Nasa cuts ties with Russia over Ukraine crisis, except for space station
Thursday, 03 April 2014 03:59

Exemption for International Space Station co-operation highlights American dependence on Russia in space

After insisting that space relations would not be altered by earthly politics, Nasa on Wednesday said it was severing ties with Russia over the Ukraine crisis, except for the International Space Station.

Nasa employees cannot travel to Russia or...

 
Russian national payment system may cause serious damage to Visa and Mastercard
Wednesday, 02 April 2014 16:43
The appearance of the national payment system in Russia is a matter of time. Sberbank CEO promised that the NPS based on the universal electronic card would appear in the country within the next 6 months. Will the Russians finally get a convenient and technically simple system? Will other major players in the banking sector agree to invest in it?...
 
Can Russia become an alternative to the West?
Tuesday, 01 April 2014 16:48
The West continues to analyze the events of the last few weeks and tries to understand what will happen next. Some in the U.S. believe the U.S. administration and president himself are wrong when they talk about the isolation of Russia. In fact, Vladimir Putin has laid the foundation for the creation of an alternative to the transatlantic alliance...
 
Strong Russia can only care less about Western pressure
Monday, 31 March 2014 09:05
We have experienced unprecedented pressure from the West and continue to experience it. There is an ongoing blackmail, psychological pressure. There are attempts to isolate Russia and turn it into a pariah country. This was clearly stated by US president Barack Obama. This Nobel Peace Prize winner collects units under his banner to isolate Russia...
 
NATO exists to contain Russia
Friday, 28 March 2014 09:09
Many Western experts believe that the Ukrainian crisis has given a new impetus to the existence of NATO. Prior to the events in Ukraine, political scientists tried to understand what the alliance would do in the future. Now Washington and Brussels seem to have decided on the semantics - "containment of Russia."
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Unfortunately, Russia is not as clever as China
Thursday, 27 March 2014 09:00
The year 2013 was quite a successful year for the Russian foreign policy. This has to do primarily with the fact that we managed to reduce the risks, the crisis, in the sense that there has been no armed open clash in Syria. It was Russia that had an impact on the Syrian leadership that convinced them to choose chemical disarmament...
 
Russia sells arms worth $2 billion in 2.5 months of 2014
Tuesday, 25 March 2014 09:39
Since the beginning of 2014, Russia has sold weapons in the amount of two billion dollars. According to the results of 2013, Russia sold weapons worth the total of $15.7 billion. Russia was among the world's largest arms suppliers from 2009 to 2013. Russia accounts for 27% of global arms exports. The USA takes the lead with 29%...
 
The knight Putin and the mad dragon of the West
Monday, 24 March 2014 15:26
Vladimir Putin looks nowadays like a quiet knight who knows not exactly how to deal with a mad dragon. It is obvious that for western generals and commentators, history is always a story told by an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing....
 
Ukraine crisis: EU set to extend Russia and Crimea blacklist
Wednesday, 19 March 2014 21:11

White House calls on Russia to open dialogue with Ukraine on military base standoff and blames Moscow for casualties

An EU summit in Brussels on Thursday is likely to extend a blacklist of Russian and Crimean figures subject to travel bans and asset freezes, senior officials and diplomats say, but is unlikely to embark on moves which could spiral...

 
Architects unite in campaign to save 'Russia's Eiffel Tower'
Wednesday, 19 March 2014 20:06

Designers write to Putin to express support for Moscow's Shukhov television tower as it faces demolition decision

In another part of the world, it would likely be a prime tourist attraction. But in Moscow, where rusting Soviet architectural feats are a dime-a-dozen, the 160m-tall Shukhov television tower faces a demolition decision before the end...

 
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