Vladimir Putin brushed off complaints of election fixing during his annual televised live chat with the nation on Thursday , but behind the scenes his lieutenants are anxiously plotting how to quell rising discontent. Putin claimed during the phone-athon that he was “cheered” by the sight of tens of thousands of Russians flooding on to [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 8, 2011
December 8, 2011
US secrets in Iran’s hands: Commando raid an option?
After the CIA lost control of a surveillance drone over Iran, US officials decided against sending a team to retrieve or destroy its remains. However that was before Tehran announced its military was behind the downing of the spy device. News of American discussions about a possible covert mission to trace the doomed drone emerged [...]
December 3, 2011
‘OWS – a megaphone for the people of America’
The discontent with the current economic system in the US is growing as labor unions took to the streets to demand jobs and economic justice. An activist told RT that the Occupy movement is set to become a real force in US politics. Occupy Wall Street’s website says that farmers are also set to join [...]
December 2, 2011
Ingushetia MPs seek alcohol ban on Thursdays, Fridays
Lawmakers of Ingushetia’s outgoing parliament voted for the first reading of a bill to ban alcohol sales in the predominantly Moslem Russian republic on Friday, the local government’s spokeswoman said. Lawmakers said their decision sought to prevent traffic accidents and poisonings with poor quality alcohol. “We will have to elect local and central parliament to [...]
November 26, 2011
Venezuela brings home gold reserves…
Venezuela brings home gold reserves – Americas – Al Jazeera English. In a smart move to get back under control what is rightfully Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez ordered the gold out of European clutches. A shipment of physical gold has now been deposited in Venezuela’s central bank in Caracas… Cheering crowds lined the streets on Friday [...]
November 23, 2011
Russia may move missiles to EU borders if shield talks fail
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/medvedev-russia-target-missile-defence-sites-europe-no-123111987.html Medvedev – Russia will target missile defence sites in Europe if no deal is reached with the US. This is a prudent move by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to protect Russia from a possible future attack by the United States, Canada, and Europe for control of the Caspian Basin oil and natural gas reserves. [...]
November 22, 2011
Russia Resigned To Losing Mars Probe
Russian officials have acknowledged that a space probe bound for a moon of Mars will likely be lost. The Phobos-Grunt probe was launched two weeks ago but failed to leave Earth’s orbit. Mission control then lost radio contact with the craft. The $165 million probe was meant to bring soil from Mars’ largest moon back [...]
November 17, 2011
Arab Spring part of ‘US divide-and-conquer plan’
The fall of Libya, the riots in Syria, the media attack on Iran are all parts of a global decades-old American plan to take control of all Middle East, believes regional consultant Peter Eyre. He believes that the operation went into action after 9/11. The terrorist attack on America meant that “no one is going [...]
November 17, 2011
Soyuz docks with orbital station
Russia’s Soyuz TMA-22 piloted spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in automatic mode on Wednesday, the Mission Control said. The docking took place at 9:24 Moscow time (5:24 GMT), nine minutes ahead of schedule. The Soyuz TMA-22 delivered three new members to the ISS , Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA [...]
November 17, 2011
South Ossetia Vote For New Leader Goes To Runoff
Officials in Georgia’s breakaway province of South Ossetia say an election to pick a new leader there will go to a runoff between a Kremlin-backed candidate and a former senior education official. The election is not recognized by Georgia, which regards South Ossetia and neighboring Abkhazia as renegade regions despite Russian recognition of their unilateral [...]
November 13, 2011
Martian curse on Russian space exploration
Russian space experts are battling to fix a technical failure on board an interplanetary craft that was heading to the Martian moon Phobos, amid fears the ship could crash back to Earth without ever reaching its goal. It was hailed as Russia’s first interplanetary mission in 15 years. However, it looks like becoming the fourth [...]
November 12, 2011
Cheerio Silvio!
The era of Silvio Berlusconi may come to an end in a matter of hours, after a final vote on an austerity package for Italy. And the identity of his likely successor has raised concerns that Brussels could gain control over national politics. The austerity measures are expected to get final approval following a vote [...]
November 12, 2011
Moscow declares war on street advertisements
The authorities are clamping down on advertising in Moscow streets, after 60 per cent of the ads turned out to be unauthorized. Over 100,000 square meters of street advertisements have been taken down since early 2011. 40 trucks, also wearing various ads, have been removed from the capital’s roads. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin ordered the [...]