Новости по теме Russia

Battling time and protests, Putin turns 60 Russian President Vladimir Putin hits retirement age on Sunday but he appears determined to prove that 60 is the new 40.

04 October 2012

Georgian Dream to ease, not end Russia nightmare The defeat in Georgia's parliamentary polls of Russia's bitter foe President Mikhail Saakashvili may remove some poison from venomous bilateral relations, but Moscow should not expect major policy changes from Tbilisi.

03 October 2012

Faint hopes as Moscow court hears Pussy Riot appeal A Russian court on Monday hears the appeal of jailed punk rockers Pussy Riot against a two-year prison camp sentence for performing an anti-Kremlin song in a cathedral.

01 October 2012

Anti-Islam film declared illegal by Russian provincial court A court in Russia's region of Chechnya has banned the anti-Islamic film that sparked deadly protests across the Muslim world, a ruling that in theory should be observed across Russia.

29 September 2012

Kazakhstan guards wounded two Russian citizens in Caspian waters Kazakhstan border guards have wounded two Russian citizens on board of two boats that entered Kazakhstan’s territorial waters of the Caspian Sea.

27 September 2012

100-year old plants still grow in Petropavlovsk Botanical Garden Russian Colonel Nikolay Kurpatov brought exotic plants to Northern Kazakhstan in the beginning of the past century.

24 September 2012

Kazakhstan setting tank-repair facility Uralvagonzavod and Kazakhstan Engineering will establish a joint company repairing and modernizing armored vehicles in Kazakhstan.

24 September 2012

Moscow crash victims were 'orphans collecting prize' Five orphans from a children's home and two adults, killed when a drunken driver slammed into them at a Moscow bus stop, had just collected a handicrafts prize for disabled children.

24 September 2012

Hockey: Barys signs up Antropov Kazakhstan-Canadian forward Nikolay Antropov will play his debut match as part of Barys team against Czech Lev.

24 September 2012

US wants more time to close USAID in Russia The United States has asked Russia for more time to shutter the activities of USAID, after Moscow gave it less than three weeks to close down two-decade old programs.

22 September 2012

Russian Orthodox activists protest Pussy Riot art show Backers of the Russian Orthodox Church disrupted the opening Thursday night of an art exhibit in Moscow devoted to the punk rock band Pussy Riot.

22 September 2012

Suu Kyi calls for release of Pussy Riot singers Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, on a landmark visit to the United States, called Thursday for the release of jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot.

21 September 2012

Belarus economy facing trouble despite Russian help Belarus was bailed out of last year's dire economic crisis by its giant neighbour Russia but as the ex-Soviet state heads to parliamentary polls the economy is once again flirting with disaster.

21 September 2012

Abramovich could not pull Putin strings: judge Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich enjoyed "privileged access" to Russian President Vladimir Putin but held no significant influence over him.

20 September 2012

Lennon widow Ono to give peace award to Pussy Riot Yoko Ono, the artist and widow of Beatles musician and songwriter John Lennon, will bestow a peace award in the couple's name to Pussy Riot, the Russian punk rockers.

20 September 2012

13 cooperation documents to be signed during Putin's visit to Kazakhstan Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will render a work visit to Kazakhstan on Wednesday to take part in the 9th Forum of Interregional Cooperation.

19 September 2012

Popigai: Russia's vast, untouched diamond crater In the far north of Siberia, Russian scientists have stepped up research on a once-secret deposit of diamonds whose scale dwarfs anything ever discovered and could turn world markets "upside down".

19 September 2012

Kazakhstan and Russia to sign contracts worth $1.8 billion The business forum will be held on the eve of the 9th forum of transborder cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia to be held in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, September 19.

17 September 2012

Woman takes command of ISS after crew return A woman took command of the International Space Station for only the second time Monday as three US and Russian colleagues made a safe return from the orbiting space lab to the Kazakh steppe.

17 September 2012

Russian army accidentally fires on school: official Russia launched an investigation after an army unit accidentally fired mortar shells into the grounds of a boarding school in the troubled North Caucasus region of Dagestan.

14 September 2012

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