Wednesday 8th September, 2010
Stoch staggered as Slovakia win in Russia
Miroslav Stoch reflected on "a great goal and a great victory" after his fine strike gave Slovakia a 1-0 Group B win in Russia, telling UEFA.com: "If we drew it would have been good for us."
Rio Tinto Eyes Russian Potash Maker: Report
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Representatives of Rio Tinto have come to Russia to visit potash producer Uralkali which is seen as a potential acquisition target for the mining giant, Vedomosti reported...
Rio Tinto in Russia to meet Uralkali - paper
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Representatives of Rio Tinto have come to Russia to visit potash producer Uralkali which is seen as a potential acquisition target for the mining giant, Vedomosti reported o...
Russia, Spain To Co-operate In Fire-Fighting
Quote.com(RTTNews) - Russia and Spain agreed Tuesday to co-operate in fire-fighting and improve interaction between their respective agencies in the wake of recent wildfires that swept both the countries.This...
Russia to test launch Bulava missile on Sept. 9-11
SINAMOSCOW, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russian State Commission has decided to test launch sea-based Bulava strategic missile on Sept. 9-11, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. "A government commissio...
Russia to allocate 3 billion rubles to Abkhazia in economic aid
SINAMOSCOW, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Abkhaz President Sergey Bagapsh said on Tuesday that Russia will donate three billion rubles ( about 97 million U.S. dollars) to his country as an economic aid. "The purpo...
Norway, Russia to sign final treaty delineating Arctic maritime border
The China PostNorway and Russia have agreed to a final delineation of their Arctic maritime border and will sign a treaty next week, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. In April, Stoltenberg a...
Russia inflation hits highest since 2000
The China PostRussian monthly inflation in August hit its highest level for a decade as the effects of the country's worst ever drought ramped up prices, statistics showed Monday.
- Russia sink New Zealand as the US thump Angola
Taipei TimesPHOTO: EPA World championship favorites the US stormed into the quarter-finals on Monday with a 121-66 rout of Angola and were joined by Russia, who were also on song in their 78-56 win over New Zeala...
Medal snub for Russian cosmonaut sparks 'cosmic scandal'
Space DailyRussia's space agency voiced outrage Tuesday after the defence ministry refused one of its cosmonauts a celebrated state honour, in the first such snub in half a century of Soyuz flights. Cosmonaut M...
Russia to lift grain export ban after 2011 harvest
General SourcesMOSCOW, RUSSIA : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday announced that Russia will lift the grain export ban after the 2011 harvest.
Russia thumps Tall Blacks 78-56, sets up clash with united states
People's DailyRussia reached the quarterfinals of World Basketball Championships against the United States, beating New Zealand 78-56 on Monday after Andrey Vorontsevich had 18 points and 11 rebounds. Timofey Mozgo...
Russian Draftee Returned Home Ripped Up from Groin to Chin
PravdaThe unnaturally long scar from the chin to the groin showing on the body of Roman Suslov, a draftee from the Russian city of Omsk, is the trace of common autopsy, an expert believes. According to the...
Critically Endangered Whales Flee Russian Oil, Gas Boom
RedOrbitPosted on: Tuesday, 7 September 2010, 17:29 CDT Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to f...
Russia to use Kosovo against Europe and USA
PravdaOn the very same day Georgian president Michael Saakashvili asked the Western world for protection against Russia that brought down Georgian pilotless plane peacefully spying on the territory of Abkha...
Russia's New Fourth-Generation Submarine To Become World's Quietest
PravdaOn Tuesday, June 15, Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the city of Severodvinsk and visited the nation’s largest ship-building enterprise Sevmash. The enterprise has finally finished building Russia’s un...
Russian Strategic Tu-160 Bombers Set New Record
PravdaRussia’s two strategic Tu-160 bombers have successfully completed a record 23-hour flight. Vladimir Drik, an official spokesman for the Russian defense ministry, stated June 10 that the flight conti...
Russian 'Flash Mob' Protests Candidates Not Being Registered
Spero NewsA "flash mob" of some 200 people gathered in front of the regional governor's office in the western Russian city of Samara to protest the disallowing of some candidates to register for u...
Russian Duma Deputy Downplays Threat To Tatarstan's Sovereignty
Spero NewsKAZAN, Russia -- A senior Russian legislator from the pro-Kremlin United Russia party doubts that the Kremlin will eliminate the post of president of Tatarstan, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports....
Russia complains of ‘harsh' treatment to overstayers
The HinduNEW DELHI: Senior Russian Embassy officials on Tuesday met their Ministry of External Affairs counterparts here to understand why their nationals, accused of overstaying, were being treated harshly by...
Russian human rights advocate again headed to jail
Earth Timeshuman rights advocate Lev Ponomaryov was again sentenced to jail time Tuesday for resisting the police, Interfax news agency reported.The 68-year-old was released from a three-day stint in prison in l...
Assistant Secretary Blake’s Interview with Kommersant of Russia
America.orgU.S. Department of State Robert O. Blake, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Moscow, Russia September 2, 2010 Interview With Kommersant of Russia QUESTION: What was y...
Russia cuts meat imports from seven foreign companies
General SourcesRussia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Rosselkhoznadzor, has imposed restrictions on meat imports from seven Brazilian, U.S., Argentinean and Polish plants starting We...
Colorado couple in court in Russian adoption abuse case
ReutersFORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - Court proceedings for a Colorado couple accused of abusing three girls adopted from Russia were postponed on Tuesday after a defense lawyer told a judge that plea negot...
Foreign Money In, Khodorkovsky Still Out
The Moscow TimesMikhail Khodorkovsky of having “blood on his hands” and spoke of Washington and Beijing in uncharacteristically warm terms during a meeting with Russia experts. But otherwise, Putin offer...
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