Russia’s new anti-missile radar station in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad will become fully operational by the middle of 2014, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily. “According to our estimates, it will take about one and a half years to put the facility into full operation,” Serdyukov said. The facility was opened [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 11, 2011
Armenian Election Observer Slams Russian Elections
YEREVAN — An Armenian opposition deputy has called Russia’s controversial parliamentary elections “undemocratic” and criticized Armenia’s government for welcoming the results, RFE/RL’s Armenian Service reports. Zaruhi Postanjian of the opposition Heritage party monitored the elections on December 4 along with other international observers from the Council of Europe. Postanjian said she visited two dozen polling [...]
December 1, 2011
Teodosic brings 7th straight Euroleague win to CSKA
CSKA Moscow have won their seventh game out of seven in the Group stage round after beating Brose Baskets in Germany on Wednesday night. The hosts started well with an early 10-4 lead, but the Russian side managed to find their game to finish the first half seven points ahead of Brose. The Germans roared [...]
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 23, 2011
Foreigners to blame for 20% of Moscow murders – prosecutor
Foreign nationals are responsible for some 20 percent of the murders and half of the rapes registered in Moscow since the beginning of the year, government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported on Tuesday, quoting the capital’s prosecutor. Sergei Kudeneyev also said some 30 percent of robberies and 20 percent of thefts are committed by foreigners. He [...]
November 23, 2011
Injury-hit CSKA helpless against Lille
CSKA’s plans of progressing to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages are n in question after the Muscovites suffered a 2-0 home loss at the hands of French rivals from Lille. CSKA’s head coach Leonid Slutsky couldn’t field half of his starting lineup on the night, with the likes of Keisuke Honda and Zoran Tosic [...]
November 22, 2011
Tajik prosecutor asks for release of jailed Russian pilot
A Tajik prosecutor requested on Tuesday the release of the Russian and Estonian pilots sentenced to eight and a half years in jail for smuggling and border violations two weeks ago. The court has adjourned to consider the appeal. Vladimir Sadovnichy and Estonian national Alexei Rudenko were arrested in March and jailed on November 8. [...]
November 12, 2011
Warsaw Independence Day clashes see 200 arrests (VIDEO)
Violent clashes have marred Independence Day in the Polish capital with at least 29 people taken to hospital and more than 200 detained by Friday night, nearly half of them Germans. Three police officers are reported to be seriously injured. As the police tried to keep swelling nationalist and anti-fascist marches apart, the celebrations started [...]
November 9, 2011
The unreal reality of the Red Planet
Members of the Mars 500 experiment who spent 17 months shut away from the world are enjoying their first few days “back on Earth”. Romain Charles told RT what it was like to spend a year and a half in a confined space, simulating space flight. “I feel great seeing the normal world again – it [...]
November 1, 2011
Zenit prove Champions League class against Shakhtar
Zenit Saint Petersburg have collected their second home win in the UEFA Champions League after getting the better of Shakhtar Donetsk in Group G. Both teams started nervously, with so much at stake for the champions of Russia and Ukraine respectively. Zenit created their first scoring chance on the half-hour mark, but visiting keeper, Aleksandr [...]
October 31, 2011
Misimovic helps Dynamo stay in RPL medals hunt
The last man in Dynamo’s starting line-up, Zvjezdan Misimovic, has scored one of the goals in the Muscovites’ 2-0 away win at FC Tom as the Blue-and-Whites regained the third spot in the Russian Premier League. FC Tom 0-2 Dynamo MoscowDynamo Moscow’s first win in three games has seen them rise to third place in [...]
October 29, 2011
Fukushima: Exposure underrated, outcome obscure
The consequences of the Fukushima disaster will be emerging for at least several decades. According to the Japanese government, it will take up to 30 years for the complete clean up of the radiation released from the reactors. Japan aims to reduce radiation by half over the next two years. To do so, it may [...]
October 26, 2011
Ex-Mayor Seeks Duma Seat From Jail
Ex-Mayor Seeks Duma Seat From Jail The St. Petersburg Times Published: October 26, 2011 (Issue # 1680) MOSCOW — A former Siberian mayor accused of extorting a half million-dollar bribe is running for a State Duma seat from jail, a Communist deputy said Monday. Former Bratsk Mayor Alexander Serov received the paperwork confirming his candidacy Friday. Serov was detained in February after obtaining [...]
October 19, 2011
World As Boza See It!
Boza the Russian Dog… Today I was walking the dog, his name is Boza! He is half German Shepard and half Wire Haired Terrier. He is less than half the size of a regular German Shepard! Boza has a good outlook on life. His outlook is simple, Just have as much fun as you can [...]
October 13, 2011
Broadband services shine as Rostelecom posts 2Q 2011 net profit of 8.55 billion roubles
Russian fixed line telecom provider, has posted a 2Q 2011 net profit of 8.55 billion roubles under IFRS. The bottom line is down 2% from the 2Q 2010 net profit of 8.76 billion roubles, with 2Q OIBDA increased 8% year on year to 28.8 billion roubles, as 2Q revenues increased 6% to 71.2 billion roubles. [...]