Friday 27th January, 2012
37 killed in Syria as UN prepares to discuss escalating violence
AMMAN - Security forces killed 37 people in Syria on Friday, activists and residents claimed, as the UN Security Council prepared to discuss Damascus later in the day ahead of a possible vote next ...
Syrian Violence Escalates as Diplomatic Efforts Falter
Violence in Syria continued Friday, bringing to more than 50 the number of people killed there over the past two days, as a resolution to curb the bloodshed appeared to be stalled in the United ...
Russia launches cosmonaut recruitment drive
Russia, which sent into space the first artificial satellite, the first man and the first woman, has now launched a competition to select new cosmonauts. State space agency Roscosmos Friday said ...
Vlamidir Putin 'not concerned' by calls for resignation
Russia News.NetRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dismissed concerns over the protests urging him to step down from the post. "Protests? What protests?," I am not concerned. I think about the people - the ...
Russia postpones rocket launch
Russia News.NetThe launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunication satellite onboard scheduled for Friday has been postponed indefinitely for technical reasons, Russian space agency ...
'Ready' Azarenka wants maiden Grand Slam title 'really bad'
Russia News.NetBelarusian tennis ace Victoria Azarenka has said she is ready to perform to the best of her potential in the Australian Open final clash with Russian opponent Maria Sharapova. Both Azarenka and ...
OSCE Sends Election Monitors to Russia
Russia News.NetVoting monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have launched a mission in Russia ahead of the March 4 presidential election. Mission chief Heidi Tagliavini on Thursday ...
Drug money damages world economy by $2 trillion annually
Russia News.NetAnnual financial damage to the world economy from drug money equals $2 trillion, Russia's Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov said. "Narco-dollars form a market with a volume of over ...
Arab League, European Nations Push to End Assad's Rule
Russia News.NetThe Arab League says the withdrawal of monitors from Gulf Arab states will not hinder its work in Syria as France, Britain and Germany joined efforts at the United Nations to end President Bashar ...
US, Arab League Face Russian Opposition on Syria
Russia News.NetThe Obama administration is joining the Arab League in pushing for U.N. action to end months of political violence in Syria by calling on President Bashar al-Assad to give up power. Syria is ...
Russian investigators probe election violations
WHP CBS 21The Russian flag flies at the Opening Ceremony Of The Russian Pavilion held at the Pavilion 142 in the International Village during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival. (Francois Durand, ...
Russia "disappointed" with UN Syria draft: envoys
West AustralianUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told a closed-door meeting of the Security Council on Friday that he was "deeply disappointed" with a European-Arab ...
Dmitry Medvedev 'should have done more to support Vladimir Putin presidential campaign'
The TelegraphMr Medvedev succeeded Mr Putin as president when he stepped down in 2008 due to term limits, but he has largely been seen as a stand-in for the figure who has towered ...
Russian former archivist challenges Kremlin over Raoul Wallenberg saga
The TelegraphAnatoly Prokopenko, 78, who headed the Spcial Archive containing documents from 20 European countries in the waning years of the Soviet Union, told The Associated Press that in 1991 he saw a thick ...
Georgia Says Wine Exports Rise Despite Russian Import
Spero NewsAccording to Georgia’s state statistics agency, the country’s wine exports jumped nearly 40 percent in value last year to more than $54 million. That’s below the figures of ...
What's Behind Russia's Attachment To Syria?
NPRJanuary 27, 2012 Russia has vowed to veto any United Nations resolution authorizing the use of force against Syrian leader Bashar Assad. The Russians fear "colored revolutions" and ...
Compensations to Costa Concordia Russian tourists to be settled individually – lawyer
Itar TassROME, January 27 (Itar-Tass) -- Compensations to many Russian passengers of the sunken cruise liner Costa Concordia will be settled individually, lawyer Tatiana della Marra who represents the ...
Growth of salaries should not exceed manifold growth of labor productivity - Putin
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Arctic Ice Melt Lifts Hopes for Russian Maritime Trade
Insurance JournalWhen severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. The relief mission through ...
Russia - Independent newspaper suspends publication in response to pressure
IFEXMoi Gorod-Kostroma, Newspaper (GDF/IFEX) - 23 January 2012 - Albert Stepantsev, general director of the newspaper "Moi Gorod-Kostroma" (MGK), has complained to the Glasnost Defence ...
Economic Deregulation Seen as Russia’s New Priority
RIA NovostiEconomic deregulation will be a priority for Russia’s new president and government in the next five-six years, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Friday. "Significantly ...
Ukraine, Russia to Launch 2 Dnepr Carrier Rockets in 2012
RIA NovostiUkraine and Russia will carry out two rocket launches under the joint Dnepr space program, head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Yuri Alekseyev said on Friday. Moscow has recently decided ...
Ukraine, Russia “Doomed” to Gas Compromise - Yanukovych
RIA NovostiUkraine hopes to find a solution to the gas dispute with Russia soon, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday in Davos at the World Economic Forum. "Ukraine pays the world’s highest ...
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