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Monday, 03 October 2011 15:08 |
RIA Novosti / Igor Samoilov Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller, has told Prime Minister Putin that the Nord Stream gas pipeline along the floor of the Baltic Sea, which will commence operation in early November. At the meeting Miller added that as demand increased the company, Russia’s monopoly gas exporter would look at increasing capacity. “We are proud t... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 12:42 |
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Russia has completely repaid the debt of $185.7 million to Europe's largest creditor - Croatia. Moscow is expected to fully repay its debt to the countries of former Yugoslavia before 2016. Russia continues to repay its debts to foreign countries at the time when it writes off the debts of foreign countries to Russia... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 12:29 |
Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), Russia’s largest designer and manufacturer of various types of railway cars, has chosen Caterpillar as its partner to develop and produce engines, road-construction equipment and a freight car service center. Oleg Sienko, General Director of UVZ, said the details of the partnership are still being worked out, but adding that ... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 05:16 |
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In a Soviet flat, Ilya Kabakov explored escape and utopia. His career has soared in his post-Soviet partnership with Emilia Kabakov.
 In "The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment," an installation from the 1980s, Russian artist Ilya Kabakov created an environment intimate and full of longing. In the work, a plank straddled two simple... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 05:10 |
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Moscow opens its streets and squares to performers, artists and musicians over the next month to draw tourists and brighten the mood of locals.
 Moscow. Red Square. One hour before midnight. A wind orchestra from the Italian town of Lecco is surrounded by a dense circle of spectators. The men in the orchestra wear hats decorated with huge black... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 05:05 |
Both the United States and Russia are gearing up for a presidential election in 2012, and nothing brings out the contrast between my native country and my sometimes-if-they-give-me-a-180-day-visa adopted country like the differences between our political processes. While I love getting caught up in the hoop-la and intricate minute-by-minute... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 05:03 |
 As my taxi crossed the bridge over the Oka River, passing over a steep, picturesque river bank, we rolled into the sleepy center of Nizhni Novgorod.
I looked around in dismay at my hometown.
The city seemed deeply scarred: The remains of burnt wooden and brick merchant mansions from the 19th century, once the pride and charm of the old town, were... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 04:57 |
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It's no surprise that there is already a computer game of "Metro 2033." Dmitry Glukhovsky's dystopian novel, with its episodic shoot-outs and faceless mutant enemies, sometimes feels more like the product of an X-Box joystick than a literary imagination. But this post-apocalyptic, underground adventure, set in the disused tunnels of Moscow's... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 04:54 |
 Russians and Americans are far apart on so many issues, and many choose to see them as opposites. Certainly, Russians add to the picture their own peculiar pessimism, while Americans with their irrepressible optimism take a more rose-tinted view. Yet both countries stretch across vast territories - a crucial factor in their development. Both have... |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 04:50 |
One of the favorite sayings of the new generation of global Russians is ,"Speak English, dress Italian, drive German, kiss French, be Russian." In spite of the fact that, like the rest of our global village, we have to replace some of these with "Chinese," the passion of Russians for having the best of everything cannot be overestimated.
When... |
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