Russia’s special envoy to Africa, Mikhail Margelov said that Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi should follow examples of other ousted Arab leaders who “lived in peace and quiet as individuals” after their voluntary resignation. “I am ready to remind to Gaddafi the examples from the newest Arab history, when the ousted states’ leaders, including former Algerian [...]
Archives: 11 June 2011
June 11, 2011
June 11, 2011
Indian investigative journalist shot dead in Mumbai
A senior investigation editor of Mumbai’s leading tabloid, Mid-Day has been shot dead on Saturday, the tabloid said on its web site. According to the police, Jyotirmoy Dey was shot dead in Mumbai’s suburb by four unidentified men riding two motorcycles. “It is hard to say what exactly was the reason of the murder. He [...]
June 11, 2011
Over 500,000 people take part in gay parade in Rome
Over 500,000 people took part in Europride 2011 gay festival in Italy’s Rome, RIA Novosti correspondent said on Saturday. The participants of the parade urge to respect their rights, stop discrimination and permit the single-sex marriages. They carry the slogans, reading “Equal in love, unequal in rights. Let’s defend them together.” “We should live in [...]
June 11, 2011
Russia urges Estonia to respect ethnic minorities
Russia has called on Estonia to take all the necessary measures to protect the rights of ethnic minorities and abolish the status of “non-citizen”, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The UN Human Rights Council adopted on June 9 a series of 124 recommendations to Estonia under the Universal Periodic Review, asking the country [...]
June 11, 2011
Russia Arrests Accused Associate Of Ousted Kyrgyz President’s Son
BISHKEK — A close associate of Maksim Bakiev, the son of ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev, has been arrested in Moscow, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reports. Kyrgyz Interior Minister Zarylbek Rysaliev said in Bishkek on June 10 that Sergei Kostyuk, the former chief of AziaUniversalBank, was arrested in Moscow after a joint operation by Kyrgyz and [...]
June 11, 2011
More than 90,000 in shelters 3 months after Japan’s quake
More than 90,000 people are remaining in evacuation centers three months after Japan’s devastating March 11 quake and tsunami disaster, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday. About 28,000 temporary homes for evacuees have been built, a little more than half the 52,000 that the government plans to set up. But many evacuees have declined to [...]
June 11, 2011
Turkey mulls buffer zone on Syrian border
Turkey is currently pondering the possibility to set up buffer zone on its border with Syria in order to contain the increasing influx of refugees from the restive country, Turkish media said on Saturday. Over 2,700 refugees crossed into Turkey’s Hatay province on early Friday; a further influx of refugees is expected, Turkish official said. [...]
June 11, 2011
Cheburashka and other Soviet cartoon favorites
Cheburashka and other Soviet cartoon favorites 13:25 11/06/2011 The biggest Russian animated film studio, Soyuzmultfilm, was founded in 1936 and celebrates its 75th anniversary on June 10.
June 11, 2011
Dozens killed in series of blasts in Afghanistan
A series of bombs and explosions across Afghanistan killed at least 24 people on Saturday, officials said. In the worst attack, a vehicle hit a roadside mine in southern Kandahar province, one of the main battlegrounds in the nearly 10-year Taliban-led insurgency against the Kabul government and NATO troops. Fifteen civilians were killed, the interior [...]
June 11, 2011
United Russia deputy resigns after car crash
Dmitry Ostrovenko, deputy of the ruling United Russia party, who on early Friday smashed his Porshe Cayene into three cars killing a 23-year-old student in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, has filed a statement of resignation, spokesman for the city council said. Investigators say Ostrovenko, 38, drove his car while drunk. His Porsche pulled [...]
June 11, 2011
Armenian, Azeri Foreign Ministers Meeting Over Nagorno-Karabakh
* Correction appended The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting in Moscow for talks today on their long-running dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh. The meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadiarov is mediated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The session is to prepare for a meeting of the [...]
June 11, 2011
And Vanuatu Makes Five
Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific that is a member of the United Nations, has clarified its position on Abkhazia — recognition. The confusion arose five days earlier when Vanuatu’s ambassador to the UN, Donald Kalpokas, denied that his government had recognized Abkhazia. Alfred Carlot, Vanuatu’s foreign minister, clarified in a YouTube video [...]
June 11, 2011
Ukrainian PM hopes Russia gives up South Stream
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said he hopes Russia gives up its South Stream project. Russia plans to launch the $21.5 billion South Stream pipeline, which will transport up to 63 billion cubic meters of gas to Europe under the Black Sea, in 2015 to diversify its gas supplies. Russia annually pumps about 100 billion [...]
June 11, 2011
United Russia deputy’s Porsche Cayenne rams three cars in Rostov
A Porsche Cayenne driven by a regional deputy of the ruling United Russia party rammed three cars killing a 23-year-old student who was behind the wheel of one of them in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don early on Friday, media reported. The Kommersant, Vedomosti and Komsomolskaya Pravda newspapers wrote that the deputy, Dmitry Ostrovenko, [...]