News about Russia

Russia to roll out Red Square military parade on unprecedented scale Russia is pulling out all the stops for celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with 16,000 troops marching in a Red Square parade.
06 May 2015 14:19
Family, politics shape Putin's view of WWII anniversary Russian President Vladimir Putin grew up with tales of how his father battled the Nazis as a Red Army soldier and his mother lived through the punishing siege of Leningrad.
06 May 2015 13:50
Russia raises Stalin's ghost amid nostalgia for past glories Law student Mikhail Kosyrev used to have a negative view of Stalin but his attitude has drastically changed in recent years, he said, insisting the wartime tyrant meant well.
05 May 2015 16:51
Zeman advises Russia to learn economic diversification from Kazakhstan President of the Czech Republic said that Russia had to diversify its economy, something that Kazakhstan managed to do well.
05 May 2015 00:06
Kazakhstan to render aid to Nepal: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kazakhstan will render assistance to Nepal.
04 May 2015 18:42
China's Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary celebrations, with Kazakhstan and Belarus also on his itinerary.
04 May 2015 13:25
Ten Russian bikers reach German border ahead of WWII rally Ten pro-Kremlin Russian bikers, part of a larger group on a controversial World War II victory ride through Europe, reached the German border.
04 May 2015 12:21
EU, NATO try to counter Russian propaganda Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort.
02 May 2015 14:24
UN Security Council fails to back Russian appeal on Yemen The UN Security Council was unable to agree on a Russian-drafted statement demanding an immediate ceasefire or at least humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Yemen.
02 May 2015 13:13
Russian MP demands probe over sex shops' use of WWII medal A Russian MP asked prosecutors to investigate a sex shop chain for using a depiction of a World War II medal on price tags for vibrators.
30 April 2015 10:08
Foreign leaders congratulate Nursultan Nazarbayev on reelection Foreign leaders have congratulated the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on his victory in the presidential elections.
29 April 2015 22:00
Russia removes Navalny-led opposition party from approved list Russia has withdrawn the opposition Progress Party led by arch Putin foe Alexei Navalny from the list of authorised parties.
29 April 2015 12:50
Radio silence as Russia tries to contact space cargo Russia will try again to make contact with an unmanned cargo ship after communications were lost following the spacecraft's launch toward the International Space Station.
29 April 2015 12:02
Nazarbayev dispels rumours of tenge devaluation President Nursultan Nazarbayev has dispelled the rumours about a forthcoming devaluation of the tenge in Kazakhstan.
29 April 2015 01:52
Almaty born writer Serebryanskiy wins Russian Award Writer Yuriy Serebryanskiy has become the winner of the Russian Award for the second time.
28 April 2015 22:32
Russian cargo spacecraft hit by glitch: official Russian officials said an unmanned Progress spacecraft carrying supplies to the International Space Station had suffered a glitch.
28 April 2015 17:52
Kazakhstan rules out possibility of single EEU currency Kazakhstan has once again ruled out the possibility of adopting a single currency for the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), despite the propositions of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
28 April 2015 00:48
Right to be forgotten discussed in Kazakhstan's Majilis The so-called 'right to be forgotten', which allows individuals to have information, videos or photographs that infringe on their privacy deleted from Internet records, was discussed by Kazakhstan's Majilis.
27 April 2015 18:35
Ukraine to push for peacekeepers, funds at EU summit Ukraine will press European leaders for peacekeepers to patrol its war-torn east and will angle for more international financial support at two days of high-level talks starting.
27 April 2015 15:21
Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash: reports Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines.
27 April 2015 13:21
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