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LJUBLJANA, March 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian energy giant Gazprom may boost its natural gas supplies to Europe and redirect European-bound liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller has said. Shortly after a devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Japan on March 11, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for Russian LNG producersContinue reading Gazprom studies ways of delivering more LNG to quake-hit Japan

There is no rift in Russia’s ruling tandem over the current crisis in Libya, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “We have a president in Russia who directs foreign policy and there can not be a split,” Putin said. Windows to Russia! Putin is Correct and Medvedev is Incorrect… (windowstorussia.com) Gates expects fighting inContinue reading No Rift with Medvedev over Libya…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Tuesday Moscow’s offer to mediate in the conflict in Libya. Medvedev was speaking during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates near Moscow. On Monday, Medvedev said Russia would “gladly” undertake peacemaking efforts in the North African state. “Medvedev also expressed concern over how the UN no-fly zoneContinue reading Russia ready to mediate in Libya conflict…

Euroset Holding N. V., the parent company of Russia’ largest mobile phone retailer Euroset, plans to hold an Initial Public Offering in April to raise about $140 million, a source close to the IPO told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. The company, which earlier on Tuesday officially announced IPO plans, will float shares of an additionalContinue reading Euroset seeks to raise $140 mln in London IPO in April

MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia welcomes the success of NATO-led coalition forces and the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Tuesday. “Our positions on Afghanistan coincide in many areas. Russia is interested in the stabilization of the region and in the success of the coalition forcesContinue reading Russia supports NATO success in Afghanistan…

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday the significant military fighting going on in Libya now “should recede in the next few days.” He told his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov in Moscow that the Western-led coalition was “going to great lengths” to avoid civilian casualties. “Many of the targets were in isolated locations,” GatesContinue reading Gates expects fighting in Libya to recede within days…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed as “unacceptable” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s description of Western-led attacks on Libya as a “crusade,” marking their first public foreign-policy dispute. Putin, who spoke amid a visit to Russia by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said the UN resolution and resulting allied offensive amounts to a “medieval call for aContinue reading Putin is Correct and Medvedev is Incorrect…

Russia’s head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, has appealed to the Nobel Prize Committee to revoke U.S. President Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize, the party’s press service said in a statement on Monday. Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his commitment to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. “The situation in Libya isContinue reading Russia’s Zhirinovsky calls to revoke Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

Reaching an agreement with Russia on cutting the tactical nuclear weapons stockpiles is likely to be a complicated process, Ellen Tauscher, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, has said. “Moving missile defense from a negative to a positive factor in our relationship could facilitate cooperation in other areasContinue reading U.S.-Russian talks on tactical nuclear arms cuts will take time

The United States and Russia have begun exchanging information on their nuclear stockpiles under a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty, a senior U.S. official said. “With entry into force of the Treaty, we have begun implementing an extensive regime of mutual monitoring and information exchange,” Rose Gottemoeller, the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control,Continue reading Russia, U.S. begin data exchange under New START