Looks like a really cool event is coming up this August 1st, 2008!————————————————-A rare astronomical phenomenon will occur in Russia on the August 1. The total eclipse of the Sun is already nicknamed “Russian” because it will cross Russia’s Western Siberia from the north to the south. The maximum eclipse will be at 10:21:08 UT, […]
Moscow Russia: Big news concerning the expansion of the Moscow Metro was announced recently: Over the next five years, more than 15 kilometers of new metro lines will be added to the city’s subway system. As part of the expansion, districts on the outskirts of Moscow will be connected to the center by an underground […]
RBC, 18.07.2008, Moscow 10:57:56.Aeroflot – Russian Airlines carried 4.385m people in the first half of 2008, which is 16.2 percent higher compared to the same period of 2007, the company said in a statement today. The company’s passenger traffic went up 11.3 percent to 12.704bn passenger-kilometers, and seat occupancy stood at 68.5 percent. Revenue load […]
Light at End of Tunnel for Planetariumfrom Moscow News Moscow’s beleaguered planetarium may open its dome to the heavens next year, following a struggle for funding and ownership that now puts the Moscow Government firmly in control. “The Planetarium will open for Muscovites and guests of the city, if we can resolve all legal
Hello, Today we’ll continue reading Soviet Stories for children and we will start to read next story by Nikolay Nosov “The Pistol”. The Pistol (Part 1) n old woman coming down the street. He waited until she came quite close and then he fired. Bang! The old woman jumped and gave a little scream.“Oh dear, […]
By F William Engdahl The Caucasus Republic of Georgia, as nations go, is not apparently a major global player. Yet Washington has invested huge sums and organized to put its own despot, Mikhail Saakashvili, in the presidency in order to close a nuclear North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) iron ring around Russia. US Secretary of […]
To speed up the process, it is proposed to allow hotels to stamp migration documents to show a foreigner has registered at his place of habitation. When a foreigner arrives at a hotel, he will fill out a form to be recorded on the migration account. The foreigner will receive a part of the form […]
Immediate Response 2008, joint Georgian-American military exercises, began July 15 at the Georgian Ministry of Defense training center outside Tbilisi, RIA Novosti information agency reports. A total of 1650 soldiers will take part. Besides Georgians and Americans, members of the armed forces of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine will participate. The Georgian Defense Ministry stated in […]
I was drinking my morning cup of coffee & thinking about what I see in the world the last few months. I see a shifting of world power. Not a fast mudslide shift, but a river carving a channel shift. Russia & China have developed stronger ties, partly in the fact that Medvedev is very […]
RBC, 15.07.2008, London 11:39:34.Evraz Group’s quarterly steel production grew 12.6 percent, from 4.164m tonnes in the second quarter of 2007 to 4.69m tonnes in Q2 2008, the Russian steel and mining company said in a press release today. Pig iron production increased 13.8 percent from 3.188m tonnes to 3.628m tonnes, and rolled products output rose […]