(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-28 15:14 Russia urged to detail activist murder probe (Interactive Investor)
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) – A media rights watchdog on Saturday urged Russia to publish details of its probe into the murder of a rights worker after the Russian press reported that suspects had been identified. The murder of human rights worker Natalia Estemirova in the volatile Chechnya region, where she was a vocal critic of hardline Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, sparked international …
Close contests the prevailing theme in Moscow – Russian Indoor Champs, Day 2 (IAAF)
28 February 2010 – Moscow, Russia – Heated battles in the women’s 400m and Long Jump were the key highlights on the second day of the Russian Indoor championships on Saturday (27) where 11 titles were decided.
Rattled Russian athletes hope home proves sweet (USA Today)
The words were delivered with a smile, but aren’t they always? “Russia team’s performance,” Dmitry Chernyshenko said as the Vancouver Olympics ended, “will be addressed to the proper authorities.”
Kinross Appointed to Russian Government Advisory Council on Foreign Investment (Marketwire)
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 28, 2010) – The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has announced the appointment of Kinross to Russia’s Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC).
Kinross Appointed to Russian Government Advisory Council on Foreign Investment (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 02/28/10) – The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has announced the appointment of Kinross to Russia’s Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC). FIAC was established in 1994 to assist Russia in forging and promoting a favourable investment climate based on global expertise and the experience of international companies operating in Russia …
Lukoil, Norilsk Nickel, Polyus Gold: Russian Equity Preview (Bloomberg)
March 1 (Bloomberg) — The following companies may be active in Russian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close of trading in Moscow.
Russian sports stars face Putin’s wrath after poor Olympic performance (Times Online)
Its Olympic team was once the pride of the nation, its sportsmen and women nurtured to bring medals back to Mother Russia and show the world that the Soviet Union was as capable of sporting triumph as its capitalist rivals.
200 Russian tanks found abandoned in forest (Daily Telegraph)
The Russian army is embroiled in an embarrassing scandal after 200 of its tanks were found abandoned near a forest in central Russia, unguarded and unlocked.
