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Friday 3rd July, 2009

  • Serena through to Wimbledon final

    Russia News.Net

    Dinara Safina is all that stands in the way of a fourth Williams sisters Wimbledon final after second seed Serena Williams held off Russian Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6 in their semi-final Thursday.

  • Another child raised by dogs found in Russia

    Russia News.Net

    Moscow, (RIA Novosti) The Russian police have found a child who has been raised by dogs, a media report said Thursday.

  • Russia confirms delivery of Admiral Gorshkov in 2012

    Russia News.Net

    ... as the project had become the sole irritant in Russian-Indian relations.

  • Kazakhstan prepares to head European security grouping

    Russia News.Net

    Eighteen years ago, Kazakhstan became the last of the former Soviet republics to reluctantly part ways with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the strategically located Central Asian nation is preparing to head a key European-led security grouping as it asserts the right to fashion its own foreign policy initiatives.

  • Russia opposes Iran sanction over protest crackdown

    Russia News.Net

    Moscow, (RIA Novosti) Russia is opposed to sanctions against Iran over the recent crackdown on protest rallies following the disputed presidential election, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

  • Putin has one foot in the past

    The Guardian

    Vladimir Putin , the Russian prime minister, for "cold war approaches" to relations with the US, saying Putin had "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new", just days...

  • Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocket

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    North...

  • Most Russians Ignorant Of Pikalyovo Events, Poll Shows

    St Petersburg Times

    Less than half of Russians have heard anything about the recent events in Pikalyovo, where unpaid workers blocked a federal highway and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly berated factory owners...

  • City Police Raid Former Casinos in Bid to Enforce New Ban

    St Petersburg Times

    As all casinos in the country should have closed from 2009, Dmitry Nevelsky, head of the St. Petersburg Association of Gambling Businesses announced that the industry had come to an end.

  • Giving China a Piece of Russia

    St Petersburg Times

    On President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese President Hu Jintao signed an agreement in which Russia will sell 300 million tons of oil to China over 20 years for $100 billion. That breaks down...

  • Medvedev Appalled by Alcohol Statistics

    St Petersburg Times

    President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed surprise at how much alcohol Russians drink and ordered the government to develop a program to discourage drinking.

  • Russian forces besiege 'gunmen'

    BBC

    Security forces in the Russian North Caucasus city of Nalchik have laid siege to a flat after coming under fire, Russian news agencies report.An unknown number of militants are believed to be inside...

  • Obama meets match in Russia

    CNN

    But the president as global oracle is about to meet his stony match -- in the vast and barren place that proved a graveyard for Napoleon and that has an ingrained suspicion of foreigners as an...

  • Time to move past Cold War

    Baltimore Examiner

    ... in the West Wing of the White House in Washington.

  • Putin Has 'One Foot in Old Ways'

    ABC News

    ... in the West Wing of the White House in Washington.

  • Lose the Cold War attitude, Obama tells Putin

    Times Online

    President Obama has scolded the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for failing to move on from Cold War dynamics. His remarks come on the eve of a much-anticipated trip to Moscow next week in...

  • Russia must freshen outlook

    Al Jazeera

    The US president has cautioned Russia's government against using "old Cold War approaches" when dealing with Washington, saying that such strategies are outdated. Barack Obama said, in an interview...

  • Obama heads to Moscow to decipher enigmatic Putin

    Canada.com

    U.s. President Barack Obama will meet with former Russian President Vladimir Putin next week. The White House is touting the trip to Moscow as a chance to "reset" U.S.-Russian relations that soured...

  • US, Russia Headed for Progress in Arms Reduction Talks

    Novinite

    The USA and Russia are headed for unexpected progress in their talks for a new strategic arms agreement. According to the Russian newspaper Vremya Novostei, the upcoming summit meeting between the...

  • 1. Community Bulletin Board

    The Moscow Times

    ... is looking for excellent English speakers to be volunteer teachers. If you can offer 1 1/2 hours in the early evening, contact Katya, tel. 350-0427...

  • Obama chides Putin for ‘old ways of doing business'

    The Globe and Mail

    O n the eve of a trip to Moscow, President Barack Obama chided Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday for keeping “one foot in the old ways of doing business.” By contrast, he...

  • 4. Ruble Bonds Outpace Dollar Notes

    The Moscow Times

    ... / The Moscow Times Russian companies shut out of the international debt markets are selling more ruble bonds than dollar notes for the first time since 2006 as the domestic...

  • 3. Medvedev Scolds Slow Shipbuilder

    The Moscow Times

    Reuters SEVERODVINSK, Arkhangelsk Region — President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday lashed out at shipbuilder Sevmash for delays on a landmark contract with India to refurbish a Soviet-era...

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