high prices for oil products on the retail and wholesale markets, head of the service Igor Artemyev told journalists today. RBC, 17.02.2009, Moscow 12:40:24.Olimpstroy is ready to announce the first winners of a tender for the performance of works in the construction of Olympic facilities. Forty-five days after all the corresponding documentation is checked, the […]
That is a good question: It seems that Russia is signing all kinds of deals with people all over the world. Lets see what they have signed… Jets for the Arabs, missiles for the Chinese, Kyrgyz government removing a USA air force base, NATO gets a supply route, Bolivia gets Energy contracts and so on […]
I was thinking about the Soviet Union and the Afghanistan War while drinking my coffee today. It seems that 20 years ago this 15th of February the Soviets left Afghanistan. Now the comparisons of that war and the one the USA is waging in Afghanistan is ironically similar. “As Russia marks the 20th anniversary of […]
Back in 1992 Coke took some small steps in Russia and showed that they were willing to start small and let it grow. Pepsi was here before Coke was and Coke knew that they had to build a reputation slowly. January 17, 1992 (New York Times)COMPANY NEWS; Coca Cola Sets Russia Venture The Coca-Cola Company […]
assessment (EIA) of the Nord Stream project to the Baltic states by March 1, head of the Russian Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry’s environmental protection department Rinat Gizatulin was cited in a ministerial press release as saying during a meeting of the EIA working group. RBC, 13.02.2009, Moscow 18:56:51.A significant number of joint Russia-Nato programs […]
The Bentonville-based retailer also joined the Russian Association of Retail Companies, a trade association similar to the National Retail Federation in the United States, said Richard J. Coyle, Wal-Mart’s senior director for international corporate affairs. “Wal-Mart has been exploring opportunities in Russia for several months,” Coyle said, and joined the retail companies association “to participate […]
I just had to write about this after I saw it on the news all over the world. Two communication satellites – one Russian, one American – have collided in space some 800 kilometers over 400 miles, above Siberia. The collision occurred on Tuesday, creating a massive explosion with much debris scattering through space. It’s […]
Hello, After years in politics and lobbying, Gerald Celente founded The Trends Research Institute (initially called the Socio-Economic Research Institute of America) in 1980 in Rhinebeck, New York. According to several media sources published after the events, its successful predictions include Black Monday, the fall of the Soviet Union, the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the […]
Ossetia, as he said following today’s Russia-EU ministerial meeting. He added that the new U.N. mandate must reflect the actual state of affairs in the Caucasus region. The mandate’s extension is now being actively discussed both within the United Nations and in the republics, Lavrov stated, adding that the different sides’ positions on the matter […]