Russian News Monitor – Two Russian human rights groups see political motive in eviction effort (Los Angeles Times)
Two Russian human rights groups see political motive in eviction effort (Los Angeles Times)
The notices come amid increasing harassment of rights workers. The organizations, For Human Rights and Moscow Helsinki Group, say they will fight to stay in their offices in downtown Moscow. Two of Russia’s most prominent human rights organizations say their work has been thrown into jeopardy by municipal efforts to evict them from their offices.
Anti-crisis measures still needed, Putin says (RosBusinessConsulting)
RBC, 09.11.2009, Moscow 14:44:53. The upturn in Russia’s economy does not mean that there is no longer a need for anti-crisis measures, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at today’s meeting of the foreign investment council in Moscow.
Putin pledges to improve Russia’s investment environment (People’s Daily)
The Russian government will continue to adopt measures to better investment environment, said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Monday. At the annual plenary session of the Consultative Council on Foreign Investments, Putin said the Russian government is cracking down on bureaucracy and would delegate part of its permission and licensing functions to relevant organizations. The Russian head of …
More Russia and Eurasia Pages (Heritage Foundation)
Abstract: Russia still considers the United States its “principal adversary.” Moscow relies on its nuclear weapons to compensate for its inferiority in conventional power relative to the U.S., NATO, and China.
India, Russia call for consolidation of global action against terrorism (People’s Daily)
India and Russia have called for the consolidation of global action against terrorism, including the terror threat emanating from Afghanistan and Pakistan, reported local daily The Asian Age on Tuesday. During their talks in the Indian capital Monday, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Sobyanin shared the view that drug trafficking is …
Nobel-winning Russian physicist dies at 93 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93.
Austrian chancellor to visit Russia on November 10-11 (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann will hold talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his November 10-11 visit to Russia.
Putin hails Russian ties with Germany (The Record and Herald News)
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and reunification the following year transformed Germany’s relations with Russia, bringing “a feeling of trust and gratitude,” Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
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