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Russia Says It’s Ready for Talks on Ukraine-EU Deal
2013/11/30
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow is ready for trilateral talks with Kiev and Brussels on the consequences of the association agreements between Ukraine and the EU, a senior Russian diplomat said Friday.“We were not the ones who proposed or insisted on these talks, but if the European Union and Ukraine want us to discuss the economic...
Russian Army Goes East With Biggest 2014 Drill
2013/11/30
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian military will hold its biggest drill of 2014 in the country’s east, First Deputy Defense Minister Arkady Bakhin said Saturday.The East-2014 exercise will involve several army branches, Bakhin said on Ekho Moskvy radio.He did not elaborate on the program or the exact time and venue for the event.This...
Tatarstan to Treat Church Torchings As Terrorism
2013/11/30
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – Prosecutors in the Russian republic of Tatarstan said they seek a case on terrorism charges opened into burnings of Christian churches in the predominantly Muslim region.Seven Orthodox Christian churches were torched in Tatarstan over the past six months, including two on Thursday night, Regnum.ru news...
Pashutin Gets Nod as Coach of Russia Basketball Team
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (R-Sport) – Basketball coach Evgeny Pashutin has been rewarded for guiding Russian team Lokomotiv Kuban into the top-tier Euroleague with a contract to coach the national team.Pashutin, 44, will take over from Vasily Karasev, whose four-month stint at the helm ended in disaster at EuroBasket, where Russia won only one...
Two Missiles, Two Fates
2013/11/29
A photo story of two missiles whose destiny was to become a monument and a museum exhibit.This one (on the picture above), R-13, stands in Severomorsk, Russia. It’s a Soviet liquid-fuelled single-stage ballistic missile. It was used to make the only one Soviet launch of a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead from the submarine. You...
Freighter With Advanced Navigation System Docks at Orbital Lab
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – An unmanned Russian resupply spacecraft carrying an improved navigation system docked early Saturday with the International Space Station, Russian Mission Control said."The manual docking was carried out by cosmonaut Oleg Kotov," Mission Control said.The Progress M-21M space freighter was loaded with almost...
Gorbanevskaya, Veteran of 1968 Red Square Protest, Dies at 77
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – A Soviet-era dissident and poet best remembered for a seminal protest on Moscow’s Red Square in 1968 over the Red Army’s invasion of Czechoslovakia died Friday in Paris, aged 77, cultural affairs website Colta.ru has reported.Natalya Gorbanevskaya, who was born in Moscow in 1936, studied philology at Leningrad...
US Court Orders Review in Russian Gay Man’s Asylum Case
2013/11/29
WASHINGTON, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – A US court has ordered immigration authorities to review a decision to deny asylum to a gay Russian man who said he was attacked in his home country because of his sexual orientation, national media have reported.The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the US Department of Justice’s...
Russia Plans to Launch 11 Military Satellites By 2015
2013/11/29
SOCHI, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will launch a total of 11 military satellites by 2015.Speaking at a meeting on the development of the Russian satellite fleet, Putin said five military satellites have already joined Russia’s orbital group in 2013 and that five more will be added to it before...
Moscow, Minsk to Discuss Russian Airbase in Belarus
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – A senior Russian defense official said Friday that talks will be held next month on the planned deployment of an airbase in Belarus.Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told reporters in Moscow that several potential locations have been identified in Belarus, but that further consultations were needed...
British WWII Vet Gives His Arctic Convoy Medal to Russia
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – A British war veteran involved in shipping military supplies to the Soviet Union by sea during World War II on Friday presented his recently awarded medal for his role in the campaign to Russia.James Pitts, 89, handed his Arctic Star to Moscow’s Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the museum said on its...
Russia Ready to ‘Eradicate’ Double Standards at UN Rights Body
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow is determined to eradicate what it describes as “double standards” at the UN Human Rights Council, Russian diplomats said at a human rights meeting with the European Union on Friday.The United Nations General Assembly elected Russia to the council earlier this month. The international body, responsible...
Louis Vuitton Faces Sanctions Over Giant Trunk on Red Square
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – An administrative case has been launched over a giant Louis Vuitton suitcase-shaped pavilion recently installed in the middle of Moscow’s Red Square, Russian officials said Friday.A spokeswoman for the Moscow government’s authority overseeing the use of state-owned non-residential real estate said the...
Mine Opponents Held for Alleged Bribery as Activists Cry Foul
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (Alexey Eremenko, RIA Novosti) – Police in Russia have detained two people formerly linked to an environmental protest movement for alleged extortion in a case activists say is a crude attempt to discredit their campaign.Mikhail Bezmensky and Igor Zhitenyov stand accused of attempting to extort 15 million rubles ($450,000)...
Final Greenpeace Activist Released on Bail in Russia
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – An Australian activist with the Greenpeace group detained by Russian authorities during a protest in September became the final member Friday to be released on bail from pretrial detention.Greenpeace said on its Twitter account that Colin Russell was greeted and hugged by fellow activists as he left the...
‘Door Still Open’ for Ukraine – EU Leaders
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – European Union leaders said Friday that a deal to let Ukraine boost economic ties with Europe is still on offer after the former Soviet nation backed away from signing at a landmark summit.“The door is still open, we are ready to sign,” European Council President Herman Van Rompuy told reporters at the...
Detained CEO Elected to Uralkali Board
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – The head of Russia’s largest potash producer Uralkali, who was charged last week with abuse of office, was elected to the board of directors on Friday, the company said.Vladislav Baumgertner was detained in Minsk in August after Uralkali pulled out of a cartel agreement with Belarusian state-owned fertilizer...
Putin Tours Sochi Opening Ceremony Venue
2013/11/29
SOCHI, November 29 (R-Sport) – Russian President Vladimir Putin toured the venue of the Sochi 2014 Olympic opening ceremony on Friday.The visit to the 40,000-seater Fisht Olympic Stadium, which is nearing completion at the center of the coastal Olympic Park, comes some 70 days before the Games begin.The facility, the only one yet to be completed,...
Russian, US Defense Officials to Meet to ‘Settle Differences’
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Senior defense officials from Russia and the United States will meet next week in a bid to settle differences in military affairs, the Russian envoy to the meeting said on Friday.Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told journalists he will meet US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James...
Christian Activists Sabotage Theater Production in Moscow
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Ultraconservative Christians who have previously targeted erotica exhibits, Pastafarians and supporters of feminist punk group Pussy Riot have attacked a theater performance in Moscow.Ваш браузер не поддерживает данный формат видео. ©YouTube/Nelli Konstantinova, Romanova TatyanaChristian Activists Sabotage...
Russian Former Defense Minister to Face Criminal Charges
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Investigative Committee will press criminal charges against former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov within days, a committee spokesman said in an interview published Friday.Serdyukov is suspected of negligence, punishable with up to three months in detention, investigators said Thursday.He will...
Georgia, Moldova Ink EU Agreements as Ukraine Backs Off
2013/11/29
VILNIUS, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Georgia and Moldova signed association agreements with the European Union at a summit Friday as another ex-Soviet country, Ukraine, confirmed it would not go ahead with a similar deal.The preliminary agreements with Georgia and Moldova, which are set to be ratified next year, put the two countries on...
Georgia, Moldova Ink EU Agreements as Ukraine Backs Off
2013/11/29
VILNIUS, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Georgia and Moldova signed association agreements with the European Union at a summit Friday as another ex-Soviet country, Ukraine, confirmed it would not go ahead with a similar deal.The preliminary agreements with Georgia and Moldova, which are set to be ratified next year, put the two countries on...
Russian Helicopter Attacked in Afghanistan – Embassy
2013/11/29
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – A helicopter that was attacked in eastern Afghanistan apparently belonged to a Russian company, Russian diplomats said Friday.Unidentified men fired at the helicopter in the province of Gardez on Thursday.No injuries were reported, and damage from the attack was limited to a single bullet hole in the aircraft’s...
Russian Bank Debt to Reach 10 Trillion Rubles in 2013
2013/11/28
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – The total amount of money Russians owe to banks will rise to 10 trillion rubles ($300 billion) by the end of this year, a Russian newspaper reported Friday citing the central bank.A boom in consumer lending in Russia this year has sparked concern that the market may be overheating, with officials warning...
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