Construction terms for a bridge in Vladivostok, which caught fire on Monday afternoon, will remain unchanged, a deputy head of the construction company said on Tuesday. The bridge is among infrastructure objects to be built for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2012. It will connect the mainland part of the city with Russky Island, [...]
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December 13, 2011
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Russian Newscaster Appears To Give Obama The Middle Finger On Live TV
An award-winning Russian newscaster has appeared to give President Barack Obama the middle finger during a live broadcast on federal television in a potentially job-threatening blunder that has raised eyebrows in the United States. In what looked set to be a dry news segment for REN TV, anchorwoman Tatyana Limanova on November 14 reported that [...]
November 17, 2011
November 17, 2011
Obama Says U.S., China, Russia Are United Against Iranian Nuke
President Barack Obama says China, Russia, and the United States are united in the goal of ensuring that Iran does not use its nuclear program to make atomic weapons. Obama, speaking at the close of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, said on November 13 that officials of his administration will consult with [...]
November 17, 2011
Kremlin Insists That Tajik Deportations Are Not Political
Kremlin Insists That Tajik Deportations Are Not Political By Alexandra Odynova The St. Petersburg Times Published: November 16, 2011 (Issue # 1683) MOSCOW — Kremlin pressure on Tajikistan continued Monday as President Dmitry Medvedev denied that the deportation of Tajik migrants from Russia was a tit-for-tat response to the harsh sentence Tajikistan handed down to a Russian pilot. “If there are people [...]
November 13, 2011
Medvedev says Russia, U.S. to continue consultations on missile defense
Moscow and Washington’s positions on the U.S. plans concerning the European missile shield still differ greatly and bilateral consultations on this issue will continue, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said. “Concerning this issue, we have agreed to continue searching for the possible solutions, taking into account that our [Russian and U.S.] positions are still far away [...]
November 13, 2011
November 13, 2011
Russia’s Medvedev vows succession of APEC’s work in 2012
Russia intends to preserve the succession of work of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2012, after the country assumes the rotating chair in the organization, the Russian president said. “Our country intends to preserve the succession of the forum’s work, including in the formation of the free and open trade zone in the [...]
November 13, 2011
APEC Summit in Vladivostok
Russia intends to preserve the succession of work of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2012, after the country assumes the rotating chair in the organization
November 13, 2011
Medvedev hopes China to catch up with Europe in Russian gas consumption
Russia expects to supply as much natural gas to China in the future as it currently supplies to Europe, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. “It is obvious that the Chinese market can consume a considerably greater volume of energy products. This is what we are currently agreeing with our Chinese partners,” Medvedev said [...]
November 13, 2011
Obama Says Will Work With Russia On Response To Iran Nuke Report
U.S. President Barack Obama says he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to devise “a common response” to new allegations that Iran has been covertly trying to build a nuclear bomb. Obama spoke to reporters after he and Medvedev held talks November 12 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu, [...]
November 12, 2011
Google chairman sees Russia as world’s future IT-leader
Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt sees Russia as the world’s future IT-leader, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Saturday. Schmidt was among the participants of the informal talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and business representatives on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hawaii. “Eric Schmidt… said that Moscow and [...]
November 12, 2011
APEC’s turn to save global economy
APEC’s turn to save global economy Published: 12 November, 2011, 09:56 Edited: 12 November, 2011, 13:10 APEC foreign and trade ministers (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images / AFP) (32.3Mb) embed video TAGS: Meeting, Hillary Clinton, Politics, USA, Anastasia Churkina, Marina Dzhashi, Globalization, Global economy, WTO Leaders from the Asia-Pacific region have gathered for a summit [...]