NATO, Russia agree return to top level talks
AFP - 34 minutes agoNATO and Russia agreed Wednesday to gradually resume high-level talks, frozen over Moscow's war against Georgia in August, even though a litany of differences remain to be settled.
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NATO Open To Russia Security Plan But Wants More Details
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 3, 10:01 am ESTBRUSSELS (AFP)--North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies are open to discuss Russian plans for a new European security pact but want more details about the proposals first, alliance Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Wednesday.
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Moscow officials place blame in death of Russian hockey player
Daily Record - Tue Dec 2, 8:27 pm ESTMOSCOW (AP) -- Moscow regional prosecutors have blamed an ice arena manager and a hockey club director for negligence in the death of rising Russian star Alexei Cherepanov.
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Russia's URSA, MDM Merge As Banks Seek Strength From Scale
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 3, 9:46 am ESTMOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Two major Russian banks said they are merging Wednesday, creating the country's second-largest privately-owned bank, as changes accelerates in the country's fragmented banking sector.
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EU, Russia Resume Partnership Talks
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 2, 11:30 am EST(RTTNews) - The European Union and Russia on Tuesday resumed their negotiations on a new agreement on strategic relations, after the EU froze the talks in September over the Russia-Georgia war.
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Russia Bolsters Domestic Investments
Forbes - Wed Dec 3, 6:07 am ESTMinistry of Finance allows NWF to invest half its portfolio in domestic funds.
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NATO: Talk to Russia, no fasttrack for Georgia, Ukraine - Summary
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 2, 2:14 pm ESTBrussels - NATO should open informal diplomatic talks with Russia after it broke off formal ties following August's Russian invasion of Georgia, alliance foreign ministers agreed Tuesday. And while Georgia and Ukraine can be certain of joining the al...
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OPEC President: Russia,Norway,Mexico Must Join OPEC Or Cut Output
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 2, 11:01 am ESTALGIERS (AFP)--Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil, the current president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, on Tuesday urged Russia, Norway and Mexico to join or cut their crude production to show solidarity with the group.
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Rice warns NATO members of Russia military contacts
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 1, 2:48 pm ESTU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned NATO members on Monday against military activities with Russia but said she did not oppose contacts via the NATO-Russia Council.
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Russia starts production of new ballistic missiles
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 1, 8:54 am ESTRussia has begun producing a new generation intercontinental missile, a senior government official said on Monday, after a successful test launch.
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Rice: Go slow on cooperation with Russia
Lexington Herald-Leader - Tue Dec 2, 3:33 am ESTThe United States has softened tough lines against what it views as Russia's illegitimate drive for influence over former Soviet vassals, although Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging European states to show their disapproval of Moscow's invasion of Georgia. U.S. compromises were on display Tuesday as Rice made her final speech to NATO allies. Having backed away from a call for ...
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NATO chief defends re-engagement with Russia
International Herald Tribune - 24 minutes agoThe NATO secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, strongly defended Wednesday the alliance's decision to begin "a conditional and graduated re-engagement" with Russia.
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Report: Russia to upgrade missiles
Park Hills Daily Journal - Wed Dec 3, 10:37 am ESTMOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military will upgrade its missiles in response to U.S. plans for weapons in space, a top Russian general reportedly said Monday.
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Nations sign cluster-bomb ban; US, Russia refuse
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 22 minutes agoAfghanistan unexpectedly joined dozens of nations signing a treaty banning cluster bombs in an effort that supporters hope will shame the U.S., Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons blamed for maiming and killing civilians.
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Moscow's Empire of Dust
Jewish World Review - Wed Dec 3, 5:18 am ESThttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | " Nyet! Nyet !" That's what a Russian bodyguard told a reporter for McClatchy newspapers when the latter asked the former to comment on an incident that took place on the Admiral Chabanenko, a Russian destroyer carrying Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, which had docked off the Venezuelan coast last week.
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NATO backs US missile shield over Russian protest
Boston Herald - Wed Dec 3, 10:38 am ESTBRUSSELS, Belgium - NATO foreign ministers today affirmed their support for U.S. plans to install anti-missile defenses in Europe despite Russia's strong opposition. The...
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US wants Russia security pact details before summit: official
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 1, 10:49 am ESTThe United States wants Russia to explain in detail its proposal for a new European security pact and believes it is too early to hold a summit on the issue, a senior US official said Monday.
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Russia reports major gold find
UPI - Wed Dec 3, 1:20 am ESTMOSCOW, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A gold deposit estimated at more than 100 tons has been found in Siberia, the Russian National Geological Prospecting Co. announced Tuesday.
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Russian warship to cross Panama Canal
The Charlotte Observer - Wed Dec 3, 10:01 am EST(The Associated Press) 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. It will be the first time since World War II that a Soviet or Russian military vessel crosses the canal, Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said. The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko will arrive Friday at ...
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EU To Relaunch Russia Talks To Boost Econ, Diplomatic Ties
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 2, 6:00 am ESTBRUSSELS (AFP)--The European Union was to resume key partnership talks with Russia Tuesday, aimed at boosting economic and diplomatic ties, three months after they were frozen in the wake of the Georgia conflict.
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Moscow Officials Place Blame for Cherepanov Death
Washington Post - Tue Dec 2, 1:28 pm ESTMoscow regional prosecutors say an ice arena manager and a hockey club director were negligent in the death of rising Russian star Alexei Cherepanov.
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