October 2014

Pentagon Claims Russian Air Force Planes Endanger Civil Flights

2014/10/31

WASHINGTON, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby during a press briefing on Friday stated that Russian Air Force planes pose a risk to civil aviation.“Well, we certainly don't see this - these increased flights and activity as helpful to the security situation in Europe. Clearly, they - they pose the potential...

EU Ambassador Says Bloc Interested in Recalling Sanctions Against Russia

2014/10/31

KALININGRAD, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - European Union is interested in recalling its economic sanctions against Russia on condition of stabilization of the situation in eastern Ukraine, EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Usackas said Friday.“We are ready to reconsider the sanctions when we see specific results on implementation of the Minsk...

FBI Confirms Arrest of Russian Citizen for Alleged Extortion Conspiracy

2014/10/31

Updated 8:50 p.m. Moscow Time WASHINGTON, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russian national Vadim Mikerin, the head of the TENAM Corp, the US subsidiary of the Russian defense company Techsnabexport was arrested in the United States on allegations of participating in a kickback scheme in exchange for granting uranium supply contracts to US citizens,...

Russian Defense Concern Almaz-Antey Eyes Asia-Pacific Market: Deputy CEO

2014/10/31

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's defense concern Almaz-Antey will show off its cutting-edge anti-missile defense systems at the upcoming Indo-Defense 2014 in a bid to attract Asia-Pacific buyers, the company's Deputy CEO Arkady Nedashkovsky said Friday.According to Nedashkovsky, the company took pride in a wide range of surface-to-air...

Snowplow Driver Charged in Vnukovo Plane Crash Case: Investigative Committee

2014/10/31

Updated 8:15 p.m. Moscow Time MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – The driver of the snowplow that the private jet of Total CEO Christophe de Margerie hit upon takeoff from Moscow's Vnukovo airport, has been charged in the plane crash case, the Russian Investigative Committee said Friday."Today, snowplow driver Vladimir Martynenko was charged,"...

First Convoy of Russian Aid Crosses Ukrainian Border, Heads Toward Luhansk

2014/10/31

LUHANSK REGION (Ukraine), October 31 (RIA Novosti) – The first group of trucks with Russian humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine has crossed the Ukrainian border and has begun moving through the Luhansk region, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Friday.The trucks have been formed into a convoy and have begun their route through the Luhansk...

All 100 Trucks With Russian Humanitarian AidfFor Eastern Ukraine Clear Customs

2014/10/30

ROSTOV REGION (Russia), October 31 (RIA Novosti) – All 100 trucks with Russian humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine have cleared customs procedures at two border crossing points in southern Russia and the first trucks have begun crossing into Ukrainian territory, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Friday.The trucks are currently forming...

First Russian Humanitarian Aid Trucks Begin Customs Procedures on Russia-Ukraine Border

2014/10/30

DONETSK (Rostov Region, Russia), October 31 (RIA Novosti) – The first of 100 trucks carrying Russian humanitarian aid for eastern Ukraine has begun customs procedures at the Donetsk-Izvarino border point, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Friday.The trucks are driving into the border area where they are being checked by Russian and Ukrainian...

Barroso Hopes Gas Deal Helps to Improve Russian-Ukrainian Relations

2014/10/30

BRUSSELS, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - The European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso, following trilateral gas talks in Brussels, said he hopes that the gas agreement will help to improve the Russian-Ukrainian relations."I have hopes that this agreement will have the opportunity to improve relations between Ukraine and Russia," Barroso...

Novak Hopes Gazprom, Naftogaz Can Agree on Gas Deliveries to Ukraine From April 2015

2014/10/30

BRUSSELS, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, following trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union said that he hopes Gazprom and Naftogaz will be able to agree on a continuation of Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine after the so-called “winter package” expires.“Of course our companies,...

Russia to Sell Gas to Ukraine at $378 Per 1,000 Cubic Meters in November-December

2014/10/30

Updated 04:53 a.m. Moscow time. BRUSSELS, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller has confirmed that Ukraine will pay $378 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in November-December 2014, accounting for the agreed $100 discount and in line with contractual price formula, which reflects global oil prices."The price is calculated...

EC to Outline Gas Payment Guarantees in Letter to Kiev: Miller

2014/10/30

Updated 04:31 a.m. Moscow time. BRUSSELS, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - The European Commission has agreed to stipulate financial guarantees of payments for Russian gas supplies to Ukraine through March 2015 in an official letter to Kiev, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said.A separate bilateral protocol on gas payment guarantees between the EC and...

Fourteen Days in Taiga of Kola Peninsula

2014/10/30

People of this posting had to take two consequent plane flights, then spend four hours in the car to get there. Why anyone would do this? Let’s see the photos and get the answer. Like the first photo of caviar that probably was in a fish just a few minutes before this photo was made. This posting is huge, over hundred photos, but let’s...

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