The Fukushima disaster has revived concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants. Russia – with its sad experience after the Kyshtym and Chernobyl tragedies – offered help to Japan, but for some reason it wasn’t accepted immediately. Professor Sergei Baranovsky, president of Green Cross Russia, discusses possible ways to reduce the nuclear threat in [...]
Archives: 15 April 2011
April 15, 2011
April 15, 2011
World’s tallest building to be erected in Saudi Arabia
The world’s tallest building, the 1-mile high Kingdom Tower, will be built in western Saudi Arabia, Arab media have reported. The skyscraper, expected to cost $30 billion, will be erected in Obhur, some 30 kilometers north of Jeddah City on the Red Sea’s eastern coast, media reports said. It will take 12 minutes to get [...]
April 15, 2011
Novice skater Putin plays ice-hockey
Congratulations to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin! It takes a lot of courage to do something new when you are in your 60′s proving the fact that you are only as old as you feel. Obviously Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is only 35 years old in spirit and confidence! As an avid ice skater myself I [...]
April 15, 2011
April 15, 2011
U.S. pushing for Russia’s WTO membership
The U.S. is trying to get Russia accepted into the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year, a top White House official said on Friday. “It’s not a gift to Russia. We think it’s in our national interest,” Michael McFaul, senior director of Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the United States National [...]
April 15, 2011
Main News of April 15
WORLD * The U.S. is trying to get Russia accepted into the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year, a top White House official said * The death toll in the recent bomb explosion in a Minsk subway station reached 13, the Belarusian Health Ministry said RUSSIA * [...]
April 15, 2011
Ukraine-Russia gas contract could be canceled by court
The 2009 gas contract between Ukraine and Russia was signed with gross violations of Ukrainian laws and could be canceled by court, Ukrainian First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin said. “All actions on the Ukrainian side were illegal. It means the contract and all actions on its implementations could be questioned and canceled by judicial [...]
April 15, 2011
Russian-Ukrainian gas deal
The 2009 gas contract between Ukraine and Russia was signed with gross violations of Ukrainian laws and could be canceled by court.
April 15, 2011
Russia Says NATO Exceeds Libya Mandate, Political Fix Urgent
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has said that NATO was exceeding its UN mandate in Libya and called for an urgent move toward a political settlement to the conflict. Lavrov made the statement after talks with NATO foreign ministers in Berlin. “Today we see actions that in many cases go beyond the framework set by [...]
April 15, 2011
Rosneft gives warning over AAR block on BP deal
The conflict between the Russian owners of TNK-BP and the BP itself took a new twist on Friday, as Russian oil major Rosneft vowed it would not rule out any response if it suffered as a result of the dispute, whilst the AAR consortium insisted BP carry out its deal with Rosneft through TNK-BP. “If [...]
April 15, 2011
Environmentally friendly solar cooker for tasty food
Environmentally friendly solar cooker for tasty food 18:15 15/04/2011 Most of Spain gets plenty of sunshine for over 300 days a year. Consequently, the Spanish government has long studied the commercial and household uses of solar energy, including solar cookers.
April 15, 2011
Seven days in photographs: April 9-15, 2011
Seven days in photographs: April 9-15, 2011 18:30 15/04/2011 The week’s headlines were the Minsk metro blast, the BRICS summit in China and the 50th anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s journey into space.
April 15, 2011
United Russia candidates should be approved by nation
Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister and leader of the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, proposed on Friday that his party’s election lists should be approved by the people, not only the party leadership. “The people trust United Russia and vote for this party. This means they have the right to know who will represent the [...]
April 15, 2011
Smart robots on display in Moscow
A robot guard, a robot diver, and a robot masseuse are among the latest robotics developments unveiled by Russian designers at the Smart Systems Show-2011 in Moscow. Russian specialists claim these robots are even set to take over from humans in not so distant future.