France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia (INO News)
(AP:ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.

France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia (Boston Herald)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit…

Report on Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia – issue # 3/2009 (Girodivite)
MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian communist legislator on Tuesday suggested removing the word “God” from the national anthem in order to unite the multiethnic country.

Fresh blast at Russia’s arms dump depot kills 8 soldiers (New Kerala)
Moscow, Nov 23 : Eight servicemen were killed and two injured today in a new explosion at an arms dump depot in the city of Ulyanovsk in Russia’s Volga region, Russian Defence Ministry said.

EBRD to buy 11.7 pct in Russia’s PromSvyazBank (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [EBRD.UL ] will buy an 11.7 percent stake in Russia’s PromSvyazBank for 4.6 billion roubles ($159.4 million), the Russian bank said on Monday.

Medvedev rules out direct popular elections of Russian governors (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
BARVIKHA (Moscow Region), November 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that direct popular elections for regional governors will not be reinstated during his term of power.

Governing Party Stumbles Still Unrivalled in Russia (Angus Reid)
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Slightly fewer people in Russia are now willing to vote for the governing party but other groups have only marginal support, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center. 53 per cent of respondents would vote for United Russia (YR) in the next election to the State Duma, down three points since October.

France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia (San Francisco Chronicle)
A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries. Russia’s once-mighty navy was… Russia – Saint Petersburg – Soviet Union – Georgia – Amphibious assault ship

Russian astronaut Feoktistov dies aged 83 (SpaceDaily)
MOSCOW, Nov 22 (AFP) Nov 22, 2009 Russian cosmonaut and spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov has died at the age of 83, Russia’s space agency Roskomos said in a statement on Sunday.

Russian Fest cultures WMU (Western Herald)
By Laura Citino Western Herald The varied culture of Russia could be found in one building at Kalamazoo’s 14th Annual Russian Festival, held this Saturday at the Fetzer Center at Western Michigan University. Each floor and most rooms of the Fetzer Center were transformed to offer a different perspective and insight into the culture of Russia. Immediately [...]

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