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RBC, 03.06.2008, Moscow 09:55:16.Gazprom has offered to Azerbaijan to buy the republic’s natural gas at market prices on the basis of a long-term agreement, the Russian gas giant’s press office reported, citing CEO Alexei Miller’s statement during a meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev as part of his working visit to the republic. Miller noted […]

“The average [crude] price was $102.8 per barrel for the March-April monitoring period, which puts the maximum duty rate at $398.1 per metric ton. Therefore we will reach a record export duty on Russian oil that will be fixed at $398.1 per metric ton from June 1,” Alexander Sakovich, deputy head of the customs payment […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & came across this tidbit of information. This is an interesting way to get more troops into an area. Railroad Troops….(Railway Troops — a specifically Russian institution that handles many aspects of civilian transport.)—————————————————————-MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) – Units of Russia’s Railroad Troops have started rebuilding […]

NATO said: “Georgia will stop sending unmanned planes above its breakaway republic Abkhazia. The decision was made after a meeting of the UN Security Council called at Georgia’s request. However, Georgia says it will start using the drones again if it thinks it’s necessary.” Looks like NATO was also being pushed to investigate the drone […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & wondering why NATO ignores Abkhazia?===========================================The President of the Georgian breakaway republic of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh, says the conflict zone on the border with Georgia can only be patrolled by Russian peacekeepers. The statement comes in response to repeated Georgian demands for the withdrawal of Russian troops. […]

compared to the same months a year earlier, the Economy Ministry stated today in a monitoring report on the economic situation in the country in January-April. Russia’s foreign trade jumped 49 percent to $236.1bn and exports rose 1.5 times to $151.8bn. Countries outside the CIS accounted for 85.5 percent of Russia’s exports (up from 84.7 […]

I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & reading an article about the: ======================================The hunger strikes in the Czech Republic, that the government is acting undemocratically in refusing to consult the public on the issue, even though the latest opinion polls show that 65 per cent of Czechs are against the radar base. Jan […]

Estonia has put an 88 year old veteran of the WWII. Moscow is having some real issues over this………——————————————–Arnold Meri is being tried in Estonia for genocide during WW2. But in Russia the 88-year-old veteran is considered a hero, and streets and schools are named after him. Arnold Meri is an Estonian national who was […]

I think that this is a good example of what Russia is up to in the world scene! I doubt that press will give this much time on the air because it says good things about Russia and her MiG jets.———————————————————————-The upgraded MiGs have also been completely overhauled, enabling them to stay in service until […]