Medvedev Says: No threat of food deficit in Russia…


There is no threat of a food deficit in Russia despite the recent drought, The President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, said during a meeting of the State Council on domestic food market policies in Saratov (Volga region). Medvedev promised to get control of speculative food prices and added that even according to the most pessimistic […]

Russia Views Sanctions against Iran as Ineffective …


TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia dismissed the effectiveness of sanctions against Iran, stressing that a systemic solution is needed to settle Tehran‘s standoff with the West over the country’s nuclear program. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that sanctions do not normally produce the desired results. “The approach to its solution [Iranian nuclear problem] must […]

Russia Today in Spanish in DC…


Russia Today Logo… Russia’s Russia Today news channel is launching a new  24/7 Spanish broadcast in Washington DC on the first of Sept… The channel’s  editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan  is sure the new service will enjoy the same demand as the English-language broadcasting launched in 2009.This year it was nominated for the British Broadcast Digital Awards […]

In Russia Grain Speculators Just Plain “Suck”…


Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Antimonopoly Service to prevent food price fixing… The president said the country possesses sufficient amounts of grain, when he visited a dairy farm in Orenburg today. He said speculators should be severely punished… (Well, I would suggest that “should”  be replaced with “must” […]