Posted by: nici on: October 5, 2009
During a conference call redarding the country’s preparations for the upcoming winter, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko completely ruled out the possibility of a new gas conflict arising with Russia. “We have created a model that will work for several decades and prevent any potential gas crises” Tymoshenko stated. “This also signifies our political independence, [...]
Posted by: nici on: October 5, 2009
NIiPI General Plan of Moscow has made plans for construction of the underground city. The purpose of the ambitious project is quite noble – to put an end to most of the traffic jams in the capital. But for some motorists, the problem is still not over! Director of NIiPI General Plan of Moscow – [...]
Posted by: laurengolino on: May 6, 2009
Russian billionaire and owner of the English soccer club Chelsea FC, Roman Abramovitsj lost one of his yachts in a poker game in Spain. He was in Barcelona last week because his team had to play the semi-final of the Champions League against FC Barcelona in Barcelona. According to the Russian newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomelets”, Abramovitsj [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: May 4, 2009
This weekend the celebration that is known throughout the whole world will take place Not many people in US know about the celebration of May 9th, the Victory Day, however, this is one of the most important holidays in Russia and former Soviet Union. The reason for that is the celebration of the end of [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: March 23, 2009
Балерина Анастасия Волочкова рассматривает предложения, которые поступают ей от жителей Сочи и бизнес-кругов, принять участие в борьбе за пост мэра города, где в 2014 году состоятся Олимпийские зимние игры. Сейчас на пост мэра, досрочные выборы которого состоятся 26 апреля, претендуют бывший вице-премьер Борис Немцов, военный руководитель сочинского отделения КПРФ Юрий Дзагания, пенсионер Сергей Бернасовский, [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: March 19, 2009
El presidente Dmitri Medvedev anunció ayer que Rusia modernizará su arsenal nuclear. Además, el Ejército ruso anunció el estacionamiento de un nuevo misil intercontinenteal con cabezas atómicas para finales de este año el 5 de diciembre. En dos semanas, Medvedev tendrá su primer encuentro con el presidente estadounidense Barack Obama. La Casa Blanca restó ayer [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: March 18, 2009
Роман Абрамович приобрел для Дарьи Жуковой, так и застрявшей в роли “не жены”, особняк за 65 миллионов долларов на острове Сен-Барт. Этот самый дорогой уголок Карибского моря голливудские звезды считают раем на земле. Самый красивый из французских островов Карибского моря – крохотный Сен-Бартельми относится к заморским территориям Франции. Его называют “карибским Сен-Тропе”, и это – любимое место [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: March 16, 2009
Саммит «Большой двадцатки» один из самых важных политических событий в мире, и несколько раз в году 20 крупнейших и мощнейших стран мира представлены на нем. 2-го апреля саммит состоится в Лондоне, и Россия представит свое решение насчет всемирного стабилизирования и улучшения экономики. Документ по реформированию мировой экономической системы в условиях кризиса включает в себя несколько [...]
Posted by: trubino on: February 18, 2009
Well not only the United States is suffering; Russia is also struggling including the super wealth. Russia’s super rich are in some trouble, according to business magazines, Finans said that the top 10 wealthiest Russians lose about two-thirds of their fortunes over the past year. Oleg Deripaska who had topped the list the past two [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: January 13, 2009
13 января 2009 г, «Газпром», самая крупная компания России по поставке газа в зарубежные страны прекратила поставки газа в Европу. Причиной этого ужасающего как для России, так и для Европы события стал конфликт с Украиной. «Газпром» обвиняет «Нафтогаз Украины» в воровстве газа, предназначенного для стран Европы из транзитного трубопровода и предупреждает об исках, которые будут [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: December 17, 2008
Miss World is becoming more and more popular pageant every day, and the 58th pageant was held on December 13, 2008 at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Although it was planned to be held in Kiev, Ukraine, the crisis between Russia and Georgia was the reason for the Miss World Organization to actually [...]
Posted by: shaaz on: December 2, 2008
The Nato-Russia council was called off due to Russia’s war with Georgia. Nato had warned against Russia’s invasion of Georgian territories but Russia had not listened to their requests. Three months later, Nato is resuming talks at low levels with the Russian council. Russia is opposed to Georgia and Ukraine joining Nato and the remaining [...]
Posted by: jjthornhill on: November 12, 2008
On November 8, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine left 20 people dead and 21 more injured. The disaster was caused by the failure of a fire-extinguishing system, says a spokesman from the Russian media. 208 people had been on board at the time of the accident, many of which were civilian contractors. During test work just [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: October 8, 2008
The economy in the world is very unstable now, stock market is about to crash, people are panicking, banks are closing and businesses go bankrupt. Everyone is talking about the upcoming crisis, which will cause the loss of jobs for a lot of people. Now is probably the best situation for leaders of the countries [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: October 8, 2008
Russia is the largest country in the world; it has so many different climate zones, that everyone would find at least one spot where he or she would feel comfortable. Usually there are not too many natural disasters, but like in any other country they happen sometimes. Some regions are known for flooding, some for [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 30, 2008
The stock market dropped by 777 points yesterday and a lot of people had lost their money. United States was in panic, and even though the whole world was affected by that huge drop, people in Russia didn’t feel that it had affected their lives too much. About a week ago an agency put on [...]
Posted by: xeniya on: September 20, 2008
Schools in Russia open on September 1st, and this is an important celebration for everyone: teachers, students and their parents. School #1 in Beslan in North Osetia wasn’t different, smiles and happiness everywhere, until they came… For 3 days people that were captured by Chechen terrorists had to survive without food in the school full [...]
Posted by: charliekennedy on: September 4, 2008
Одним из главных событий потрясших мир за последний месяц, является война между Грузией и Россией. Об этой войне совсем недавно писали практически все газеты мира, но информация представленная в газетах и других источниках меняется от случая к случаю в зависимости от страны и издательства газеты. Я была очень удивлена информацией приведенной различными источниками на территории [...]
