Azerbaijan to double gas supplies to Russia
AFP - Sat Dec 26, 12:50 pm ETAzerbaijan will double gas supplies to Russia in 2010 to one billion cubic metres, the resource-rich Causasus republic's energy firm SOCAR said on Saturday.
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Azerbaijan will double gas supplies to Russia in 2010 to one billion cubic metres, the resource-rich Causasus republic's energy firm SOCAR said on Saturday.
Russia planned to sponsor a peace conference, but the proposal has never gotten off the ground.
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia and Russia have reached a deal to open a border crossing that has been closed for three years, Georgia said Thursday, marking a significant thaw in diplomatic relations since last year’s war between the two countries.
The Russian Olympic Hockey Team was announced today, with very few surprises. NHL all-star and Stanley Cup-winner Alexei Kovalev failed to make the cut.
Bolivia may be the poorest nation on the continent, but that doesn't deter Russian gambling companies, their operations curbed at home, from setting up shop
Three Washington Capitals players will represent Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. The Russian national team announced Thursday that left wing Alexander Ovechkin, right wing Alexander Semin and goalie Semyon Varlamov will be on the 23-man roster.
Moscow (AFP) Dec 24, 2009 - President Dmitry Medvedev voiced hope Thursday that Moscow and Washington would reach an agreement on a new nuclear treaty but said Russia would continue developing nuclear missiles to defend itself.
Russia will work on a new generation of atomic weapons to strengthen its nuclear deterrent, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday, just hours after Moscow test-fired one of its most feared missiles.
Russia, the world champion, announced its 23-man Olympic roster, a team led by the high-powered N.H.L. forwards Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk.
Russia still has goal of hosting Mideast peace conference
Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may be active in Russian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close.
Russia's biggest bank Sberbank said Friday it has made a proposal to General Motors seeking compensation for losses it incurred after the US auto giant dropped plans to sell its Opel unit.
Russia, buoyed by back-to-back world titles, on Friday named a 23-man squad for the 2010 Winter Olympics where they are tipped to be the greatest threat to defending champions Canada.
Ovechkin, Kovalchuk headline Russia's Olympic roster
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday denied accusations by Russian gas export giant Gazprom that Kiev may not be able to pay its energy bill this month due to a cash crunch.
Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk are among the 14 NHL players on the 23-player Russia squad for the Vancouver Olympics.
MOSCOW, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Russia will continue to have a "nuclear shield" under a new START treaty, President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the 10th time since April to discourage speculative ruble trades and ease credit flows.
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Russia and Bulgaria plan to start talks on replacing a natural-gas supply contract that expires next year, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said after meeting his Bulgarian counterpart Traicho Traikov in Moscow.
An Islamist militant group based in Russia's North Caucases has claimed the killing last month of an Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of Islam.
Georgia said on Thursday it had agreed to open a mountain pass on the border with Russia, in a first sign of a possible thaw in relations between the two ex-Soviet nations since their August 2008 war.