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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a 2009 nuclear cooperation agreement with Turkey that would boost energy projects between the two countries, the Kremlin said on Saturday. The deal, approved by Russia’s parliament last month, was one of several agreements struck by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a visit to Ankara in August 2009.Continue reading Medvedev signs Russia-Turkey nuclear papers

A court in Central Russia has turned down a request to end the compulsory psychiatric treatment of the man, whose doomsday sect that spent more than six months underground waiting for the apocalypse in 2007-2008. In November 2007, 35 members of a religious sect, led by Pyotr Kuznetsov, went underground to wait for the endContinue reading Court rules to continue treatment of Russian mentally ill doomsday prophet

The Russian government will allocate 120 billion rubles ($4 billion) for the modernization of regional schools over the next 2 school years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. “We plan to allocate 60 billion rubles ($2 billion) from the federal budget in each of the next two academic school years. The federal funds willContinue reading Putin vows to spend $4 bln on regional schools over next 2 years

That cup of coffee is extra special today. I got my sweetie with me in Ukraine. We are at the Kiev Train Station at this moment… I really like the Kiev train station. It is like home away from home and I have spent many hours waiting for trains at this station… Sveta is hereContinue reading Coffee and the Kiev Train Station…

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will pay an official visit to Russia on May 11-14, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The visit will take place on an invitation from President Dmitry Medvedev, the presidential press service said, adding that talks between Medvedev and Zardari will take place on May 12. The visit was announced justContinue reading Pakistani president to visit Russia in mid-May

Media should cover issues concerning health care and especially children’s vaccinations extremely precisely and responsibly, avoiding the dissemination of medieval myths, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday. “Our media are free, but they should be responsible. They, of course, should not spread grand old Middle Ages [ideas], when saying that vaccinations are a devil-likeContinue reading Medvedev tells media to be responsible, correct when covering vaccination issues

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday instructed the Agriculture and Energy ministries to solve the problem with gasoline shortages in the country to ensure the start of spring cultivation. The government boosted gasoline export tariffs to nearly 44 percent from May 1 to fight local shortages which started in mid-March in some regions. RussianContinue reading Putin instructs Russian ministries to solve problem with gasoline shortage

A Moscow court sentenced ultranationalist Nikita Tikhonov to life in jail on Friday for the murder of human-rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova in 2009. The court also sentenced Tikhonov’s accomplice and civil partner Yevgeniya Khasis to 18 years in prison. Markelov and Baburova, who worked for the liberal Novaya Gazeta newspaper, wereContinue reading Moscow court sentences Markelov murderer to life

I am sitting at a place called McFoxy! The name should give you a hint. It is owned by McDonalds here in Ukraine… The coffee is exactly the same as McDs and the menu is centered around chicken and more chicken. I have become a McFoxy fan because McDonalds is always so busy that youContinue reading Coffee and waiting for Sveta…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev moved to beef up his image as an anti-corruption crusader on Wednesday as he signed off a bill to raise fines for bribery. The bill, approved by Russia’s parliament earlier this month, raises fines for giving or taking bribes up to 100 times the amount of the bribe. The maximum fineContinue reading Medvedev signs landmark anti-corruption law…