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MOSCOW----GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company , today announced the installation of Russia’s first high-definition computed tomography scanner, GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD, at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation by the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow led by Professor Konstantin V.
With a full crew complement, the International Space Station can no longer accommodate paying guests.
Russia's Gazprom revises Ukraine gas deal after Putin promises not to penalize neighbor
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in Paris today aiming to strengthen ties with France by enlisting energy partners, seeking a rescue for the crippled Russian car industry and discussing a pioneering defense accord.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s Micex Index, the world’s best-performing benchmark equity gauge this year, will surpass 1,400 by the end of December as oil prices rally, said Richard Ross , a technical strategist at brokerage Auerbach Grayson & Co.
Many top Russian prospects are getting good ice time in Canadian juniors they wouldn't be getting at home. THN says it's a smart move.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s international reserves rose to the highest level in almost a year as the central bank pledged more currency purchases to stem speculative ruble bets.
Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned... Democracy - Soviet Union - Propaganda - Russia - Politics
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — French officers on Tuesday showed off a cutting-edge warship to a potential buyer — the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela and Russia agreed to invest about $6.4 billion in a joint fund to pay for new oil projects in the South American country.
Russian human rights activists are voicing cautious optimism that an investigation ordered by President Dmitry Medvedev might dig up some truth about the mysterious prison death last week of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was involved in a massive corruption lawsuit against the police.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The Russian government may sell a stake in VTB Group for as much as 300 billion rubles ($10.4 billion) that it acquired this year for 180 billion rubles as part of a program to stabilize the financial sector, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said today at a conference in Moscow organized by the Vedomosti newspaper.
Moscow (UPI) Nov 23, 2009 - 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.
TORONTO (Dow Jones)--The Canadian dollar ended higher Wednesday, rising to its strongest levels in a week as the U.S. dollar crumbled on a global basis and Russia announced plans to begin adding Canadian dollars to its reserve currency basket.
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.
Moscow, March 3 (Reuters)—Western observers and independent Russian monitors criticized Russia's presidential election on Monday as neither free nor fair, but said its outcome broadly reflected the will of the people.
MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russia plans to gradually increase its intervention in foreign currencies within the moving trading corridor that it has set for the ruble and the euro and dollar, the Russian central bank's Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said Wednesday.
STAR CITY, Russia, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Main and backup crews for the next mission to the International Space Station began final tests at a space training center near Moscow Thursday.
The prison notes of Sergei L. Magnitsky, who was accused in a tax fraud scheme, show his repeated requests for treatment were ignored.
Gruner + Jahr , the German publisher, said Tuesday that it was selling its Russian operations to Axel Springer after concluding that it would need to make too many expensive acquisitions to gain a leading market position.
The Canadian dollar rose to a one-week high against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after the Russian central bank said it was preparing to invest some of its foreign exchange reserves in the Canadian currency.
