Pawns in play on Antarctic ice-cap
Thursday, 10 November 2011 18:56

Russia and China are both planning to prospect for natural resources despite a long-standing agreement banning it

The opening manoeuvres may have begun. During the Antarctic Treaty consultative meeting in Buenos Aires last June, Russia stated its intention to start prospecting for minerals, oil and gas in the white continent and surrounding seas....

 
Russian men 'posed as women' in online scam
Thursday, 10 November 2011 13:37

Russian prosecutors charge group of 35 men with swindling foreign nationals out of £100,000

Russian prosecutors have charged a group of 35 men with posing online as women to scam dozens of foreigners out of cash.

The men managed to swindle 125 men from Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany and the US out of a total of 5m roubles (£100,000), ...

 
Western media reluctantly admit Russia's gas victory
Thursday, 10 November 2011 12:42
The launch of the Nord Stream pipeline became one of the most talked-about subjects in the Western media. Foreign publications reluctantly admit that Nord Stream has become an important victory of the Russian Federation. At the same time, they do their best to underestimate the significance of this victory...
 
WTO Membership: Way away from commodities?
Thursday, 10 November 2011 11:52

Jacob Nell, chief economist at Morgan Stanley, Russia, explains to Business RT what will be the economic impact of Russia's WTO membership

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Russia’s WTO accession will not create immediate economic bonuses, as “it’s not like turning a key and starting an engine,” Jacob Nell from Morgan Stanley explains to RT. Longer term, however, ...

 
Russia seals WTO accession
Thursday, 10 November 2011 11:33
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Russian Chief Negotiator Maxim Medvedkov (R) shakes hands with an ambassador before the opening of formal negotiations on Russia's membership bid on November 10, 2011 (AFP Photo / Fabrice Coffrini)

Russia has crossed the winning post in its 18-year run for WTO accession. The working group in Geneva cleared all the remaining hurdles for Moscow's...

 
Hey Ho, Hey Ho, It's Off To The WTO We Go
Thursday, 10 November 2011 09:52

RT looks at advantages and disadvantages of Russia´s WTO accession to its economy

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While some businesses are celebrating Russia’s imminent WTO accession, others are preparing for a tough period of transition. RT has looked into what will change in the country’s economy once it finally joins the club.


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Being a member of the...

 
Russia rejects further sanctions of Iran over nuclear programme
Thursday, 10 November 2011 00:26

Moscow wary of moves towards 'regime change' after IEAA report, effectively guaranteeing a muted international response

Russia has rejected as "unacceptable" EU calls for further sanctions against Iran in the wake of a UN report that Tehran had experimented with nuclear weapon designs, in effect guaranteeing that the international response would be...

 
Russian space agency battles to save Mars probe
Wednesday, 09 November 2011 19:25

Phobos-Grunt probe designed to collect samples from a moon of Mars becomes stuck in orbit after booster rockets fail to fire

The Russian space agency is battling to save a faulty Mars probe that became stuck in Earth's orbit after booster rockets failed to fire shortly after launch.

Engineers have three days to regain control of the $163m Phobos-Grun...

 
Russian nationalism may be biggest threat to Putin's power, experts warn
Wednesday, 09 November 2011 17:46

Prejudice against people from the North Caucasus and central Asian migrant workers has been fuelled by economic hardship

Rising nationalist sentiment may pose the biggest challenge to Vladimir Putin's hold on power as the Kremlin persists in avoiding a glaring social fracture, experts warn.

The Kremlin has so far refrained from dealing with mounting...

 
US Green Stimulus Waste
Wednesday, 09 November 2011 17:24
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United STates, Abilene: A 300-foot crane slowly lifts a rotor onto a tower on the Lone Star Wind Farm. (AFP Photo / Robert Nickelsberg)

The US Energy Department’s handling of the stimulus package has been blighted by one scandal after another. But only now the true scale of potential waste is starting to emerge.

The US Department of Energy handed...

 
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