Ekaterina Zatuliveter has been ruled to not be a spy after all – and young Russian women with international career ambitions breathed easier. Well, sort of. Any young Russian woman who’s worldly enough knows that she will most likely fight ridiculous stereotypes while abroad. If she escapes the simplistic “slut from the wrong side of [...]
Archives: November 2011
November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011
Russia Says Suspected Killer Of Ex-KGB Agent ‘A Victim’
MOSCOW — Russian authorities have launched an investigation into the alleged attempted murder of Andrei Lugovoi, who is wanted in Britain as a suspect in the killing of former Russian security agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in 2006, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. Vladimir Markin, spokesman of the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Investigative Committee, said on November 30 that “investigators [...]
November 30, 2011
Moscow Court Extends Detention Of Gravely Ill Businesswoman
MOSCOW — A Moscow court has prolonged for a further six months the detention of ailing businesswoman Natalya Gulevich, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. Gulevich’s lawyer, Andrei Shtanko, told RFE/RL that the Taganka district court’s decision is tantamount to a death sentence for his client. Gulevich, who has been charged with financial fraud, was hospitalized one [...]
November 30, 2011
Transdniester Talks Resume After Five Years
The first formal talks since 2006 on Moldova’s two-decade conflict with its breakaway region of Transdniester have opened in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius. Lithuania brokered the talks in its capacity as chair of the 56-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The meeting involves the “5+2″ grouping — Moldova, Transdniester, Russia, Ukraine, and the [...]
November 30, 2011
United Russia Nominates Putin as Candidate
United Russia Nominates Putin as Candidate By Nikolaus von Twickel The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 30, 2011 (Issue # 1685) ALEXANDER ZEMILIANICHENKO / AP PM Putin (left) speaks as President Dmitry Medvedev listens during a United Russia party congress in Moscow on Sunday. MOSCOW — In a show of unity amid sagging ratings and growing public dissatisfaction, [...]
November 30, 2011
Russia and her coming presidential election…
Of all the political parties, only the ruling party United Russia throws their weight behind Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in the presidential campaign of 2012. The other six parties will nominate their own candidates. However, the Russians should not expect to see any new faces in the elections of March 2012… The Communist Party (KPRF) [...]
November 30, 2011
Deripaska files suit against Potanin in Swiss court
Oleg Deripaska, the head of Russian aluminum giant RusAl and a core shareholder in Norilsk Nickel, has filed suit in a Swiss court against another Norilsk shareholder, Vladimir Potanin, concerning possible money laundering during Norilsk’s buyback program, Deripaska told Swiss ECO magazine late on Tuesday. “This is not the first time that Mr. Deripaska has [...]
November 30, 2011
Severstal to spin off Nordgold by end of Jan. 2012
Russia’s largest steelmaker Severstal plans to spin off its gold mining unit Nordgold by the end of January 2012, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Under the separation scheme, Severstal’s subsidiary Lybica Holdings B.V. (Lybica), a full Nordgold owner, will exchange its 100 percent stake in Nordgold for Severstal shares and GDRs held [...]
November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011
Russia remains top victim of economic crime
Russia remains the country with the highest economic crime rate, a newly released survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) shows. PWC’s Global Economic Crime survey, which aims to provide a comprehensive picture on how businesses are being affected by economic crime, incorporates responses from 3,877 directors and senior executives in 78 countries, including 126 at Russian companies. [...]
November 30, 2011
Russia recognizes annulment of S.Ossetian elections
Russia has recognized the annulment of South Ossetian presidential elections, calling on all South Ossetian political powers to respect the Supreme Court’s decision, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its web site on Wednesday. Russia calls for maintaining “a calm and stable situation” in South Ossetia, the ministry said. South Ossetia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday [...]
November 30, 2011
Most Russians ignoring Duma campaign
Less than half of Russians, about 47-48 percent, are paying attention to the campaign trail ahead of December 4 parliamentary elections, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. The voters most interested in the election campaign are backers of A Just Russia party (64 percent of those polled) and parties that usually do not [...]
November 30, 2011
Russian election monitor under attack ahead of polls
The main independent Russian election observer group, Golos, is almost routinely harassed by authorities, but this time it’s no usual bullying. On Tuesday, lawmakers from three major parties asked prosecutors to investigate the foreign funded body – just five days before Russians go to the polls in a crucial parliamentary vote. Deputies with the ruling [...]
November 30, 2011
France starts building first warship for Russia
French shipbuilder DCNS has received advance payment from Moscow under a $1.2-billion contract and will start the construction of the first warship for the Russian Navy, the DCNS press service said on Wednesday. The two countries signed a contract in June on two French-built Mistral class amphibious assault ships including the transfer of sensitive technology. [...]