Julian Assange has been granted an appeal to the UK Supreme Court to halt his extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations. If the appeal had been denied the WikiLeaks founder would have been en route to Stockholm within 10 days. For Assange this means that his stay in Britain — where he lives under [...]
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December 5, 2011
November 9, 2011
Russia ‘too big’ to stay outside WTO
Russia, the world’s sixth largest economy, will inevitably join the World Trade Organization (WTO), President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. “The sixth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity and a country as big as Russia can not be outside the WTO,” Medvedev said at a meeting with Germany leaders in Berlin. Russia has [...]
September 13, 2011
A Russian Tall Ship (Pallada) in Honolulu is so beautiful…
As you know I love to follow the Russian tall ships. So when something comes up like: The Russian tall ship Pallada arrived in Honolulu on Monday, part of its international trans-Pacific expedition that kicked off in the Russian Far Eastern port of Vladivostok on July 1. During her stay in Honolulu, the Pallada will [...]