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2008-10-14 18:00:00

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) EU cannot understand Russia's policy/ SPS acting chairman to be appointed advisor to Rosnanotech head/Atomstroyexport to help finance Ukrainian NPP projects/Euroset drops Indian project/ Old Gazprom shareholder hal

2008-10-14 15:38:00

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Maxim Krans) - The global financial crisis, which has now reached Russia, is predictably expanding into a general economic recession complete with all the usual repercussions. Employment layoffs and suspended

2008-10-13 19:20:00

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Dmitry Kosyrev) - On Friday, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the $1.4 million (10 million Swedish krona) Nobel Peace Prize for his 30-year work as peace mediator on different continents and for his

2008-10-13 18:02:01

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) Communists being pushed out of politics / Gazprom eyeing blocking stake in Canada's Rabaska Project / Icelandic bank bought Norilsk Nickel shares for Usmanov / Russian oil companies to profit from financial crisis /

2008-10-13 13:27:58

  ESTONIA The media write that the global financial crunch will also affect Russia, which cannot weather both domestic and external risks. "It is said that fools and bad roads are Russia's main problems. This may be so, but it now has

2008-10-10 18:00:00

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) The Kremlin extends to the West a hand clenched into a fist / Moscow unlikely to cross the T's in conflict with Tbilisi soon / Russia may have to protect its citizens in Transdnestr / Severstal announces layoffs on

2008-10-10 13:33:00

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Yelena Zagorodnyaya) - Russia has agreed to bail out Iceland by granting this small island state a huge stabilization loan at an unbelievably low interest rate. Is it an act of wanton generosity, or a far-sighted

2008-10-09 18:00:00

MOSCOW, October 9 (RIA Novosti) Medvedev, Sarkozy find common language / NATO plans to protect Russia's neighbors worrisome for Moscow / Kyrgyzstan determined to prove that Russian investments won't be lost / Russian economist discovers reason

2008-10-09 11:21:00

MOSCOW. (Andrei Kislyakov for RIA Novosti) - Deep space exploration is becoming an ever bigger part of national space programs. Currently, missions to the Moon and Mars are considered feasible. The U.S. has announced preparation for another space probe l

2008-10-08 18:00:00

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) Russian elite takes oath of allegiance to Putin / Russia's oil and gas majors ask government for bailout / Russia offers West helping hand / Renault Chief Designer moves to Russia / TNK-BP may lose its Kovykta licen