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Putin energy "tsar" named CEO of Russia's Rosneft
Share Tweet by lathosjp MOSCOW (Reuters) – Igor Sechin, one of President Vladimir Putin's closest confidants, was named CEO of Rosneft on Tuesday, putting the informal leader of a political clan drawn from the Soviet … Russia News latest [...]
5-23, 2012 5:01
Russians cash in on Facebook
Share Tweet by exquisitur Mail.ru Group and DST, controlled by Yury Milner, made $ 2.5 billion on the Facebook IPO. They still hold $ 4.6 billion worth of shares in the social network Business – Russia Beyond The Headlines [...]
5-23, 2012 4:16
A Just Russia demands verification of legitimacy of Moscow authorities
Share Tweet by lathosjp MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) — State Duma Vice-Speaker Nikolai Levichev (A Just Russia) demands that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office must verify the legitimacy of Moscow … Russia News latest RSS headlines – Russia News.Net [...]
5-23, 2012 2:41
Putin Appoints Former Ministers as Aides
Share Tweet by lathosjp MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has named several new aides. They are former Cabinet members, and many analysts see the move as an attempt to weaken Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s … Russia News latest [...]
5-23, 2012 1:55
New government, new surprises, new chances
Share Tweet by lathosjp The new Russian government was unveiled on Monday, May 21. As it was expected, there were surprising appointments made, but all the surprises were positive. Experts said that it was an ambitious, young, vigorous and [...]
5-23, 2012 0:22
Russian MPs debate heavy sanctions on protesters
Share Tweet by MeganElizabethMorris Russian MPs debated a draconian bill on Tuesday that raises fines for joining unsanctioned protests 200-fold. Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news [...]
5-22, 2012 23:38
Russian teenagers fined after recording bridge climb video
Share Tweet by lathosjp Three thrill seekers are fined for trespassing after posting a vertigo inducing video of their climb up a Vladivostok bridge. Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news [...]
5-22, 2012 19:43
Microsoft opens R&D Center at Skolkovo
Share Tweet by exquisitur Microsoft plans to invest tens of millions of dollars in research and development program in Russia Business – Russia Beyond The Headlines [...]
5-22, 2012 18:56
Creating a Russian Skype?
Share Tweet by lathosjp Andrei Sviridenko taught modern telephones to transmit voice and show video; now he is focusing his attention on cell phone operators hoping to offset losses from the shift of traffic toward free providers Business – [...]
5-22, 2012 18:12
The Last Moorage
Share Tweet by Psychs There were built 49 of them – river motorships of project 588. They appeared in the middle of the XX century, in the German Democratic Republic, in Wismar. Most of them are still used and [...]
5-22, 2012 18:12



















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