Russia is ready to increase its gas deliveries to Europe by 6 billion cubic meters for 100 days in order to disengage volumes of liquefied gas for quake-stricken Japan, Russian Prime Minister Putin said on Saturday. “Right now, Gazprom is ready to increase the gas deliveries to Europe by 60 million cubic meters per day, […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday advised Russians against travelling to Japan over a radiation threat posed by Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant that was severely damaged during last week’s devastating earthquake and powerful tsunami. “Background radiation in Tokyo and the remaining part of the country, except for the area around the Fukushima 1 nuclear power […]
Russia urges western nations to stop the indiscriminate use of force in Libya, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. “The reports say that during air raids on Libya strikes were also delivered on non-military facilities… As a result, 48 civilians are reported dead and over 150 wounded,” the ministry said in a statement. ‘In […]
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WORLD * Western aircraft are bombarding civilian objects in the Libyan city of Tripoli, the Libyan Al Jamahiriya satellite TV channel said * Moscow regrets the attack from a range of European countries on Libya which is being conducted “with reference to the hastily adopted UN Security Council resolution,” official spokesman for the Russian Foreign […]
Russian rescuers completed work in Japan’s quake-ravaged Sendai and moved for search of people to another disaster-hit city, Niigata, a Far Eastern emergencies service department said on Sunday. “It was decided on March 18 to send Russian rescue groups to Niigata. On Saturday, rescuers were setting up a camp and preparing equipment after their relocation. […]
Radiation levels were within the norm on Sunday in the Russian Far East despite radiation leaks from Japan’s Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant severely affected by last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry reported. Fukushima was hit by a number of explosions following a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands on March 11. […]
Russian military to buy 36 ICBMs, 2 missile subs in 2011… 14:16 18/03/2011 The Russian Defense Ministry will buy 36 strategic ballistic missiles, two strategic missile submarines and 20 strategic cruise missiles this year, Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Friday.>> Didn’t I just have an article on Russian: Boys and Their Toys! Looks like they […]