Provides the latest RSS feeds for Russia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Russia Herald.com http://www.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/723971d98160d438/ en-us Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:12:14 -0400 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:12:14 -0400 30 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the international Arctic Conference where the exploration and development of mineral resources, environmental protection and improving transport infrastructure in the region will be discussed, an official said. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/613039/cs/1/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/613039/cs/1/ Fresh tensions between Canada and Russia emerged Wednesday after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a session of his Security Council that his country must be prepared to defend its claims to Arct... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33240559/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:56:13 -0400 CBC News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33240559/ Fresh tensions between Canada and Russia emerged Wednesday after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a session of his Security Council that his country must be prepared to defend its claims to Arct... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33240561/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:56:01 -0400 CBC News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33240561/ SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - The United States and Russia have made significant headway on a nuclear arms reduction pact in the last week but are not done yet, U.S. officials said on Wednesday."We are... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238799/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:49:06 -0400 West Australian http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238799/ March 18 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will seek to speed up the signing of a new nuclear arms- control treaty and discuss the Middle East peace process when she arrives in Mo... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239177/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:49 -0400 Business Week http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239177/ The legendary German rock band Scorpions will present on Thursday its farewell album Sting In The Tail in the Russian capital a day before its official world release. Moscow is the second city on the... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238542/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:03:36 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238542/ Russian police killed four militants in the troubled southern republic of Chechnya, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.A group of militants were trapped a... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239178/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:45 -0400 People's Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239178/ The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on Israel and Palestine to exercise self-restraint and not to heighten the political tensions in the Middle East."We are extremely concerned about... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238800/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:40 -0400 People's Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238800/ President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday criticized unnamed Arctic nations for trying to restrict Russia's access to natural resources there."Polar countries are taking active steps to expand their... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239179/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:34 -0400 People's Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239179/ Chinese workers have completed a tunnel beneath a border river with Russia, the most significant part of the crude oil pipeline project linking the two countries.More than 80 workers had been drilling... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238543/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:33 -0400 People's Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33238543/ The upper house of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, on Wednesday approved a government bill banning human cloning until the adoption of new legislation regulating the application of clonin... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239180/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:25 -0400 People's Daily http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33239180/ DENVER - Federal prosecutors say a Colorado company illegally exported technology used by the U.S. military to South Korea, China, Russia and Turkey. The U.S. attorney's office in Denver announced t... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236056/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:29:09 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236056/ YEREVAN -- Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill has honored the victims of what Armenians consider the first genocide of the 20th century.During a visit to Yerevan, Kirill laid wreaths at Y... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236979/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:28:46 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236979/ Miami - Russians have withdrawn en masse from the Miami Masters starting next week, with Maria Sharapova joining world number two Dinara Safina on the injured list. In addition, Nikolay Davydenko, the... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236978/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:14:44 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236978/ Lafayette, Colo. was charged by information today with one count of knowingly and willfully exporting defense articles without a license. Attorneys for the corporation appeared in court this afternoon... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236573/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:51:40 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236573/ We're not pirates - Somali gang A Russian frigate will start on Thursday a two-day visit to the port of Salalah in Oman to replenish water and food supplies for its current anti-piracy mission off the... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236353/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:48:11 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33236353/ The European Union has urged Georgia's government to avoid exacerbating regional tensions after a Georgian television station broadcast a fake news report about Russian forces heading for the capi... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33234060/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:17:52 -0400 World Bulletin http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33234060/ Panaji: A 33-year-old Russian woman Elena was found dead in her hotel room at Arapora in North Goa on Wednesday night, police said. She had arrived here on a tourist visa six days ago. — PTI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33234321/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:59:42 -0400 The Hindu http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33234321/ Two enthusiasts ice fishing at the outskirts of Moscow. Photograph: Misha Japaridze/AP Standing next to a hole in the ice, Igor showed off his morning's catch – a small pike-perch. The fish twitch... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33233970/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:35:39 -0400 The Guardian http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33233970/ Palestinians Clash With Israeli Police in East Jerusalem U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is en route to Moscow for a key international meeting on the Middle East peace process. She also meets ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33231691/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:47:16 -0400 VOA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33231691/ WHISTLER — Russian Maria Iovleva won her second Paralympic medal on Wednesday, taking gold in the women's 10-km biathlon, sitting, at Whistler Paralympic Park.Iovleva made 19 of 20 shots and crossed... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33230922/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:11:45 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33230922/ Workers expanding a road in the west of the Russian capital on Wednesday stumbled upon nearly 600 field artillery shells, officials at the scene said. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228081/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:15:00 -0400 SBS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228081/ — PHOTO: R. M. RAJARATHINAM STRATEGIC PROJECT:K. Subburaj (left), Chairman, Cethar Vessels, and Igor Y. Kostin, General Director, OJSC Power Machines, Russia, http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33227713/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:04:35 -0400 The Hindu http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33227713/ ), published today, indicates that the economic freeze in the country has yet to thaw. Although it appears that the company has already made the major write-offs, regular activity was hit and rental i... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228503/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:03:25 -0400 Globes http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228503/ (Reuters) - The European Union has urged Georgia's government to avoid exacerbating regional tensions after a Georgian television station broadcast a fake news report about Russian forces heading for ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228057/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:42:18 -0400 Reuters http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228057/ Russian environmentalists and opposition activists Wednesday condemned as "irresponsible" a bill on the disposal of nuclear waste that is being debated by the Russian parliament. The bill was passe... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228626/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:16:35 -0400 Breitbart http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228626/ will spend nearly 60 million euros to build a new museum celebrating the 200th anniversary of Russia's 1812 victory over French emperor Napoleon, vice premier Alexander Joukov said Wednesday. &... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228625/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:10:58 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33228625/ Shrink A New Zealand-made inflatable ball will be the official symbol of the next Winter Olympics, but its creator has mixed feelings about its use. The Russian host city of Sochi will use a Zorb - a... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224515/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:04 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224515/ Shrink Team New Zealand have earned themselves a day off at the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Auckland, booking themselves direct passage to the semifinals with a hard-fought win against the Russian Synergy... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224959/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:04 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224959/ Phil Stooke of the University of Western Ontario spotted tracks made 37 years ago by Lunokhod 2, a Soviet moon rover, on this new image from the U.S. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The tracks can be se... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224580/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:55:26 -0400 CBC News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224580/ PIPELAYERS uncovered a cache of more than 500 World War II-era artillery shells in northwest Moscow, forcing the evacuation of around 100 residents and the closure of nearby roads. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224998/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:46:56 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224998/ PIPELAYERS uncovered a cache of more than 500 World War II-era artillery shells in northwest Moscow, forcing the evacuation of around 100 residents and the closure of nearby roads. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224999/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:46:47 -0400 The Courier Mail http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33224999/ Russian sappers stand at the place where World War II-era artillery shells were uncovered by workers expanding a road in Moscow, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Dozens of Muscovites have been evacuated aft... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33223560/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:43:46 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33223560/ Dozens of Muscovites have been evacuated after maintenance workers uncovered hundreds of World War II-era artillery shells beneath a road. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33225000/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:26:52 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33225000/ Russia will spend nearly 60 million euros to build a new museum celebrating the 200th anniversary of Russia's 1812 victory over French emperor Napoleon, vice premier Alexander Joukov said Wednesday. ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33225001/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:22:49 -0400 Breitbart http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33225001/ The South Korean Embassy calls on Russian authorities to protect the 2,000 South Koreans studying in Russia. Too often, they are beaten, some even killed. Russian Prime Minister Putin calls the situat... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221441/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:28:17 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221441/ 17/03/2010MOSCOW, Russia -- The possible deployment of elements of the US-missile defence shield has not been discussed by parliament or by the government in Sofia, Bulgarian parliamentary speaker Tse... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221512/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:27:25 -0400 Southeast European Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221512/ Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty , Iran sanctions, and a meeting of the Middle East Quartet. Of these, Iran is "probably the biggest question in the diplomacy of the major powers," says CFR's http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221528/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:46:37 -0400 CFR http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221528/ Russia has called on the Israeli and Palestinian sides in the Middle East conflict to exercise self-restraint and not to let the political situation escalate, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221319/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:43:28 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221319/ in reserves and low sovereign debt. "[SEC registration] would allow many more U.S. funds to purchase the debt directly, and possibly result in better yields for http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221495/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:23:35 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221495/ in reserves and low sovereign debt. "[SEC registration] would allow many more U.S. funds to purchase the debt directly, and possibly result in better yields for http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221496/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:23:33 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221496/ business contracts between Russia and India. The total amount of deals concluded in the defense industry, nuclear power and the field of telecommunications is evaluated at about $10 billion. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221492/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:22:09 -0400 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33221492/ Moscow, Mar 17 : Russia's largest private oil company LUKoil plans to drill the first exploration well at the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218123/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:58:46 -0400 New Kerala http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218123/ (TSX VENTURE:FST) ("Fortress") is pleased to announce initial assay results from the phase 1 drilling program at its 74-square kilometre Malmyzh Project in eastern Russia. The phase 1 drill program, w... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218115/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:56:56 -0400 Market Wire http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218115/ Kiev - More than five thousand people in the west Ukrainian city of Lviv on Wednesday demonstrated against the recent appointment of an official calling for wider use of the Russian language. Marchers... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33219038/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:48:39 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33219038/ MOSCOW — Russia must defend its claims to mineral riches of the Arctic in increasing competition with other powers, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. Medvedev said global climate change ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218601/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:48:22 -0400 CTV http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218601/ VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 03/17/10 -- Fortress Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FST) ("Fortress") is pleased to announce initial assay results from the phase 1 drilling program at its 74-square kilo... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218135/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:23:30 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33218135/ (RTTNews) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Ukraine in May.The Ukrainian President's office said in a statement Wednesday that the visit was finalized after a telephonic talk between Med... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33219039/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:58:11 -0400 Quote.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33219039/ Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former head of Russia's biggest oil company, has thrown down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, the man many believe personally ordered his arrest. From behind bars, the... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33215866/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:59:53 -0400 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33215866/ Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former head of Russia's biggest oil company, has thrown down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, the man many believe personally ordered his arrest. From behind bars, the... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33214946/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:59:52 -0400 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33214946/ March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Russia, the biggest economy still cutting interest rates, will probably deploy a three-pronged strategy to steer an uneven recovery as the ruble soars, inflation hovers at a 12... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33215855/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:56:47 -0400 Business Week http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33215855/ Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former head of Russia's biggest oil company, has thrown down the gauntlet to Vladimir Putin, the man many believe personally ordered his arrest. From behind bars, the... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33216289/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:55:14 -0400 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33216289/ Restrictions on Russia's access to the development of hydrocarbon fields in the Arctic, which accounts for over 25% of global oil and gas reserves, is unacceptable, President Dmitry Medvedev said on W... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33216290/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:43:17 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33216290/ The post-Soviet security group Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is to become an alternative to NATO when the UN and CSTO sign a declaration on cooperation during http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33216291/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:43:15 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33216291/ Thailand police are investigating a number of crimes committed against Russian tourists in the country. During the weekend, one tourist was raped and two were mugged at a Pattaya resort. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33213751/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:42:09 -0400 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33213751/ K-152 Nerpa: Russian Akula II class nuclear attack submarine Russia has confirmed its readiness to transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India, The Times of India ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33211096/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:29:23 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33211096/ Chief Palestinian presidential advisor Sahib Oreikat has called off his visit to Moscow for the Mideast Quartet's meeting, the Palestinian media reported on Wednesday. "The visit has been postponed o... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33211414/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:29:22 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33211414/ MOSCOW, 17 March (Reuters) - The rouble scaled new multi-month highs on Wednesday after the central bank shifted the rouble's floating trading band for the 17th time since mid-February, dealers said... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209021/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:28:41 -0400 CNBC http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209021/ Russia will have its hands full trying to find enough volunteers for the Sochi 2014 Games, two Russian volunteers who are at the 2010 Paralympics said Tuesday. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209775/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:18:45 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209775/ CSKA Moscow stunned Sevilla in Spain to reach the last eight of the Champions League for the first time since 1993 with a 3-2 victory on aggregate.Tomas Necid scored with a precise low shot late in th... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209408/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:17:30 -0400 BBC http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209408/ Reporting from Moscow They are selling secrets along the shining corridors of the Savyolovsky Market: Unlisted numbers. Tax returns. Customs declarations. Wanted lists. Police reports. Car registratio... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209413/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:11:02 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209413/ International postal operators DHL è UPS, as well as Russia's state operator Pochta Rossii, have faced difficulties with deliveries to Russia blaming customs red tape, a leading Russian busines... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209417/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:05:06 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209417/ TNK-BP, one of Russia’s largest oil companies, filed a suit in court against the Russian Federal Customs Service (RFCS) over a decision the service made in December 2009 seeking 921.58 million r... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209776/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:59:15 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33209776/ Moscow, March 17 : Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the international Arctic Conference where the exploration and development of mineral resources, environmental protection and improv... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33207913/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:16:41 -0400 New Kerala http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33207913/ Immigration officials say that as a rule, people who come to Finland illegally are either victims of human trafficking, or they intend to commit crimes in Finland or elsewhere in Europe. The Bo... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33207619/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:38:19 -0400 YLE News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33207619/ Oil and gas markets experts believe Russia will raise its export duty on crude by 6 percent to $268.90 per ton, while the export duty on will be $193.50 per ton light oil products and $104.20 per ton ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33207912/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:34:29 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/33207912/