Earlier this month, representatives of the countries that surround the Caspian Sea met in Moscow to discuss divvying up its ample natural resources. The meeting broke up with all sides praising their desire for peace and cooperation. If it were only so. The reality is less encouraging. In May, the commander in chief of the [...]
Archives: 27 July 2011
July 27, 2011
July 27, 2011
Seven Russian cos on Fortune’s list of world’s largest cos in 2010
MOSCOW, Jul 27 (PRIME) — U.S. business magazine Fortune has included seven Russian companies in its latest list of the worlds 500 largest companies in terms of revenue in 2010, according to the list seen by PRIME Wednesday. The five of the seven companies operate in the oil and gas industry. Russian gas giant Gazprom [...]
July 27, 2011
Russian prosecutors to probe search engines on govt data leak
MOSCOW, Jul 27 (PRIME) — The Prosecutor Generals Office plans to probe Web search engines operations following the leak of Russian government documents via the engines search results, the Prosecutor Generals Office spokeswoman Marina Gridneva said, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday. The Prosecutor Generals Office has instructed Moscow prosecutors to look into reports that search engine [...]
July 27, 2011
Putin wants strategic initiatives agency to focus on newcomers
MOSCOW, Jul 27 (PRIME) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday suggested that the newly created Agency for Strategic Initiatives should primarily support projects of newcomers, while not overlooking those of accomplished businessmen. The agency also should establish criteria and standards in business education and training, Putin said, RIA Novosti reported. Speaking about other [...]
July 27, 2011
Official: Russian oil cos to up domestic gasoline supplies July
MOSCOW, Jul 27 (PRIME) — Russian oil companies are expected to increase supplies of high-octane gasoline on the domestic market by 8.5% on the year to 2.80 million tonnes in July, Dmitry Klokov, an adviser to the energy minister, said Wednesday. The production of high-octane gasoline by Russian oil companies is planned at 2.90 million [...]
July 27, 2011
Russian nuclear sub successfully test-launches missile.
27/7 Tass 320 MOSCOW, July 27 (Itar-Tass) – The Yekaterinburg nuclear-powered submarine successfully test-launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday. Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said “the Yekaterinburg, under command or Captain Igor Stepanenko, successfully test-launched a Sineva ICBM from the Barents Sea.” The missile hit a designated target on the Kamchatka peninsula, Konashenkov [...]
July 27, 2011
Putin calls for gradual introduction of new ecological standards.
27/7 Tass 337 MOSCOW, July 27 (Itar-Tass) – New ecological standards should be introduced in Russia gradually so as to avoid the overburdening of businesses with obligations, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday as he met with members of the expert council at the Agency for Strategic Initiatives /ASI/. “It’s inadmissible to make mistakes during [...]
July 27, 2011
Lithuanian minister praises positive dynamics in relations with Russia.
27/7 Tass 266 VILNIUS, July 27 (Itar-Tass) —— The Russo- Lithuanian relations never pause in a practical field and are characterized by a positive dynamics, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius A·ubalis declared, commenting on bilateral contacts on a state and humanitarian level. Despite different assessments, made by the two countries of certain acute political moments of [...]
July 27, 2011
CEC submits election symbols to Medvedev’s approval.
27/7 Tass 217 GORKI, July 27 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s Central Election Commission has submitted election symbols for President Dmitry Medvedev’s approval. “We’ll show you the first draft election symbols. If you approve it, we’ll use it widely,” Central Election Commission chairman Vladimir Churov said at a meeting between President Dmitry Medvedev and representatives of election [...]
July 27, 2011
Tajikistani Pres pardons 15,000 convicts.
27/7 Tass 352 DUSHANBE, July 27 (Itar-Tass) – More than 15,000 convicts will be released from jails in Tajikistan on the occasion of the 20th anniversary since this country’s independence, says a bill on amnesty that President Emomali Rakhmon submitted to the national parliament as a legislative initiative. The government news agency Khovar quoted an [...]
July 27, 2011
Court turns down Platon Lebedev’s plea for early parole
VELSK, Arkhangelsk region, July 27 (Itar-Tass) – A court in Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk region has turned down a petition by former financier Platon Lebedev for an early parole. Lebedev, whose jail term ends in 2016, will have an opportunity to file the next petition for a release on parole in six months time. The prosecutor [...]
July 27, 2011
Court turns down Platon Lebedev’s plea for early parole.
(adds) 27/7 Tass 409 VELSK, Arkhangelsk region, July 27 (Itar-Tass) – A court in Russia’s northern Arkhangelsk region has turned down a petition by former financier Platon Lebedev for an early parole. Lebedev, whose jail term ends in 2016, will have an opportunity to file the next petition for a release on parole in six [...]
July 27, 2011
Ex-Yukos boss Lebedev returns to court for parole hearing
Former Yukos oil company boss Platon Lebedev was taken back to the Velsk Regional court on Wednesday morning for the second day of his parole hearing. Dressed in his dark prison clothes and a cap, and carrying a bag of documents, Lebedev entered court and began talking to his defense lawyer. Lebedev and former Yukos [...]
July 27, 2011
Russia must raise retirement age to 65 says Finance Ministry
Russia will inevitably have to raise its retirement age to 65, and families should be preparing for later retirement, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov said late on Tuesday. “I do not think we can avoid the issue of raising the pension age,” Shatalov told Echo Moskvy radio , adding people needed time “to get adjusted, [...]