published by Lindquist on Mon, 2013-01-07 06:02
French film star Gerard Depardieu met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea town of Sochi and obtained his Russian passport, the Kremlin said on Sunday, after he left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires.
published by Tom Sullivan on Tue, 2012-11-13 09:15
There is evidence that central banks in several regions of the World are building up their gold reserves. What is published are the official purchases.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-11-11 10:47
Iraq has cancelled a $4.2bn (£2.6bn) deal to buy arms from Russia because of concerns about "corruption", an Iraqi government advisor has said.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-11-10 14:49
President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s commitment to tolerance and open societies during a meeting in Moscow with Israeli President Shimon Peres.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2012-10-29 10:15
Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee, Alexei Pushkov, said the world countries have to recognize that it is impossible to resolve the crisis in Syria through supporting and arming the terrorist groups, holding the US responsible for spreading and instigating the crisis in Syria.
published by Tom Sullivan on Wed, 2012-10-24 21:12
Russian opposition leaders urged President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to stop clamping down on dissent and warned they would ask Western governments to freeze assets of Russian officials involved in a spiraling crackdown on the opposition.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-10-21 09:46
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced the human rights record of the US, citing maltreatment of children, breach of privacy, police brutality, secret jails and freedom of expression issues.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-10-21 09:40
President Vladimir Putin took a leading role in the latest tests of Russia's strategic nuclear arsenal, the most comprehensive since the 1991 Soviet collapse, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-10-21 09:38
The Russian Foreign Ministry is concerned over Israeli plans to build more homes in East Jerusalem as an impediment to resuming Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, says a report posted on the ministry Web site.
published by Fester on Sat, 2012-10-13 17:06
According to the Alexander Yakovlev, himself a senior member of the Politburo, over 200,000 members of the Christian clergy were killed in the Soviet Union. Mostly shot, but many were crucified, buried alive, scalped, or murdered in other horrifyingly sadistic methods. According to American scholar Michael P. Riccards, Lenin insisted on personally checking the death lists of murdered clergy.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:39
A political analyst says the majority of Turkish people are against NATO intervention in the Syria-Turkey conflict and their government’s policies towards the Arab country, Press TV reports.
“In Turkey, the people do not think that NATO will have to come to Turkey because in 1991 when Turkey had the first [Persian] Gulf War situation, NATO was also not providing the expected military and economic aid to Turkey,” said Huseyin Bagci of the Middle East University, Ankara.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:31
The families of 17 Russian passengers on a Damascus-bound plane from Moscow got a midnight shock upon learning that Turkish jets had intercepted the flight. For those asking why, the answer begins in Syria, and ripples throughout the world.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sat, 2012-10-13 09:29
Russia's foreign minister said Friday that a civilian Syrian jetliner impounded by Turkey on suspicion of transporting Russian military cargo illicitly to Syria was carrying only electronic components for a radar station, and that such equipment fell within the bounds of international agreements.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-10-12 07:17
Passengers onboard the plane intercepted by Turkish jets said that security forces were making the crew and passengers sign fraudulent papers suggesting that the plane made an emergency landing and no Turkish military were involved in the incident.
Hours after Turkish authorities announced that the Syrian Airlines passenger plane intercepted by its F-16s was granted a departure clearance, the aircraft remained on the tarmac in darkness.
published by Tom Sullivan on Mon, 2012-10-01 08:19
A Russian court has begun hearing an appeal by three activists from punk band Pussy Riot.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-09-28 21:11
The Russian leader did not hesitate to name who is responsible for sowing the seeds of disorder that is gripping many parts of the world, including in Syria.
published by Tom Sullivan on Fri, 2012-09-28 20:45
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has taken a harsh swipe at Russia and China over the great powers’ position regarding the unrest in Syria.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-09-23 11:17
President Vladimir Putin shares the opinion of the Foreign Ministry that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is engaged in more than just humanitarian work in Russia.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-09-23 09:49
Russia will maintain a joint military base in Kyrgyzstan for 15 years starting 2017, reads an agreement signed in the presence of the two countries’ leaders during a summit in Bishkek.
published by Tom Sullivan on Sun, 2012-09-23 09:43
Russia’s parliament has advanced sweeping spy legislation targeting civil groups that work with foreigners to upset domestic politics in what rights groups call another attack on freedoms.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-09-20 09:39
Russia's recently-introduced ban on USAID's activity won't be effective, former head of the Central Bank and director for research of the Higher School of Economics Sergey Aleksashenko told Ekho Moskvy on Wednesday.
published by Tom Sullivan on Thu, 2012-09-20 09:35
Expelling USAID fits into the Kremlin's goals of fortifying Russia against outside influences and searching for enemies within, says one researcher.
published by Fester on Mon, 2012-09-03 18:32
Two of the Soviet investigators who complied the fraudulent report pinning the blame for the 1940 NKVD massacre of 15,000+ Poles at Katyn on the Germans! Also signed the official Soviet report on Auschwitz.
published by Fester on Sun, 2012-09-02 13:05
"That which effectively characterizes "progress" in various societies, over the course of centuries, is the rise of the Jew to power, to all of the powers... All of the revolutions have given him an increasingly important status... The Jew who was less than nothing in the time of Nero, is in the process of becoming everything."
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