Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two separate attacks in Norway on July 22, appeared in court in Oslo on Monday for his first public hearing. He admitted perpetrating the massacre, but refused to plead guilty. Breivik was ushered into the courtroom by six policemen. A few minutes into the hearing, the judge [...]
Archives: 14 November 2011
November 14, 2011
November 14, 2011
Klitschko my main objective for 2012 – Povetkin
WBA regular champion Aleksandr Povetkin says his main task for next year will be stepping into the ring against heavyweight super champ Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine. “I would like to approach my next battles in the best shape,” Povetkin told Sportbox.ru. “The main objective for 2012 is to enter the ring against Wladimir Klitschko.” Two [...]
November 14, 2011
Markets mount over Monti, but not for long
Markets around the world reacted positively to the appointment of ex-banker Mario Monti as the new Italian Prime Minister. European markets were up an average of 0.5% in the morning, but quickly fell back into the red as the day lingered on. Russian bourses the RTS and MICEX followed the European trend. Banks felt the [...]
November 14, 2011
Crackdown at dawn: Cops clear Occupy Oakland (VIDEO)
Hundreds of police officers converged on the Occupy Oakland camp early on Monday, dismantling the protesters’ tents and arresting at least 20 Occupy Oakland demonstrators who had gathered overnight in the town center. Oakland police and officers from several other San Francisco Bay areas encircled the protest site in downtown Oakland at about 4:30 a.m. [...]
November 14, 2011
A shot in the dark
The legendary Russian naval cruiser Aurora, which sparked the historic 1917 Bolshevik Revolution by firing a blank shot to signal the start of the assault on the Winter Palace, has dropped another bombshell. A sensational video clip circulating on the Internet appears to show invaders boarding the historic “ship of the Revolution”, which is moored [...]
November 14, 2011
Occupy camps under attack across America
Nearly 60 days after the Occupy Wall Street movement began, cops across the country cracked down on encampments in Oakland, Albany and cities in-between over the weekend, in a series of events perhaps the most detrimental to the movement so far. After weeks of standoffs between protesters and police, law enforcement in Oakland, California moved [...]
November 14, 2011
Musician shocks Obama’s party with Occupy song
President Obama and APEC leaders attended a stately dinner in Hawaii on Saturday, when the official entertainment took a turn for the unexpected as a musician chosen to perform for guests offered up an extended version of a fiery protest song. Singer and guitarist Makana was picked to play a luau over the weekend during [...]
November 14, 2011
Zhostovo village – home to Russia’s most intricate kitchenware
Both a household item and a work of art, Zhostovo lacquered trays have for decades been nothing short of Russian national treasures. “We call them ‘hammered trays,’ because unique pieces like this one are made by a master blacksmith,” Mikhail Lebedev, chief painter at Zhostovo decorative art factory, told RT. “For decoration, imitation gold and [...]
November 14, 2011
Historama, November 14
Mass deportations and the end of Civil War in Crimea happened on this day in Russian history. Forced Exodus Today in 1989, the USSR formally recognised that the forced resettlement of 3.5 million people had been illegal. The declaration condemned the Stalin regime’s mass deportations. The main victims had been Poles, Kurds and Koreans, though [...]
November 14, 2011
‘Zombie bankers’ to drag Europe into ‘banker hell’ – Keiser
It seems bankers are taking over politics in Europe, financial analyst Max Keiser told RT, adding that this trend could lead to global banking domination. “We cannot get rid of these zombie bankers, we can’t kill them,” said Keiser, host of RT’s Keiser Report. “Iceland thought they had killed off their zombie terrorist bankers, but [...]
November 14, 2011
Moscow river boat fire extinguished say police
A fire on a passenger vessel moored at a Moscow river port was finally extinguished after a thirteen hour struggle by firefighters on Monday evening, a police source said . Four people on board were injured and one crewmember is still missing. “The fire was extinguished at 5.27 p.m Moscow time [13.27 GMT],” the source [...]
November 14, 2011
Russian pilot in Tajikistan’s jail
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Tajik ambassador to Moscow on Monday over the case of Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichy who was sent to prison for eight and a half years by Tajik court last week for smuggling and border violations , the ministry said.
November 14, 2011
Russia summons Tajik ambassador in jailed pilot case
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Tajik ambassador to Moscow on Monday over the case of Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichy who was sent to prison for eight and a half years by Tajik court last week for smuggling and border violations , the ministry said. “The Russian side has again expressed serious concern over [...]
November 14, 2011
Ovi and Kovi among All-Star Game nominees
The NHL has kicked off voting to decide the participants in the All-Star Game to be held in Ottawa on January 29, 2012. There are eight Russians on the list of 73 players, including star forwards Aleksandr Ovechkin (Washington Capitals), Ilya Kovalchuk (New Jersey Devils) and Evgeny Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins). Attackers Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit Red [...]