News about Russia

Kazakhstan welcomes Geneva agreement on Ukraine Astana supports the document that includes steps for stabilizing the situation in Ukraine, which was adopted on April 17 in Geneva.
21 April 2014
Eurasian Union to help Kazakhstan survive global competition: Nazarbayev Any successful integration must be designed to bring economic benefits, which is the case with the Eurasian Economic Union: Nazarbayev.
21 April 2014
Drunk Russian teen drives into Easter procession, kills two A drunk Russian teenager drove a stolen car into an Easter procession of Orthodox worshippers in Siberia on Sunday, killing two police officers on duty, police said.
21 April 2014
British filmmaker opens Moscow show under Ukraine shadow It was meant to be a highlight of a year-long British-Russian cultural exchange, but a huge multi-media exhibition by British filmmaker Peter Greenaway has failed to escape tensions over the Ukraine crisis.
19 April 2014
You can't choose your neighbors: Nazarbayev about Russia and China President Nazarbayev once again spoke about Kazakhstan's friendly and allied relations with its big neighbors Russia and China.
19 April 2014
Russian FSB demanded Ukraine protest group details: VKontakte founder The founder of Russia's biggest social network VKontakte (VK) said Russia's security services demanded to know the identities of people running group pages of Ukrainian pro-EU protest last year.
18 April 2014
Only 1 in 7 Japanese scientists are women: study Just a seventh of scientists in Japan are female, government figures show -- the lowest rate of any developed nation, despite being a record high for the country.
16 April 2014
LUKOIL sells 50% in Caspian Investment Resources Ltd with assets in Kazakhstan to China’s Sinopec According to Vagit Alekperov, LUKOIL head, the company plans to redirect funds into geological exploration, including in the Kazakhstan’s part of the Caspian Sea.
16 April 2014
Obama urges Putin to rein in Ukraine insurgents US President Barack Obama urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call Monday to press pro-Moscow groups to lay down their arms in Ukraine, as the Kiev government sought UN help to tackle the growing insurgency.
15 April 2014
Armenia names new prime minister Armenia on Sunday named parliament speaker Ovik Abraamian as its new prime minister.
14 April 2014
Shades of the Cold War at NATO HQ The Ukraine crisis is turning the clock back 30 years for NATO and Russia with the return to propaganda methods and suspicions last seen during the Cold War.
14 April 2014
Snowden the 'traitor' looms over Pulitzers Hero or traitor? America is still polarized over Edward Snowden and whether the newspapers that exposed the extent of NSA's vast global spying network should be lauded or condemned.
13 April 2014
US sanctions Crimea's breakaway leaders The United States unveiled sanctions Friday against six of Crimea's breakaway leaders, including the official who signed the deal with Moscow to split the peninsula from Ukraine.
12 April 2014
Islamic teacher shot dead in Russia's North Caucasus Masked gunmen have shot dead an Islamic teacher after bursting into his home in Russia's Dagestan, in the latest such killing in the volatile region, investigators said.
12 April 2014
Atyrau fishers catch giant sturgeon Atyrau fishers from Amangeldi Production Cooperation have caught a giant sturgeon in the Caspian sea.
11 April 2014
Russian cargo ship docks to space station A Russian cargo ship has successfully docked with the International Space Station Thursday, bringing the crew crucial supplies and water, Russia's space agency said.
11 April 2014
Russia withheld intel on Boston bombing suspect Russia declined to provide the FBI with information about one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects two years before the attack, The New York Times reported.
10 April 2014
Crimean gays fear life under Russia Yelena, an openly gay teacher in Crimea who is raising four children with her partner, fears she could lose her family and her job now that her home has been taken over by Russia.
10 April 2014
Astana Opera ballerina to perform with Eifman Ballet Astana Opera’s lead ballerina Aigerim Beketova has been invited to preform in Budapest and London with Boris Eifman’s troupe.
10 April 2014
Italian drug mule caught in Karaganda leaking heroin Italian Kyrgyz drug mule has been caught in Karaganda hallucinating from the heroin leaking in his stomach.
09 April 2014
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