Wednesday, 07 November 2012 19:49 |
Polymetal shares rally as scuba divers discover gold-laden freighter two weeks after it disappeared in Okhotsk sea Polymetal has tended to attract more publicity as one of a number of natural resources companies from the former Soviet republic that have controversially listed in London. But it has become the subject of an entirely different sort of... |
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 17:36 |
Putin's spokesman gave a positive reaction to the US election result, even if the Kremlin's response was a little tardier than others The Kremlin was tardy in extending its congratulations to Barack Obama, waiting until after midday in Moscow, but it said the news was "very positively" received. The president, Vladimir Putin, sent Obama an official... |
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 17:22 |
Countries around the globe have welcomed the re-election of the US president. But there are some notable exceptions ChinaFor one Chinese citizen, following the US polls had a certain voyeuristic thrill. "For us, the US presidential election is the same as watching an [adult] movie," he wrote on the popular Sina Weibo microblog service, "we cannot... |
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 13:41 |
The Russian authorities are going to pay serious attention to torrents. Many people around the world use torrents on a regular basis. This is also the most capacious channel of mutual exchange of files used for the so-called pirate traffic. The protection of intellectual property is one of the conditions of Russia's membership in the WTO... |
Tuesday, 06 November 2012 13:17 |
President Vladimir Putin announced a sudden change of the defense minister. Against the background of the scandal around the company Oboronservis, which is close to the structure of the Defense Ministry, Anatoly Serdyukov was dismissed from the position of the Defense Minister. The new head of the Defense Ministry is Sergei Shoigu... |
Friday, 02 November 2012 14:31 |
The commercial factor in the Pussy Riot case has completely outweighed the political one. When two members of the band were sent to a colony, and the media hysteria about the band receded, the lawyers of Pussy Riot became preoccupied with commerce. Now that the story takes a commercial turn, Pussy Riot becomes a successful business project... |
Thursday, 01 November 2012 10:22 |
Vimpelcom logo.(Reuters / Maxim Shemetov) Norwegian telecoms company Telenor is considering selling its $6.4bn stake in Russia’s VimpelCom, the world’s sixth-largest telecoms group by subscribers, because of the long-running row with Altimo, the telecom branch of the Russian Alfa Group. “It depends on what has been put on the table. We should be p... |
Thursday, 01 November 2012 09:25 |
AFP Photo / Manpreet Romana Russian producers kept on waving away the economic crisis in September, as people increased their spending. Experts warn that it could be fear of prices going up that underpinned the rise in domestic demand. Manufacturing companies in Russia said operating conditions in September improved for the second consecutive... |
Thursday, 01 November 2012 06:41 |
(AFP Photo / Allison Joyce) Russian stocks are expected to continue an upward motion on Thursday, following inspiring manufacturing data from China and striving to see an improvement in the USA. A raft of US economic news will be the focus of investor attention till the end of the week, culminating in a comprehensive jobs report for October on... |
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 17:09 |
The Izhevsk Arms Factory was founded 205 years ago in the heart of the Udmurtia Republic. The factory became the main supplier of weapons to the Russian army. The first war, in which the products of Izhmash factory took part, was the Patriotic War of 1812. The last war was the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945... |
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