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Russia's government pledged a mortgage buyout Wednesday and announced more aid for major airlines and other companies beyond an existing $200 billion financial rescue package, Russian news agencies reported.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will refuse to sell surplus carbon-emissions credits to other nations, removing from the market the biggest single pool of licenses to pollute under the Kyoto global-warming treaty, a government official said.
The NATO secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, strongly defended the alliance?s decision to begin ?a conditional and graduated reengagement? with Moscow.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia, holder of the world’s biggest surplus of carbon-dioxide credits under the Kyoto Protocol global-warming treaty, won’t sell them to other nations, an official said at the United Nations climate talks.
Brussels - NATO is willing to discuss how to respond to new security threats with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), of which Russia and the United States are both members, the trans-Atlantic alliance said Wednesday. Howe...
Despite the political tensions generated by the recent war in Georgia, the deep business ties between Germany and Russia underlie Berlin's efforts to bind Moscow more closely to the EU.
Russia's military is planning to upgrade its missiles to allow them to evade American weapons in space and penetrate any prospective missile shield, a Russian general said Monday.
Germany hopes to counter Russia?s renewed militarism by promoting economic development and stability.
Germany and Italy called for the alliance to ease the opposition to “business as usual” with Russia that the alliance adopted under U.S. pressure after Russian troops invaded Georgia in August.
VEB, in charge of Russian refinancing scheme, is asking for a $34.0 billion capital injection.
(RTTNews) - Bahrain and Russia agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding over cooperation in nuclear energy for civilian purposes. This was disclosed by visiting King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, in Moscow Tuesday.
Western European countries led by Germany maintained a veto on fast-track membership for Georgia and Ukraine and successfully pushed for an end to the U.S.-inspired policy of “no business as usual” with the Kremlin that was proclaimed after Russia’s war with Georgia in August.
In an echo of the Soviet era, Andrei Piontkovsky, a Hudson Institute Visiting Fellow, has been summoned back to his native Russia, accused of violating a law that that has widely expanded the scope of illegal "extremist activities." So-called extremist acts now include "abasement of national dignity" and "slander of a public official."
Rohm and Haas (NYSE:ROH), the leading producer of specialty materials, today launched a new manufacturing facility in the Ramenskoye region of Moscow. The plant was developed from a greenfield site with close proximity to key customers and with excellent access to local and imported raw materials and all key utilities. Manufacturing at the plant will be focused on additives for paint and ...
Russia plans to upgrade its missiles to allow them to evade American weapons in space and penetrate any prospective missile shield, a Russian officer said Monday. The officer, Col. Gen. Nikolai Y. Solovtsov, chief of strategic missile forces, said Russia?s intercontinental ballistic missiles would be modernized to protect them from space-based components of the United States missile defense ...
BRUSSELS, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Talks between Russia and the European Union resumed Tuesday after a three-month hiatus following the Georgian invasion.
Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to lower tar and nicotine content in cigarettes and to place large health warnings on the packs. But some health advocates say the measure passed by the State Duma flies in the face of guidelines of the international tobacco control agreement that Russia joined this year. The legislation, which still must be approved by ...
NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday affirmed their support for U.S. plans to install anti-missile defenses in Europe despite Russia's strong opposition.
The Russian navy said Wednesday one of its warships would sail this week through Panama Canal — a symbolic projection of Moscow's power to the U.S. zone of influence.
NATO foreign ministers have agreed to gradually resume contacts with Russia, frozen after Russian military forces invaded Georgia in August. NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer announced the decision Tuesday, as NATO ministers met in Brussels for two days of wide-ranging talks.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the West Tuesday not to return to "business as usual" with Russia without holding it to account for its five-day war with his country in August.
