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Wednesday, 17 April 2013 18:14 |
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State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin may take part in the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in the fall of 2013. Last year, the chairman of the lower house of the Russian parliament refused to participate in the event due to the position taken by some leaders of the PACE and a number of "Russophobian delegations"... |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 14:03 |
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The Obama Administration sent for the approval of the U.S. Congress the "Magnitsky list" that includes 18 people. 16 of them are directly linked with the case of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Another two were included on certain humanitarian grounds. All of them, in case of approval by the Congress, will not be able to visit the US... |
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Monday, 15 April 2013 23:59 |
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In the world of Russian music, the name of Valery Abisalovich Gergiev, general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, is well known. Valery Abisalovich Gergiev was born on the 2nd of May 1953 in Moscow to Ossetian parents and raised in his family's native Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, in the Caucasus.... |
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Saturday, 13 April 2013 01:10 |
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The memory of Cyprus and its offshore banks scandal is still fresh, and new information about thousands of suspicious accounts in financial institutions in the British Virgin Islands has emerged. The source of this information is the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) from Washington. The investigation involved 88... |
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 16:44 |
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Despite the fact that the snow has not melted everywhere in Russia and the ground is still wet, thick, black smoke from the fires can already be seen over Russia. This means the start of spring burning of dry grass - a disease with which forest and fire departments have been struggling unsuccessfully for years. Why do these fires occur and how... |
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 00:19 |
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Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov was born 130 years ago, on the 13th of April 1883. The composer wrote the music for the National Anthem of the Soviet Union, which later became the National Anthem of the Russian Federation, in 2001. He furthermore founded the Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as Red Army Choir.... |
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 16:40 |
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Spy devices disguised as rocks were found on an uninhabited island near the Russian base at Tartus. Israel is keeping an eye on other military objects in Syria served by Russian experts, and may have intelligence operations in Russia. The country is selective about sharing this information with its allies.... |
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Friday, 05 April 2013 14:45 |
Published time: April 05, 2013 11:12
Edited time: April 05, 2013 14:15  Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, announced Thursday it will increase its loan portfolio for defense industry investments to 464 billion r... |
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Friday, 05 April 2013 11:33 |
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Former Dire Straits lead guitarist takes decision on Moscow and St Petersburg gigs following crackdown by the Kremlin Mark Knopfler has cancelled two concerts in Russia owing to what he called a crackdown on human rights groups. Russian prosecutors and tax officials searched the offices of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Memorial,... |
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 15:25 |
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Moscow's two main exports are natural resources and weapons. Africa has plenty of former and plenty of demand for latter At the start of April, the UN general assembly overwhelmingly approved a new arms trade treaty. The treaty had been nearly 20 years in the making and seeks to regulate the $70bn international trade in conventional arms. Despite... |
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