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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Monday made his strongest endorsement yet for his friend U.S. President George W. Bush, saying "international terrorism" will claim victory over the international antiterrorism coalition if Bush loses. "I believe that the activities of terrorists in Iraq are not as much aimed at the coalition as at President Bush personally . |
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American Bree Schuette, 29, who is fighting against her Russian husband for the custody of their daughter Veronika, aged four, and says he abused her, has said Russia needs to change its attitudes to and laws on domestic violence. |
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As foreign students continue to protest the stabbing death of a Vietnamese student, St. Petersburg authorities promised Friday to increase security and pleaded with them not to pack their bags. A group of up to 18 young men attacked Vu An Tuan, a 20-year-old student from the St. |
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New NBN Format ST. PETERSBURG (SPT) - The St. Petersburg-based NBN television channel has is to start broadcasting in a new format in January, Interfax reported Friday quoting Sergei Yamshchikov, the television company's general director. |
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MOSCOW - Prosecutors investigating the killing of reporter Dmitry Kholodov promised to press ahead even though a 10-year statute of limitations on murder cases ran out Sunday. The case is now in the Supreme Court, which will decide whether to uphold a lower court's acquittal of six suspects - four former paratroopers and two businessmen - or order a new trial. |
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Chinese investors may invest up to $1 billion in a high-speed toll road between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Economic Development and Trade Minister German Gref, said during during an official visit to Beijing last week. |
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Russia has granted Finland permission to perform an aerial photographic survey of the Russian-Finnish border before the end of this year. Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a decree allowing the survey to proceed, Interfax reported Thursday. Finland had asked for permission to cross the border, once a Cold War frontier, and to fly in Russian air space while undertaking the survey. |
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MOSCOW - A Channel One television journalist and a harsh critic of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko was arrested Sunday evening in Minsk on charges of hooliganism. |
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin's three-day trip to China ended Saturday where it began-with Beijing still hoping it can somehow convince Moscow to back at least one of two proposed pipelines to carry Siberian fuel directly to the energy-starved country. |
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MOSCOW - Russia's image worldwide remains poor compared to other G8 countries, with only the United States ranking even lower in the minds of people in 60 countries, a survey says. |
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When will crimes against foreigners in St. Petersburg stop? How were Soviet cosmonauts are selected? How would you feel if a foreigner became a Russian citizen and was allowed to fight terrorists in Russia? These were just some of the questions The St. |
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MOSCOW - United Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party and Rodina submitted a bill to the State Duma last Wednesday requiring political parties to increase their membership from 10,000 to 50,000. |
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MOSCOW - British mania over Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich looks to be reaching new heights after it was disclosed last Wednesday that a show business producer is considering turning the oil tycoon's life story into a musical. British author Chris Hutchins, who co-wrote a new unauthorized Abra-movich biography, said Wednesday that he is in talks with Billy Gaff, the former manager of rock star Rod Stewart, about turning his book into a show on London's West End. |
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New Izvestia Editor MOSCOW (MT) - The board of directors of Izvestia appointed acting editor Vladimir Borodin as editor-in-chief last Wednesday, Interfax reported. |
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Governor Valentina Matviyenko's visit to Japan last week has created a stir in St. Petersburg business circles as the city seems to be warming to the land of the Rising Sun. Representatives of Japan's largest financial trading groups, Marubeni Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation are expected in the city to finalize agreements on a number of city projects. |
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Several St. Petersburg projects received high interest from German investors at ExpoReal, the international real-estate investment fair in Munich, Regnum news agency reported. |
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Swedish furniture retailer Ikea plans to open a second shopping outlet in St. Petersburg, said Nikolai Asaul, head of the city's investments and strategic projects committee. Ikea representatives have approached the city government with a request for a land plot to build a new shopping center, Fontanka. |
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MOSCOW - Industry had its worst September in six years after borrowing costs increased during the summer, hampering growth in construction and machinery, figures showed late last week. |
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A doctor can be successful only if he loves people, says Tamaz Mchedlidze, 44, president of Russia's biggest private medical organization, MEDI, based in St. Petersburg. "A doctor should feel the greatest of satisfactions from the fact that he is helping people; even if he has to leave a party urgently to help a patient," Mchedlidze said. |
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Efes IPO Nets $178M LONDON (Bloomberg) - Efes Breweries International, which brews beer in Russia as well as other Eastern European countries, and its shareholders raised $178 million in an initial public offering as the company seeks to grow overseas. |
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With terrorist attacks against Russia on the rise, President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denounced what he calls Western "double standards." Americans and Europeans hit back hard when they're attacked, he says. He's doing the same thing - and he expects our support. |
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Certain facts have been released that allow the forecasting of what the vertically-integrated Russia that President Vladimir Putin's administration is working so hard for will look like, and how it will affect the socio-economic situation. |
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Editor, I am thinking about visiting St. Petersburg. I am English and white. Is it safe for me to visit? I am concerned. I have many friends in Russia and I would like to come and visit them and see the sights. Andy Mercer Preston, England. Editor, Please forward my letter to President Vladimir Putin. |
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MOSCOW - The narrative of homegrown athletes triumphing over foreign opponents resonates with Russian sports fans, reaffirming their conviction that their country's athletes are no worse, and in many cases even better, than athletes abroad. But this storyline is becoming increasingly rare in the world of women's tennis. |
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LONDON - Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho pointed an accusing finger at referee Howard Webb but said missed chances were also to blame for his team's shock 1-0 defeat by Manchester City on Saturday. |
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Zenit Goes Off Boil St. Petersburg (SPT) - Ahead of its UEFA Cup tie against AEK Athens on Thursday, St. Petersburg's FC Zenit has gone off the boil in the race for the Russian championship. Zenit, which were last year's runner up in the Premier League to put them into the European-wide club competition, have slipped to third after a disappointing away draw to FC Rubin Kazan. |
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