Moscow Deputy Mayor Alexander Gorbenko warned organizers of Saturday’s rally against election results that the number of protestors should not surpass the previously declared 300 people.
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December 8, 2011
December 4, 2011
Putin party fails to win Duma majority: exit polls
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party failed on Sunday to win a majority in legislative elections, exit polls showed, confounding forecasts and confirming waning popular enthusiasm for the country’s dominant political organization.
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December 4, 2011
‘Catch a fraudster’ game – carousels, threats and illegal campaigning at Russian Duma polls
Parties competing for representation in the State Duma elections have complained of “tons of violations” during the Sunday polls, including illegal campaigning, vote fraud and even threats to observers.
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November 29, 2011
Russian Navy drills in Mediterranean ‘unrelated to Syria’
The dispatch of a Russian Navy task force to the Mediterranean Sea is part of a scheduled exercise and is not connected to the situation in Syria, General Staff chief Nikolai Makarov said on Tuesday. “We are not sending anything [to Syria],” he said. He did not say when the exercise would take place. Earlier [...]
November 23, 2011
Russian Navy to receive 10 diesel submarines by 2020
The Russian Navy is planning to receive up to 10 diesel-electric submarines by 2020, a Navy spokesman said. “The Russian Navy expects to receive 8-10 diesel submarines by 2020,” the official said on Monday. The new submarines will strengthen primarily Russia’s Baltic and Back Sea fleets, he added. Russia’s Admiralteiskie Verfi shipyard on Monday launched [...]
November 12, 2011
8th Valdai Club meeting
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that the Russian political system is imperfect, telling top experts on Russia that he is preparing some reforms to fix it.
November 11, 2011
Vladimir Putin interview: what would you ask the Russian PM?
Moscow correspondent Miriam Elder put the question to her Twitter followers
November 6, 2011
Russian Muslims embrace spirit of major holiday
The four-day Eid al-Adha religious festival is underway, with millions of Muslims traveling around the world to visit family and loved ones. The holiday is also widely celebrated across Russia. Known as Kurban Bairam in Russia, the festival marks the end of Hajj, the annual Mecca pilgrimage, and commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son [...]
November 6, 2011
Muslims in Russia join Islamic world in Eid al-Adha festivities
Muslims in Russia join the Islamic world on Sunday in celebrating Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice, or Kurban Bairam, as it is called by Russian and Central Asian Muslims. Thousands of believers will come to mosques across Russia to take part in religious ceremonies. According to estimates, there are about 20 million Muslims in Russia, [...]
November 1, 2011
Russia declares war on alcoholism
Clerks selling alcoholic beverages to teenagers should be subject to criminal responsibility and sent to prison for violating underage alcohol sales laws, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
October 26, 2011
Premier League’s Goals Galore: Week 28
Premier League’s Goals Galore: Week 27 Rubin put three unanswered goals past Spartak from on Matchday 27 as RT once again sums up all the best shots of the Russian Premier League.
October 20, 2011
Russia’s strategic development programs should be renewed – Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for the country’s strategic development programs to be renewed. He said that the current programs are correct, but “we are implementing them very slowly and apart from this, life adds some changes.”
October 17, 2011
Putin says China no threat to Russia
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he saw China as a reliable partner, not a threat to Russia. “For us China is a partner, a reliable partner and we see the readiness of the Chinese people and the Chinese leadership to build friendly, neighborly relations with us and search for compromise on difficult issues,” Putin [...]
October 17, 2011
Putin gives interview to central TV channels
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin denied that Russia has ambitions to re-integrate the former Soviet states.