Posts Tagged ‘Moscow’
Posted on October 1, 2009 - by Venik
War in Georgia: Reviewing EU Findings
As some of you may have heard, the international fact-finding mission (IIFFMCG) organized by the EU to investigate the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia has finally released its final report. As was expected, most of the blame for starting the war went to Georgia. Russia’s “fault”, according to the investigators, for the most part [...]
Posted on July 29, 2009 - by Venik
Celtic stand in the way as Dynamo search for an answer to Russia’s European conundrum
The weight of history – both on and off the pitch – stands between Dynamo Moscow and Champions League success It was at Highbury in December 2003 that an eastern European side last made it through to the second phase of the Champions League. Lokomotiv Moscow didn’t exactly do it in a blaze of glory, [...]
Posted on July 17, 2009 - by Venik
Chechen leader to sue over murder allegations
Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s strongman leader, says he will sue a human rights organisation for claiming he was behind the murder of one of its activists. Natalya Estemirova, of the group Memorial, had exposed dozens of rights abuses in Chechnya. Her bullet-ridden body was found on Wednesday, hours after she had been kidnapped by four men [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Medvedev to attend Shanghai group summit
Multimedia Photo: Shanghai Cooperation Organization Video: Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit opens in Dushanbe Infographics: Shanghai Cooperation Organization MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will participate in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization on Monday, before a meeting with the presidents of Brazil, India and China. The SCO summit is being [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia to raise oil export duty to $212.6 per ton from July 1
MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will increase oil export duty from the current $152.8 to $212.6 per metric ton from July 1, following trends on global oil markets, a senior official of the Finance Ministry said on Monday. The average price of oil totaled $63.66 per barrel from May 15 to June 14, [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia says N.Korea has reduced activity at nuclear facilities
Multimedia Photo: North Korea Celebrates Sun’d Day – Kim Il Sung’s Birthday Photo: Photo tour: North Korea for foreigners Video: North Korea ups the stakes with arrests Video: Korea’s DMZ popular with tourists Video: U.S. ‘opposes’ nuclear North Korea Video: N. Korea tests Obama MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – North Korea has scaled down [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Collective Security Treaty Organization summit in Moscow
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Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Belarus calls deals at Moscow security summit ‘illegitimate’
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Belarus, which pulled out of Sunday’s summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc in Moscow, has said the agreements reached at the meeting are illegitimate. Belarus refused to attend the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in protest against Russia’s ban on imports of its dairy products. The [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Iran’s Ahmadinejad dismisses claims of election fraud
Multimedia Photo: Photo tour with RIA Novosti. Iran Video: Iran campaigning heats up MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Iran’s newly re-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dismissed on Sunday allegations of election fraud, and called his victory a blow to the “oppressive system” ruling the world. Tehran has been hit by a second day of protests [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Medvedev criticizes Belarusian leader for pulling out of summit
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian president criticized his Belarusian counterpart on Sunday for refusing to attend a security summit in Moscow, and for failing to personally discuss the matter. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pulled out of the summit of the post-Soviet Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) security bloc in protest against Russia’s [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
CSTO leaders sign rapid-reaction force deal without Belarus
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – The leaders of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc have signed an agreement on creating a joint rapid-reaction force without a signature from Belarus, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. Belarus pulled out of the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russian Orthodox Church marks Feast of All Saints
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti, Ivan Korzun) – Russia is celebrating the Feast of All Saints on June 14, with liturgies in Orthodox churches throughout the country commemorating all known and unknown saints. The feast, also called All Saints’ Sunday, is marked on the first Sunday after Pentecost. It became prominent in the ninth century [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Medvedev calls for boost in trade with Kyrgyzstan
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s president called for stronger trade ties with Kyrgyzstan at a meeting on Sunday with the country’s leader, ahead of a summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc. Dmitry Medvedev told Kurmanbek Bakiyev that the global economic crisis has caused a slight decline in Russia’s trade with the Central [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Post-Soviet security bloc launches summit in Moscow
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – A summit of the post-Soviet CSTO security bloc leaders opened in Moscow on Sunday in the absence of the Belarusian president, who pulled out of the meeting in protest against Russia’s trade restrictions. The summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and [...]
