Russian opposition leader vows to destroy 'disgusting feudal system'
Friday, 05 July 2013 17:03

Alexey Navalny uses closing remarks of embezzlement case against him to condemn Vladimir Putin's government

Russia's top opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, has vowed to destroy the "feudal system of power" lorded over by Vladimir Putin during powerful closing remarks to a provincial court that could send him to prison for six years.

Blasting Putin's...

 
British designer to revamp plummeting Russian car maker sales
Friday, 05 July 2013 16:55
Published time: July 05, 2013 14:55
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A massive downshift in sales of Russia’s flagship car manufacturer, Lada, has forced the company to rethink its business plan, hoping its first foreign designer will deliver success.

British designer Steve Mattin told The Moscow...

 
Mafia launders dirty money in clean energy - Europol
Friday, 05 July 2013 15:19
Published time: July 05, 2013 13:19
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The Italian mafia is ramping up investment in wind farms to launder money and benefit from EU subsidies.


Europol reports winds farms, and renewable energy in general, are the most popular target for laundering money, after analysing...

 
European states were told Snowden was on Morales plane, says Spain
Friday, 05 July 2013 12:33

Spanish foreign minister declines to say where information came from that NSA whistleblower was on Bolivian leader's flight

Spain says it and other European countries were told that the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board the Bolivian presidential plane that was diverted to Austria this week, causing a diplomatic row.

The foreign minister,...

 
Green light for financial mega-regulator in Russia
Friday, 05 July 2013 12:18
Published time: July 05, 2013 10:18
Edited time: July 05, 2013 16:40
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The Russian State Duma has okayed a unified financial regulator under the roof of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). The new watchdog will...

 
El Greco record as Russians buy up Sotheby's auction
Friday, 05 July 2013 11:51
Published time: July 05, 2013 09:51
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Russian-speaking buyers spent more than $22.6 million at the last auction of Old Masters in London with a record number of bidders from emerging economies.

The Sotheby’s sale of Old Master & British Paintings raised more than ...

 
Letters: Registration for Russian NGOs
Thursday, 04 July 2013 22:00

Luke Harding (Review, 29 June) wrote that Vladimir Putin "has forced western-funded NGOs to register as 'foreign agents'". That may be the goal – but it is still far from achieved. Since March 2013 Russian NGOs have resolutely refused to register as foreign agents. For example, in the once-closed city of Perm (it did not  appear on maps i...

 
Does Russia have external enemies?
Thursday, 04 July 2013 17:58
Nuclear weapons in Russia's National Security Strategy are traditionally considered a priority. Since the end of the Cold War, the relations between Russia and the United States have undergone a complex transformation, but Russia still considers the strategic balance with the United States a status quo guarantee...
 
Russia sells weapons to Iraq worth $4.2 billion
Wednesday, 03 July 2013 15:07
The deliveries of Russian Mi-28NE Night Hunter to Baghdad are to begin in September 2013, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in an interview with Interfax. The contract for the purchase of ten helicopters was included in the package of agreements in the amount of $4.2 billion," said the Iraqi prime minister...
 
Snowden finds Putin's terms for political asylum unacceptable
Tuesday, 02 July 2013 17:51
Fugitive former U.S. intelligence officer Edward Snowden has declined an intention to stay in Russia. Vladimir Putin's condition, on the basis of which the whistleblower could technically be granted asylum in Russia, did not meet his needs, president's press secretary said. The American still remains in the transit area of ​​Sheremetyevo Airport...
 
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