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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 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:18 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:29:18 -0500 30 A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203241417/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:48 -0500 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203241417/cs/1/ Russian scientists are looking forward to have a man on the moon by 2020, as it launches a new campaign to select a new team of cosmonauts to train for the special task, according to reports. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203244607/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:50:22 -0500 ANI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203244607/cs/1/ Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of his government's deadly crackdown on protestors. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243199/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243199/cs/1/ As a UN Security Council draft resolution to pressure Syria failed after China and Russia voted against it, India said it backed the motion as it favoured resolving the crisis through a Syrian-led inc http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243118/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243118/cs/1/ A woman suicide bomber from Moscow has been arrested in Grozny, capital of Russia's Chechnya region, an official said. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203241423/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:04 -0500 IANS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203241423/cs/1/ Russia's political protest movement has been in hibernation since Christmas. Winter still holds Moscow in its grip. But, columns of protesters, both for and against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, emer http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238471/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:15:07 -0500 VoA - News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238471/cs/1/ Over a hundred thousand people braved the bitter cold at two major rallies in Moscow Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalisation and supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Pu http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203229382/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:10:06 -0500 IANS http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203229382/cs/1/ Demonstrators march during a massive protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Tens of thousands are speaking out against his bid to reclaim the ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243871/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:10:19 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243871/ WASHINGTON, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - Cold and rainy weather in Washington, D.C., did not prevent a rally in support of fair elections in Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. About 30 ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243870/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:38:54 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243870/ UNITED NATIONS - Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. resolution condemning Syria's violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, effectively quashing efforts to isolate President ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243725/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:13:32 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203243725/ Hardly a word. This was despite the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was expected this weekend to try to persuade her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, to support ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242369/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:38 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242369/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242111/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:50:10 -0500 The Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242111/ Titleholders Czech Republic and last year's runners-up Russia both grabbed commanding 2-0 leads to put themselves a point away from victory in their Fed Cup World Group first round ties on ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242217/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:48:59 -0500 RTB News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242217/ U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton told her Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian that the Nagorny Karabakh conflict should be settled solely by peaceful means, the Armenian Foreign Ministry ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242400/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:46:17 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242400/ Tens of thousands of Muscovites endured icy temperatures of around minus 20 degrees to attend a protest march against Vladimir Putin ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242213/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:45:43 -0500 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242213/ Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, seen in the House of Commonson November 16, on Tuesday announced a reduction in Canada's embassy staff in Damascus, ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242247/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:43:08 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242247/ Defying predictions that Russia's protest movement had run out of steam, or that bone-chilling winter cold would keep them away, tens of thousands of people converged on downtown Moscow ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242398/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:41:16 -0500 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203242398/ The BBC's new documentary series, Putin, Russia & The West, was more than two years in the making – much of it spent trying to persuade senior Russian politicians to take ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239936/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:12:31 -0500 The Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239936/ Syria leaves the international community bitterly divided and all but helpless in the face of escalating violence before the vote.Last-minute negotiations in New York failed to bridge the gap ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203240292/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:35 -0500 The Guardian http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203240292/ Copyright © 1999-2010, PRAVDA.Ru. When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203240343/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:03:50 -0500 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203240343/ A major diplomatic battle over the fate of Syria has begun at the United Nations, with Russia and China the only permanent Security Council members challenging the UN's right to ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238935/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:08:06 -0500 RT http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238935/ Fedor Emelianenko has collected a knockout win over Japanese fighter, Satoshi Ishii, in the main event of the ??? Dream: New Year 2011 in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239160/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:08:04 -0500 RT http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239160/ MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's foreign minister sternly warned Washington Saturday that any attempt to put a draft resolution on Syria to vote at the United Nations would lead to "scandal," ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239155/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:01:50 -0500 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239155/ Feb. 4: Demonstrators hold white balloons, a symbol of peaceful protest, and a poster showing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and reading, 'Leave the boat. You'll be blown up' during a ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239159/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:53:05 -0500 Fox News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203239159/ Moscow http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238891/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:43:15 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238891/ After the arrest of the Canadian officer, who was suspected of espionage for Moscow, the Canadian authorities expelled four employees of the Russian Embassy in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238936/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:47 -0500 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203238936/ PHOTO | AFP | ANDREY SMIRNOV Demonstrators brave the cold (-17 C) while taking part in an anti-Putin rally in central Moscow, on February 4, 2012, to urge Putin to quit power ahead of March 4 polls ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237588/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:30:49 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237588/ MUNICH (AP) -- Russia's foreign minister says he still sees two major problems with a draft U.N. resolution on the violence in Syria.Sergey Lavrov said at a security conference in Germany on ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237584/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:04:40 -0500 General Sources http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237584/ Crowds made a conspicuous show of support for the Russian Prime Minister in another part of Moscow to counter Vladimir Putin’s detractors. One young pro-Putin protester told euronews: ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237586/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:52:19 -0500 Euro News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237586/ Ukraine highlighted an unusual type of migration that does not receive much attention in western media – the mass movement of sex workers and prostitutes from Eastern Europe and Central Asia ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237426/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:52:14 -0500 IBTimes http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203237426/ MOSCOW (AFP) - Gazprom said on Saturday it could not pump additional gas to Western Europe amid a cold snap, after EU officials and energy firms said the Russian giant's deliveries had dropped ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235368/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:24:04 -0500 West Australian http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235368/ A former British official has admitted for the first time that Britain was responsible for a James Bond-style spy plot involving a fake rock in Moscow that contained electronic equipment. Russia ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235591/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:16:07 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235591/ MOSCOW, February 4 (RIA Novosti) - Iran has launched of the Zafar (Triumph) marine cruise missile for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces, Iranian news networks Press TV reported ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235918/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:54:42 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235918/ (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed hundreds of people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists and world leaders said on Saturday, the bloodiest night of an 11-month revolt giving sudden urgency ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235583/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:52:02 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235583/ A pro-government rally held near a World War II memorial park mustered 138,000 people, Moscow police said. Opponents of the Russian leader say they gathered at least 120,000 in subzero temperatures ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235124/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:46 -0500 Business Week http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235124/ A Russian navy official said strategic nuclear submarines will resume routine patrols in international waters around the world in June. "On June 1 or a bit later we will resume constant ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235597/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:12 -0500 UPI http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/203235597/