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Russia and the United States are working to reach agreement on a new nuclear accord to replace the treaty which runs out next week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will sell natural gas to Belarus next year at a discount of about 30 percent to 40 percent compared with the prices its neighbors pay, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said, according to state television.
The beheaded bodies of a police officer and a bailiff have been found in a volatile province in Russia's North Caucasus, officials said Tuesday.
U.S. negotiators working to conclude a new strategic arms treaty with Russia are discussing ways to continue nuclear weapons monitoring until the new accord can be ratified, a State Department spokesman said on Monday.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s central bank cut its key interest rates to a record low in the ninth reduction since April as it seeks to deter speculative bets on the ruble and ease credit flows to households and businesses.
Russia’s central bank lowers its refinancing rate by 50 basis points on Tuesday, extending its easing cycle.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Daimler AG is in talks about raising its stake in OAO KamAZ , Russia’s biggest truck maker, to expand in Europe’s No. 1 market for the vehicles.
A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries. Russia's once-mighty navy was... Russia - Saint Petersburg - Soviet Union - Georgia - Amphibious assault ship
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Russian prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into the death of an imprisoned lawyer for Hermitage Capital Management after President Dmitry Medvedev demanded action.
The explosion in central Russia occurred while soldiers were disposing of unexploded munitions left over from an earlier explosion on Nov. 13, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
Eight soldiers died in a munitions blast Monday in central Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said, at the same arms depot where two died in a huge accidental weapons explosion 10 days earlier.
Daimler, Kamaz Create Joint Ventures In Russia
November 24, 2009: After going back and forth on defense budget increases in the last year, Russia announced that they will be spending over $50 billion in the next year. This will include nearly $34 billion for procurement of weapons and equipment from Russian firms. This says two things.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Chubu Electric Power Co. , Japan’s third-biggest utility, signed agreements to buy coal from Russia to reduce reliance on Australian imports and offset declines in Chinese shipments, company officials said.
Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev ordered on Tuesday an investigation into the sudden death of a jailed equity fund lawyer who was a leading witness in a tax fraud battle.
LAKE PLACID - A Russian figure skater accused of stealing a car and driving drunk has returned home. Federal immigration officials rescinded a detainer issued to Andrei Lutai, 23, allowing him to return home to Russia, according to Brian Barrett of Lake Placid, Lutai's attorney.
MOSCOW, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- A French amphibious assault ship -- of a type Russia hopes to buy -- has arrived in St. Petersburg, sparking unease among neighboring nations and the United States.
The Russian central bank cut its main interest rate to a record low 9.0 percent on Tuesday to check a strengthening ruble that threatens to harm the major oil and gas producer's crucial exports.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia | A French amphibious assault ship like the one Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday in St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other former Soviet nations that Russia is upgrading its navy to intimidate its neighbors. The Mistral military ship, which can carry more than a dozen helicopters along with dozens of tanks and other armored vehicles, would certainly be a ...
A police investigator and a court bailiff were found beheaded in a car trunk in Russia's mainly Muslim region of Kabardino-Balkaria, Interfax said on Tuesday, underscoring spreading violence on Russia's southern flank.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko stepped down Tuesday as president of the Russian Football Union. Mutko's resignation was expected after President Dmitry Medvedev recently announced that all sports federations must be run by full-time professionals. The union said in a statement Tuesday that Mutko's top deputy, Nikita Simonian, will serve as interim chief until February, when a new...
