Russia won't cut off its nose to spite feeble America
Monday, 11 February 2013 11:09
"They can not solve the problems associated with the spread of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, drug trafficking and organized crime. The United States is physically unable to solve any problem at all, but it still remains the largest and most powerful military, economic and financial power," Russia's Foreign Minisrer Sergei Lavrov said...
 
The world will see the Great Russia someday
Friday, 08 February 2013 16:59
The U.S. Reserve System currently makes money on the difference between the nominal value of bills and the cost of its production. Let's assume that the cost of a 100-dollar note is 10 cents, so the net profit from it will be 99 dollars 90 cents. Neither drug lords nor arms dealers could ever dream of such profits...
 
Gazprom bills Ukraine $7bn
Monday, 28 January 2013 11:44
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Gazprom (RIA Novosti / Mikhail Mokrushin)

Russia and Ukraine are again involved in an energy dispute, after Gazprom accused Naftogas of importing less gas in 2012. Experts worry a “full-blown trade war between Russia and Ukraine” may emerge “over this issue.”

Gazprom sent Ukraine a $7bn bill for failing to meet the import requirements stipulated in...

 
Market Buzz: US ‘stats of the nation’ drive bourses
Monday, 28 January 2013 07:16

Russian investors are expected to be looking overseas, where the US stats are set to be a major newsmaker during the entire week. On Monday the world’s biggest economy will release its December durables figures.

“During the day Russian floors will be mostly focusing on an overall news environment and the way foreign investors behave,” according to...

 
Russian police arrest 23 in organised crime raid
Sunday, 27 January 2013 20:11

Officers say suspects met at Moscow restaurant to plan strategy after murder of criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan

Police have raided a restaurant near Moscow and arrested four suspected crime bosses and 19 others as they met to plan strategy after the killing of a criminal godfather known as Grandpa Hassan, according to the interior...

 
It's goodbye Lenin, hello dinosaur as fossils head to Mongolia museum
Sunday, 27 January 2013 19:48

Ulan Bator to transform its Lenin museum into a centre housing prehistoric fossils, including a Tyrannosaurus bataar specimen

Once he bestrode his world, lending his name to more museums, streets, monuments and public institutions than any other 20th-century figure. But in the Mongolian capital, Ulan Bator, at least, it is goodbye Lenin, as a...

 
Medvedev: Assad's chances of retaining power in Syria are shrinking
Sunday, 27 January 2013 17:49

Russian prime minister suggests Syrian president's days could be numbered, according to interview transcript

The Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has said Bashar al-Assad's chances of retaining power in Syria are getting "smaller and smaller" every day, according to the transcript of an interview with CNN released by Medvedev's office.

His...

 
‘We’re trying to build capitalism without capitalists’ – Russian tycoon
Sunday, 27 January 2013 15:43

Published: 27 January, 2013, 18:43

Oleg Deripaska, Chairman of Supervisory Board of Basic Element company, speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 on January 23, 2013 at the Swiss resort of Davos. (AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele)

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Russia hits top-10 in budget transparency report
Saturday, 26 January 2013 14:40

Published: 26 January, 2013, 17:40
Edited: 26 January, 2013, 21:45

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RIA Novosti/Alexey Kudenko

Russia has significantly improved its budget transparency over the years and is now telling its public more about the government income and spending than countries such as Germany or Spain, a new survey suggests.

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Anti-gay laws promote gay propaganda in Russia
Saturday, 26 January 2013 07:57
On Friday, Jan. 25, the State Duma gave the first reading to the draft bill on banning propaganda of homosexuality among minors. The discussion turned out to be quite a heated one. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky cracked down on the bill, ripping it to pieces. "Gay propaganda in Russia is what the West wants!" he said....
 
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