Police on Tuesday arrested 26 people at a rally in protest at the planned construction of a highway through woodland near Moscow. Police said Yevgeniya Chirikova – one of the figureheads of the campaign to save the more than 500-year-old forest – was among those arrested for staging an unauthorized rally in Khimki, a town [...]
Archives: 19 April 2011
April 19, 2011
April 19, 2011
Khimki highway debate
Police on Tuesday arrested 26 people at a rally in protest at the planned construction of a highway through woodland near Moscow.
April 19, 2011
Environmental activists swap opinions in Moscow
The EcoBlogy forum in Moscow established a platform for environmental activists to exchange opinions on ecological issues and climate change and on the influence of the media and blogging in resolving environmental problems.
April 19, 2011
Stress tests ‘confirm’ safety of Russian nuclear plants
Stress tests have proven that Russian nuclear power plants are able to withstand natural disasters of the type recently seen in Japan, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Tuesday. “We are convinced that Russian nuclear reactor technology conforms to all safety requirements,” Sechin – in charge of the fuel and energy sector – said [...]
April 19, 2011
Russian Railways seeks to raise $4.5 billion with unit sale
Russia’s state railway operator Russian Railways on Tuesday gave the green light to the sale of stakes in its Freight One and Transcontainer units, eyeing, chairman Alexander Zhukov said. Zhukov said Russian Railways is looking to make around 115.5 billion roubles ($4.08 billion) from the sale of 75 percent in Freight One. He also [...]
April 19, 2011
RIA Novosti to hold innovation guru seminars
As part of its 70th anniversary celebrations, Russian news agency RIA Novosti will host a series of seminars with leading experts in innovation technology. The program will kick off on April 27 with a seminar by one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry, Ralph Simon. MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti)
April 19, 2011
Fears and dreams collide at Moscow youth drug center
“I left home and spent five days on the streets before the police caught me,” says Lena, 15, tossing back her long black hair from her face. “I was a bit drunk when they found me,” she smiles. “Drugs? Of course.” Lena was admitted to Moscow’s main drug treatment center for minors last week. After [...]
April 19, 2011
Main news of April 19
WORLD * The Syrian government lifted the almost five-decade long state of emergency in the country * Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko hit out at Western powers for “not sending condolences” to the people of Belarus following a deadly bomb attack in Minsk * Britain will send a group of military advisers to the town of [...]
April 19, 2011
Most beautiful royals in the world
Add to blog You may place this material on your blog by copying the link. Publication code: Most beautiful royals in the world 23:59 19/04/2011 Prince William’s fiancée Kate Middleton beat out his mother Princess Diana in a ranking of the most beautiful female royals made by users of beautifulpeople.com. She ranks third on the list. Preview: [...]
April 19, 2011
City Hall to Keep Housing Programs
Sun shining on decrepit five-story buildings of the type being replaced throughout Moscow under city programs. Nikolai Fedoseyev, head Moscow’s housing department, announced that the city does not plan to reduce the volume of housing being constructed for those on the waiting list for improved living conditions or displaced from condemned buildings. Fedoseyev said Mayor Sergei Sobyanin held a meeting during which the city’s housing [...]
April 19, 2011
Mordashov Buys Yeltsin’s Karelia Dacha
Alexei Mordashov’s Severstal Group won the auction for Shuiskaya Chupa, the former Karelia residence of Boris Yeltsin, a Kremlin official announced. Severstal Group’s winning bid came in at 291 million rubles ($10.4 million), about 5 million rubles above the starting price. For his money Mordashov got ownership of a three-story hotel, several cottages and houses, a tennis court, sauna and garages. The 50-hectare plot of land where the property is [...]
April 19, 2011
Etalon IPO Raises $575M With Price in Lower Range
LONDON — Etalon Group, a developer that builds high-rise apartment blocks in Moscow and St. Petersburg, raised $575 million in an initial public offering and will use most of the proceeds to buy land. Etalon sold 82.1 million Global Depositary Receipts for $7 each in the London share sale, the St. Petersburg-based company said in a statement Friday. That was at the bottom of the $7 to $9 range [...]
April 19, 2011
Polonsky Defends Ecological Record
sMirax Group founder Sergei Polonsky is claiming that the land he owns on the outskirts of Moscow is not part of the Khimki forest. “I, Sergei Yuryevich Polonsky, in response to the material in the Kommersant newspaper on April 13 … have the honor of reporting that the land mentioned has no territorial relation to the Khimki forest and is agricultural land,” the businessman wrote on his LiveJournal blog late [...]
April 19, 2011
Altimo Wants to Scrap Telenor Shareholder Agreement
Norway’s Telenor may be on the brink of losing its influence over Russian mobile operator VimpelCom as fellow leading shareholder Altimo said it wants to scrap the company’s shareholder agreement. The 2009 agreement, thrashed out after years of courtroom and boardroom battles between Telenor and Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Altimo, was designed to give Altimo and Telenor roughly equal sway in VimpelCom. One of the key [...]
April 19, 2011
Kudrin Sees Balanced Budget, Confirms Loans
Russia may balance its budget in 2012, earlier than 2015 as planned initially, if the price of Urals, the country’s export blend of crude, averages $120 a barrel next year, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said. “If the oil price averages $120 a barrel, there will be zero budget deficit,” Kudrin said at a news conference in Washington. “This is my estimate. We forecast a lower oil [...]