The other day when Putin had a telephone answer question session with all of Russia, the world concentrated on the political issues that he answered. But one question that was not political and had to do with the Russian New Year! Dasha Varfolomyeevaya called Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his televised question and answer […]
Temperatures in some settlements of Russia’s Yakutia Republic may reach 60 degrees below zero Centigrade (-76F) during the next couple of days. This year’s winter in Yakutia is a lot colder than usual: the republic sits on the way of cold Arctic air currents that reach the territory of the republic without any obstacles, and […]
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee and thinking about the issue of OPEC. OPEC is getting ready for a huge decrease in production and they realize that they need Russia to help out. Russia is not a member and OPEC wishes they were. Russia is the second largest supplier of oil in the […]
reported. Women are seen to outnumber men by population from the age of 28 years old, and the gap increases with age. The only two Russian regions where the male population was higher than female were the Chukotka autonomous district and the Kamchatka region, where there are 931 and 980 women for each 1,000 men, […]
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Dmitry Medvedev met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The discussions covered various aspects of Russian-American relations in the context of the changes taking place in the United States following the election of Barack Obama as President, and also international issues. (Link)
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anniversary of the Russian Constitution. “The most important recent achievement is that any amendments to the Constitution and other laws must be made according to the rules that we have established for ourselves,” the president said. He called the Constitution “the indisputable backbone of the Russian legal system.” RBC, 12.12.2008, Moscow 15:19:30.According to the truck […]
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