Russia set to end 18-year wait to join WTO
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:21:59 -0700

By Timothy Heritage and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal ...

Russia warning over Iran
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:03:08 -0800

Russia's foreign minister has warned that any military strike against Iran would be a grave mistake with unpredictable consequences. Russia , the closest thing Iran has to a big power ally, is opposed to any military action against the Islamic Republic, ...

Prado hosts Hermitage exhibition
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:01:03 -0800

An exhibition of European art from Russia's Hermitage Museum is to go on show at the Prado Museum in Madrid. Works by Rembrandt and Caravaggio and items once belonging to Russia's tsars will be among around 120 items on show. ...

Catherine, the Great Human Being
Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:05:26 -0800

She was surely right about the empire-building Potemkin, but it was Catherine herself, an obscure German princess who rose through a combination of ruthlessness, energy, and imagination to become one of Russia's greatest rulers, who more properly ...

Facebook Wins Battle of Social Network Clones
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:17:10 -0800

By Katie Linsell - Mon Nov 07 23:01:00 GMT 2011 Facebook, which has more than 800 million users worldwide, is still trailing some local rivals such as Vkontakte in Russia , Nasza-Klasa.pl in Poland and Draugiem.lv in Latvia. Facebook, which has more ...

Russia , China laud their economic bloc with Central Asian nations
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:51:43 -0800

Moscow the member states of a security pact dominated by Russia and China pledged Monday to boost their financial and energy cooperation, despite the global economic slowdown. The members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization praised their ...

Russia on verge of WTO entry after Georgia announces trade deal
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:13:59 -0800

10 that could open the way for Russia to end its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze told a routine media briefing on Monday the South Caucasus country had reached agreement with ...

Just Russia , Rot Front Leaders Debate
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:00:40 -0800

Election debates kicked off this weekend when A Just Russia leader Sergei Mironov and Rot Front head Sergei Udaltsov squared off in a heated but friendly exchange on Dozhd television. But the event can only pay dividends to one side in the State Duma ...

Glaser To Visit Lebanon, Jordan, Russia In Transnational Organized Crime Fight
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:19:21 -0800

The US Department of the Treasury said Monday that Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Daniel L. Glaser will travel to Moscow, Russia ; Beirut, Lebanon; and Amman, Jordan November 7 14, 2011. In Moscow, Assistant Secretary Glaser will meet ...

US Report Accuses China and Russia of Internet Spying
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:01:36 -0700

By thom shanker washington american intelligence agencies, in an unusually blunt public criticism of China and Russia , reported to Congress on Thursday that those two foreign governments steal valuable American technology over the Internet as a ...

UPDATE 1-PGNi G turns to arbitration court in Gazprom row
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:01:17 -0800

WARSAW, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A dispute over gas import prices between Russia and its European customers escalated on Monday as Polish gas monopoly PGNi G filed an arbitration procedure against Gazprom to cut import prices under a long-term supply deal. ...

From Russia with gas: Nord Stream pipeline opens valve
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:55:05 -0800

The world's longest sub-sea pipeline is set to start pumping Russian gas to Europe, with President Medvedev in Germany ready to flick the switch. The Nord Stream pipeline will pump fuel straight to EU customers, without relying on transit countries. ...

TEXT-Fitch assigns Tele2 Russia -backed bonds 'BB+' rating
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:01:34 -0800

OJSC Saint-Petersburg Telecom is a subsidiary of Tele2 Russia Holding AB (Tele2R; 'BB+'/'AA(rus)'), The Series-07 RUB6bn bond will have a stated maturity of ten years and an attached investors' put option in year three. Apart from the maturity date ...

Russian steel giant moves closer to blue-chip ranking
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:12:15 -0800

Shares in Russia's Evraz rose 11 per cent on its first day of trading on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange, as the steel maker part-owned by Roman Abramovich came closer to joining the FTSE 100. Evraz is among a string of Russian ...

Russia Questions Fairness of 'Merchant of Death' Guilty Verdict
Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:47:22 -0700

AP FILE: Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, right, escorted by Thai police commandos, arrives at Don muang airport in Bangkok . new york a day after a federal jury found Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman known as the "Merchant of Death," guilty of ...

Russia issues stark warning against attack on Iran
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:45:38 -0800

Russia and Iran warned the West against a military strike on the Islamic Republic Monday, saying an attack targeting its nuclear program would lead to civilian casualties and create new threats to global security. AP AP The separate remarks by foreign ...

The State Ballet of Georgia From Russia to Lisner with love
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:10:56 -0800

"Dreams about Japan," which was awarded the Japanese prize for Best Ballet of the Year and the Golden Mask Award, the highest theatrical prize in Russia , closes the presentation. The group will be accompanied by their ballet orchestra lead by Italian ...

Toney outpointed by Lebedev in Russia
Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:50:54 -0700

James Toney, a former champion fighting at 43, lost a unanimous decision Friday to Denis Lebedev of Russia for the interim WBA cruiserweight title. Cheered by the home crowd at Khodynka Ice Palace, Lebedev started tentatively but would up battering a ...

Russian March Resists Navalny
Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:57:33 -0800

By Alexander Bratersky Navalny waiting backstage to give a speech at the Russian March. Skinheads were among the participants. Whistleblower Alexei Navalny tried to direct the fury of Moscow's Russian March at the Kremlin and its ruling "party of ...

Czech Republic beats Russia 3-2 to win first Fed Cup title since 1988
Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:26:32 -0800

Moscow the Czech Republic won its first Fed Cup title in 23 years on Sunday after Lucie Hradecka and Kveta Peschke beat Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-2 in the decisive doubles match to secure a 3-2 win over Russia in the final. ...