A Russian Observant Windows…
Being from America most my life. I have a tendency to still equate my life in America to Russia. One of the hardest times to conform mentally to the differences is when you first wake up in the morning… Sometimes I wake up and forget that the world I live in is so vastly physically
Russia’s former ambassador to Libya has stoked new tension between President Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, after calling the Kremlin’s acquiescence to air strikes targeting Libya a “betrayal of Russia’s interests”. Putin and Medvedev, who are close political allies, appeared to clash on Monday after the former condemned support for the bombing
BP’s controversial alliance with the Kremlin-controlled oil company Rosneft is in tatters after a tribunal backed the company’s Russian partners in blocking the deal. The London tribunal, called to settle the dispute between BP and its Russian oligarch partners AAR over the proposed deal, ruled that the temporary high court injunction preventing it from being
U.S. President Barack Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he was committed to support Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Obama and Medvedev spoke by phone on Thursday to discuss a wide range of issues in U.S.-Russia relations. “President Obama affirmed his support for Russia’s accession into the WTO this year
New charges will most likely be brought against Moscow’s ex-subway chief Dmitry Gayev, who is already accused of abuse of power and embezzlement, a source from the investigative authorities said on Friday. “The evidence against Gayev…suggests new charges could be brought against him,” the source said. Gayev, who was managed the Moscow rapid transit system
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his Ukrainian counterpart Mykhaylo Yezhel will meet in Moscow on Friday to discuss bilateral military cooperation. A Ukrainian military delegation, led by Yezhel, arrives in Moscow to participate in a meeting of a subcommittee on security under the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission. “Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his Ukrainian colleague
The Russian Northern Fleet and the Norwegian Navy will conduct the Pomor-2011 joint drills in the Arctic in May, a spokesman for the Northern Fleet said. “The exercise will take place in the Barents and Norwegian Seas, and will include firing of live artillery rounds at simulated surface and aerial targets, anti-submarine warfare drills, anti-piracy