Video Russian Asian players eye lucrative plane market

The Globe and Mail - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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 ...

UPDATE 1-U.S. puts Russia on notice in first report on WTO compliance

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:21pm EDT (Adds background, detail) WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States, in first report on Russia's compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on Wednesday it was closely watching Moscow for any violations that thwart U.S. exports to world's sixth-largest economy. But in the report required by Congress, the U.S. Trade ...

No easy nuke arms cuts Russia

IOL - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

IOL - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

Global Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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 ...

Salatin to address permaculture series in Moscow

Capital Press - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

Inquirer Sports - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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 ...

Provincial Russian Wrestler Strangled with Whip

RIA Novosti - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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 ...

Climate change is the threat of our time Obama renews calls to reduce US-Russia nuclear weapons and to confront global warming

The Independent - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

How Putin Won the G8

The Atlantic - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

The Moscow Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

The Moscow Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

The Moscow Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

Baltimore Sun - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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

Space Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

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 ...