abroad May 5. No official explanation for the incident was available. Baker amp; McKenzie confirmed the expulsion ...
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Four killed in twin blasts in Russias North Caucasus
At least four people were killed and 35 others injured Monday in twin car bombings in Russia's North Caucasus region, officials said. Two cars were blown up, one after the other near the court bailiff service headquarters in Makhachkala, capital city of Dagestan republic, Xinhua quoted a government spokesperson as saying. No one was killed in the first explosion. Two policemen and one bailiff ...
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Terror attack foiled in Moscow
Police killed two suspected militants and detained another in a special operation outside Moscow Monday, preventing a terror attack in the capital, the National Anti-terrorism Committee said. The special operation took place in Orekhovo-Zuyevo in the Moscow region. "The militants were besieged in the course of a special operation, but opened fire after they were asked to surrender. Two of them ...
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WHO publications to be more actively translated into Russian - RF health minister
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Russian gas exporters should be more flexible on European market - Dvorkovich
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Putin gives instructions to OSK expects report on their fulfilment before October 15
SOCHI, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin gave several instructions to the leadership of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSK) and expects a report on their fulfilment before October ...
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Russia-EU summit in Yekaterinburg to focus on economic issues shale gas
MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Economic topics, including the use of shale gas, will be discussed at the Russian-European Union summit in Russia’s city of Yekaterinburg, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told journalists on ...
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Prosecutor demands 9 years in prison for suspected culprit behind fatal Moscow road accident
MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - The prosecutor for the state demanded nine years in prison for Alexander Maximov, accused in the case over the death of seven people in a road accident in Minskaya Street in Moscow last ...
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Russia Azerbaijan Seek New Oil Transit Deal
MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Azerbaijan are negotiating a new oil transit agreement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a news conference on Tuesday after a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan’s foreign minister. "Our respective energy agencies and companies are working on preparing a new intergovernmental agreement which will reflect current ...
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Oil Production Tax Increase Shelved
The Finance Ministry has decided not to push forward a proposal to increase a tax on crude oil production, Deputy Minister Sergei Shatalov said, after oil companies protested that higher taxes would lead to a drop in output. He also said the ministry dropped its proposals to speed up the increase of export duty on fuel oil and that the government had agreed to a smaller increase in excise tax ...
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Official Declares $3.6M Income Plus Snowmobile
Deputy head of the government's staff Andrei Loginov has declared an income of 115 million rubles ($3.6 million) in 2012 making him the highest-paid government official last year, a news report said Tuesday. According to his income declaration, he owns several plots of land with an area totaling 15,000-square meters, a 329-square meter home, an off-road motorcycle and a Yamaha snowmobile, ...
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Top Cop Says Moscow Safer Than New York
Vladimir Kolokoltsev said at a meeting with U.S. police that Moscow is safer than New York for certain types of crime. Moscow has fewer burglaries and rapes, factoring in the number of its residents, Kolokoltsev said during a meeting with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in the U.S. city. "I am stating with gratification that Moscow is not inferior to New York in terms of the ...
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Russia says kills senior Islamist insurgent
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next ...
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А.дворкович Не Допускает Снижения Экспортной Пошлины На Нефть С 2014Г.
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УК Альфа-Капитал Средства инвесторов стали возвращаться на российский рынок акций
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Infiniti планирует выпуск люксового электрокара
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Moscow Spotlight
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Moscow's biggest development will keep city on the map
Moscow is the heart of Russia, the capital city account for 20% of the country’s GDP and a new development taking place in the city, which was first conceived in 1995 and will take another several years to complete, looks set to become the heart of the capital.
In 2010, three of the thirteen main buildings that make up the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) were completed, providing visual evidence of progress to a huge project that is expected to cost over $12 billion and involves a plethora of investors and development companies. Read more
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