Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Windsor Castle 19:30 18/05/2011 Windsor Castle is the main attraction of the town of Windsor, Berskhire, located situated 21 miles (34 km) west of central London. It is the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and an official residence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Archives: 18 May 2011
May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
Gaddafi’s wife and daughter flee to Tunisia – Al
Gaddafi’s wife Safiya and his daughter Aisha have fled from Libya to Tunisia, Al-Jazeera reported on Wednesday, citing a source in Tunisia’s Defense Ministry. According to these sources, Safiya and Aisha crossed the Libyan-Tunisian border a few days ago and are currently at a refugee center on the island of Djerba. The revolt in Libya [...]
May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood seeks power, softens image
The Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt on Wednesday submitted an application for official recognition of its newly-formed Freedom and Justice political party, which will run in upcoming parliamentary elections. The party, which claims to be secular and completely distinct from the Muslim Brotherhood, is hoping to win around half of the parliamentary seats in September. [...]
May 18, 2011
Sechin says BP-Rosneft deal flop not personal failure
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, who until recently chaired the board of directors of Russia’s oil company Rosneft, said on Wednesday he does not consider the failure of Rosneft-BP joint venture deal a personal failure. In January, Rosneft and BP agreed on a share swap in which Rosneft was to exchange 9.5 percent of [...]
May 18, 2011
Due West: Russia’s Two-Faced Approach to Foreign Policy
Russian foreign policy, having shown for some time signs of certain renewal and possible change, is falling back into the old trap of anti-Western stance and rhetoric. President Medvedev during his much anticipated press-conference on May 18, disappointed not only those who expected dramatic domestic policy announcements from him, but the foreign policy watchers too. [...]
May 18, 2011
Syrian president says political crisis over
Syrian President Bashar Assad believes that his country has overcome its two-month-long political crisis, the Al Watan daily said in a special edition on Wednesday. The statement came shortly after the opposition call for a general day-long strike on Wednesday went unheeded. “We have overcome the crisis, but domestic security forces have made mistakes,” the [...]
May 18, 2011
Israel says military attache detained in Russia
An Israeli defense ministry official said on Wednesday that a military attache had been detained and expelled from Russia over industrial espionage suspicions. The Israeli official said Vadim Leiderman had been detained last week and denied all the allegations. A representative of the military attache’s Moscow office said that Col. Leiderman was already in Israel. [...]
May 18, 2011
Russia’s Rostselmash to invest $2mln a year in Canada’s Ezee-On
Rostselmash, the largest agricultural machinery maker in Russia and the former Soviet Union, said on Wednesday that it would invest $2 million annually in its new asset, Canada’s Ezee-On. “Tractors and seeding machinery are often supplied and used together, and this equipment will be designed to go together with our tractors, which is important because [...]
May 18, 2011
Main News of May 18
World * Colonel Gaddafi’s wife Safiya and his daughter Aisha have fled from Libya to Tunisia, Al-Jazeera reported, citing a source in Tunisia’s Defense Ministry * The Muslim Brotherhood movement in Egypt submitted an application for official recognition of its newly-formed Freedom and Justice political party, which will run in upcoming parliamentary [...]
May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
Activists Vow To Defy Moscow Gay-Parade Ban
Russian gay-rights activists have expressed disappointment after Moscow authorities banned a gay-pride march in the city. The decision by Moscow’s city hall quashes hopes the new mayor will foster more tolerance toward Russia’s beleaguered homosexual community. Russia’s top gay-rights activist, Nikolai Alekseyev, says he received a letter from the mayor’s office on May 17 outlawing [...]
May 18, 2011
Mironov Plays Musical Chairs
The Power Vertical Sergei Mironov addressing the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly on May 18. Sergei Mironov lost his job as speaker of the Federation Council today when the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly voted 42-5 to remove him as one of the city’s representatives to the upper chamber. His sacking was sparked by a series of [...]
May 18, 2011
BP-Rosneft deal needed more careful preparation
The failed BP-Rosneft joint venture deal needed more careful preparation, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. “Those who arranged preparation of this deal [BP-Rosneft] should have paid attention to the nuances of shareholders’ agreements and legal issues which arise during preparation of such significant documents,” Medvedev told a news conference with leading Russian journalists [...]