Fake priest gang busted – RT Top Stories: “A group of people who posed as Russian Orthodox priests and performed fake holy rituals for money has been arrested in St. Petersburg.”
Archives: 16 March 2010
March 16, 2010
March 16, 2010
Belarus and Venezuela reach agreement on oil shipments – RT
Belarus and Venezuela reach agreement on oil shipments – RT: “The first days talks between Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has seen the two nations reach agreement on oil shipments to Belarus.”
March 16, 2010
30 avalanches block Russia-South Ossetia road | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
30 avalanches block Russia-South Ossetia road | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Around 30 avalanches have come down on the Transcaucasian highway, cutting off the only direct road between Russia and South Ossetia, a spokeswoman for North Ossetia’s emergencies ministry said on Tuesday.‘Traffic on the highway has been suspended due [...]
March 16, 2010
Russia’s Pallada sailing ship drops anchor in Singapore | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia’s Pallada sailing ship drops anchor in Singapore | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The world’s fastest sailing ship, the Pallada of the Vladivostok-based Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, has called on Singapore, one and a half years after first visiting the Asian city. The ship dropped anchor in [...]
March 16, 2010
Some 7,000 cars sold in Russia since car scrapping program launched | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Some 7,000 cars sold in Russia since car scrapping program launched | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian dealers have sold some 7,000 cars as part of a new car scrapping program since it was launched a week ago, an Industry and Trade Ministry official said Tuesday.Following the example of [...]
March 16, 2010
French ambassador blasts Imedi hoax report on Russian invasion | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
French ambassador blasts Imedi hoax report on Russian invasion | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “France’s ambassador to Georgia on Tuesday criticized as ‘irresponsible’ a bogus report about Russian invasion of Georgia recently aired by Georgian television.The Imedi TV channel sparked panic in Georgia on Saturday with a broadcast that [...]
March 16, 2010
Russian economy to grow faster than projected in 2010 – ministry | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russian economy to grow faster than projected in 2010 – ministry | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia’s economy could grow by as much as 4-4.5% in 2010 compared with the government’s forecast of 3-3.5%, an Economic Development Ministry official said on Tuesday.‘Our forecast for 2010 is moderately optimistic. We [...]
March 16, 2010
Putin 'not scheduled' to meet Lukashenko during visit to Belarus | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Putin ‘not scheduled’ to meet Lukashenko during visit to Belarus | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin did not plan to hold talks with Alexander Lukashenko during his visit to Belarus, the Russian government said on Tuesday, denying speculation the Belarusian president had gone to Venezuela [...]
March 16, 2010
UN chief to visit Soviet nuclear testing ground in Kazakhstan | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
UN chief to visit Soviet nuclear testing ground in Kazakhstan | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon plans to visit the Soviet-era Semipalatinsk nuclear test facility during his visit to Kazakhstan next month, the United Nations Development Program said on Tuesday.‘During his visit the UN secretary [...]