Russia's Soyuz spacecraft docks at International Space Station
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 08:28

Spacecraft Soyuz TMA-22 carrying two Russians and an American docks three days after launch from Kazakhstan

A spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has successfully docked at the International Space Station.

The Soyuz TMA-22, with Nasa astronaut Dan Burbank and Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin on board,...

 
The markets distrust democracy. Just ask the masters of Beijing and Moscow | Jonathan Freedland
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 23:00

Why is the democratic world faring so much worse in this crisis than its authoritarian rivals? It's the austerity, stupid

How will historians remember 2011, the year which, according to the satirists at the Onion, has already used up the next decade's entire supply of news? Some wonder if the Arab revolutions put 2011 on a par with 1917, when the Ot...

 
Russian passports can save thousands of Kosovo Serbs
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 14:13
Russian citizenship can save lives, the Kosovo Serbs believe. Officials from the Russian Embassy in Belgrade received the list of 21,000 Serbian residents of the region, who set out their wish to become Russian citizens. It is not only the residents of Kosovo, who would like to receive Russian passport. They see Russia as their last hope and...
 
Bolshoi ballet loses leading dancers to theatre in St Petersburg
Monday, 14 November 2011 19:30

Moscow institution regrets the loss of its prima ballerina and principal dancer to ballet troupe led by a Spanish choreographer

One of the Bolshoi theatre's most promising dance partnerships is leaving the Moscow company for St Petersburg's Mikhailovsky theatre.

Prima ballerina Natalia Osipova, 25, and principal dancer Ivan Vasiliev, 22, will leave...

 
Russia denies service personnel to take up badminton
Monday, 14 November 2011 17:23

Defence ministry says reports that it plans to train soldiers in the sport to improve their battlefield skills are untrue

Once feared around the world, the Russian army has spent recent years fighting a losing battle to keep its reputation intact – playing down tales of soldier abuse, rotting armaments and a plan to replace tanks with inflatable w...

 
Markets mount over Monti, but not for long
Monday, 14 November 2011 16:11
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Former EU commissioner Mario Monti leaves his hotel on November 13, 2011 in Rome. (AFP Photo / Gabriel Bouy)

Markets around the world reacted positively to the appointment of ex-banker Mario Monti as the new Italian Prime Minister.

European markets were up an average of 0.5% in the morning, but quickly fell back into the red as the day lingered...

 
Registry To Open Property Ladder
Monday, 14 November 2011 15:58
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The Russian real estate market is about to change with the introduction of a new price-monitoring system open to everyone.


The Russian Registry Office will make all real estate deals public. It will mean potential buyers will be able to get information about any given address, such as when was it last on the market and...

 
Uranium One to bond on Micex
Monday, 14 November 2011 15:45
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Foreign companies are eying access to the Russian stock markets. Uranium One will be the first one based outside Russia to sell bonds on the Russian market.

­The Canadian mining company will offer 10-year bonds worth 29 billion roubles on the Russian stock exchange. The company will split the issue into two ...

 
Russia saves strongman Lukashenko from complete isolation
Monday, 14 November 2011 14:23
The cooldown period in the relations between Russia and Belarus started when Lukashenko refused to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Afterwards, the two countries had gas, milk and other scandals. As a result, Russia decided not to support Lukashenko (at least publicly) at the presidential election in Belarus in 2010...
 
Demand for aluminium buffers RUSAL’s profits
Monday, 14 November 2011 13:39
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RUSAL Sayanogorsk factory output (RIA Novosti/Sergey Guneev)

RUSAL's Q3 net profit has more than doubled to $290 million. The company puts it down to increased sales, higher premiums, and better cost control.

­The largest world aluminium producer says the premiums over the London Metals Exchange aluminum price reached $164 per tonne and ...

 
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