Russian communists flirt with Medvedev (thewest.com.au)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought ‘certain hopes’ to the country.
Russian military plane crashes (Telegraph-Journal)
A military plane crashed late Friday in Russia’s Far East and all nine crew members aboard were feared dead, Russian news agencies reported.
Russian military plane crashes, killing 11 (Malaysian Mirror)
MOSCOW -A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia’s Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday.
Militants stepping up activities in Russian N. Caucasus – colonel (Interfax)
MOSCOW. Nov 7 (Interfax) – Russia’s North Caucasus remains a troubled area and the situation there is showing a steady trend to get worse, the acting chief of staff of the Combined Forces Group in the North Caucasus (OGVS), Col. Oleg Panarin, has announced, saying the numbers of local militants are growing suicide attacks are increasingly frequent.
Ukraine pays Russia for gas after Putin warning: PM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Ukraine has paid Russia for October gas supplies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday, after her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had warned against late payment.
Russian magnate lavished cash on WNBA stars Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson (Sports Illustrated)
MOSCOW — Of all the strange, colorful and often dangerous characters that traversed Russia’s turbulent transition to a market economy in the 1990s, few had a more extraordinary biography than Shabtai von Kalmanovic, a real-life International Man of Mystery who bankrolled the most expensive women’s basketball roster in the world.
Ukraine pays Russia for gas after Putin warning: PM (Malaysian Mirror)
MARIUPOL, Ukraine -Ukraine has paid Russia for October gas supplies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday, after her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had warned against late payment.
Russia’s Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be signed this year, Putin relationship good (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
MOSCOW – Russia and the United States have a good chance at signing a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year’s end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.
From Russia with aggravation: Cop airs complaints to Putin online (EARTHtimes.org)
Moscow – A Russian police officer, annoyed with poor working conditions and overtime, skipped formal avenues for complaints and went straight to the top, via the internet, posting his grievances for the attention of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Dre…
Military Plane Crashes in Russia (Fox News)
A military plane with 10 people aboard crashed late Friday in Russia’s Far East, Russian news agencies reported.
