NATO not a threat to Russia — U.S. State Secretary Clinton | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “NATO’s expansion does not threaten Russia, the U.S. state secretary said in a speech on the alliance’s mission on Monday. ‘While Russia faces challenges to its security, NATO is not among them,’ Hillary [...]
Archives: 24 February 2010
February 24, 2010
February 24, 2010
U.S. death toll in Afghanistan reaches 1,000 troops | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
U.S. death toll in Afghanistan reaches 1,000 troops | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since military operations began in 2001 has reached 1,000, the icasualties.org web site reported on Tuesday. The independent site tracks losses suffered by international military forces in [...]
February 24, 2010
Ukraine would be split by referendum on Russian language – MP | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Ukraine would be split by referendum on Russian language – MP | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “A national referendum on Russian becoming a second official language in Ukraine would split the country, so each region should be able to decide the issue for itself, a Party of Regions lawmaker [...]
February 24, 2010
Ukraine's Yanukovych 'yet to decide on first foreign trip' | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Ukraine’s Yanukovych ‘yet to decide on first foreign trip’ | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “KIEV, February 23 (RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian president-elect Viktor Yanukovych has yet to make up his mind which country he will visit first after taking office on February 25, the deputy chairperson of his Party [...]
February 24, 2010
Medvedev relights eternal flame in traditional home next to Kremlin | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Medvedev relights eternal flame in traditional home next to Kremlin | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia celebrated Defenders of the Fatherland Day on Tuesday, with President Dmitry Medvedev leading a ceremony to return the eternal flame to its traditional home next to the Kremlin. The eternal flame was moved [...]
February 24, 2010
Moscow struggles through its snowiest February for 40 years | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Moscow struggles through its snowiest February for 40 years | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Municipal services in Moscow cleared 425,000 cubic meters of snow from city streets in one day as the Russian capital struggles through its snowiest February for 40 years.”
February 24, 2010
Clinton urges Russia to "push hard" for arms treaty | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Clinton urges Russia to “push hard” for arms treaty | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged her Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov to speed up work on the new arms reduction treaty, a State Department spokesman said. The two diplomats have held a 15-minute phone [...]
February 24, 2010
Russian Police Reform Still Lacking | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russian Police Reform Still Lacking | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has launched much-needed reform of the nation’s Interior Ministry, but the innovations may not cure the agency’s main ills: corruption and abuse of power. Even with all of these measures, actual implementation would raise doubts, [...]
February 24, 2010
Russia's electricity consumption returns to pre-crisis level – Putin | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia’s electricity consumption returns to pre-crisis level – Putin | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Electric power consumption in Russia has returned to the level registered before the global economic and financial crisis hit the country in 2008, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. ‘In January, electric power consumption [...]
February 24, 2010
Russia’s Military Doctrine: New Dangers Appear | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia’s Military Doctrine: New Dangers Appear | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “In the immediate aftermath of President Dmitry Medvedev signing the new Russian military doctrine most attention focused on the fact that a first preemptive nuclear strike was not mentioned in the document and on the attention given to [...]
February 24, 2010
Across the Black Sea in two weeks: Muscovite attempts record-breaking swim | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Across the Black Sea in two weeks: Muscovite attempts record-breaking swim | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Forty-six-year-old Muscovite Yury Burlak, who recently suffered a serious spinal injury, not only managed to recover and walk again, but now plans a record-breaking swim across the Black Sea in July 2010.He plans [...]
February 24, 2010
Tbilisi hails Clinton’s statements – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
Tbilisi hails Clinton’s statements – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “Several days, in her speech at the Atlantic Council, Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary General, said Washington must force Moscow to implement is obligations in regard to Georgia. David Bakradze, the Speaker of Georgia Parliament, commented upon the statement and said no immediate actions from the side [...]
February 24, 2010
Georgian delegation headed for Kyiv to Yanukovich’s inauguration – News – GeorgiaTimes.info
Georgian delegation headed for Kyiv to Yanukovich’s inauguration – News – GeorgiaTimes.info: “Georgian delegation, including Speaker David Bakradze and his deputy Mikheil Machavariani, this morning departed for Kyiv to participate in the inauguration of new President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich. The decision to send the parliamentary delegation was made by President of Georgia. Grigol Vashadze, [...]
February 24, 2010
Georgia: head over ears in debt – Articles – GeorgiaTimes.info
Georgia: head over ears in debt – Articles – GeorgiaTimes.info: “According to Georgian Finance Ministry the volume of the country’s 2009 external debt has increased by almost a third. In March the IMF board of governors plans to decide on granting Tbilisi a new loan – USD 150 million this time. In this situation Georgia [...]