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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 12:30 |
The Syrian opposition is due to open an embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara next week, according to the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. He also said in an interview with the British daily The Guardian that Turkey would slap sanctions on the current Syrian authorities shortly. The move will be officially made public during Erdogan’s f... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 12:29 |
More than 200 people have been injured in a collision of Shanghai Metro trains. Rescue, firefighting and ambulance teams have urgently arrived at the site of the accident. In 2009, dozens were injured in a similar accident, when two Shanghai Metro trains collided due to electric equipment malfunction. The Shanghai Metro boasts the world’s longest t... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 12:28 |
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Konstantin Grishchenko have signed an agreement in New York on scrapping Ukraine’s weapons-grade plutonium. The State Secretary said both countries stood to profit by the agreement. Ukraine is now due to take to Russia its plutonium, which could potentially be used for... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 12:21 |
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President Medvedev offered Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister Aleksei Kudrin to step down if he had discrepancies with the head of state. As a result, Medvedev accepted Kudrin's resignation as was advised by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Medvedev also said that he would put an end to the "irresponsible chatter" of Russian officials... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 12:16 |
Russian women have come out on top at the Canadian leg of the Curling World Tour in Regina scoring a 7:2 win over Saskatchewan. Another Russian team, captained by Olga Zyablikova, pulled out of the race in the qualification round with two wins only. RIAN |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:27 |
Coke commits to Russian market. Coca Cola has flagged an estimated $3 billion in investment into Russia, over the next 5 years, at the opening of a $120 million plant in Rostov. The company says the move will help it to counter the growing presence of strategic rival Pepsi in the Russian market, with the Rostov-on-Don plant opened ahead of demand... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:14 |
EuroChem to boost European presence. Russian fertilizer producer Eurochem has announced that it will outlay an estimated €700 million to purchase European fertilizer assets from German chemical giant BASF. The company says it will buy the BASF assets in Antwerp, Belgium plus the 50% stake in the PEC Rhin joint venture between BASF and France’s Total ... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 10:05 |
RIA Novosti / Ruslan Krivobok Russian air flagship, Aeroflot, has posted a 1H 2011 net profit of $376.8 million under IFRS. The bottom line is up from the 1H 2010 net profit of $17.5 million, with 1H 2011 EBITDA rising 20.5% year on year to $330.9 million, as 1H revenues rose 26.4% year on year to $2.344 billion. Aeroflot general director Vitaly... |
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011 02:11 |
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It is virtually inevitable that Putin will next year become Russia's president again. What will that mean for Russia, the world, and indeed the man who just can't seem to give up power? The year is 2024. The world's economic prospects have perked up a bit since the collapse of the euro. The Germans are happily spending deutchmarks again, the Greeks... |
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Monday, 26 September 2011 23:09 |
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Putin's enduring popularity provides a vindication of the way Russia is run. This is not a cause for congratulation Had Vladimir Putin cancelled next year's presidential election, the stage-managed announcement on Saturday that he and Medvedev would swap places as president and prime minister might have had the benefit of saving everyone in Russia... |
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