Ukraine satisfied with gas talks, but needs no ‘excess gas’ | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Friday that he was mostly satisfied with his visit to Russia and that Ukraine will only buy as much Russian gas as it needs.Azarov met with Russian [...]
Archives: 27 March 2010
March 27, 2010
March 27, 2010
START replacement treaty – why did it take so long? | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
START replacement treaty – why did it take so long? | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia and the United States were supposed to sign a new strategic arms reduction treaty by the beginning of December. But it took four months longer to negotiate it. It was announced Friday that [...]
March 27, 2010
Russia ready to import poultry from India | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia ready to import poultry from India | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia is ready to import poultry from India if the U.S. does not resume its supplies, Russian agriculture minister Yelena Skrynnik said on Friday after a meeting with her Indian counterpart.The U.S., which supplied 22% of poultry [...]
March 27, 2010
The EU's Greece summit: he who rules the euros, rules the EU | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
The EU’s Greece summit: he who rules the euros, rules the EU | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “When a compromise is inappropriate, it must have come out of a summit of the European Union (EU). The recent Brussels meeting on March 25-26 is a shining example of this.Greece, which [...]
March 27, 2010
Russian official charged with selling MiG jets for $5 | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russian official charged with selling MiG jets for $5 | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “A former Russian state official has been charged with illegally selling MiG-31 Foxhound aircraft hulls at a price of 153 rubles ($5) each instead of $3.7 million in 2007, investigators said.‘In March 2010, while probing [...]
March 27, 2010
Russia to switch to daylight saving time March 28 | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russia to switch to daylight saving time March 28 | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia will switch to daylight saving time (DST) on Sunday, turning the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time.Daylight saving time was introduced in the Soviet Union to reduce energy consumption by making [...]
March 27, 2010
Mexico simplifies visa issuance to Russians to boost tourism | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Mexico simplifies visa issuance to Russians to boost tourism | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced on Friday new measures to simplify visa issuance to Russian nationals in an urge to give a boost to the country’s tourism industry.‘We have decided to simplify visa issuance procedures [...]
March 27, 2010
Rescue operation on sunken S.Korean naval ship continues | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Rescue operation on sunken S.Korean naval ship continues | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “South Korea is continuing the rescue operation on its naval ship that sunk in the Yellow Sea near the border with North Korea late on Friday, with 46 sailors still missing, the Yonhap news agency reported [...]
March 27, 2010
Smoke in Moscow subway forces evacuation of 600 passengers | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Smoke in Moscow subway forces evacuation of 600 passengers | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Several hundred people were safely evacuated early on Saturday from a subway train in eastern Moscow after smoke appeared in the tunnel, a spokesman for the Russian capital’s emergency service said.‘Some 600 passengers were evacuated [...]