• Russian Japanese diplomats to meet in Moscow ahead of Lavrov’s visit to Tokyo

  MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and Japanese diplomats will hold consultations in Moscow in August ahead of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Tokyo, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday, June 19. He recalled that the agreement on Lavrov’s visit to Japan was reached between President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Lough Erne on ...

• Putin urges military industry to coordinate work on aerospace defence

  ST. PETERSBURG, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin urged the Defence Ministry and defence enterprises to coordinate their work to create an aerospace defence system. "The creation of such a system requires careful preparation, effective organisation and thorough analysis of threats and offensive arms development plans and, of course, close coordination with other armed ...

• Putin Dutch premier to discuss bilateral relations within SPIEF

  MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in St Petersburg on June 20 for talks on bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press service reported on Wednesday. The Dutch prime minister will stay in St Petersburg as an honourable guest of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. "During the talks, Putin and Rutte are ...

• Baltic Shipyard to launch first Russian Mistral in time

  MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said the Baltic Shipyard (St Petersburg) would launch the first Russian Mistral helicopter carrier in time. Thus, the Corporation has denied the statement by Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov saying the first Mistral helicopter carrier would be built in France due to Russian shipwrights’ sluggishness. ...

• Statement by Russian US French presidents on Karabakh conforms to Azerbaijan’s position

  BAKU, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement made by the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group conforms to Azerbaijan’s position, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said on Wednesday. Commenting on the G-8 summiteers’ statement on the Karabakh settlement, Abdullayev said, "Azerbaijan reiterated that it opposes the status quo, ...

• Marine Le Pen seeks to strengthen Russian-French relations

  MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Leader of the French opposition party, National Front, Marine Le Pen said she sought to strengthen relations with Russia. Opening the meeting with Le Pen on Wednesday, Russian State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said: "This was your first trip to Russia in such format. The agenda is rather vast and includes meetings with the parliamentarians, political ...

• Russia wants other nuclear powers involved in arms cut talks

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow wants other nuclear powers as well as Russia and the United States involved in any discussions about further nuclear arms cuts, President Vladimir Putin's senior foreign policy adviser said on Wednesday. Commenting on reports that President Barack Obama would call for reductions to the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals, Yuri Ushakov said: "It's necessary ...

• Russia promises legal action over NSA surveillance scandal

  USA The scandal over illegal data interception by US security services questions the correlation between the US and international law, and senior Russian officials are calling for an urgent update in Russian legislation in response. Russia will not ignore the actions of the US authorities who had admitted leaks of personal data of Russian citizens to which the US security services had ...

• Syria Russia optimistic despite differences

  Violence In the run-up to the G8 Summit at Lough Erne, there was much speculation over the disagreements between Russia and the West on Syria: Claims of chemical weapons use, arms deliveries to the rebels and the prospects for a new Geneva conference. But the talks in Northern Ireland - and the meeting between President Putin and Prime Minister Cameron in London the day before, in which I ...

• Cyprus to Compensate Russian Depositors With Bank of Cyprus Equity

  MOSCOW, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Cyprus plans to give shares of the island nation’s largest bank, Bank of Cyprus, to Russian depositors in compensation for recent deposit "haircuts" imposed under a €10 billion ($13 billion) bailout agreement to pull the economy out of financial crisis, Cyprus’ president said Wednesday. Cyprus recently agreed to overhaul its ...

• Ex-Russian wrestler strangled with whip

  A RUSSIAN former Olympic wrestler has been found dead after being strangled with a whip and buried in a Siberian forest, Russian investigators ...

• Russia needs to reclaim its digital sovereignty from US says MP

  An internet cafe in Moscow. Foreign websites should all be forced to be subject to Russian laws, a United Russia MP says Photograph: Denis Sinyakov/AFP/Getty ...

• Cossack Taxis Coming to Moscow in Autumn

  Cossack Taxis will hit Moscow's roads this autumn, and their drivers will be some of the most attentive and courteous in town, a news report said Wednesday. The taxis will look like regular taxis with canary yellow paint and checkers on the roof. As a distinctive feature, they will have the Cossack society's emblem and the inscription "Cossack Taxi" on the sides, Izvestia ...

• Online Database to Flush Muscovites Toilet Woes

  Muscovites and guests of the city will be relieved to learn that toilets in the capital can now be found online. The locations of free restrooms are available on Moscow's public data ...

• IMF Economist Calls for Ambitious Reforms

  Antonio Spilimbergo, an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has said that "ambitious economic policy reforms" are necessary to battle back against high inflation and slowing economic growth and realize the economy's potential, after meeting with high ranking governmental officials in Moscow this week. Spilimbergo met with Finance ...

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• Салон Porsche Macan будет похож на интерьер Panamera

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• Новую Mazda3 заметили без камуфляжа

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• Russian activist formally charged with causing 2012 riot

  Tens of thousands demonstrators rally against the third term of President Vladimir Putin and also laws aimed to curb protests in Moscow, Russia on June 12, 2012. ...

• Russian bank chief Transfer scams funneled $25B

  Shell companies are responsible for illegally funneling $25 billion away from Russia, outgoing Central Bank chief Sergei Ignatyev said Wednesday. "In May this year, the Central Bank received an official inquiry from the Interior Ministry about some organizations that were used in illegal financial transactions by suspects in one of several criminal probes," Ignatyev said in a report ...

• 4.3-magnitude earthquake destroys 500 homes in Russia

  A 4.3-magnitude earthquake damaged more than 500 houses and brought coal mining to a standstill in Russia's Kemerovo Region Wednesday, officials said. The earthquake struck at 3 a.m. local time at a depth of about 6 miles, RIA Novosti reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude of the quake was closer to 5.3. "The nature of the tremors is being clarified, the epicenter is ...

• Thousands flee ammunition blasts at central Russia testing site

  Fire at a central Russian ammunition depot triggered explosions of stored artillery shells, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people, officials said. The explosions, in a worst-case scenario, could countinue for two or three days, one official said. The Russian Emergencies Ministry said 11 people were hospitalized and more than 6,000 residents were evacuated from their homes in a Samara ...

• The Russian investment paradox

  Policy concerns remain despite news that Russia’s international investment flows reached record levels in 2007, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Russia had foreign direct investment inflows of US$52bn and US$46bn was invested by Russian firms abroad in 2007, but the ...

• The Real News Network Russians Checkmate US in Georgia

  As tensions increase in Georgia to Iran, The Real News analyst, Eric Margolis says Russia won't let an ex-territory in the former USSR be used to launch attacks against Iran WASHINGTON - August 18 - The Real News analyst Eric Margolis says "The US is used to passive Russian response under Yeltsin" and the Russians checkmating the US in Georgia was a "brilliant move by ...

• International Campaign to Ban Landmines Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia

  ICBL Condemns Russian Use of Cluster Munitions in Georgia August 15 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly condemned Russia today for the use of cluster bombs in Georgia which resulted in at least 11 civilians being killed and dozens injured. Evidence of cluster munitions use by Russia was revealed by ICBL member Human Rights Watch in a press release issued ...

• UPDATE 2-Russian cbank head in parting shot warns on inflation

  Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:26am EDT * Growth push should jeopardise price stability - Ignatyev * Veteran central banker stepping down * FinMin backs weaker rouble to boost revenues, growth (Adds Siluanov, Ignatyev quotes, context) By Maya Dyakina MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - The Russian central bank's departing chairman sought on Wednesday to anchor his inflation-fighting legacy, warning of the ...

• Russia to pass Borei and Yasen nuclear submarines into service

  According to the Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy, Russia will receive two nuclear submarines - Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh - and one multi-purpose submarine - Severodvinsk - before the end of 2013. If it happens, it will mark the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Russia passes new nuclear submarines into ...

• AP PHOTOS 3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo

  In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photo, Zita, a liger - half-lioness, half-tiger - carries her one month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo. The cub's father is a lion, Sam. (AP Photo /Ilnar ...

• List of weapons and military vehicles sold by Russia last year publicized

  Russia sold helicopters, artillery and air defense systems to Azerbaijan in 2012, says the export report for 2012 submitted by Russia to the UN Register of Conventional Arms, APA reports. The report says that in 2012, Russia handed over 8 strike helicopters and 18 large-caliber artillery systems to Azerbaijan. 1200 portable anti-aircraft missile complexes (200 missile launchers and 100 ...

• Ukrainian parliament not back opposition’s initiative to denounce BSF agreement with Russia

  KIEV, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine’s parliament has not approved a draft law to denounce the 2010 agreement to extend the stay of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol. The draft law has been submitted by the opposition deputy, Vladimir Yvorivsky. A total of 152 deputies voted for the draft law. According to the opposition, the agreement with Russia was ...

• First Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy to be fully built in France

  LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The first Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy will be fully built in France, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Paris Air Show currently underway at Le Bourget, Borisov told journalists, "The after end of the first Mistral helicopter carrier will be built in France and not in Russia as it ...

• Capello invited to prolong contract with Russia’s national soccer squad till 2018

  MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - The chief coach of Russia’s national soccer team, Fabio Capello, has been invited to prolong the contract with the Russian Football Union till 2018, RFU First Vice-President Nikita Simonian told Itar-Tass. "Capello has been asked to prolong the contract till 2018. He is still considering it," Simonian said. Earlier, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly ...

• Two million Russian children on kindergarten waiting list

  MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The problem of kindergartens remains acute in Russia, where two million children are on the kindergarten waiting list at the moment, the deputy head of the department for demographic policy and social protection of the population at the Labor Ministry, Yelena Strakhova, told a conference on ...

• The battle for Moscow heats up… and winds down

  Russia -- It may have been the opposition's best chance to finally prove its mettle at the ballot box. As candidates prepared to run in the capital's first mayoral elections in nearly a decade, anticipation mounted over Kremlin critics' opportunity to unite behind a single candidate. Throw in an oligarch and incumbent Mayor Sergei Sobyanin -- seen as a possible Kremlin pick to ...

• Seven Russians Among Wimbledon Seeds Venus Williams Out

  MOSCOW, June 19 (R-Sport) – Beaten French Open finalist Maria Sharapova heads a list of seven seeds from Russia for next week's Wimbledon championships published on Wednesday, while five-time champion Venus Williams had pulled out due to injury. Sharapova, who became the first Russian to win Wimbledon in 2004, is seeded third behind world No. 1 Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka ...

• Barack Obama to renew calls to reduce US-Russia nuclear weapons

  President Barack Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in US and Russian arsenals, the White House ...

• Criminal Web Illegally Took $23.6 Billion Out of Russia

  Russia 's outgoing central bank Chairman Sergey Ignatiev said a single network of at least 1,173 sham companies is responsible for illegally channeling a minimum of 760 billion rubles ($24 billion) from the country. Bank Rossii received a request from ...

• Body of Ibragim Todashev Returned to Russia

  The body of Ibragim Todashev, who was killed on 22 May during questioning in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing, has been returned to Russia, a news report said Wednesday. Todashev's family was planning to ship the body back to Russia last weekend, but Delta airlines refused to fly his body back from the U.S., Itar-Tass reported. But after finally receiving clearance, the ...

• Девальвации Рубля Не �удет

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• Росстат Цены Производителей Промышленных Товаров В Рф В Мае 2013Г. Снизились На 1.

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• Росстат Инфляция С 11 По 17 Июня 2013Г. Составила 01 С Начала Года - 34.

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• Мвф Испания Прогрессирует В Вопросе Стабилизации Ситуации В Экономике Но Стране Необходимы Дополнительные Шаги.

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• Цб Рф Второй Аукцион Прямого Репо Со Сроком Один День Сегодня Не Состоялся.

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• Цена Нефти Bfoe Не Смогла Удержаться Выше Отметки 106 Долл.барр.

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