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World News >> Russia

Russian fires start up again: ministry (AFP)

A Russian firefighter tries to stop fire near village Dolginino in August 2010. Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday.(AFP/File/Artyom Korotayev)AFP - Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday.



09/02/2010 - 05:33 PM

 

New Russia wildfires kill 2 and consume homes (Reuters)
Reuters - A new wave of wildfires swept through villages in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said.
09/02/2010 - 05:13 PM

 

Russia extends ban on grain exports until 2011 (AP)
AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he has extended Russia's ban on wheat exports until next year's harvest to ensure it has bounced back from a severe drought and wildfires that destroyed 20 percent of the crop this year.
09/02/2010 - 01:28 PM

 

Russian police raid opposition magazine (Reuters)
Reuters - Armed and masked Russian police raided an opposition magazine on Thursday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuse of authority by the much-feared OMON riot police.
09/02/2010 - 01:19 PM

 

Putin says no grain exports before 2011 harvest (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia abruptly signaled Thursday it would extend a grain export ban until late 2011 and ordered authorities to prevent speculators driving up food prices after the worst harvest in years.
09/02/2010 - 11:46 AM

 

US leasing firms orders 6 Russia's Superjets (AP)
AP - Producers of Russia's new regional passenger aircraft, the Sukhoi Superjet, said Thursday that a leading U.S. leasing firm has committed to buy six aircraft and has an option for four more.
09/02/2010 - 09:49 AM

 

Gazprom's Q1 profits triple to $10.6 bln (AP)
AP - Russia's gas giant Gazprom said Thursday its net profit tripled to 324.9 billion rubles ($10.6 billion) in the first quarter of the year as the company capitalized on a cold winter in Europe.
09/02/2010 - 03:35 AM

 

Germany charges Austrian with spying for Russia (AP)
AP - German prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old Austrian man with feeding Russia's spy agency with information and technical materials from the military and civilian helicopter industries.
09/01/2010 - 10:42 AM

 

Survivors mark six years since Beslan massacre (AFP)

People at the Beslan school gymnasium on September 1 commemorate the sixth anniversary of the 2004 hostage-taking. Thousands of mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Wednesday in the southern Russian town as they remembered over 330 people who died in Russia's most shocking hostage tragedy.(AFP/Str)AFP - Thousands of mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Wednesday in this southern Russian town as they remembered over 330 people who died in Russia's most shocking hostage tragedy six years ago.



09/01/2010 - 07:09 AM

 

3 Russians kidnapped in Darfur freed (AP)
AP - Three Russians abducted by gunmen in Sudan's restive Darfur region were freed by security forces after a clash with their kidnappers, a Sudanese news website reported Tuesday.
08/31/2010 - 05:34 PM

 

Russian protesters defy Putin warning – and meet tough response (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Defying a warning from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that anybody trying to stage unsanctioned political rally would be "beaten on the head" by police, hundreds of mainly youthful protesters showed up Tuesday night at Moscow's fenced-off and police-barricaded Triumph Square to demand that Russian authorities honor their constitutional right of free assembly.
08/31/2010 - 04:23 PM

 

Dozens detained at anti-Kremlin rallies (Reuters)

Anti-Kremlin opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (R) talks to a police officer during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1991 coup in central Moscow, August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinReuters - Russian police detained more than 150 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at anti-Kremlin protests Tuesday, after Putin said demonstrators without permits could expect harsh treatment.



08/31/2010 - 03:38 PM

 

Summary Box: Lukoil's 2Q profit drops 16 pct (AP)
AP - RESULTS: Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil producer, reported a 16 percent drop in second-quarter profit to $1.9 billion due to a rise in export duties and cost inflation. Higher oil prices lifted sales to $25.8 billion from $20.1 billion a year earlier.
08/31/2010 - 01:49 PM

 

Top US lawmaker condemns Putin protest threat (AFP)

US congresswoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, speaks during a joint press conference in Tegucigalpa in 2009. Ros-Lehtinen said Russia AFP - A top US lawmaker on Tuesday denounced Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's recent warning that anti-government demonstrators at banned protests would get "a cudgel to the head" from police.



08/31/2010 - 01:47 PM

 

Scores of activists detained at Russian rights protest (AFP)

Russian police arrest opposition activists during a rally in Moscow. Police broke up an opposition protest in Moscow and detained at least 70 activists Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed tough action against unsanctioned gatherings.(AFP/Alexey Sazonov)AFP - Police broke up an opposition protest in Moscow and detained at least 70 activists Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed tough action against unsanctioned gatherings.



08/31/2010 - 01:32 PM

 

EU lawmakers criticize Russian handling of rally (AP)

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, center, is detained as he attends a banned anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Russian police broke up unauthorized anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Tuesday, detaining dozens of demonstrators. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - Four European Union lawmakers joined a banned opposition rally in central Moscow on Tuesday and criticized Russian police for violently detaining an opposition leader and dozens of other protesters.



08/31/2010 - 01:16 PM

 

Lukoil's Q2 profit drops 16 pct to $1.9 Bln (AP)
AP - Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil producer, said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit dropped 16 percent from a year ago to $1.9 billion due to a rise in export duties and cost inflation.
08/31/2010 - 07:21 AM

 

Burglars break into Russian investigators' office (AP)
AP - Russia's top crime investigation body says burglars broke into its Moscow offices, tied up a private security guard and opened 25 safes — but walked away with only a television and a surveillance camera.
08/31/2010 - 05:32 AM

 

Russian police turn to crime (AFP)

A Russian police officer walks near St. Basil's cathedral on Red Square in Moscow in July 2010. Scandals involving police crime are becoming more and more frequent in Russia -- kidnapping, murder, torture and corruption among them -- casting doubts on President Dmitry Medvedev's ability to reform the tainted force.(AFP/File/Andrey Smirnov)AFP - Scandals involving police crime are becoming more and more frequent in Russia -- kidnapping, murder, torture and corruption among them -- casting doubts on President Dmitry Medvedev's ability to reform the tainted force.



08/31/2010 - 12:07 AM

 

Putin hits the open Russian road to woo his far-flung countrymen (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who showed last week that he is always up for an adventure, is currently touring Russia's remote and rugged far east in a bright yellow Lada Kalina, provided by AvtoVAZ, Russia's largest carmaker.
08/30/2010 - 12:51 PM

 

 

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