Bored? Well read this…… Geography: Russia is the largest country in the world, covering 17.1 million square kilometer. Extending nearly halfway around the northern hemisphere and covering much of eastern and north-eastern Europe as well as the whole of northern Asia, Russia has a maximum east-west extent, along the Arctic Circle, of some 7,700 kilometers […]
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terms of the president and the lower chamber of parliament. The changes were easily passed by 388 deputies voting for it and 58 against. RBC, 14.11.2008, Moscow 12:51:37.Russia is expected to see the creation of a new consultative body to unite the majority of Russia’s television market participants prior to the general transfer to digital […]
Belarus Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets signed the so-called currency capitulation in Moscow yesterday. Belarus gets a new intergovernmental loan of $2 billion for 2008 and 2009 by agreeing to pay for Russia’s oil and gas supplies in rubles starting from 2009. From now on, stability of Belarus economy will depend on Russia’s ruble stability and […]
I was looking at everything that Russia was up to this week and some of it is pretty good. I will say that Russia is not bored….. First thing that came to mind was that Robert Gates from the USA came in to have a chit chat about missiles. He was not asked to come […]
Holyfield Valuev Evander Holyfield, at the age of 46, will seek to win back a major heavyweight title when he fights Russian giant Nikolai Valuev for the WBA crown next month.
I found an interesting report today while drinking my morning cup of coffee. The report was about people who wanted to get a Russian citizenship. It said that up to 400,000 people receive Russian citizenship a year. It said From 2005 and up, Russian citizenship has been granted to some 400,000 people a year, and […]
* GM pushes ahead with flexible assembly plant in Shushary near St. Petersburg* Capacity for 70,000 Opel and Chevrolet cars and SUVs* GM Number One foreign car-maker in Russia with 11% market share Zurich. This week General Motors (GM) will open a $300 million, flexible assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. The plant will add […]
The document was approved on September 11, during a visit by a delegation of the Russian foreign ministry to Hong Kong. The agreement is expected to be signed once all state agencies have approved the document. Hong Kong has seen a significant increase in imports and tourism from Russia. Imports in the first nine months […]
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