Russia
- Russia keeps key ministers in Putin new cabinet
(Reuters)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:33:31
Reuters - Incoming Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin announced his cabinet team on Monday, keeping most key
ministers in their posts and taking powerful Kremlin figures
with him to his new job.
- Putin gives Medvedev cabinet names, promises new faces
(Reuters)
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:22:01
Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday with his proposed new cabinet line-up after taking over as premier last week, Russian news agencies reported. - Britain, Russia look to make up as G8 meeting announced
(AFP)
Sun, 11 May 2008 18:59:59
AFP - The leaders of Russia and Britain will meet face-to-face on the sidelines of the G8 summit in July as they aim to put severely strained bilateral ties back on track, the two countries said Sunday.
- As freedoms wane in ex-Soviet bloc, Ukraine fills the gap
(AP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 18:03:27
AP - A gloomy Vladimir Putin wears a Czarist crown, clutching a bag full of dollars and a miniature television tower. - ArcelorMittal sells off US steel mill
(AFP)
Sat, 10 May 2008 15:08:22
AFP - The world’s largest steel group ArcelorMittal said Saturday it has finalised the 810 million dollar (525 million euro) sale of a plant in the United States to Russian steelmaker Severstal.
- Resurgent Russia on Parade
(Time.com)
Fri, 09 May 2008 21:00:00
Time.com - An arms procession is designed to show how Putin revived Russia’s fortunes, armed forces and its national pride - Russia puts tanks and missiles back in Red Square parade
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:18:03
AP - Russia showcased its military might and youthful new president to the world Friday, as heavy tanks and missile launchers rumbled across Red Square in a Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.
- Nuclear missiles parade across Red Square
(AFP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 11:36:25
AFP - Nuclear missiles and tanks paraded Friday across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era but new President Dmitry Medvedev warned other nations against “irresponsible ambitions” that he said could start wars.
- Tanks back in Red Square for Russia victory parade
(Reuters)
Fri, 09 May 2008 11:20:02
Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev warned on
Friday against “irresponsible ambitions” that lead to war as
tanks and missile launchers rumbled over Red Square in a show
of Russian fire-power not seen since the fall of the Soviet
Union.
- U.S. worries Russia-Georgia dispute may get violent
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 22:28:44
Reuters - The United States fears there could
be bloodshed in the dispute between Russia and ex-Soviet
Georgia, a State Department official said on Thursday, as he
urged Moscow to stop intimidating its southern neighbor.
- US, Russia trade diplomatic expulsions
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 21:07:00
AP - The United States and Russia have expelled five diplomats and military attaches from each other’s countries in moves reminiscent of the tit-for-tat exchanges of the Cold War-era, U.S. officials said Thursday. - Russia expels two U.S. military attaches from Moscow
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 20:12:35
Reuters - Russia has expelled two U.S. military attaches from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow following the ouster of a pair of Russian diplomats from the United States, the State Department said on Thursday. - Georgia warns of war risk with Russia
(AFP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 19:46:01
AFP - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili warned Thursday of a risk of war with Russia amid tension over a separatist region, as Moscow began dual leadership under President Dmitry Medvedev and his mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
- Putin signals he intends to stay in charge of Russia
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 18:59:55
AP - When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign important documents and decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power to Russia’s new president.
- Georgian rebels say they shoot down a Georgian drone
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 17:38:00
Reuters - Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia
shot down another Georgian spy drone on Thursday, its Defence
Ministry said, although Tbilisi immediately denied the
allegation from the Russian-backed rebels.
- Putin becomes PM in leadership ‘tandem’
(AFP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 16:53:54
AFP - Vladimir Putin will retain a “key role” in Russia for years as prime minister, new President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, as the two men opened an unprecedented era of dual rule.
- New PM Putin vows to curb inflation, cut taxes
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 12:10:02
Reuters - Vladimir Putin on Thursday took over as
Russia’s prime minister a day after leaving the Kremlin and
pledged to curb inflation and cut taxes to make Russia a
leading economic power.
- Russian military threatens to boost Georgia force
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 07:11:07
Reuters - Russia may further increase troop
numbers in the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi
builds up its forces near the conflict zone, the Russian
defense ministry said on Thursday.
- Russia threatens new Abkhazia troops deployment: report
(AFP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 05:52:42
AFP - Russia threatened Thursday to send more troops to the Georgian separatist province of Abkhazia if Georgia added to its own military presence in the region, Russian news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying.
- Lawmakers urge Bush to shelve Russia nuclear deal
(Reuters)
Wed, 07 May 2008 23:14:57
Reuters - Key U.S. lawmakers urged President
George W. Bush on Wednesday to shelve a civilian nuclear
cooperation pact with Russia until concerns about Russia’s
nuclear ties to Iran are cleared up.
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