Moscow police said on Friday they have arrested a female skinhead accused of committing a race-hate murder four years ago. According to investigators, Darya Tikhanova, a member of a radical neo-Nazi movement, took part in an attack on two Dagestani men on a commuter train in the Moscow suburbs in June 2007. Tikhanova, 21, hit [...]
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June 3, 2011
June 3, 2011
At London meet, Russia works to overcome investors’ worries
Several dozen international investors with money to spend in emerging markets gathered in London this week for a rare opportunity to meet the management of Russia’s top companies face-to-face. “Despite the risks, we are still seeing a fair amount of interest in Russia, especially since the oil price has been high for most of this [...]
June 3, 2011
Medvedev says heads may roll over arms depot blasts
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov to launch an investigation into two explosions at military arms depots and warned that dismissals may be necessary. An accident at an artillery depot in the Volga region republic of Udmurtia on Thursday that caused two deaths came a week after a similar incident at a [...]
June 3, 2011
Seven days in photographs. May 28
Seven days in photographs. May 28 – June 3, 2011 19:49 03/06/2011 On June 2, Russia suspended imports of EU-produced vegetables on in a bid to prevent an E. coli outbreak from spreading into the country. At least 18 people have died as the result of the outbreak, centered on Germany.
June 3, 2011
Roland Garros – Sharapova’s missing Grand Slam
Add to blog You may place this material on your blog by copying the link. Publication code: Roland Garros – Sharapova’s missing Grand Slam 20:27 03/06/2011 Russia tennis star Maria Sharapova exited the 2011 French Open on June 2. Her best moments at Roland Garros this year are featured in an image gallery prepared by the R-Sport [...]
June 3, 2011
Acquittals rarer in Russian courts now than under Stalin
A defendant in court during the Stalin-era Great Purge was 20 times more likely to be found not guilty than an accused facing a judge in today’s Russia, Gazeta.ru reported on Friday. Even in 1937 – the most notorious period of the Great Purge repression campaign orchestrated by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin – the acquittal [...]
June 3, 2011
Syrian opposition says almost 70 people killed in new protests
Syrian security forces killed almost 70 people during the new protests in the city of Hama on Friday, Al Arabiya quoted Syrian opposition members as saying. A fresh wave of demonstrations and rallies swept across Syria on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, after opposition groups called for protests against casualties among children during the [...]
June 3, 2011
June 3, 2011
Ratko Mladic stands trial in The Hague
Ratko Mladic stands trial in The Hague 21:52 03/06/2011 Standing accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic said he would defend his country and his people – not himself – and asked the court to respect his dignity.
June 3, 2011
Three bodyguards killed in attack on Yemeni president
An attack targeting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Friday killed at least three bodyguards and wounded several senior officials, Yemen’s state news agency Saba reported. Saleh, who is facing protests against his nearly 33-year-long rule that are threatening to turn into civil war, received light wounds in the armed attack by opposition tribesmen, Al [...]
June 3, 2011
Fire, Explosions At Russian Military Base Force Evacuations
PUGACHYOVO, Russia — A fire at a military base in the Russian republic of Udmurtia is causing a series of strong explosions, forcing authorities to evacuate thousands of people, RFE/RL’s Russian and Tatar-Bashkir services report. According to RFE/RL’s services, some 150 buildings — including 18 ammunition depots — are currently on fire at the military [...]
June 3, 2011
Ralph Fiennes in Russia to head Mirror Film Festival
Acclaimed British actor Ralph Fiennes, recently debuted as a film director of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, arrived in Russia to head the jury of the Andrei Tarkovsky Mirror International Film Festival. Fiennes was “profoundly moved” after watching Andrei Rublev, the very first film by Tarkovsky he’d seen. “He is not frightened …of human beings discussing big ideas [...]
June 3, 2011
Syria in total internet blackout
Syria remains completely offline since Friday morning, the country’s state telephone and internet service said. “We have a problem. We are now striving to tackle it,” a spokeswoman for the internet service said without giving further details. Pro-democracy protests have been breaking out in Syria each Friday (which is the country’s official holiday) over the [...]
June 3, 2011
Lebedev says never heard of Yukos former executive before arrested
A former executive officer of Group Menatep, and Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s business partner, Platon Lebedev, said before his arrest he had never heard of former Yukos executive Antonio Valdes-Garcia, accused of stealing oil from Khodorkovsky’s firm and laundering the proceeds. Valdes-Garcia, a Spanish citizen, is being tried in absentia as he has fled to Spain to [...]