SUKHUM, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Abkhazian Prime Minister Sergei Shamba confirmed that he would run for presidency. Shamil Adzinba, deputy chairman of the State Committee for Youth Affairs and Sports, said he would run for vice-presidency. The initiative group nominating Shamba has submitted to the CEC candidacy lists and a report of a meeting on [...]
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July 16, 2011
July 16, 2011
Abkhazian PM confirms he runs for presidency.
16/7 Tass 77 SUKHUM, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Abkhazian Prime Minister Sergei Shamba confirmed that he would run for presidency. Shamil Adzinba, deputy chairman of the State Committee for Youth Affairs and Sports, said he would run for vice-presidency. The initiative group nominating Shamba has submitted to the CEC candidacy lists and a report of [...]
July 16, 2011
Georgia’s draft on refugees hampers resolution of problem – FM.
16/7 Tass 76 MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Discussions at the U.N. General Assembly on the refugee problem without Abkhazia and South Ossetia are becoming more and more politicised and preventing the resolution of the problem, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry commented on the July 15 meeting that involved Russian Deputy [...]
July 16, 2011
RF, US fail to settle disagreements on pork import – Nabiullina
MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Russia and the United States have failed to settle disagreements on pork import within the WTO accession talks, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Saturday. Commenting on her recent visit to the United States, Nabiullina said Russia and the U.S. “reached serious progress in the term of industrial car [...]
July 16, 2011
RF, US fail to settle disagreements on pork import – Nabiullina.
16/7 Tass 68 MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Russia and the United States have failed to settle disagreements on pork import within the WTO accession talks, Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Saturday. Commenting on her recent visit to the United States, Nabiullina said Russia and the U.S. “reached serious progress in the term [...]
July 16, 2011
KSLV-1 3rd launch due to take place in Aug or Sept 2012 – official.
16/7 Tass 126 BAIKONUR, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — The third launch of the South Korean KSLV-1 rocket booster with Russia’s first stage booster will be held in August or September 2012, director general of the Khrunichev State Research and Space Centre Vladimir Nesterov said. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Nesterov said the South [...]
July 16, 2011
RF Angara-1 planning to be launched in first half of 2013 – official.
16/7 Tass 125 BAIKONUR, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Angara rocket booster is planning to be launched from Plesetsk in the first half of 2013, director general of the Khrunichev State Research and Space Centre Vladimir Nesterov said. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Nesterov said, “We don’t see any reasons that can prevent [...]
July 16, 2011
Plans to launch rockets from Vostochny remain unchanged – Roskosmos.
16/7 Tass 123 BAIKONUR, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Plans to launch rockets from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur Region, remain unchanged, head of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) Vladimir Popovkin said. Recently, Popovkin has visited Vostochny Cosmodrome. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, the Roskosmos head said, “I’m convinced that our task – to make the [...]
July 16, 2011
Divers prepare to straighten Bulgaria ship on bottom – Emerg Min.
16/7 Tass 131 MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — Divers have ended the work on sealing the sunken Bulgaria passenger ship, the Emergency Situations Ministry’s press service told Itar-Tass on Saturday. Now specialists are preparing the ship for straightening on the bottom, the press service said. “All lifeboats have been regrouped and cranes have been installed. [...]
July 16, 2011
MS Bulgaria lifting may start Sunday – Transport Ministry.
16/7 Tass 150 MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) — The Bulgaria ship may begin raising to the surface on Sunday, July 17, Deputy Transport Minister Viktor Olersky told Itar-Tass. “If all is normal, the work on raising the ship to the surface will begin tomorrow,” the deputy minister said on Saturday. But he declined to specify [...]
July 16, 2011
Russia to complete recovery of boat wreckage July 17-18
Operation to rise the wreckage of Bulgaria cruise boat from the riverbed of Volga will finish on Sunday or Monday, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. Two large floating cranes, one from Moscow and another one from Volgograd, have arrived at the site where the recovery operation will be carried out, ministry spokesman Andrey Rodygin said. [...]
July 16, 2011
Germany withdraws award for Putin
Berlin-based Werkstatt Deutschland on Saturday reversed its decision to award Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the prestigious Quadriga prize due to massive criticism. The organization said its plans to give Putin the Quadriga Award as a “role model for enlightenment, dedication and the public good” had come under massive attack in the media and the [...]
July 16, 2011
Militant killed in Russia’s Dagestan
One gunman was killed on Saturday when law enforcement officers in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan engaged a group of militants, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee said. A local resident in the village of Garbutli, Tsuntin district was injured, he added. Security officers are looking for the remaining militants.
July 16, 2011
US government has money to last a few weeks – business reporter
While the US is running out of time to deal with its debt crisis, Business Insider website reporter Zeke Miller says that without debt ceiling increase, the US government does not have enough money to last very long. “If the August 2 deadline passes without a debt ceiling increase, the government will shut down, but [...]