Caucasian trace in Moscow blasts might lead to Al-Qaeda – RT Top Stories: ““We know they [the terrorists] are lying low but it’s a question of honor now for our law enforcement to pick them out of the sewage pipes,” said Russian premier Vladimir Putin. President Dmitry Medvedev stressed that the main aim of authorities, [...]
Archives: 31 March 2010
March 31, 2010
March 31, 2010
Medvedev links Moscow Metro bombings and Dagestan attacks – RT
Medvedev links Moscow Metro bombings and Dagestan attacks – RT: ““The terrorist attacks in Moscow and Dagestan are all links of the same chain; all this is the manifestation of the same terrorist activity which has recently started to resurface in the Caucasus,” the Russian president said at a Security Council meeting. “The terrorists’ goal [...]
March 31, 2010
Metro employees recall events following terrorist attacks | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Metro employees recall events following terrorist attacks | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The operator of Moscow Metro train No. 45, which was hit by the blast Monday morning, and the Park Kultury station master recall the first minutes following the terrorist attacks”
March 31, 2010
Ukraine gives nod to nationalist marches on Victory Day | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Ukraine gives nod to nationalist marches on Victory Day | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The Ukrainian authorities will not ban Victory Day parades by veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought on the side of the Nazis in World War II, a deputy prime minister said on [...]
March 31, 2010
Twin bombings rock Dagestani town of Kizlyar | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Twin bombings rock Dagestani town of Kizlyar | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Twin blasts rocked the town of Kizlyar in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, just two days after two metro suicide bombings in Moscow.”
March 31, 2010
Russian president wants to revise sentencing practice for terrorism | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Russian president wants to revise sentencing practice for terrorism | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian President Dmitry Medvedev believes punishment for terrorists should be revised.‘There is sense in analyzing the (sentencing) practice for violations in separate articles, particularly articles concerned with terrorism, and investigate how criminal proceedings for terrorism [...]
March 31, 2010
Pressure scares applicants off top Russian Olympic post – official | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Pressure scares applicants off top Russian Olympic post – official | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “No one has applied to become the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, with potential applicants wary of unrealistic pressure to succeed, a top official said on Wednesday.‘The task is set clearly: first place [...]
March 31, 2010
Money row holds up Belarus's first nuclear power plant | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire
Money row holds up Belarus’s first nuclear power plant | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The signing of a contract between Russia and Belarus to build the ex-Soviet republic’s first nuclear power plant has been delayed due to disagreements over the project’s cost, the Russian ambassador to Belarus said on [...]