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Deepening divisions with Putin over Syria to overshadow G8 meet

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:40:40 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - The escalating civil war in Syria and the deepening divisions between the western powers and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war-torn country are to be the focus of the G8 summit that opened here Monday. Putin is likely to attack US President Barack Obama over his move to arm the rebels fighting the Assad regime. "The EU is convinced that we are at ...

Russian president denies charge of stealing Super Bowl ring

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:57:31 -0400

MOSCOW - Robert K. Kraft, an American business magnate and New England Patriots football team owner, has alleged that Vladimir Putin took away his Super Bowl ring in 2005, an accusation that has sparked a minor international controversy The Russian president however denied the allegation about the diamond-encrusted sporting prize that he says was gifted to him by the football team owner. ...

Russian multimillionaire wants humans to become immortal by 2045

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:03 -0400

A Russian tycoon said that he is interested in developing a technology that will allow humans to outlive their bodies. 32-year-old Dmitry Itskov has an aggressive timetable in which he would like to see his milestones toward his goal met. He visions that by 2020 robots that can be controlled remotely with our brains will be built. By 2025, he wants robot prosthesis that could replace an ...

Putin Obama agree to push for Syria talks in Geneva

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:06 -0400

Beijing, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday held here face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain. At a press conference after their two-hour talks, the two leaders admitted they had big differences on Syria, but they agreed to push for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland. "Our positions do not ...

Russian judoka commits suicide

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:50:02 -0400

Russian judo champion Elena Ivashchenko committed suicide because of her failure during the London Olympics. Russian judo officials said Monday that Elena Ivashchenko, 28, a four-time European champion (in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012), jumped from a 15th floor in the Siberian city of Tyumen, Saturday, reports Xinhua. "Her depression started after her defeat at the Olympic Games. She really punished ...

Syria Conflict Exposes Old Rivalries at G8 Summit

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:15:04 -0400

LONDON World leaders gathering at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland have been discussing how to end the Syrian conflict - and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been defending his support for Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, despite criticism from the his G8 counterparts. Intense gun battles rage in the heart of Damascus and Aleppo on the same day that G8 leaders gather in Northern ...

Russia against allowing no-fly zone in Syria

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:10:01 -0400

Russia said Monday that it would not allow the imposition of a no-fly zone over the conflict-ravaged Syria and expressed surprise over Cairo severing ties with Damascus. "Russia sees no necessity of introducing such measures and considers them counter-productive," reported Xinhua citing Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich over the need to impose no-fly zone over Syria. ...

Video Harper praises shift in Russias attitude on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:50 -0400

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is praising the outcome of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, saying it was "very different" from what he expected. Harper says the countries, including Russia, are all on the same page about ...

U.S. Russia Agree to Cooperate on Cyber Nukes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:22:14 -0400

By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 Cooperation at many levels will help to reduce misunderstandings between the United States and Russia, the leaders of both countries said after meetings in Northern Ireland yesterday. Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin agreed to cooperate on a number of different aspects of the bilateral relationship. The men ...

Russia Pays Off $2B Soviet Debt to Serbia Slovakia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:36 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has paid off a $2 billion Soviet-era debt to Serbia and Slovakia, the Russian Finance Ministry said Tuesday. Russia’s $1.7 billion debt to Slovakia and $288.8 million debt to Serbia originated when it assumed responsibility for Soviet obligations under trade and economic cooperation with Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the ministry said in a ...

US Photographer Captures Soviet Past Lithuanian Life in Rural Discos

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:35 -0400

Seattle photographer Andrew Miksys was in the eastern Lithuanian village of Svencionys in 2000 when he spotted young people walking into a Soviet-era cultural center. "I followed them and found there was a disco there," Miksys, 43, told RIA Novosti in a telephone interview from the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. The discovery planted the seed for a decade-long project in which Miksys, ...

Russia Vows to Crack Down on Offshore Zones

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:33 -0400

LOUGH ERNE, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will develop a national plan to deal with offshore tax havens, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. "We are in the process of adopting legislation to disclose the end beneficiary," he told a news conference after a G8 summit in Northern Ireland, adding that he would sign the bill into law as soon as it is passed by parliament. ...

David Cameron prepares for G8 summit with early morning dip... but Vladimir Putin did not join him

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:03 -0400

When you are hosting a world leaders' summit surrounded by water, there is only one way to start the day. David Cameron duly took the plunge at 6am today when he went for a swim in Lough Erne in County ...

Sochi Games projects will lose billions top Russian bank official says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:18 -0400

Vladimir Dmitriev, Chairman of Vnesheconombank (VEB, State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs), made blunt comments about the Sochi Games on Tuesday. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images ...

China detains Russians suspected of smuggling 213 bear paws

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:05:29 -0400

China has detained two Russian men on suspicions of trying to smuggle 213 bear paws into the country. Customs officials made the discovery in the northern Inner Mongolia region in May, but released details about the case Tuesday, The Sun reports. The paws - which are believed to be from brown bears -- were found hidden inside the wheels of the van and spare tires. Sales of bear body parts are ...

Russia advances bill banning adoption by same-sex foreign couples

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:56:41 -0400

Russian legislators unanimously approved amendments banning adoption of Russian children by same-sex couples in other countries. The draft law and its related amendments were passed by Russia's lower house, the State Duma, in a first reading April 16 and a second reading Tuesday. A final reading and vote is scheduled for June 21, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported. The recent ...

FUKUS Cameron refers to Russian regime on Russia Day

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:01 -0400

"Regime". A wonderful word conjured up by the biased media controlled by the FUKUS Axis (France-UK-US). One of the wonderful list of words conjured up to create negative images, often associated to "dictators", always the enemies of the lobbies which control western governments, even unelected ones. Google Cameron and Banking. Diplomacy rules... David Cameron stated in the ...

Birth rate in Moscow sets all-time record

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:00 -0400

Birth rate continues to grow In Moscow. Last year, the birth rate in the Russian capital set a new record for the last twenty years, Acting Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin said Thursday. Speaking at the concert held to celebrate the Day of Medical Worker, Sobyanin said that more than 130,000 babies were born in Moscow last year. The number set a new record over the past 20 years. Meanwhile, ...

New Pact Reduces Risk of US-Russia Conflict in Cyberspace

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:28:32 -0400

In a joint statement issued by the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin call the pact "essential to safeguarding the security" of their countries. The agreement, signed Monday at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, aims to reduce the risk of conflict in cyberspace by creating direct, real-time communication about possible incidents. The two ...

UPDATE 2-More Russian oil flows to China in strategic shift from Europe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:22:58 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:22pm EDT * Deliveries to China to rise in Q3, trend to sustain in 2014-15 * Russian supplies to northern Europe fall most because of China * European refiners have to pay hefty premiums for Russian oil (Adds detail, analyst quote) By Gleb Gorodyankin MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil ...

Russia leads stifling democracy in Eurasia Report

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:40 -0400

Russia -- Democracy and civil society in Eurasia are increasingly under fire from autocratic rulers seeking to maintain their grasp on power in a quickly changing world, according to a new report by the US think-tank Freedom House. Writing in its 2013 "Nations in Transit" report, the democracy and human rights watchdog found that leaders of Eurasian countries from Russia and Ukraine to ...

Russia blast Multiple explosions rock arsenal storing 13mln shells

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:39 -0400

Russia Large explosions rock an ammunition depot in Russia's Samara Region, where over 13 million shells are stored. The police have started evacuation of the nearby communities. Multiple artillery shells keep exploding at an ammunition depot near the city of Chapaevsk, a local police spokesman told RIA. "It is still not possible to halt the self-destruction, or to enter the ...

Russia’s economy should start orienting on lower oil prices in 2014– IMF

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:39 -0400

Russia and the global economy Given the shaky global economic environment, Russia should revise its expectations of oil prices and start to plan its budgetary expenses on the basis of lower oil, the IMF said in its Tuesday report. Russia's budgetary rule "should be tightened starting next year--via a lower benchmark oil price and reduced net borrowing--to allow rebuilding of fiscal ...

Russia US Rue Lack of Karabakh Progress

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:02 -0400

LOUGH ERNE, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia, the United States and France, the three countries mediating the conflict over the disputed South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, said Tuesday that they were greatly concerned by the lack of progress in bringing peace to the region. The parties to the conflict – Armenia and Azerbaijan – are still pursuing unilateral aims rather ...

Missile Defense Dispute Requires More Transparency – Putin

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:01 -0400

LOUGH ERNE, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Tuesday that disagreements over the deployment of a US missile shield in Europe still remain, but Moscow and Washington should boost the transparency of actions related to the dispute. "The disagreements still remain, but I agree, in general, with US President [Barack] Obama that what we must and ...

Lost Letters by Catherine the Great Tchaikovsky Returned to Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:04:31 -0400

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The eight documents, which had been missing since the early 1990s, are among dozens of historical papers suspected to have been smuggled out of the country after the chaotic collapse ...

Russias Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to push out Assad

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:00:15 -0400

1 of 9. British Prime Minister David Cameron (R), Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan (2nd R), U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto walk together during the G8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...

Russia to ban married foreign gays from adopting kids

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:30 -0400

Russia is on its way to sharply limiting the adoption of children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage. Under a measure that passed its crucial second reading in the lower house of parliament Tuesday, Russia will prohibit adoption by foreign couples whose homeland recognizes their union as marriage, as well as by single people or unmarried couples from those countries. The ...

VTB24 Is No Socialist Bank Its President Says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:06 -0400

VTB Group laid out ambitious expansion plans Tuesday, with its retail banking expected to grow faster than the market in the next three years. Every fifth bank customer will use the group's ...

ИК Велес Капитал На российском рынке акций преобладала позитивная динамика

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:49:06 -0400

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US Ambassador to Russia returns historical documents

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:12 -0400

United States Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul handed over to Russian officials eight historic documents that had been taken out of Russia in the early ...

Train between Moscow and St. Petersburg to carry passengers cars

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:11 -0400

On July 1st, the Federal Passenger Company (FPC) is launching the first passenger train between Moscow and St. Petersburg that will provide an opportunity to passengers to transport their vehicles, the director of the FPC, Mikhail Akulov, said ...

Lightning strikes passenger aircraft bound for Moscow

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:10 -0400

A passenger aircraft, flying from Perm to Moscow, was struck by lightning, officials with air traffic control services of the Moscow aviation hub said. Reportedly, the flight crew of the Airbus A-320 reported during the flight that the airliner was struck by lightning. Traces of the lightning strike were found on the body of the plane after it landed safely in Moscow. No one was hurt in the ...

Putin faces isolation over pro Assad stance

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:18 -0400

British Prime Minister David Cameron has made an attempt to bounce Russia into supporting a future for Syria without President Bashar al-Assad. The host of the G8 summit lined up the support of the six other members for a five-point plan to underpin a second round of peace talks on Syria in Geneva. At a dinner at the G8 summit at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, he challenged Russia's Vladimir Putin ...

Harper touts progress on Syria says Putin made concessions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:01 -0400

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper attends a news conference after a G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 18, 2013. ...

Vladimir Putin G8 remains important mechanism to coordinate leading countries positions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:01 -0400

LOUGH ERNE /Northern Ireland/, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the G8 summit confirmed the relevance of the G8 as an important mechanism to coordinate positions of leading countries on world politics and socio-economic development ...

Vladimir Putin Russia has no evidence Syrian govt used chemical weapons

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:00 -0400

LOUGH ERNE, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia has no evidence the Syrian government has used chemical weapons. Some G8 countries, too, believe such weapons were not used, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

Putin ‘Not Lonely’ at G8 Summit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:00:00 -0400

LOUGH ERNE, Northern Ireland, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday played down assertions that, regarding how to deal with ...

START Russia-U.S. nuclear talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:58 -0400

US lawmakers have imposed new conditions the administration of President Barack Obama would need to meet before the United States can fulfill its obligations under the 2010 START nuclear arms reduction agreement with Russia, recently-approved legislation ...

US Lawmakers Put Brakes on Russia START Nuclear Pact

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:56 -0400

WASHINGTON, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – US lawmakers have imposed new conditions the administration of President Barack Obama would need to meet before the United States can fulfill its obligations under the 2010 START nuclear arms reduction agreement with Russia, recently-approved legislation shows. The restrictions stipulate that no funds may be spent to decommission US nuclear weapons ...

Russia US to Spearhead Syria Peace Plan – Putin

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:54 -0400

LOUGH ERNE, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and the United States will bear primary responsibility for developing a peace plan for Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a press conference following ...

Iran ready to stop 20 per cent uranium enrichment Russian minister says

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:58:12 -0400

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov walks to a meeting with Latin American Foreign Ministers in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Russia's foreign minister has sharply criticized a draft resolution on Syria to be considered by the United Nations' top human rights body. (AP Photo/Misha ...

G8 communique shows Russian shift

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:55:20 -0400

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) and U.S. President Barack Obama take part in a group photo for the G8 Summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. REUTERS/Kevin ...

Siluanov Seeks Weaker Ruble to Promote Growth

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:13 -0400

Anton Siluanov on Tuesday rejected proposals to lay responsibility for growth on the Central Bank and offered his way out of the government's predicament - devalue the ruble. Siluanov's ministry will use oil revenue destined for the Reserve Fund to buy currency on the market and weaken the ruble by 1 to 2 rubles ($0.03 to $0.06), he told Bloomberg. Insisting that strictly "market ...

Умеренные Оптимисты Продолжают Держать Рынок

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:42:15 -0400

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В.Путин Следующий саммит большой восьмерки пройдет в Сочи 4-5 июня 2014г. .

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:58 -0400

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Торги На Российском Рынке Акций Завершились Ростом Индекса Ммвб Индекс Ртс Не Изменился.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:57 -0400

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G7 plus one Isolated Russia holds line on Syria.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:38:05 -0400

The G8 summit ended today with Russia far from agreement with the West over how to resolve the Syrian civil war. Russian experts say the rift is probably ...

Russias Su-35S shows art of aerobatics at Le Bourget

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:34:19 -0400

Russian multi-purpose fighter jet Su-35S that has never been presented abroad, successfully performed its first demonstration flight at the air show in Le Bourget, near ...

Russian multi-purpose fighter jet Su-35S that has never been presented abroad successfully performed its first demonstration flight at the air show in Le Bourget near Paris. Before the audience of the prestigious airshow the 4 + + generation fighter c

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:34:19 -0400

The plane, which attracts a lot of attention of potential buyers, bears a resemblance to its predecessor, the Su-27, but the new aircraft has been thoroughly modernized. Mikhail Pogosyan, the President of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) said that the complex avionics of the Su-35S was capable of detecting targets with the help of a radar at a distance of more than 300 km. A highly powerful ...

G8 leaders bow to Putin on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:07:52 -0400

June 18, 2013 The final communiqu released Tuesday by the two-day G8 summit in Northern Ireland bowed to President Vladimir Putin's demand to drop any reference to ending Bashar Assad's rule. The seven-part Syrian section called for a diplomatic effort to bring the warring sides to the negotiating table; the convening of Geneva-2 for a political solution; to leave no regime vacuum in ...

Russian Government Announces Closure of Cellulose Plant in Baikal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:07:25 -0400

Moscow, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, backed the decision of Irkutsk region''s management of closing permanently the Baikal Cellulose Plant, which was fiercely criticized by ecological organizations that accuse it of damaging the environment. During a meeting with the regional management about the ecological situation of Baikal Lake's ...

IMF cuts Russia 2013 growth forecast

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:01:23 -0400

The IMF on Tuesday cut its forecast for economic growth in Russia in 2013 to 2.5 percent from its previous projection of 3.4 percent due to weak investment and external demand."Russia's growth has slowed while inflation remains high," the IMF said in a statement after a staff visit to Russia this ...

Seeking a Syria consensus despite U.S.-Russia divide

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:44 -0400

President Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Monday, where they discussed the ongoing conflict in Syria during their bilateral ...

Russia signs first contract at Paris Air Show

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:54:00 -0400

Planes The Russian delegation has landed its first deal at the Paris air show, selling all-weather K-52 Alligator helicopter gunships to Iraqi officials. Airplanes of all shapes, sizes, and nationalities have taken to the Parisian sky this week at 50th Le Bourget air show, and Russia has concluded its first sales on day two of the bi-annual exhibition. The Iraqi order is part of a $4 ...

Todd Putin didnt talk about cannibalism with Obama

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:53:02 -0400

"Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory and NBC News' Chuck Todd join Morning Joe to discuss President Obama's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over ...

Obama Putin make little headway on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:56 -0400

The Center for American Progress' Aisha Moodie-Mills, former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich and Roll Call's David Hawkings join Daily Rundown guest host Peter Alexander to talk about Obama and Putin's relationship and the president's action regarding ...

Russias Youth Population ‘In Steady Decline’ - Official

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:50 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has seen both the number of young people in the country and their share in the total population decline steadily in recent years, an Education Ministry official said on Tuesday. "According to the Federal State Statistics Service, in 2012 there were 31.6 million people in the 15-29 age group – making up 22 percent of the country’s total ...

IMF Urges ‘Ambitious’ Economic Reforms in Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:52:43 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia needs to carry out "ambitious" economic policy reforms to realize the economy’s midterm potential and reduce its vulnerabilities to a slump in oil prices or acceleration of capital outflows, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. "The pre-crisis growth model, based on increasing oil prices and rising use of spare capacity, ...

Siberia Russias Secret Economic Weapon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50:28 -0400

Once infamous as a place of exile and no-return during the Tsarist and then Stalinist eras, Siberia is being touted as a beacon of light by the Russian government as it looks east, rather than west, for growth ...

Nigeria drops charges against some Russian arms suspects

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:50:22 -0400

Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another seven will face trial. The 15 Russian sailors were charged with illegally bringing weapons ...

Russias Putin Says Did Not Feel Isolated at G8

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:48:15 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking after two days of tense G8 talks on Syria, said on Tuesday he did not feel isolated at the summit despite clashing with leaders on how to resolve Syria's civil ...

The Ring and the Rings Vladimir Putins Mafia Olympics

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:59 -0400

In this 2005 photograph, Russian president Vladimir Putin holds a diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring belonging to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Photograph: Alexander ...

Jailed Ex-Georgian Premier Goes on Hunger Strike

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:25 -0400

TBILISI - The jailed former prime minister of Georgia has gone on a hunger strike, according to his lawyer, who says Vano Merabishvili is demanding a television in his cell and permission to give his family access to his personal bank account. Merabishvili, who heads the party of President Mikhail Saakashvili, was arrested a month ago on charges of embezzlement and abuse of office. He and a ...

Rostec Signs Deal for Small Aircraft Localization

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:19 -0400

Rostec said in a statement Tuesday that it signed a framework agreement during the Le Bourget Paris Air Show with Austrian Diamond Aircraft Industries to manufacture light aircraft in Russia. The Austrian producer signed a two-year contract with Rostec, worth 2.5 billion rubles ($77.9 million), to buy 114 Da40 Tundra planes, localizing their production and larger aircraft in the future. Rostec ...

Hiring Professionals Challenged By Generation Gap

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:18 -0400

The current wave of young job candidates entering the labor market are presenting unique challenges to hiring managers, experts said at a forum dedicated to human resources on Tuesday. 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. And they are the ...

Russia Chance for progress on Iran nuclear issue must be seized

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:42:02 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran has taken constructive steps toward compromise in the decade-old standoff over its nuclear program and world powers should reciprocate, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on ...

G8 communique represents real shift by Russia says Canada PM

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:41 -0400

Stephen Harper said on Tuesday. "We have a very different outcome and much better outcome than I thought we were going to have," Harper told reporters. Before the summit, Harper had said he feared Putin's support for Syria would make a G8 agreement difficult. "I think this was a very significant move on the part of Mr Putin and the Russians," he said. (Reporting by ...

Russias parliament votes to ban adoption by same-sex couples

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:40:31 -0400

MOSCOW - Russia is on its way to formally prohibiting all adoption by same-sex couples and also banning the adoption of Russian children by single people or unmarried couples from countries that allow same-sex marriage. The lower house of Russia's parliament voted unanimously for the ban on Tuesday. The bill still needs to be confirmed in a procedural third reading on Friday, then passed ...

Friends School graduate earns free trip to Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:39:22 -0400

Alex Brooks started studying Russian because he needed a language class and didn't want to take French. Spanish class was filled, so the Friends School student settled for Russian. "I was willing to take a risk with a new alphabet," said Brooks, a science fiction fan who was raised in Bangladesh. Now, Brooks, who graduated from Friends on June 10, is reaping rewards from ...

Фондовые Торги В Сша 18 Июня Открылись Повышением Ведущих Индексов.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:35:41 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:35:40 -0400

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УК Альфа-Капитал Участники рынка акций ожидают итогов заседания ФРС США

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:35:33 -0400

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Russia and USA reach agreement on nuclear problem

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:27:36 -0400

Russia and the United States have reached an agreement on the nuclear problem. After lengthy negotiations, the two leaders agreed to cut the military ...

UPDATE 2-Russian coal miner Sibanthracite says plans London IPO

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:15:13 -0400

Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:15am EDT * Could raise up to $200 mln from 25 pct stake - sources * Plans to raise stake in global anthracite market to 17 pct By Megan Davies and Alessandra Prentice MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - Russian niche coal miner Siberian Anthracite plans to list its shares in London and could raise up to $200 million, two market sources said, but it may struggle to attract investors ...

The G8 that failed Syria Russia and the demise of summitry

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:22 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the G8 summit at Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. (KEVIN ...

Belarus Kazakhstan Russia want Ukraine in Common Economic Space

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:23 -0400

KIEV, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s membership in the Common Economic Space will help make this association among the most powerful, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich. "The positions of the three states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia - coincide on both the Customs Union and the Common Economic ...

Aeroflot recognized as best air carrier in Eastern Europe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:22 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s airlines Aeroflot has been awarded the international prize World Airline Awards as the best air carrier in Eastern Europe. The ceremony took place at the 50th Le Bourget air show, Aeroflot’s press-service has told ITAR-TASS. The prize was awarded by the British consulting agency Skytrax, which enjoys great authority in the global air industry. ...

Over 3 mln migrants to be banned from entering Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:21 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Federal Migration Service has detected over 3 million migrant workers, who will be banned from entering Russia over the violation of new migration laws. "As of January 1, 2013, a new law banning entry to Russia for those citizens, who exceeded the legal period of stay in the country entered into force," the migration service told Itar-Tass ...

FMS bars entry into Russia to 100000 foreign offenders

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:20 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Federal Migration Service has barred entry into Russia to more than 100,000 foreigners who have violated migration legislation since the beginning of this year, the FMS press service told Itar-Tass. "As of today, the number of foreigners who were denied entry into the country reached over 100,000," an FMS official said. The law barring entry ...

New ferry boat line to link Russia Latvia and Germany

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:20 -0400

RIGA, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - A new ferry boat line will link Russia, Latvia and Germany, a member of the board of Terrabalt company, Aris Ozolins, told Latvia’s Rietumu Radio on Tuesday. Latvia’s LSEZ Terrabalt SIA that services ferry boat lines in the port of Liepaja will launch this ferry boat line together with Alfastar ferry boat operator. The ferry boats will run between ...

Pemex Oil Still Playing Monopoly at 75… But Not Much Longer Run on Russia Property Values on the Rise Markets Tiptoe up to Fed Announcement Wednesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:55:06 -0400

Bloomberg ) Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex Oil) is Mexico's 75-year old state run energy monopoly. But if Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has his way, it won't live to see a 76th birthday. It is his hope that by allowing multinational oil companies to rejoin Mexico's energy market, an eight-year slide in Mexican crude output will end. In a best-case scenario, President Pena Nieto ...

Russia tries not to let Syria conflict go beyond borders FM

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:31 -0400

Russia is making all efforts to prevent the Syrian conflict from escalating into a large-scale regional explosion, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday."Deepening of the crisis in Syria threatens serious troubles of the regional scale. We understand that and try to divert an explosion of the Middle East," Lavrov said in an interview published on the ministry's ...

Russia launches major Infrastructure Programme for 2018

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:54:02 -0400

Russia (TM). The decision was taken at a Russian government cabinet meeting on Thursday 13 June. The infrastructure programme consists of some 292 facilities and events essential for holding the 2018 tournament. This includes12 stadiums, 113 training sites, 62 hotels,11 airports, communal and transport infrastructure necessary for FIFA World Cup, and electricity, IT and communications ...

Russia to Issue Separate Statement on Chemical Weapons in Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:06 -0400

G8 joint declaration underscoring the divergence of opinions on the issue among the participants of the summit, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the statement would clarify the Russian position on several aspects of the G8 document, including the investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria. He redismissed Western claims that ...

Russian Prisons to Separate Smokers and Non-Smokers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:03 -0400

AKSAKOVO, June 18 (RAPSI) – Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service plans to separate smokers and non-smokers in prisons and other detention facilities, an official said on Tuesday. "We will certainly separate smoking and non-smoking suspects, defendants and convicts," said Valery Trofimov, who heads the service's department for social, psychological and educational work ...

Sukhoi Su-35S Fighter Performs Breathtaking Stunt at Paris Air Show

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:02 -0400

The 50th Paris Air Show has opened at Le Bourget Airport in France. Watch this RIA Novosti video showing a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E fighter perform a mid-air ...

Gazprom Still Undecided on Shtokman Arctic Field

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:46:01 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian energy giant Gazprom avoided making a final investment decision Tuesday on the giant Shtokman field in the Arctic amid falling European demand and cheap shale gas in the United States. The energy giant’s board of directors said in a statement on Tuesday that Gazprom would continue optimizing the Shtokman project in the Barents Sea, with plans ...

Russian Government Tries to Calm Markets Over Currency Fears

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:45:55 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government tried on Tuesday to allay market fears that a planned large-scale foreign currency purchase would cause the ruble's devaluation. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Monday said the ministry would start purchasing foreign currency on the market from August to replenish the country's reserve funds. This was expected to weaken the ruble ...

Space Station Supply Ship Dumps Cargo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:42 -0400

MOSCOW - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have opened the hatch of a newly docked supply ship carrying more than 6.5 metric tons of cargo after a delay due to fears over bacteria, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Tuesday. The hatch opening of the ATV-4 Albert Einstein supply ship, which delivered water, oxygen, food, fuel and equipment to the space station, was delayed ...

Russian Scientists to Clone Survivor Tree

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:40 -0400

VOLGOGRAD - Scientists in southern Russia are working to clone a 100-year-old poplar tree that survived the Battle of Stalingrad, a spokesperson for the local environmental authority said. The poplar was damaged by bullets and shrapnel during the World War II, when Volgograd - then known as Stalingrad - was the scene of a 200-day battle between Soviet and invading Nazi forces. Against all odds, ...

Ukraine Parents Resist Vaccinating Kids

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:38 -0400

KIEV, Ukraine - When the time came to vaccinate her 4-year-old daughter, Yelena Hlushko hesitated, spooked by widespread fears in Ukraine about vaccines and by a boil her older child developed after an immunization shot. Eventually, she decided to follow the government's recommendation - only to find her local health clinic was out of the vaccine. A combination of suspicion, funding ...

Putin locks horns with West over Syria at G8 summit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:21 -0400

1 of 17. Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (C) sits with (L-R) Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Barack Obama and France's President Francois Hollande during the second Plenary Session of the G8 Summit, at Lough Erne, near Enniskillen, in Northern Ireland June 18, ...

Syria peace talks delayed as Russia and West clash

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:18 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Differences between Russia and the West mean an international peace conference on Syria is now unlikely to be held before August, a source at a meeting of Group of Eight leaders said on Tuesday as heavy fighting was reported in ...

Russia isolated on Syria at G8

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:35:58 -0400

The second and final day of the G8 summit saw Russian President Vladimir Putin clash with the other heads of state over potential solutions to the growing problem in Syria. The leaders seemed united for the world’s press but behind the scenes Putin, whose discomfort was plain for all to see, found himself increasingly isolated as the other leaders closed ranks and tried to get him to tone ...

Фрс Предложит Рынкам Успокоительное

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:12 -0400

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Saxo Bank Евро - стальная валюта

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:11 -0400

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Совет директоров Мечела одобрил приобретение на рынке ADR на сумму до 100 млн долл.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:10 -0400

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Потребительские Цены В Сша В Мае 2013Г. В Месячном Исчислении Повысились На 01.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:08 -0400

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УК Альфа-Капитал Рост цен на нефть оказывает поддержку российским акциям

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:06 -0400

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Renault работает над конкурентом индийской Tata Nano

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:04 -0400

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Новая Развязка Киевского Шоссе С Мкад Появится Через 3 Года

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:30:03 -0400

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Russias Mechel launches $100 mln share buyback programme

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:05:13 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:05am EDT MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuters) - Russian miner Mechel said on Tuesday it would launch a share buy back programme of up to $100 million, after it reported a first-quarter net loss of $321 million partly due to weak prices. The New York-listed miner and manufacturer has seen its shares dive nearly 90 percent since the start of 2011 as tumbling ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Divorce and Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ring

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:22 -0400

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila have announced they are divorcing, just a few weeks short of 30 years. (Misha Japaridze/AP, ...

GE to create Russian venture to build power plants

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:58:26 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co will create a joint venture with Russia's state-funded private equity vehicle to build mini power plants across Russia, the parties said on Tuesday.GE has been active in Russia for more than 20 years, supplying medical equipment to hospitals, signalling systems to the rail network and credit through its GE Money Bank.The mini power ...

Linde to manage on-site gas supply for Russian petrochemical company SIBUR

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:53:23 -0400

Free to View The following free to view company profiles are part of a select group of companies who have chosen to sponsor free OilVoice access to a University of their ...

Obama Putin Cant Agree on Syria at G-8 Last MA SEN Debate Tonight Daley Steps Up IL GOV Campaign

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:52:13 -0400

"failed to resolve on Monday their significant differences over how to bring about an end to Syria's civil war, as each leader steps up military support for opposite sides in the worsening conflict" ...

Russia embraces weaker rouble

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:49:38 -0400

Minister Anton Siluanov's call for a weaker currency follows a series of meetings chaired by President Vladimir Putin, who has pressed the government to meet spending promises made on his return to the Kremlin in May 2012 in the search for more ...

Russia and US join forces for Sochi 2014 security

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:49:22 -0400

June 18 - United States President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have pledged to join forces to help boost security at major sport events, including the Sochi 2014 Olympics and Paralympics, after meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit. As well as discussing the Syrian conflict, the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Iran's nuclear programme and missile defence ...

Russia 2018 stresses fan focus at IFA summit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:47:54 -0400

Russia (TM), Alexey Sorokin, has taken part in the Financial Times/International Football Arena summit in Rio de Janeiro on 17 June, where he spoke about the initiatives that will help to ...

Russia Providing Drones to Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:45:04 -0400

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is not only providing "concrete military assistance" to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, he's also providing political backing. "The Russians support the Syrian army by supplying weapons and also provide political backing," Israel's Channel 2 television military affairs correspondent Roni Daniel ...

$30bn in Russian money sent to Cyprus in 2 decades - study

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:29 -0400

Russia Russians have transferred over $30 billion (around $1 trillion roubles) to Cyprus over the past twenty years, according to a study published by a group of economists from Russia, Finland and Canada. "The dominance of Russian money in Cyprus bank deposits and in foreign investment from and into Russia is evidence of 'round-tripping'," says an article by Svetlana ...

Russia blocks mention of Assads fate in G8 Syria declaration

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:41:29 -0400

Moscow has insisted that no demands for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar Assad should be made in the G8 summit's communiqu, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said. Any mandate in the document outlining Assad's fate would be "deeply wrong, harmful and it would upset the political balance" being established to aid the conflict-resolution process, ...

ISS Supply Ship Opens Hatch After ‘Bacteria’ Delay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:40:00 -0400

International Space Station (ISS) have opened the hatch of a newly docked supply ship carrying more than 6.5 metric tons of cargo after a delay due to fears over bacteria, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Tuesday. The hatch opening of the ATV-4 Albert Einstein supply ship, which delivered water, oxygen, food, fuel and equipment to the space ...

Aeroflot Senior Executive in Lobbying Scandal Probe

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:56 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russian investigators have launched a formal enquiry into a senior executive at the country's biggest airline, Aeroflot, over allegations he abused his authority by lobbying in favor of deals with tour companies owned by his family, the Investigative Committee said on Tuesday. Aeroflot's first deputy director general Andrei Kalmykov is suspected of ...

NASA Picks 8 Candidates for Asteroid Mars Flights

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:39:55 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – NASA has selected eight potential astronauts, out of more than 6,100 applicants, for spaceflights outside Earth’s orbit, including to asteroids and Mars. "These new space explorers asked to join NASA because they know we’re doing big, bold things here – developing missions to go farther into space than ever before," said NASA ...

Russia starts delivering $1 billion arms package to Azerbaijan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:04 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has begun delivering tanks, artillery cannons and rocket launchers worth $1 billion to Azerbaijan, a Moscow-based defense group said on Tuesday, as the former Soviet republic strengthens its military readiness in the volatile South ...

Russia opens criminal investigation into Aeroflot executive

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:03 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian officials have opened a criminal investigation into a deputy head of state-controlled airline Aeroflot on suspicion that he abused his position by selling cheap tickets to travel agents linked to his ...

Putin dashes G8 hopes for Syria breakthrough

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:57 -0400

Vladimir Putin , insisted he could not back a peace conference convened on the assumption that the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, would step down.The prime ...

Gambling Affair Materials Returned to Investigators

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:26 -0400

The evidence incriminating two key suspects in the "gambling affair" has been returned to the Investigative Committee by the Prosecutor General's Office as the turf war between the two bodies rages on. Prosecutors said that the materials obtained by the investigators did not comply with legal requirements and failed to prove the guilt of Alexander Ignatenko and Dmitry Urumov, ...

Aeroflot Executive Probed Over Corruption

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:25 -0400

Aeroflot deputy CEO Andrei Kalmykov, accusing him of giving privileges to companies linked to his relatives, Interfax reported Tuesday. Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the committee, said Kalmykov had given contractual privileges to Sun Rise Tours, a travel agency allegedly affiliated with his relatives. According to the investigators, the agency's founders included his wife and mother. ...

Home of Alexei Navalnys Brother Raided

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:22 -0400

Alexei Navalny 's brother, Oleg, seizing computers, phones and 50,000 rubles ($1,500), a news report said Tuesday. "The entire apartment was ransacked, phones, computers, and everything that in the opinion of the investigators looked like financial records - that is, all the documents which contained figures were seized," Alexei Navalny wrote on his LiveJournal page. Law ...

Russia says G-8 summit declaration wont say whether Assad must step down from power

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:23 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - The G-8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the document's publication. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters the eight nations have agreed they should not specify any ...

Video Obama and Putin Disagreement upon disagreement over Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:20 -0400

President Obama, in Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit, is looking to nail down support on action in Syria. The president is at opposite ends of the issue with Russia, which supports the Syrian regime. Major Garrett ...

Цб Рф В Августе Начнет Покупки Валюты В Интересах Минфина В Тестовом Режиме.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:23:58 -0400

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Цены на нефтяные фьючерсы Brent и Light Sweet с начала дня существенно не изменились.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:23:54 -0400

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Автопроизводителей Хотят Освободить От Налога На Имущество

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:23:50 -0400

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Свидетель Дтп С Иеромонахом Заявил Что Людей Сбила Другая Машина

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:23:49 -0400

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G8 leaders work to develop Syria statement acceptable to all

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:27 -0400

Group of Eight leaders worked to develop a statement on Syria acceptable to nations wanting a transition of power and Russia, an ally of the Syrian government. Accounts differed from officials Tuesday morning at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland on the prospects of developing a substantive agreement on Syria and the fate of its president, Bashar Assad, to which Russia might sign on, The New York ...

Russia delivers military equipment to Azerbaijan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:22:26 -0400

Russia began shipment Tuesday of up to $1 billion worth of military equipment to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Ministry officials said. The shipments fulfill contracts signed in 2011 and 2012, the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the newspaper Vedomosti. The equipment is worth between $700 million and $1 billion, and includes 94 T-90S tanks, about 100 BMP-3 infantry fighting ...

Russia doesnt need fiscal monetary stimulus - IMF

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:54:10 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia does not need to administer further stimulus, nor should it devalue the rouble, as the economy is running close to capacity, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday."There is no point in monetary or fiscal stimulus," the IMF's mission chief for Russia, Antonio Spilimbergo, told a news conference after an annual visit to Russia.Rebutting calls for a ...

KPRF candidates program envisions decrease in migrants in Moscow

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:11 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - The program of Communist candidate for the post of Moscow mayor Ivan Melnikov envisions a decrease in the number of migrants in the Russian capital and employment of Russian citizens, First Secretary of the Communist Party's Moscow Committee Valery Rashkin who will head Melnikov's election ...

Saudi millionaire might build world highest skyscraper in Moscow

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:10 -0400

ABU-DHABI, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - Saudi millionaire, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, considers Moscow as one of possible sites for the construction of the world tallest skyscraper, Saudi Arabian media outlets said on Tuesday. A possibility of building a tower 1.6 kilometers high has been discussed at present. Prince Al- Waleed has invited the biggest world capitals and mega cities to take part in the ...

Ford workers in Russia Leningrad region ready for indefinite strike

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:08 -0400

ST. PETERSBURG, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - About 1,500 workers of Ford Motor Company in Russia’s northwestern Leningrad region plan to begin an indefinite strike on June 24 to demand the payment in full of compensations for harmful work environment, sources from the interregional trade union of car industry workers told Tass on Tuesday. The trade union of Ford has notified the employer about ...

Russia says preconditions for Assads exit not an option

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:06 -0400

MOSCOW- The Syrian opposition must not be allowed to set conditions for attending a peace conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published on Tuesday.Despite pressure on President Vladimir Putin at a G8 summit to tone down Russian support for Bashar Assad, Lavrov signaled there was no change in Moscow's view that the Syrian leader's exit cannot be a ...

Russia South Africa sign contract for servicing Russian helicopters

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:45:55 -0400

LE BOURGET, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - A contract for after-sales servicing of Russian-made helicopters signed with South Africa will make it possible to operate helicopters in all African countries to the south of the Sahara, Vladimir Artyakov, a deputy director general of Russian State Corporation Rostec and leader of Rostec’s delegation, told a news conference on Monday. Earlier on Monday, ...

Russia calls on West to consider relaxing Iran sanctions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:41:18 -0400

Russia believes it is time to consider relaxingsanctionspressure on Iran amid hope of progress in the standoff over its nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying ...

Russia to introduce no smoking cells for remand prisoners

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:37:29 -0400

Russia All Russian pre-trial detention centers might soon have separate cells for smokers and non-smokers, a top justice ministry official has announced. According to Valery Trofimov, the head of a department in the Justice Ministry that oversees and prisons and penal colonies in Russia, separate cells will appear in remand centers soon. The move is connected with the general anti-tobacco ...

Moscow Counts on Finding Syria Compromise with US UN

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:36:27 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow hopes that upcoming three-way talks will result in an agreement that will help end Syria's two-year civil war, a senior Russian official said on Tuesday. "We hope that we will be able to reach compromise solutions that will help start the process of a political settlement [in Syria]," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said, referring to ...

Austrian-Russian Utility Plane Deal Flies to Rescue Regions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:36:19 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is to build a new light utility aircraft in cooperation with an Austrian plane-maker in response to a need to revive Russia's flagging local air services in remote areas. The agreement between Rostec high-technology corporation's subsidiary Ural Civil Aviation Works (UZGA) and Austria’s Diamond Aircraft International (DAI), was signed ...

Finding common ground with Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:33:54 -0400

The old enemy was allowed club membership in 1997, in a burst of post-Cold War magnanimity. Now it's all a bit of a nonsense. Without China, or India and Brazil for that matter, this is not a group of the most powerful economies in the world. Nor, because of Mr Putin's presence, is it a gathering of like-minded allies. But his resolution over Syria only highlights the lack of a plan ...

Gerard Depardieu Talks Heavy Drinking His Seven Passports Putin and Pussy Riot

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:13 -0400

PARIS – Gerard Depardieu isn’t satisfied with being a self-described "Franco-Russian" actor since renouncing his French citizenship earlier this year. He now says that he has seven passports from several countries, and plans to apply for more in an effort to avoid ...

Businessman Accused of Killing Psychic for Ruining His Marriage

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:11 -0400

A businessman is suspected of having killed a fortune-teller who allegedly caused his marriage to fall apart, investigators in the Moscow region said on Tuesday. The body of a 61-year-old woman was discovered with multiple stab wounds near Moscow on June 8. A 32-year-old businessman from the town of Mytishchi to the northeast of Moscow has been detained on suspicion of killing her. In March, ...

Wheels Jaguar Cant Match Citroens Spacious New Sedan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:26:08 -0400

Editor's note: Wheels is a section featuring car reviews. The size of a trunk is extremely important, especially if you have a growing family, like me. And so it is disappointing that so many hatchbacks and sedans are lacking in this area. Even the Jaguar XJ, while having a seemingly long trunk, does not have the necessary depth for bulky items. It is therefore refreshing to find that ...

Assad foes cannot set conditions for Syria talks Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:47 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition must not be allowed to set conditions for attending a peace conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in comments published on ...

Пифы Прижались К Сопротивлению

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:19:31 -0400

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И.шувалов Покупка Минфином На Внутреннем Рынке Валюты Не Имеет Никакого Отношения К Девальвации Рубля.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:19:30 -0400

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Газпром Планирует Завершить Проектно-Изыскательские Работы По Морским Объектам Штокмана В Конце 2013 - Начале 2014Г.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:19:27 -0400

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Официальный Курс Евро К Рублю Вырос Почти На 30 Коп. И Установился Выше 425 Руб.евро.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:19:26 -0400

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First European NATO heavy arms for Syrian rebels. Russian reprisal expected

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:46:55 -0400

June 18, 2013 NATO and a number of European governments, most significantly the UK, have started airlifting heavy weapons to the Syrian rebels poised in Aleppo to fend off a major Syrian army offensive, according toDEBKAfile's exclusive military sources. They disclose that the first shipments were landed Monday night, June 17, and early Tuesday in Turkey and Jordan. They contained anti-air ...

Criminal case opened against deputy head of Aeroflot Airlines

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:42:31 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - The Investigative Committee /SK/ opened a criminal case against Deputy Director General of Aeroflot Russian Airlines Andrei Kalmykov, suspected of abuse of authority, SK spokesman Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. The investigators said "Kalmykov, as deputy director general for commerce of Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, secured advantages for the companies ...

NSA GCHQ spy on Russian President G20 Delegates

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:41:45 -0400

Worldwide reaction to NSA/PRISM surveillance - an overview When the NSA's surveillance program was first revealed by Edward Snowden last week, initial reaction was that it was a US issue. But with the realization that the greater part of the world's internet traffic is at some point routed via the US, the worldwide ramifications are becoming better understood and ...

Russian Lawmakers Back Ban on Adoption by Same-Sex Couples

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:32:31 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian lawmakers have approved amendments banning the adoption of Russian children by foreign couples in same-sex relationships, ahead of a vote on a broader bill later in the day.The ban would also apply to single people living in countries where same-sex marriage is legal.The draft law and related amendments to Russian family law were passed by Russia's ...

Aral Sea Stopped Shrinking Says Russian Scientist

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:32:24 -0400

MOSCOW, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Aral Sea, which has been shrinking for almost half a century causing an environmental disaster in Central Asia, has finally stopped drying up, a Russian scientist said on Tuesday. "The sea is currently close to a balance because its surface has shrunk so much that evaporation has gone down too, so that even the insignificant river and underground water ...

IMF Warns Russia Against Fiscal Stimulus as Forecast Cut

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:29:51 -0400

Russia , cautioning against the danger of stoking inflation with fiscal stimulus and urging policy makers to improve the business climate. Gross domestic production will expand 2.5 percent this year and 3.25 percent in 2014, the Washington-based lender said in a statement today, compared with April predictions of 3.4 percent for 2013 and 3.8 percent next year. The Economy Ministry projects ...

Giant Hailstones Kill Hundreds of Farm Animals

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:22:19 -0400

A violent hailstorm has swept through southern Kazakhstan, desolating crops and killing hundreds of farm animals. The Zhamylskaya region on Kazakhstan's southern border with Kyrgyzstan was pummeled by hailstones measuring 30 to 35 millimeters in diameter. Carried on 20 meter per second winds, the storm laid waste to local livestock, killing 176 heads of cattle and up to 500 chickens, the ...

Минфин Рублю Не Угроза

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:16:27 -0400

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ФАС собирается отказать Газпром энергохолдингу в покупке контрольного пакета Квадры.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:16:26 -0400

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Цена Золота В Лондоне Снова Просела Ниже 1380 Долл.унция.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:16:22 -0400

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Минфин Рф Не Планирует Вводить Экспортную Пошлину На Спг.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:16:20 -0400

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