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Monday, 05 December 2011 12:10 |
The failure of the United Russia Party to maintain it's super majority in the State Duma elections is not expected to derail plans for increased Government spending before the Presidential election in March. United Russia has 49.5% of the vote. It will be joined by three other parties in the new Duma. The Communists with 19.2%, Just Russia with... |
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Monday, 05 December 2011 08:23 |
Service sector in Russia was rebounding in November Russia’s service sector accelerated in November, growing the fastest since July. Experts say this could be another indication that the downward trend between July and September is coming to an end, while the risk of another recession remains.
November's HSBC Services PMI was the highest... |
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Sunday, 04 December 2011 22:00 |
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Svetlana Alliluyeva (Obituary, 30 November) came to the BBC Russian service some time in the 1970s inquiring whether we had a job for her, possibly as a translator. She spoke excellent English. We had no vacancy at the time, but the Russian programme organiser and I (then head of the east European services) took her to lunch to discuss possible... |
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Sunday, 04 December 2011 20:49 |
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If Vladimir Putin's popularity is on the wane, that of the party he created, United Russia, is in a nosedive Vladimir Putin made it crystal clear what he expected out of yesterday's parliamentary election – a national show of loyalty. Parliament was no place for the opposition. He told shipyard workers in St Petersburg: "If someone wants to watch a ... |
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Sunday, 04 December 2011 20:23 |
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Opposition leader condemns 'theft of votes' after reports of pre-filled ballots, invisible ink and multiple visits to polling booths Miriam Elder Moscow After more than a decade of unwavering popularity, Vladimir Putin's United Russia party was on Sunday nightpredicted to lose its majority in parliament, as voters used a national election to... |
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Sunday, 04 December 2011 18:09 |
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Opinion polls indicate that Vladimir Putin's United Russia party could see its parliamentary majority reduced
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Sunday, 04 December 2011 11:32 |
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Vladmir Putin's United Russia party expected to see its support fall as people tire of prime minister's strongman style Russians cast their ballots with muted enthusiasm in national parliamentary elections on Sunday, a vote that opinion polls indicate could water down the strength of the party led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, despite the... |
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Friday, 02 December 2011 18:51 |
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Golos watchdog found guilty of breaching Russian electoral law in what critics describe as a stepped-up campaign of intimidation Members of Russia's only independent election monitoring group have told the Guardian they are being harassed and intimidated by state security officials in the runup to Sunday's parliamentary elections. The group, Golos,... |
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Friday, 02 December 2011 15:19 |
Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel (AFP Photo / Eric Feferberg) There is no easy fix to the Euro zone's debt crisis and solving the problem will take years. The French and German leaders believe a new treaty may be the answer, and will strengthen the union. German Chancellor Angela Merkel sees the only way out is to create “a fiscal union with s... |
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Friday, 02 December 2011 15:15 |
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Figure skater Evgeni Plushenko announced his decision to leave Just Russia party. According to the former Olympic champion, the party does not have any perspectives. Plushenko joined the new party chaired by Sergei Mironov in December 2006. When joining the political organization, Plushenko said that he had achieved everything in figure skating... |
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