Two Thirds of Russians are Internet Users - Survey

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 59 percent of Russians use Internet, up three percentage points since last year, according to the results of a survey published on Monday by an independent pollster, Levada Center. The figure was only five percent when Levada Center first polled Russians on the issue in 2001. The percentage varies greatly among different social groups: while over 80 ...

Syrian Opposition Meets in Madrid to Discuss Coming Talks

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MADRID, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - About 80 leaders of various Syrian opposition movements and organizations met on Monday in Madrid to forge a common position for the upcoming international conference on Syria, the EFE news agency reported. The Madrid meeting’s participants also discussed appointing a single representative for all opposition movements. According to some participants, the ...

The Doors Founding Member Ray Manzarek Dies Aged 74

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, died at the age of 74 in a hospital in the German city of Rosenheim late on Monday, his publicist said in a statement on Tuesday. Heidi Robinson Fitzgerald said in a statement Manzarek lost his battle with bile duct cancer. The information was confirmed by Manzarek’s manager Tom Vitorino. ...

Sports Briefing | Cycling Denis Menchov of Russia Retires From Cycling

New York Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

The former Giro ...

Russia’s business powers footing half the bill for expensive Sochi Games

Tribune Review - Monday 20th May, 2013

SOCHI, Russia -- The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business ...

Russian consul Number of Russian tourists to Goa will reach 200000

eTN - Monday 20th May, 2013

PANAJI, Goa -- The number of Russian tourists to Goa could soon touch 200,000 annually, newly-appointed Russian honorary consul in Goa Victor Albuquerque said Monday. Albuquerque, a reputed businessman in Goa, was speaking to reporters in his first media conference after being appointed a couple of months ago to act as a first point of assistance to the thousands of Russian tourists who have ...

Russia Assad foes must attend talks without terms

The Daily Star - Monday 20th May, 2013

Sergey Lavrov said Monday it was crucial for Syrian opposition envoys to engage in peace talks without setting preconditions, apparently referring to demands for President Bashar Assad’s removal. Lavrov also reiterated ...

Russia ‘Has All Chances’ to Avoid Economic Recession - PM

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia "has all chances" to avoid economic recession, and the Russian government is doing its best to prevent it, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Tuesday. The Russian prime minister said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily that the global economy was on the verge of recession at the moment, so ...

Russian emergency airplane arrives in Makhachkala to evacuate people injured in terrorist act

Itar Tass - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - A Russian emergency airplane arrived in Makhachkala to evacuate people injured a horrible terrorist act in Moscow, head of the information department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Oleg Voronov told Itar-Tass on ...

Russian Polling Group Says It May Close

International Herald Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

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Russian twin blasts kill 4 injure 35

China.org.cn - Monday 20th May, 2013

At least four people were killed and 35 others injured when twin blasts hit Russia's Dagestan republic, local law enforcement authorities said ...

Russia Urges EU to Avoid Ideology-Based Remarks on NGO Law

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged the European Union to abstain from "ideology-based" remarks on the issue of non-governmental organizations in Russia. The statement, posted on the ministry’s website, was made in the wake of the May 17 meeting between the Foreign Ministry's Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the ...

Medvedev Calls for Tougher Control of Migration

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is unlikely to overcome its demand for migrant labor in the coming decades, so the country requires an effective system to control migration processes, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. In his interview published in Tuesday’s issue of the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, the premier said the inflow of migrant workers was a trend that ...

Massive Tornado Ravages Oklahoma

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - A massive tornado ploughed through populated areas near Oklahoma City on Monday, demolishing homes, schools and businesses, hurling cars and trucks through the air and leaving a stunning trail of wreckage and human agony in its wake, all documented on live TV. Details of casualties were not immediately available but local officials and weather experts said the ...

European Space Agency names first Briton for space station mission

Yahoo - Monday 20th May, 2013

The European Space Agency says a former army helicopter pilot is to be Britain's first official astronaut to go to the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake, 41, is set for a five-month mission to the ISS in 2015 in a move being called a major boost for Britain's space industry, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday. Peake has been awaiting a mission assignment since graduating ...

Russia orders deportation of CIA spy

Pravda - Monday 20th May, 2013

The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB, former KGB) arrested in the early hours of Tuesday (14th) U.S. diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle, accused of trying to recruit a counterterrorism officer of the Russian security services, in a new episode of the war of spies between Moscow and Washington. The U.S. agent was attached to the American ...

The Federal Security Service of Russia arrested in the early hours of Tuesday U.S. diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle accused of trying to recruit a counterterrorism officer of the Russian security services in a new episode of the war of spies between Mo

Pravda - Monday 20th May, 2013

Opera Mundi The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB, former KGB) arrested in the early hours of Tuesday (14th) U.S. diplomat Ryan Christopher Fogle, accused of trying to recruit a counterterrorism officer of the Russian security services, in a new episode of the war between spies Moscow and Washington. "On the night 13-14 May counterintelligence services of the FSB arrested Christopher ...

Four killed in Dagestan blast as Moscow plot foiled

ABC Australia - Monday 20th May, 2013

Russian Federation Four people have been killed and close to 50 wounded by twin car bombs in Russia's restive Dagestan region, while the Kremlin also announced it had foiled a major plot to attack Moscow.Investigators in Dagestan initially put the death toll from the blasts at eight but the local interior ministry later revised it to four, adding that 44 people were also wounded, most of ...

Two Warships Join Russia’s Mediterranean Task Force

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Two warships of Russia’s Black Sea fleet joined the country’s Mediterranean task force on Monday, a spokesman for the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Capt. First Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachyov, has ...

Explosions in Russia kill four injure nearly 50

WHP CBS 21 - Monday 20th May, 2013

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.The first bomb exploded in a parked car and the second went off in a trash bin about 15 minutes later after police had arrived on the scene in Makhachakala, the provincial capital, ...

Council of Europe tells Putin of concern over Russian NGO law

The Star - Monday 20th May, 2013

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The head of the Council of Europe told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday he was concerned a law requiring non-governmental organisations which received funding from abroad to register as foreign agents could have a "chilling ...

Russian Laws Policies Restrict Religious Freedom - US Report

RIA Novosti - Monday 20th May, 2013

WASHINGTON, May 20 (RIA Novosti) –Russia is among several countries around the world including Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Cuba, Iran, and China that imposed restrictions on freedom of religion last year, according to an annual report released Monday by the US State Department. "This report is a clear-eyed, objective look at the state of religious freedom around the world. And when ...