12.27pm: We are continuing our coverage of Putin’s question and answer session with the Russian public. There were technical problems with the earlier blog but you can read the previous entries here. Putin is asked about the unprecedented booing and whistling that greeted him when he turned up recently at a boxing fight in Moscow’s [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 16, 2011
Political Uncertainty In Russia Has Investors Nervous
Defiant Putin Touts Vague Reform Latest Comment (9 total) matvei: What loss, Eugenio? The last time I noted, Hussein has gone to his … More
December 4, 2011
Chechnya traditionally shows highest election turnout of 94%
The turnout in the State Duma elections in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya hit 94 percent as of 6:00 p.m. local time (14:00 GMT), the head of the local election commission said on Sunday.
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December 3, 2011
Bizarre ‘Women for Herman Cain’ campaign
Did Herman Cain act sexually inappropriate with a few (how many has it been now?) women? While the presidential hopeful tries to close the lid on that one, dozens of women are apparently logging onto his website to show their support. They are the Women for Herman Cain. And they are real. Apparently. At what [...]
December 2, 2011
Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces to go on duty on Thursday
Russia’s newly created Aerospace Defense Forces (VKO) will officially go on duty on Thursday, VKO spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin said. “At 10:00 am Moscow time (06:00 GMT) on December 1, the first shift of the Aerospace Defense Forces command will go on duty,” Zolotukhin told journalists in Moscow on Wednesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed the [...]
November 29, 2011
November 22, 2011
Putin’s Winter Of Discontent
The Power Vertical Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a training session of the “Ice hockey legends of the USSR” club in Moscow on November 18. November 21, 2011 It is not entirely clear whether the fans at Moscow’s Olympic Stadium were booing Vladimir Putin when he stepped into the ring to address the crowd following [...]
November 21, 2011
Chagall’s synagogues up for sale
Three rare Marc Chagall paintings featuring interiors of synagogues are to be auctioned at Sotheby’s, prompting huge interest for the Russian-rooted artist. These works are coming to the art market for the first time ever from a descendent of the original owner of the works, Max Cottin, who bought them at a 1945 exhibition at [...]
November 12, 2011
‘Kindness cocktail’ of apricot and gin
‘Kindness cocktail’ of apricot and gin Published: 11 November, 2011, 22:40 ‘Kindness cocktail’ of apricot and gin (23.8Mb) embed video TAGS: Prime Recipe, Prime Time Russia, Anya Fedorova, Neil Harvey To cheer up expats who teamed up helping Russian orphanages, mixologist Bek Narzi has kindly shared with RT one of his favourite cocktail recipes. Today: [...]
November 8, 2011
Russian political parties to kick off pre-election debates
MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) – All of the political parties taking part in elections to the Russian State Duma on December 4 will start pre-election televised debates on Wednesday. The seven registered parties – United Russia, the Communists, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), A Just Russia, Yabloko, A Right Cause and Patriots of [...]
November 3, 2011
Russia’s Bolshoi Theater holds premiere of Ruslan and Lyudmila opera
The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow held a premiere of Ruslan and Lyudmila opera on Wednesday night, beginning its regular work after it was reopened last week following six years of reconstruction. Ruslan and Lyudmila is Mikhail Glinka’s second opera. The first time the opera was staged in the Bolshoi was on December 9, 1846. It [...]
October 31, 2011
Russian parties to get free air time
All of the political parties taking part in elections to the Russian State Duma on December 4 will receive television air time, for the first time in recent years, a deputy chief of a state-run broadcaster said on Monday. In addition, the ruling United Russia party will participate in debates for the first time [...]
October 30, 2011
‘Gaddafi wasn’t scared’
Muammar Gaddafi spent his last moments standing his ground and prepared for the inevitable as the rebels finally came for him. That is according to the Colonel’s loyal employee – one the few who witnessed his last days and secret funeral. Huneish Nasr, who was Gaddafi’s personal driver for more than 30 years, has told [...]
October 28, 2011
Russia to continue WTO talks with Georgia next week
THE TIME – Institute A New System- and Economics – Defined. The People, US Const. Article 8 sect 1, Article 12 sect 8, The State Supreme Courts, and Centralized Banking System’s., George Washington. 27Oct ROBERT LANE AIASSA, Says, World News. THE STRUGGLE’S CAUSED BY CAPITALISM… an unnecessary evil. GO AHEAD TRY TO STEAL THIS: Robbing [...]