Telenor under pressure after Russian case adjourned (CIOL)
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: An appeal by Telenor against a $1.7 billion fine was adjourned until March by a Siberian court, giving the Norwegian telecoms company and its Russian partner Alfa six months to sort out their differences.
Putin and Latvia ex-PM discuss prospects for bilateral relations (Itar-Tass)
RIGA, September 30 (Itar-Tass) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Latvian ex-premier Aigars Kalvitis had a meeting on Tuesday during the investment forum Russia Calling under way in Moscow.
American Chronicle: Putin says Russia will remain liberal market economy, despite crisis (KYIV Post)
Russia will remain a liberal, market economy despite the global crisis, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at an investment forum on Tuesday, organized by VTB (RTS: VTBR) Capital.
From Russia with love: Meet the first MBA graduates from a school backed by Roman Abramovich and the Russian President (Independent)
Afew weeks ago, Anton Saraykin had an ordinary job as the head of media relations for a Japanese tobacco company. Now a giant hot air balloon is taking to the sky and the President of Russia is draping a bright orange scarf round his neck. It’s not every day that Russians get to meet Dmitry Medvedev, their head of state, let alone shake his hand. So what has Saraykin, 28, a journalist from …
Russia to facilitate foreign investment (Press TV)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for measures to ease bureaucratic constraints on foreign investors in Russia.
Moscow Ballet Announces 2009 GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER Tour Returning to Great Falls! (Liberty County Times)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:23 AM CDT (GREAT FALLS) – Tickets for Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker at the Mansfield Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 8PM are currently on sale at www.nutcracker.com , or by calling the Mansfield Center box office at (406) 455-8514.
Leading article: Georgia started it and Russia continued it – to excess (Independent)
The EU’s long-awaited report on the Russia-Georgia war has produced a nuanced verdict, but one that finds Georgia at least as culpable as Russia, and probably more so. Specifically, it concludes that the war was started by a Georgian attack in breach of international law. But it also finds that this attack followed months of Russian provocation and that aspects of its response put Moscow on the …
Russia’s decision not to deploy Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad regionis final – Timakova (Interfax)
MOSCOW. Sept 30 (Interfax) – Russia’s decision not to deploy Iskander missile systems in the Kaliningrad region is final, Russian presidential press secretary Natalya Timakova told reporters on Wednesday.
