Russian News Monitor – Skype singled out as threat to Russia’s security (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
Skype singled out as threat to Russia’s security (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and to national security.
Putin promises help for Russian steel industry (INO News)
(AP:MAGNITOGORSK, Russia) Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Russian steel executives gathered Friday at a giant Stalin-era plant that he would help their struggling industry cope with the economic downturn.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-07-25 11:19 Russia’s Gazprom proposes gas import tariffs (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, July 25 (Reuters) – The head of Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom on Saturday told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin he opposed a proposed hike in the gas extraction tax, suggesting instead the introduction of import tariffs. Russia faces at least three years of budget deficits, and is seeking extra sources of revenues to replenish state coffers drained by the country’s first recession in …
Russia, US to hold regular talks on arms cuts (New Kerala)
Moscow, July 25 : Russia and the US will hold a regular round of talks on arms cuts in Geneva between late August and early September, the Russian foreign ministry said Saturday.
Twenty dead in Russian bus crash: reports (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)
MOSCOW (AFP) – Twenty people were killed in southern Russia on Friday when a passenger bus collided with a truck, Russian news agencies reported, citing emergency officials.
Russia Is Ready to Protect Steelmakers, Putin Says (Update2) (Bloomberg)
July 24 (Bloomberg) — Russia’s government is prepared to protect the country’s steel industry, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said as producers of the metal seek more state support.
Russian cargo ship off to ISS (Straits Times)
MOSCOW – A RUSSIAN cargo ship blasted off on Friday from the Baikonur space station in Kazakhstan on a mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s space agency said. ‘The launch went ahead without any problems. The cargo ship separated from the booster rocket nine minutes after launch to begin flying under its own power,’ a spokesman said, according to the news agency RIA …
Russia starts on new nuke sub (Straits Times)
MOSCOW – RUSSIA on Friday began construction of a new nuclear submarine designed to include the capacity to launch a series of long-range cruise missiles, Russian news agencies reported. The sub will be the second in the Yasen class, also known under its Nato classification as Granay.
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