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Svet Sunday: The First of June - International Children's Day!
2008-06-01 21:27:00 Hello!Today is The First of June - and we in Russia celebrate The International Day of Children Defendence or International Children's Day how it calls in another countries.What is sunnier, joyful, and memorable than the childhood? A child gets to know the world, learns good and friendship, finds out new in familiar things. A child is happy when he is loved, warmed fed and understood. The children are the future of the mankind. Tomorrow is in their hands. Their right for life and dignity must be respected and defended.And one more thing about this day: It is official start of school holidays, and kids will be out of school till 1st of September!So today I want to spoil our kids and a kid what lives inside each of us and I'll publish a cartoon what we enjoyed in our childhood. Hope you enjoy it too!Junior and Karlson (Part 1)One of the icons of Russian animation. Absolute classic! Based on Astrid Lidgren's story "Karlson on the roof" (Karlsson p taket). It is rather intere... More About: Sunday
Russia: Oil Export Duty at $398.1 per metric ton!
2008-06-01 11:32:00 MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia 's oil export duty will rise to a record $398.1 per metric ton from June 1, 2008, in line with global market trends."The average [crude] price was $102.8 per barrel for the March-April monitoring period, which puts the maximum duty rate at $398.1 per metric ton. Therefore we will reach a record export duty on Russian oil that will be fixed at $398.1 per metric ton from June 1," Alexander Sakovich, deputy head of the customs payment department at Russia's Finance Ministry earlier said.He said export duties on light oil products would rise to $280.5 per metric ton from June 1, 2008, from the current $241.4 per metric ton, and duty on heavy petroleum products would grow to $151.1 per metric ton from $130.1.The Russian government adjusts export duty on crude and petroleum products every two months, depending on changes in the Urals blend price on world markets.The average price of Russia's benchmark Urals crude blend was $93.36 per barrel in the f... More About: Export , Metric , Duty
Russia: Railway Troops Sent To Abkhazia!
2008-05-31 13:33:00 Hello,I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & came across this tidbit of information. This is an interesting way to get more troops into an area. Railroad Troops ....(Railway Troops -- a specifically Russia n institution that handles many aspects of civilian transport.)------------------------------ ----------------------------------MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) - Units of Russia's Railroad Troops have started rebuilding railroad infrastructure on the territory of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia under a presidential decree on humanitarian aid to the self-proclaimed republic, the Defense Ministry said on Saturday."In accordance with the Russian president's decree on humanitarian aid to Abkhazia and a request by the Abkhazian authorities, units from the Russian Railroad Troops and special non-military equipment have been dispatched to rebuild railroads and infrastructure [in Abkhazia]," the ministry said in a statement.------------------------------- -----------------------...
NATO Says: Georgia Stop The Drones & No We will Not Listen To Abkhazia!
2008-05-31 11:16:00 Hello,NATO said: "Georgia will stop sending unmanned planes above its breakaway republic Abkhazia. The decision was made after a meeting of the UN Security Council called at Georgia's request. However, Georgia says it will start using the drones again if it thinks it's necessary."Looks like NATO was also being pushed to investigate the drone situation again. That is good, what NATO said was a fabricated report of a one sided story.....The search for an opening to the crisis has taken place behind closed doors this time. For the second time in as many months the UN Security Council discussed simmering tensions in Georgia?s breakaway republic of Abkhazia, and as before, Abkhazian officials were left out. However, the country?s Foreign Minister, Sergey Shamba, said that even if they hadn?t been, it wouldn?t have changed much.?Even if we?d been invited, I don?t think the council would have treated what we?d have said objectively and impartially, because it only recognises Georgia?s ri... More About: Listen , Stop , Nato , Drones
Russia: Loves Dandelions?
2008-05-30 14:17:00 Hello,In America a battle is fought all summer long. I, My Dad, Uncles, Grandfather and my kids fought this battle. The battle of the evil dandelion.........======================= ================Dandelion is a widely distributed perennial weed. The mature plant arises from a strong, deep taproot that exudes a milky substance when cut. There is no visible stem. Leaves are sparsely hairy or without hairs, have deeply serrated margins, and are clustered in a rosette at the base of the plant. Dandelion can reproduce from seed almost year-round or it can regrow from its taproot. Bright yellow flower heads, 1 to 2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm) across, consist of petal-like ray flowers and are borne singly on the tip of a hollow stalk, 3 to 12 inches (7.5 - 30 cm) long. Seeds are enclosed singly within fruiting bodies and are attached to a long slender stalk that terminates in a parachute-like structure called a pappus. Seeds are transported in the wind. The bristles on the seeds can clog cultivati... More About: Russia
Abkhazia: Seems Everyone Forgets To Ask Them Their Opinion!
2008-05-30 12:54:00 One of Our Only Photos We Saved Of Abkhazia!Hello,I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & wondering why NATO ignores Abkhazia?================================ ===========The President of the Georgian breakaway republic of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh, says the conflict zone on the border with Georgia can only be patrolled by Russian peacekeepers.The statement comes in response to repeated Georgian demands for the withdrawal of Russian troops. Tbilisi says Moscow is no longer neutral in the dispute over the sovereignty of the region.“The replacement of Russian and CIS peacekeepers in the conflict zone is out of the question, as they have been performing their duties with honour and dignity for years,” Bagapsh said.“As far as NATO coming to Georgia - it would lead to a deterioration in the situation in both the Northern and Southern Caucasus as well as in the whole region,” he added==================================== ===I guess that answers that!Abkhazia would not be very hap... More About: Opinion
Russian News: May 30th, 2008!
2008-05-30 12:53:00 RBC, 30.05.2008 , Moscow 14:35:42.Russia's trade surplus grew 1.7 times to $67.5bn in January-April 2008 compared to the same months a year earlier, the Economy Ministry stated today in a monitoring report on the economic situation in the country in January-April. Russia's foreign trade jumped 49 percent to $236.1bn and exports rose 1.5 times to $151.8bn. Countries outside the CIS accounted for 85.5 percent of Russia's exports (up from 84.7 percent), while the CIS's share decreased from 15.3 percent to 14.5 percent. Russia's imports climbed 41.7 percent to $84.3bn. The share of countries outside the CIS in Russia's imports edged up from 84.7 percent to 86.5 percent, while the CIS's share shrank from 15.3 percent to 13.5 percent.RBC, 30.05.2008, Moscow 14:23:27.According to the Economy Ministry's preliminary estimates, inflation is expected to reach 7.4-7.5 percent in January-May, the ministry's monitoring report on the economic situation in the country states. The ministry f... More About: News , Russian
Jan Bednar: Hunger Strike Over Radar Base in Czech!
2008-05-30 12:00:00 Jan Bednar on the right!Hello,I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & reading an article about the:===================================== =The hunger strikes in the Czech Republic, that the government is acting undemocratically in refusing to consult the public on the issue, even though the latest opinion polls show that 65 per cent of Czechs are against the radar base.Jan Bednar from the ‘No to the Base ’ campaign group has lost 10 kilograms in weight in just over two weeks. His liver is failing and jaundice is setting in, so doctors are urging him to end his hunger strike. But he’s refusing. He may look weak, but his will is strong.================================== =====Seems that there are some issues that America has caused in the Czech Government structure. Wonder how much money the Czech Government was bribed with by the USA to put in a Radar Base?Poland, I think is holding out for much more money than Czech did!I think that this is called buying your friends, so do n... More About: Hunger , Strike
Russia: Soviet Union War Hero On Trial In Estonia!
2008-05-29 13:22:00 Arnold Meri Hello,Estonia has put an 88 year old veteran of the WWII. Moscow is having some real issues over this.........---------------------------- ----------------Arnold Meri is being tried in Estonia for genocide during WW2. But in Russia the 88-year-old veteran is considered a hero, and streets and schools are named after him.Arnold Meri is an Estonian national who was awarded the highest state medal during the war. Estonia accuses him of taking part in the deportation of hundreds of his countrymen to Siberia after the war. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.A village in Russia’s Pskov region is naming a school after the veteran. It educated the regiment under Meri’s command in 1941. Back then, Meri organised the region’s defences against the invading Nazis. He was wounded several times in action.And the city of Gorno-Altaisk in Southern Urals is giving Meri’s name to a street. He lived there after he was stripped of all honours in 1952. Meri ... More About: Soviet , Union , Trial
Russia: Upgrades NATO's MiGs!
2008-05-29 12:56:00 MIG-35 NATO Name Falcrum FHello,I think that this is a good example of what Russia is up to in the world scene! I doubt that press will give this much time on the air because it says good things about Russia and her MiG jets.------------------------------------ ----------------------------------The upgraded MiGs have also been completely overhauled, enabling them to stay in service until the early 2030s. During this time they may undergo several more refits and may be provided with more advanced equipment to keep them in proper fighting condition.The success of the Slovakian contract shows that Russia's defense industry can stand its own against the West in its home field - aircraft for NATO's air forces. And not only in aircraft - Greece's purchase of Russian ships and air defense systems is another fine example. Hopefully, contracts, both filled and to be filled, are only a beginning, the beginning of the Russian defense industry's comeback to the European market. (Link)-------... More About: Upgrades
Deadly: Mongolian Snowstorms in May!
2008-05-29 12:08:00 Hello,Looks like Spring is not as much fun in Mongolia.......-------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -MOSCOW, May 28 (RIA Novosti) - At least 21 people are reported dead and 100 are missing after snowstorms battered Mongolia over the past two days, the Xinhua news agency cited the country's emergencies officials as saying Wednesday.Seven provinces in west and central Mongolia were hit hardest, with wind speeds reported at up to 40 meters per second. Buildings and power transmission lines have also been damaged.Over 300 rescuers and more than 70 vehicles are involved in search and rescue operations.Snowstorms are common in Mongolia during spring.Update: 5-30-2008Mongolia will observe a nationwide day of mourning on Saturday for 46 people killed in heavy snow and sandstorms that have battered the country this week, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.---------------------------------- ----------How would you like to live in Mongolia and have a bli... More About: Deadly
Georgia: Up To It Same Old Games!
2008-05-29 11:53:00 Hello,Seems that Georgia is up to its usual: "It was a planned terrorist act aimed at escalating tensions in the region, and there is no doubt that the date was specifically chosen to coincide with Independence Day celebrated in South Ossetia today," Eduard Kokoity said."Georgia continues its policies of state-level terrorism," Kokoity said.South Ossetia and the other Georgian breakaway region, Abkhazia, are a sensitive issue in relations between Georgia and Russia. Georgia, which has moved to join NATO under pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili, is seeking to regain control of the republics and accuses Moscow of encouraging separatism.A group of international peacekeepers and observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) headed to Tskhinvali to monitor the situation.Meanwhile, police in the southern Znauri district of the self-proclaimed republic reported another incident allegedly linked to Georgia.A car with several South Ossetia residents cam... More About: Games
Russia: Georgia's Provocative Actions, From The West?
2008-05-28 16:39:00 Hello,I have the same thoughts running my through my head.....-------------------------------- ------------ILULISSAT (Greenland), May 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia n Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that third parties could be behind Georgia's provocative actions against Russia.Relations between Russia and Georgia have been consistently strained since President Mikheil Saakashvili came to power in Georgia four years ago, with both sides being involved in numerous disputes, most recently over Russia's moves to develop closer ties with Georgia's two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia."I do not understand what they [the Georgian authorities] want; unless they are being used [by someone else] to constantly provoke Russia," Lavrov said at a ministerial meeting of the five states bordering the Arctic Ocean, held in Ilulissat, western Greenland."I doubt they would come up with these provocative actions on their own," he added.----------------------------------- -----... More About: West
Russia: Meeting Over Artic Oil!
2008-05-28 13:58:00 Hello,Remember a while back when Russia upset the world by planting a flag under the North Pole at the Seabed? No! Well to refresh your memory here are my articles on the subject....http://kylekeeton.com/2007/07/ russia-north-pole-ice-station-zebra.htmlh ttp://kylekeeton.com/2007/08/russians-cla im-to-north-pole.htmlhttp://kylekeeton.co m/2007/08/russia-plants-flag-under-santas -home.htmlhttp://kylekeeton.com/2007/09/r ussians-have-made-their-claim-and-they.ht mlhttp://kylekeeton.com/2007/09/russia-he re-we-go-again.html---------------------- ----------------------------------------- --Officials from the five nations with Arctic coastlines are meeting in Greenland for talks on the territorial status of the polar region. According to geologists, up to 25 % of the world's oil and gas reserves could be buried under the ice. The controversy over exploration rights intensified last year after a Russian research vessel planted a flag on the sea-bed at the North Pole. (Link)Russia, Canada, Denmark,... More About: Meeting , Artic
Russia: Gazprom Wants The Number One Spot!
2008-05-28 13:29:00 Hello,While I was drinking my morning cup of coffee I was thinking that Gazprom had to have its sights on the number 1 spot in the world. For the last few weeks there has been article after article about how fast Gazprom is growing and that they have their sights on Exxon.----------------------------------- -------------------------------MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia n energy giant Gazprom is seeking to become the world's number one company, CEO Alexei Miller said during a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday."...Very important steps will be taken, including making Gazprom the world's number one company," Miller said, adding that his company had experience, resources and over 300,000 employees to achieve the goal.Miller said Gazprom was now ranked the world's third-largest company for market capitalization, which currently stands at $362 billion.Financial statements say Gazprom produced 548.6 billion cubic meters of gas last year, excluding output by it... More About: Spot , Number
Russian Hot News: Rotus Tries To Scoop Windows To Russia?
2008-05-28 10:47:00 Hello,Today a blog by the name of Rotus tried to scoop a news story before Windows to Russia posts it. (Which is not hard to do by the way!) So I took this as a challenge & here are our articles that have to do with Medvedev and corruption in officials!http://news.kylekeeton.com/2008 /05/russia-what-is-president-medvedev-doi ng.htmlhttp://kylekeeton.com/2008/05/russ ian-news-05-20-2008.htmlhttp://kylekeeton .com/2008/05/russian-news-may-27th-2008.h tmlhttp://kylekeeton.com/2008/05/russia-w hat-is-president-medvedev-doing.htmlRotus scooped??? me on the Judicial aspect but the judicial end of it is just a small part of the whole process. Medvedev is reforming the whole system of the Government.------------------------------ -----------------------------------"The judicial system is completely corrupt, and to reverse this, what is necessary is a change of the ruling elite and not just the judges," Belkovsky said.He predicted that the reform would "contribute to the consolidation of power ... More About: News , Russian , Scoop
Russian Government Has Problems Finding Workers!
2008-05-28 10:33:00 Hello,Do you need a job? Russia has openings:Perceived prestige of being a government worker is not enough, the personnel shortage in the central state system exceeds 15 percent, according to a report published yesterday by Rosstat. Even though top state jobs pay twice the national average, the government is unable to compete with the private sector on the labor market. As a result, government service has become woman’s work. In the first quarter of 2008, women made up 71 percent of federal officials, 58 percent in Moscow. (Link)Kyle & Svet More About: Government , Russian , Workers , Problems
Russian News: May 27th, 2008!
2008-05-27 13:51:00 RBC, 27.05.2008 , Moscow 14:45:29.Russia's government has filed a lawsuit in France against Swiss company Noga requesting the payment of significant damages caused by Noga's unlawful arrest of Russia's assets in France, the Finance Ministry reported today.RBC, 27.05.2008, Moscow 14:39:48.Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered his government to curb inflation, stressing that this is a key task for the time being, the Mayak radio station quoted the President as saying at a meeting with Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. In turn, Kudrin noted that the government had been able to bring the growth rate of the money supply in the economy into line with the plans that had been endorsed by the State Duma and the government's monetary policy guidelines. The Deputy PM promised that the measures taken by the Finance Ministry and the Central Bank of Russia will permit to not only reduce further consumer price growth, but also quash inflation within the next half a year. The Finance Min... More About: News , Russian
Georgia Hands Russia A Bill For The Drone!
2008-05-27 13:32:00 Hello,Now it is getting good, Georgia wants Russia to pay for drone?----------------------------------- ---------Georgia calls on Russia to pay for downed drone Georgia says Moscow should apologize and pay it compensation for a drone that according to a UN report was shot down by a Russian jet over Abkhazia. Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia said it shot down the spy plane in late spring. Tbilisi has released a video claiming to show a Russian plane attacking the drone. Moscow strongly denies the allegations saying the tape was questionable. But on Monday the United Nations observer mission to Georgia issued a statement saying it believes Tbilisi’s version of the events. Russia's ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko says he does not “question the professionalism of the UN officials, but the evidence given to them was questionable”.------------------------- -------------------Georgia seems to have nothing better to do than irritate Russia.....Kyle & Svetcom... More About: Hands , Bill
Russia: We Have Bigger Bombs & Laser Canons Than You Do!
2008-05-27 13:02:00 The pistol contains pyrotechnic flash bulb which generates initial impulse.Hello,I have come across this article in several forms in the last few days. I get a chuckle out of it when I see it. In Russia you always have to build something better or first. It seems to be a Russian trait. It is a trait that I saw all my life in the USA & a trait that is very strong in Russia. I did an article months ago about the "Father Of All Bombs " it is a Russian bomb that is more powerful than the "Mother Of All Bombs" that the USA built. Like I said this is an important trait that Russians have......... (Link)----------------------------------- --------MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Russia started developing tactical laser weapons before the United States and has several prototypes of high-precision combat chemical lasers in its arsenal, a defense industry source said on Tuesday.The Boeing Company said recently it had test-fired a high-energy chemical laser fitted aboard a C-130H aircraft for the fir... More About: Laser
Russia: Georgia Plays games Again? Or Russia Shot Down My Drone!
2008-05-26 22:58:00 Hello,This is an article about the UN findings about the downed drone in Georgia . Articles have sprung up all over the Western presses about that the UN had said without a doubt the drone was shot down by a Russia n Jet! The fact is that the UN failed to reach a positive conclusion.....Now the UN says that it was a Russian Jet...... Cool!------------------------------------ -----------------------------Russia’s Jet Might Have Downed Georgia’s DroneThe UN mission in Georgia has released a report on April 20 accident, when a spy drone of Georgia’s Interior Ministry was hit in the air of Abkhazia. It appears the experts failed to reach a final conclusion.It emerged that the UN experts based their investigation on the tape allegedly made aboard the drone by Georgia’s military in online mode. The experts were even provided with the 12-second portion that hadn’t been released at first.The expert conclusion appears at least vague, as there are no evidences explicitly proving that t... More About: Games , Shot , Plays
Russians Say: Seveastopol Needs To Belong To Russia!
2008-05-26 17:17:00 Sevastopol' - MonumentRBC, 23.05.2008, Moscow 18:25:22.Just over two thirds of Russia ns (68 percent) believe that a major sea-port Sevastopol must belong to their country, a poll held by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center showed. A mere 5 percent of the respondents said that the city could remain part of Ukraine, while 27 percent are undecided on the matter. The percentage of those who think that Sevastopol must be part of Russia is lower among people aged 18-24 (59 percent) than among older respondents (66-71 percent).More than half of those who believe that Sevastopol must belong to Russia explain their position by saying that it was a Russian city in the past (56 percent). Other respondents said that Sevastopol is a strategically important port and a place of Russia's military glory (6-7 percent). Meanwhile, 31 percent of respondents said that it was more important to return Sevastopol to Russia than to maintain good relations with Ukraine, compared to 18 percent of Rus... More About: Russians
Russia to Ukraine: Lets Fight Over The Crimea!
2008-05-26 15:37:00 Crimea is in the middle of the map, in the Black Sea!Hello,It gets better everyday around here. I had a comment from a reader (MattMacL) he came up with this suggestion that Russia should stress the issue of the Crimea, before NATO can bring Ukraine into its arms.------------------------------------ -------MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Sergei Mironov, speaker of the upper house of Russia's parliament, said on Monday Russia could claim back Sevastopol, a Russian naval base on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko recently ruled not to extend lease terms for Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine after May 28, 2017."Undoubtedly, we must raise the issue ourselves, and if necessary, with the Ukrainian authorities," Mironov told reporters commenting on Yushchenko's decision."We should study the issue more closely. If Yushchenko is making such statements, we can also start looking into the issue properly," the senator said, describing Yushchenko's instruction... More About: Fight
Russia + China = Power!
2008-05-24 13:09:00 Hello,I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & realized that Medvedev has long term connections with China ....Medvedev knows China. For two years he was in charge of a difficult job - organizing the Year of Russia in China and the Year of China in Russia. He had to make numerous trips and conduct many talks. In a way, he closed down the old era in bilateral relations. Now his task is to open a new one. (LINK)----------------------------------- ---------BEIJING, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's relations with China are becoming a key factor in the development of international affairs, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, the second day of his official visit to Beijing.Medvedev told Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: "My visit to China is aimed at developing the strategic dialogue that has been progressing over the past few years between our countries.""We have achieved major progress. Now Russian-Chin... More About: Power
Russian News: May 23rd, 2008!
2008-05-23 13:23:00 RBC, 23.05.2008 , Moscow 14:52:43.The National Banking Board may review the Russian banking sector's development strategy until 2020 in the fall of 2008, President of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia, State Duma deputy Anatoly Aksakov said during the association's general annual meeting. If the board approves the strategy, the document will be almost mandatory for the authorities, Aksakov stated. A draft strategy has already been devised, and a working group to be headed by the association's First Deputy President Alexander Khandruyev will be created to finalize it. The document is to be prepared before the beginning of the Sochi economic forum scheduled for September 2008. It must be in line with financial markets' development strategy and provide for closing the 22-fold gap between the incomes of the rich and the poor, reducing inequality between Russia's regions, and maintaining the country's economic sovereignty, Aksakov noted.RBC, 23.05.2008, Moscow 14:09:05.Acc... More About: News
Russia: What Is Minimum Wage?
2008-05-23 11:19:00 MOSCOW (Moscow News) - The minimum wage per month in the capital (Moscow) is to come to 10, 900 rubles by the end of 2010. Currently the minimum wage in the city is 6,800 rubles. After September 1, it will be 7,500 rubles.Additionally, pensions in the capital are to exceed the cost of living by the end of 2009, Igor Antonov, the chairman of the budget and finance committee of Moscow State Duma, said.------------------------------------ --------That in American Dollars: (at exchange of 23.5 rubles per dollar)Per Month:6800 rubles = $290 (now)7500 rubles = $319 (Sept.1st 2008)10,900 rubles = $464 (2010)Kyle & Svetcomments always welcome. Subscribe in a reader More About: Russia , Minimum Wage , Minimum
Russia & Ukraine: Like Two Kids!
2008-05-22 17:00:00 Hello,Now this statement could cause some fun times in the future:The head of the State Duma committee on CIS affairs, Alexei Ostrovsky, said in April that Russia could reclaim the Crimea if Ukraine was admitted to NATO. Media reported that President Vladimir Putin issued a similar threat during a closed-door speech to NATO leaders at the Bucharest Summit earlier in April.http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080522/1 08125688.htmlNow lets have tea!Kyle & Svetcomments always welcome. Subscribe in a reader More About: Kids
Russia: What Is President Medvedev Doing?
2008-05-22 09:18:00 Hello, Yesterday I wondered what Prime Minister Putin was up to. So today while I was drinking my coffee I thought that I would see what the President of Russia Medvedev is doing!1. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to discuss space exploration and military cooperation with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, during his first trip abroad as president on May 22-23. Medvedev's visit to Kazakhstan will be followed by a two-day trip to China, during which the countries will sign a number of documents, including a joint declaration on key international issues.2. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he will hold one-on-one talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy during the G8 summit in Japan in July.3. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for reforms in Russia's judicial system to prevent bribery and corruption, and make the courts truly independent.4. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev signed an order on May 14 allowing Manchester United and Chels...
Russia: United Won Championship ,(Looks Like Moscow Won Also!)
2008-05-22 08:22:00 Hello,I see United Won the football game & Moscow is still here :) No beer & vodka left though....------------------------------- ------------Almost three hours after the opening whistle sounded, United goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar dove to his right to push Nicolas Anelka's penalty wide, and the Manchester United squad erupted into celebration.In the stands, the United fans went wild, their 2,000-kilometer trip across Europe to Moscow having been rewarded with a victory in the Champions League final.----------------------------------- ---------Seems that all went well & everyone had a good time!Kyle & Svetcomments always welcome. Subscribe in a reader More About: Championship , Russia
Russia: What Is Putin Doing!
More articles from this author:2008-05-21 14:35:00 Hello,I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about what Putin is doing now that he is not President anymore!1. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved on Tuesday the country's largest spending project since the Soviet collapse, a $570 billion program to overhaul and expand the country's transportation infrastructure over the next seven years.2. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced the creation of a new executive body that he said would inject efficiency into the unwieldy government machine. The new body, called the presidium, will comprise Putin's seven deputies and seven other ministers and meet once a week, in a routine reminiscent of Putin's weekly Monday meetings with key ministers in the Kremlin. The entire Cabinet will convene at least once a month, Putin said.3. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged his government on Tuesday to give Russia a modern fleet of ships for its flourishing energy sector and named his close ally, Deputy Prime Minister ... 1, 2, 3 |
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