Statement of income, property, bank accounts, securities, and liabilities of President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev for the 2010 calendar year: March 10, 2011, Income for 2010: 3,378,673.63 rubles. (approximately $113,000 American dollars.) Joint ownership with Svetlana Medvedeva of a 367.8-square meter apartment in the Russian Federation. (This is worth a huge amount of […]
Easter Holiday Dates 2011: Good Friday – Friday 22, April 2011 Easter Saturday – Saturday 23, April 2011 Easter Sunday – Sunday 24, April 2011 Easter Monday – Monday 25, April 2011 This year Easter falls on the same day whether in the east of West. We have lots of links about Easter. Here are […]
Just as Muscovites were enjoying the end of wintery conditions and the apparent onset on spring, a blizzard brought road misery and power cuts to the capital and the surrounding region on Saturday. Three people were reported dead and over a dozen injured as sleet turned road conditions into what one official called “mush.” In […]
One of my favorite articles that is posted every week is on Russian Profile. They have a panel of experts from around the world (Canada and USA today) that give opinions on an interesting question and usually that question is most likely in the Russian peoples mind. That makes it a legit proposition to answer… […]
Putin on acquiring WTO and obligations: Putin said, Russia is being forced to “sustain losses” and “gets nothing out of a membership that isn’t,”. “Why in hell would they admit us (WTO) if we do everything anyway? Russia is doing for free that which costs money!” He then said, “Here is a direct order – […]
Russian correspondents were seized by Libyan opposition forces on Friday afternoon near the city of Ajdabiya. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs might seek the assistance of countries with troops on the ground in Libya’s to release the journalists… Source: Windows to Russia!
The Chief Executive Officer of the German RWT company Stefan Yudish has told the Berlin Forum devoted to the problem besetting the construction of the Nabucco pipeline that the project is at a standstill. Nabucco was conceived to deliver gas from the Caspian region to Europe, bypassing Russia and was also intended to rival the […]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez on Thursday called for an end to the ongoing bloodshed in Libya and the start of political dialogue, the Kremlin said. The two leaders, who discussed the situation in the North African country by telephone, stressed the need for all parties concerned “to act strictly […]
The head of the political department of the United Russia party Aleksei Chadayev has sent in his resignation from the post, after he criticized Russia’s official stance on situation in Libya in his personal blog. He strongly criticized Russia’s official stance on Libya, saying that joining the international community in condemnation of Muammar Gaddafi is […]