Three militants have been killed in Kabardino-Balkaria, following an attack in the restive North Caucasus republic in which a security officer died. The Federal Security Service officer died in hospital, where he had been taken after his car was blown up late on Saturday, police said. Security officials in the region are frequent targets of [...]
Archives: 10 June 2012
June 10, 2012
June 10, 2012
Participants in Pillow Fight Detained in St. Petersburg
Police of St. Petersburg detained on Sunday 10 participants in the flashmob that were fighting with pillows, local police spokesperson said on Sunday. According to him, participants in the flashmob gathered on Field of Mars Square, some of them started a pillow fight while others were watching the “battle.” “About 10 people were detained,” the [...]
June 10, 2012
Russian ‘Robin Hood’ Official Jailed Over Bribery
A former village council head in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk has been sentenced to nine years in jail after being found guilty of accepting a bribe, officials said. Alexander Miller, the former head of the Yesaylovo village, was convicted of accepting nearly five million rubles ($153,000) for helping arrange property deals, regional prosecutors said. [...]
June 10, 2012
Two Militants Killed in North Caucasus
Two suspected militants have been killed in the restive North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, following an attack in which a security officer died. Federal Security Service officer died in hospital, where he was taken after his car was blown up late on Saturday. Security officials in the region are frequent targets of Islamist militants who [...]
June 10, 2012
Medvedev Breaks Ground on ‘Innovation’ City in Tatarstan
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medevedev and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov have laid a time capsule at the site of the future “science and technology” city for 155,000 residents. Medvedev attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the biggest project of its kind in Russia on Saturday during his visit to the republic of Tatarstan in the Volga [...]
June 10, 2012
HRW Pressures France to Exclude Russia From Paris Arms Show
International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on France to reconsider allowing Russia’s state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport to take part in the upcoming EUROSATORY 2012 arms exhibition in Paris over arms supplies to Syria. The EUROSATORY 2012 defense expo will take place at the Parc d’Expositions north of Paris on June 11-15. [...]