Russian News Monitor – Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official (SpaceDaily)
Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official (SpaceDaily)
by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Feb 27, 2010 Kazakhstan, home of the space base used to launch rockets to the International Space Station (ISS), is interfering with Russian space missions, the head of Russia’s space agency said Saturday.
Russia, China pledge to step up economic cooperation (People’s Daily)
Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui and Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs president Alexander Shokhin committed to increasing trade and economic cooperation between the two countries at a meeting in Moscow Friday. Li spoke highly of the rapid development of the China-Russia strategic partnership of cooperation, as well as the contribution made by Shokhin and the Russian Union. Li …
Putin hints at changes after poor Russian showing (Deepika)
TYUMEN, Russia, Feb 26 (Reuters) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today echoed the nation’s disappointment with its performance at the Vancouver Olympics and ominously suggested ‘organisational conclusions’ might be pursued.
Putin not happy with Russia’s results (The Japan Times)
MOSCOW (AP) Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed disappointment with the performance of Russian athletes at the Vancouver Olympics and suggested officials “analyze” their mistakes and shortcomings. Putin says in televised remarks Friday that he “expected more” in Vancouver from the Russian team, which has so far collected three gold medals and 13 overall, the nation’s poorest result at …
Russia to spend billions of rubles on railways safety – Putin (Itar-Tass)
SOCHI, February 27 (Itar-Tass) — A total of 4.5 billion rubles is to be invested in safety measures on Russian railways this year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at a meeting devoted to the 2010 investment program of Russia’s railways company RZD.
Russia urged to detail activist murder probe (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters 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 …
Kazakhstan hindering Russian space missions: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Kazakhstan, home of the space base used to launch rockets to the International Space Station (ISS), is interfering with Russian space missions, the head of Russia’s space agency said Saturday.
Russia urged to detail activist murder probe (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
MOSCOW (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.
Russia Is Pressed for Data on Killing (New York Times)
A media rights watchdog on Saturday urged Russia to publish details of its investigation into the killing of a human rights worker after the Russian press reported that suspects had been identified.
Foreign investment in Russia shrinks in 2009 (RosBusinessConsulting)
RBC, 27.02.2010, Moscow 16:56:46. Foreign investment in Russia’s economy amounted to $81.9bn in 2009, 21 percent less than a year earlier, the Russian Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) announced today.
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