Moscow :: Russia
| about 3 hours ago
Former chess champion and Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov said Sunday that Russia's financial crisis could trigger massive protests and strengthen the country's opposition movements. Kasparov said the crisis will hit the population broadly, potentially...
Tags: Garry Kasparov, Russia
Moscow :: Russia
| about 12 hours ago
The hypnotic free dance of Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski on Sunday sent the Russian couple past defending champions Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin to win the gold medal at the Cup of Russia. American pair Meryl Davis and Charlie White produced...
Tags: Russia, Brian Joubert, Jana Khokhlova, Sergei Novitski, free dance
Havana :: Cuba
| about 18 hours ago
Moscow is considering a number of deals, which require certain Russian firms to explore Cuba's coastal waters for offshore oil in the Gulf of Mexico, Russia's Ambassador to Havana Mikhail Kamynin said Saturday, AFP reported. Cuba is already in talks with...
Tags: oil, Cuban, Gulf of Mexico, Russia, oil companies
Tbilisi :: Georgia
| about 20 hours ago
Mikhail Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kazcynski were travelling near the border with South Ossetia when automatic rifle fire was heard. The gunfire came from the side of 'a Russian patrol', a representative of the Polish presidential office said.
Tags: georgia, russia, saakashvili, russian troops, Georgian Parliament, Russian, South Ossetian Defence Ministry, Mikheil Saakashvili, nato, motorcade carrying
Nazran :: Russia
| about 23 hours ago
Russian news agencies say the police headquarters building in Ingushetia's principal city came under grenade and automatic weapons fire. Tass agency cites the republic's Interior Ministry as saying...Officials could not immediately be reached for comment...
Tags: attack, russia, Ingushetia
Moscow :: Russia
| 1 day ago
Technically, the State Duma's approval of the proposal was beyond doubt, because the Kremlin-friendly United Russia party, headed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, holds about two-thirds of the seats in the lower house. To enter into force,...
Tags: russia, prime minister, resign, putin, Russian, United Russia
Moscow :: Russia
| 1 day ago
Boris Fyodorov, a reformist financier who helped bring Russian economy out of the post-Soviet chaos, has died, his company said in a statement...Russian television said he suffered a heart attack in London three weeks ago and died in a clinic there. Russian...
Tags: russia, Russians OK
Kiev :: Ukraine
| 1 day ago
Russian energy company Gazprom on Saturday threatened to cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine starting January 1 unless Ukraine pays $2.4 billion of debt and finalizes new contracts for future deliveries. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov, quoted by the...
Tags: russia, medvedev, Russia Gazprom, Ukraine, Russian, Sergei Kupriyanov, gas deliveries, spokesman sergei
Shanghai :: China
| 1 day ago
The US will still remain still the premier maritime power in 2025. A Transformed World", a study prepared by the apex body of 16 US intelligence agencies. The report not only mentions rivalry but also talks about the potential for cooperation, taking...
Tags: India, China, Mathew Burrows, National Intelligence Council, global trends, America, Russia
Moscow :: Russia
| 1 day ago
Brian Joubert of France and Japan's Fumie Suguri took charge of the fifth round of the ISU Grand Prix at the Khodynka ice palace in Moscow on Friday. Joubert, who finished fourth on home ice a week ago, performed at his top level registering a new personal...
Tags: Brian Joubert, Fumie Suguri, Russia
