Two Police Dead In Russian Caucasus Violence – Reports (Nasdaq)
MOSCOW (AFP)–Two policemen have died in Russia’s turbulent North Caucasus, including the top forensic specialist in the Ingushetia region, Russian news agencies reported Friday.
Russia says Nigeria working to secure Russian hostages’ release (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) – The Nigerian authorities are providing every assistance to Russian diplomats working for the release of two Russian sailors taken hostage last Sunday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Georgia: Obama’s Russia Visit Eases Georgians’ Fears of Renewed Conflict with Moscow (EurasiaNet)
BY GIORGI LOMSADZE US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s early July summit may not have resolved the Georgia-Russia conflict, but, for many Georgians, it did succeed in allaying fears of a fresh military confrontation with Moscow. Nevertheless, worries persist about whether or not Obama’s words of reconciliation will have a permanent effect on the Kremlin.
VTB to grant $450 mln load to Russia’s steel pipe maker TMK (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, July 9 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s VTB Group plans to grant a 450-million-dollar loan to the country’s leading steel pipe manufacturer TMK as a part of the state program aimed at the assistance to the Russian industry, the Prime Tass economic news agency said on Thursday, quoting a report of the banking group.
Russian government, Sistema reach deal on Svyazinvest stake (Digital Media Europe)
(Telecompaper) Russia’s government and CIS holding AFK Sistema have agreed on the acquisition of Sistema’s stake in Russian state-owned telecommunications operator Svyazinvest, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant citing an unnamed government official and a letter from the Communications Minister to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The letter mentioned that Sistema will hand over a 25 percent …
Russia: US-Russian summit was ‘groundbreaking’ (KYIV Post)
AP U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speak after attending the Parallel Business Summit in Manezh Exhibition Hall just outside the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, July 7.
PACE move to deny Russia vote causes surprise in Moscow (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow is confused over an initiative by some PACE members to try and deny Russia the right to vote during assembly sessions, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Report: Friendly Fire Downed Russian Fighter Jets In War With Georgia (INO News)
(RTTNews) – A report released in the Moscow Defense Brief magazine Thursday said that Russia lost six fighter jets during its war with Georgia last year, and that half the Russian jets were brought down by “friendly fire.”
Russia: US-Russian summit was ‘groundbreaking’ (The Buffalo News)
A high-level Russian diplomat says the recent U.S.-Russia summit was “groundbreaking” for relations between the old Cold War adversaries.
Russian bombers increasing tensions between London and Moscow, MPs say (Times Online)
Russian bombers flying close to British airspace are raising tensions between London and Moscow and risking collisions with civilian aircraft, MPs have warned.
