Just what Sveta and I have waited for. Now Sveta can travel to Turkey visa free. It was just officially announced that Russians will be able to travel to Turkey visa-free as of the 16th of April, 2011… This is according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. It seems that a new Russian-Turkish agreement is due […]
Russia employs Arctic brigade to defend oil and gas reserves Russia is setting up a special motorized infantry brigade of troops ready to fight in the Arctic as tensions over the region’s allegedly vast oil and gas wealth reserves grow. The troops will be based in the far northern town of Pechenga on Russia’s Kola […]
Russia has raised social pensions in Russia by 10% as of today (April/01/2011). They will now be reconfigured once a year in Russia, rather than every two years, as it was in the past. The amendment to the pension law was approved by Russia’s parliament and signed into law by the Russian President on the […]
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