Russia’s participation in the 2012 Russia-NATO Council summit in Chicago has not been decided yet as it depends on the U.S. position concerning the missile defense shield, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday. “It is absolutely clear that the decision [to participate in the summit] has not been made. It has not been [...]
Tag: presidential elections
December 16, 2011
December 6, 2011
Putin pledges changes in government after March elections
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged a major reshuffle of federal government and regional governors after presidential elections in March. Putin, who is expected to return to the Kremlin in next year’s polls, said the first step – a reshuffle of the lower house – had been achieved after Sunday’s parliamentary elections. “The [...]
November 29, 2011
Presidential elections in South Ossetia
With official results of South Ossetia’s November 27 runoff presidential election yet to be announced, the two participants of the race on Monday both claimed victory, local media said.
November 25, 2011
Putin complains of ‘difficult and nasty’ work
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, widely seen as the winner in next year’s presidential elections, said on Friday his work was “difficult and nasty.” At a meeting with Women’s Forum participants, Putin said that such events were a solace to him. “Sometimes we have pleasant moments in our difficult and nasty work. This was a [...]
November 25, 2011
Russian upper house to set presidential elections for March 4, 2012
The Federation Council, the upper house of Russian parliament, will on Friday set presidential elections for March 4, 2012. In line with the law on presidential elections, the vote should take place on the second Sunday of the month of the previous presidential polls. But in 2012, the second Sunday of March will be a [...]
September 27, 2011
Finance Minister Kudrin’s resignation
President Dmitry Medvedev fired Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Monday for his comments that he did not want to work in a future government headed by Medvedev after March presidential elections.
September 25, 2011
Kudrin’s further work depends on his future employer
Russia’s Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin who has ruled out working in the next government, if President Dmitry Medvedev becomes premier, following Vladimir Putin’s expected return to the presidency, will decide on his further work with his future employer, Putin’s spokesman said. “The question of whether he (Kudrin) will or will not work is an issue [...]
September 24, 2011
Medvedev proposes Putin for Russian presidency
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s candidacy for the presidential elections next year. Medvedev was speaking at the party congress in Moscow on Saturday, which is also being attended by Puti.
September 16, 2011
VTB should sell 10 pct of shares after 2012 elections
Russia should privatize a second 10-percent stake in its second largest bank VTB after the March 2012 presidential elections, bank head Andrei Kostin said on Friday. Last fall the Russian government approved a three-year $59 billion privatization program under which the state is to reduce its stake in top companies to the bare controlling level. [...]
June 30, 2011
Putin drops possible election hint
Vladimir Putin gave a cryptic hint as to his possible participation in the 2012 presidential polls on Thursday, saying that he would need to “wash” himself after the elections. “I shall go and have a wash, in the hygienic sense of the word, but also in the political sense,” Putin said at a regional conference [...]
June 29, 2011
Why My Party Wasn’t Registered
Why My Party Wasn’t Registered By Vladimir Ryzhkov Published: June 29, 2011 (Issue # 1663) The Justice Ministry on Wednesday refused to register the opposition Party of People’s Freedom, thus denying my party its constitutional right to participate in the December State Duma elections. The ministry also denied the constitutional rights of millions of the [...]
June 29, 2011
Belarus ready to pay Russian electricity bill
Belarus is ready to settle its outstanding debt to Russia for electricity supplies, Belarusian Economics Minister Nikolai Snopkov said on Wednesday after Russia cut off the power supply at midnight. Belarus has an outstanding debt of 600 million rubles ($21.16 million). “Any respectable person and any respectable state pays its debts, so we of course [...]
June 28, 2011
A Just Russia leader Mironov slams People’s Front project
The All-Russia People’s Front is a “rebranding” of the ruling United Russia party, A Just Russia party leader Sergei Mironov said on Tuesday. “This is an attempt to camouflage United Russia as a bloc of ‘party and non-party people,’” he said. “To ensure the bloc’s victory, regional leadership… is being hastily replaced with people loyal [...]
June 27, 2011
Officials Out as Inter RAO Reshuffles Board
Two top energy officials were not re-elected to power group Inter RAO‘s board Friday, in compliance with President Dmitry Medvedev’s move to purge regulators from state company boards. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, who was the chairman of the board last year and oversees the energy sector for the government, and Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko were on the list for re-election at the company’s annual general shareholders meeting [...]