Russian News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:38 CST 60 Russia is willing to build nuclear power plants of up to 15,000 megawatts over the next 10 years in India, the Russian ambassador to the South Asian nation said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=121r4idh2/%2Ahttp%253A//english.pravda.ru/news/world/11-03-2010/112545-putin-0 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=121r4idh2/%2Ahttp%253A//english.pravda.ru/news/world/11-03-2010/112545-putin-0 Shares in Finnish electronics firm Elcoteq jump 14.2 percent after a report in Russian paper Kommersant says the firm is in talks with China's TPV Technology Ltd and Philips about making computer and television monitors in Russia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12lbml1jg/%2Ahttp%253A//ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100311/tbs-markets-europe-stocksnews-7318940.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12lbml1jg/%2Ahttp%253A//ph.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100311/tbs-markets-europe-stocksnews-7318940.html KIEV | In a sign of cooling relations between Tehran and Moscow, Iranian Transportation Minister Hamid Behbahani has ordered all Russian commercial pilots working in the country to leave within 60 days. "Upon an order from the president, the Road and Transportation Ministry has set a two-month deadline, upon the expiry of which all Russian pilots will have to leave the country," Mr. Behbahani http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=132heklit/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/tehran-gives-russian-pilots-2-months-to-leave/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=132heklit/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/11/tehran-gives-russian-pilots-2-months-to-leave/ MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble firmed to a new 14 month high against the euro-dollar basket, gaining support from strong oil and carry trade on Thursday and fuelling expectations of further moves in the central bank's band. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12fav8o37/%2Ahttp%253A//malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100311/tbs-russia-rouble-7318940.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12fav8o37/%2Ahttp%253A//malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100311/tbs-russia-rouble-7318940.html OAO Russian Railways may hold an initial public offering for shares in its ZAO TransTeleCom telecommunications unit, Kommersant reported. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124dq47b9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=aAI.lH8zvSCU Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:57:49 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124dq47b9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=aAI.lH8zvSCU An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12eeopq3f/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/apenot/usbookstranslationawards3 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:32:10 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12eeopq3f/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100311/apenot/usbookstranslationawards3 The Independent could be given away for free if Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev takes over the struggling newspaper. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11se8vhe6/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8558037.stm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:04 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11se8vhe6/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8558037.stm India and Russia will on Friday tighten their ties by signing a slew of agreements, including an umbrella civil nuclear pact and another accord fixing the cost of the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at $2.35 billion http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13lcplarj/%2Ahttp%253A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-to-sign-nuclear-Gorshkov-deals-with-Russia/articleshow/5671801.cms Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13lcplarj/%2Ahttp%253A//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-to-sign-nuclear-Gorshkov-deals-with-Russia/articleshow/5671801.cms MOSCOW: Russia criticised as unacceptable Thursday a decision by the Israeli government to build new settlement homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=120i2ah79/%2Ahttp%253A//nst.com.my/articles/20100311155700/Article/indexhtml Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=120i2ah79/%2Ahttp%253A//nst.com.my/articles/20100311155700/Article/indexhtml The number of Russian billionaires nearly doubled to 62 this year from 2009 as the country's economy began to emerge from its worst economic slump since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to Forbes magazine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=1248im1t2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=agt.OV3NPAwQ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:37 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=1248im1t2/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=agt.OV3NPAwQ NOVO-OGAREVO, March 10 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Jordan hope to further strengthen their political and economic relations, King Abdullah II of Jordan said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=126bejdmm/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14902978%26PageNum=0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=126bejdmm/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14902978%26PageNum=0 The Russian Federation republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, North Ossetia and Ingushetia have experienced a sharp increase in assassinations and terrorist bombings in the past few years which have reached into the heart of Russia itself, most spectacularly with the bombing of the Moscow-Leningrad express train in January that killed 26. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11uu4k118/%2Ahttp%253A//onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article5672.shtml Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11uu4k118/%2Ahttp%253A//onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article5672.shtml Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn of Russia was appointed first deputy head of the united headquarters of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Itar-Tass news agency reported on Tuesday. Nogovitsyn was nominated to the post by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers approved the appointment, a source at the CSTO Secretariat was cited by http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11vasknvp/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6914370.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11vasknvp/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6914370.html MOSCOW, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will on Wednesday meet representatives of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the directors of Russia's leading television channels to discuss the expansion of information presence of the CIS states in Russia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=126jb13ec/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14899737%26PageNum=0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=126jb13ec/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14899737%26PageNum=0 Taking the stage in cocktail dresses and swimsuits, showing off luxurious evening gowns designed by Valentin Yudashkin and, finally, the question and answer round - Miss Russia 2010 was chosen with care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13q45gq4n/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96fdeac/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cvideo0C20A10A0A310A0C1581458160Bhtml/story01.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13q45gq4n/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96fdeac/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cvideo0C20A10A0A310A0C1581458160Bhtml/story01.htm STRASBOURG, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - The best films by Russian film directors have been included in the program of the Days of Russian Cinema that will be held in Strasbourg within the framework of celebrations of the Year of Russia in France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=126pgsi7a/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14899736%26PageNum=0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=126pgsi7a/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14899736%26PageNum=0 NEW YORK - Powerful environmental groups in Russia have stepped forward to say they have been shut out of a process to revise a new bill on radioactive waste management in Russia, saying their suggestions to improve the bill have been ignored, representatives of Greenpece Russia and Ecodefence told Bellona Web Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=1268roi5s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bellona.org/articles/articles2010/wastemanagmentbill Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=1268roi5s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bellona.org/articles/articles2010/wastemanagmentbill The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on Wednesday media reports that it was planning to purchase a large number of armored vehicles from Italy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=142n2n0lt/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96fd5a9/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cmlitary0Inews0C20A10A0A310A0C1581451830Bhtml/story01.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=142n2n0lt/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96fd5a9/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cmlitary0Inews0C20A10A0A310A0C1581451830Bhtml/story01.htm Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in a London court, his spokeswoman told CNN Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=135sdiede/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/10/england.berezovsky.libel/index.html?section=cnnlatest Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=135sdiede/%2Ahttp%253A//www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/10/england.berezovsky.libel/index.html?section=cnnlatest The following companies may have unusual price changes in Russian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and share prices are from the previous close. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12480tteg/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=av1gkXck31Pc Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12480tteg/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=av1gkXck31Pc The Third Millennium Russia Fund doubled last year, rebounding from 2008, as manager John Connor bet on commodities and consumer stocks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13675cdc3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thestreet.com/story/10697402/1/russia-returns-to-life-and-fund-doubles.html?puc=tscrss Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:05 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13675cdc3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thestreet.com/story/10697402/1/russia-returns-to-life-and-fund-doubles.html?puc=tscrss Russia car sales plummet in 2009 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=120gjrdm6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.menafn.com/qnnewsstorys.asp?StoryId=1093312588 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=120gjrdm6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.menafn.com/qnnewsstorys.asp?StoryId=1093312588 Russia launched on May 27 rotation of its troops in Abkhaz conflict zone, which is the part of the peacekeeping forces stationed there under the auspices of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=129c7vcdd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bakutoday.net/russia-rotates-peacekeepers-in-abkhazia.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=129c7vcdd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bakutoday.net/russia-rotates-peacekeepers-in-abkhazia.html Russia and India will sign defence and other deals worth more than 10 billion dollars during a visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to New Delhi this week, a top official said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12itu6ni4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/171044/russia-india-to-sign-10bn-deals Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12itu6ni4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/171044/russia-india-to-sign-10bn-deals Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway - and remain inside - to block a fleeing criminal suspect, prosecutors said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12cgq125s/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/aponreeu/eurussiahumanshield3 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12cgq125s/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/aponreeu/eurussiahumanshield3 WASHINGTON, March 10 (Itar-Tass) - The United States would like to see Russia as a partner in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and has noted good progress in the settlement of this issue, United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in Washington on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=1262ufihl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14899985%26PageNum=0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=1262ufihl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14899985%26PageNum=0 MOSCOW, March 10 (UPI) -- Thousands of Russian military personnel began participating in military drills Wednesday in conventional and nuclear warfare, a military official said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13ib0qafj/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/TopNews/International/2010/03/10/Russian-missile-forces-conduct-drills/UPI-64261268236871/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13ib0qafj/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/TopNews/International/2010/03/10/Russian-missile-forces-conduct-drills/UPI-64261268236871/ When Shawn Smith began earning his teaching certificate, he had one goal in mind. He wanted to teach Russian at Chippewa Falls High School. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12ina4gcd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.chippewa.com/articles/2010/03/10/news/doc4b9676504a120422306571.txt Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:15:16 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12ina4gcd/%2Ahttp%253A//www.chippewa.com/articles/2010/03/10/news/doc4b9676504a120422306571.txt Yields on Russian dollar bonds fell to less than 5 percent for the first time as rising oil prices boosted investor confidence in the world's biggest energy exporter ahead of its first foreign-currency bond sale in 12 years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124htlrd3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601013%26sid=aQK6zUNb6pKs Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124htlrd3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601013%26sid=aQK6zUNb6pKs Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April Russia - Nuclear weapon - Nuclear - United States - Warfare and Conflict http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11tiqgk1r/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10048483 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11tiqgk1r/%2Ahttp%253A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10048483 Russia and India might establish a joint venture to produce navigation equipment for GPS and its Russian equivalent Glonass, the head of the Russian federal satellite navigation operator said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13re9p345/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96dc2f1/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Crussia0C20A10A0A30A90C1581379470Bhtml/story01.htm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13re9p345/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96dc2f1/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Crussia0C20A10A0A30A90C1581379470Bhtml/story01.htm South Korea's foreign ministry summoned Russian Ambassador to Seoul Konstantin Vnukov Tuesday to protest recent attacks on South Koreans in Russia, local media reported. The move, interpreted as a strong diplomatic measure, comes after a 29-year-old South Korean student in Moscow, identified only by his last name Shim, was attacked and hospitalized, hardly a month after another South Korean http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11ver6aau/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6913773.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11ver6aau/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6913773.html World War II ended more than six decades ago, but one Russian village on the Baltic Sea is still coming to terms with its role in the Holocaust. In Yantarny, Russia, then part of East Prussia, thousands of Jews were killed in 1945. Even now, some villagers are still unaware of what happened. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12e0l1th3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124466615%26ft=1%26f=1001 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:12:28 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12e0l1th3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124466615%26ft=1%26f=1001 RBC, 09.03.2010, Moscow 17:04:57. Russia and Sweden have signed a number of agreements on cooperation, specifically in the energy and space exploration spheres. The documents were signed in the presence of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11k0e1f5q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rbcnews.com/free/20100309170457.shtml Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11k0e1f5q/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rbcnews.com/free/20100309170457.shtml Two lumberjacks of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) working in Russia's Far East on Tuesday asked for political asylum at a South Korean consulate, Russian news agencies reported. The two workers climbed over a wall of the South Korean consulate in the city of Vladivostok and requested political asylum, unidentified diplomatic sources were quoted as saying. The South Korean http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11viln8h2/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6913908.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11viln8h2/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6913908.html The Russian Orthodox Church should exert a stronger influence on national culture to prevent it from turning into a destructive force, a senior hierarch said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13u6tqiho/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96d3586/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0CReligion0C20A10A0A30A90C1581370A370Bhtml/story01.htm Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13u6tqiho/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96d3586/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0CReligion0C20A10A0A30A90C1581370A370Bhtml/story01.htm MOSCOW, March 9 (Reuters) - Singapore Exchange will have a team of top executives in Moscow on Wednesday in a bid to lure Russian companies' IPOs away from its Hong Kong rival. More than 100 large and mid-sized Russian companies are expected to take part in a one-day seminar with Singapore bourse managers including Simon Lim, its listings director, and Ong Chong-Jin, head of marketing and http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12s2h4qjh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7783386%26subject=general%26action=article Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12s2h4qjh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7783386%26subject=general%26action=article The four surviving Russian astronauts of the first team to travel to space joined their current counterparts to celebrate the golden jubilee of the maiden flight. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13g414vrc/%2Ahttp%253A//www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/world/Russian-astronaut-team-marks-golden-jubilee/Article1-517020.aspx Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13g414vrc/%2Ahttp%253A//www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/world/Russian-astronaut-team-marks-golden-jubilee/Article1-517020.aspx OAO Gazprom Neft , the oil arm of Russia's gas export monopoly, said Russian taxes are hindering ventures with international oil companies and are the main obstacle for its expansion at home and abroad. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124vj70s7/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072%26sid=ad1N41SHvqP0 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124vj70s7/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072%26sid=ad1N41SHvqP0 Russia will provide by the end of 2010 the first batch of low-enriched uranium for an international nuclear fuel reserve bank under control of the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA, a senior official said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11cas3fnf/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianews.net/story/610414 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11cas3fnf/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianews.net/story/610414 Senior Russian prison officials in St. Petersburg raped and beat two inmates who were captured after escaping from penal colonies, the city prosecutor's office said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124qpl6gl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=a.aIaKCV4uNY Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=124qpl6gl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601095%26sid=a.aIaKCV4uNY * Swedish PM visits Russia for first time in 10 years http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12bd44qjh/%2Ahttp%253A//asia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100309/tbs-russia-sweden-0b94ddd.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:12 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12bd44qjh/%2Ahttp%253A//asia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20100309/tbs-russia-sweden-0b94ddd.html Moscow - A Russian policeman is being investigated on corruption charges after colleagues witnessed him swallowing three banknotes that he had apparently received as a bribe, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. The traffic officer had alleg http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13pf7crrv/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313222%2Crussian-policeman-swallows-the-evidence-in-70-dollar-bribery-case.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:15:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13pf7crrv/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313222%2Crussian-policeman-swallows-the-evidence-in-70-dollar-bribery-case.html Estonian President Toomas Henrik Ilves called on Monday for closer cooperation with Russia in combating illegal immigration to EU countries http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13qnk71vt/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96a4f90/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cworld0C20A10A0A30A80C1581299620Bhtml/story01.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13qnk71vt/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96a4f90/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cworld0C20A10A0A30A80C1581299620Bhtml/story01.htm By Paul Goble Russia ranks 118th out of 133 countries, right alongside Mozambique and Burundi, in terms of the quality of its highways, according to the latest report of the World Economic Forum, a ranking that is the result, Russian investigators say, of the outmoded construction practices and massive corruption such practices invite. But what is still worse, according to a set of articles in http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13h0nju5o/%2Ahttp%253A//economie.moldova.org/news/corruption-keeping-russian-highways-among-worst-in-the-world-206976-eng.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:08:03 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13h0nju5o/%2Ahttp%253A//economie.moldova.org/news/corruption-keeping-russian-highways-among-worst-in-the-world-206976-eng.html India and Russia are likely to ink a long-delayed visa pact that will ease the Russian visa regime to spur more contacts between businessmen of the two sides during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11cu0ht4l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.calcuttanews.net/story/609913 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=11cu0ht4l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.calcuttanews.net/story/609913 A wave of anti-Putin protests across Russia offers a glimmer of hope to those working to end his rule. But the Russian Prime Minister is not going anywhere soon http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12fi5rs45/%2Ahttp%253A//www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1969996%2C00.html?xid=rss-world Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:08:56 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12fi5rs45/%2Ahttp%253A//www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1969996%2C00.html?xid=rss-world Russia will provide by the end of 2010 the first batch of low-enriched uranium for an international nuclear fuel reserve bank under control of the UN nuclear watchdog. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13sf7qvvq/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96a819e/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Crussia0C20A10A0A30A90C158130A4620Bhtml/story01.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=13sf7qvvq/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96a819e/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Crussia0C20A10A0A30A90C158130A4620Bhtml/story01.htm Three people who jumped to their deaths from a multi-storey building in Glasgow were identified as a Russian family seeking asylum in the UK. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13rqpr3ib/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96ab705/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cworld0C20A10A0A30A90C1581310A770Bhtml/story01.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13rqpr3ib/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96ab705/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cworld0C20A10A0A30A90C1581310A770Bhtml/story01.htm Reigning Russian champions Rubin Kazan have started the new season in style by beating last year's runners-up CSKA Moscow 1-0 in the Russian Super Cup courtesy of an Alexandr Bukharov goal. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13kcud4ha/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goal.com/en/news/553/russia/2010/03/08/1822991/rubin-kazan-beat-cska-moscow-to-lift-russian-super-cup Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13kcud4ha/%2Ahttp%253A//www.goal.com/en/news/553/russia/2010/03/08/1822991/rubin-kazan-beat-cska-moscow-to-lift-russian-super-cup The February 28 concert of Russian musicians from the Bach-consort classical music band, specializing in performing baroque and late Renaissance music, in the Pantheon, was coming to an end, but a woman, apparently a Pantheon keeper, got onto the stage and said the concert was over, requesting everyone to leave the building. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13rfgebs0/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96a2210/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cvideo0C20A10A0A30A80C158129820A0Bhtml/story01.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13rfgebs0/%2Ahttp%253A//rss.feedsportal.com/c/860/f/415777/s/96a2210/l/0Len0Brian0Bru0Cvideo0C20A10A0A30A80C158129820A0Bhtml/story01.htm Currently the Russian president is in Sochi and his visit to Yerevan is more than likely, an informed source in Moscow said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11idlq480/%2Ahttp%253A//www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=43855 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11idlq480/%2Ahttp%253A//www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=43855 MOSCOW - Ukraine's new president Viktor Yanukovych vowed Friday to end years of acrimony with Russia, as he paid his first visit to Moscow since taking office last week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=125a6feg3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?actionid=2%26storyid=30952 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=125a6feg3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?actionid=2%26storyid=30952 Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova claimed her first WTA Tour title in Monterray, Mexico, after battling back to win her second match of the day. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11tv43g4l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/08/2840042.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=11tv43g4l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/08/2840042.htm GUERNEVILLE - Storm clouds were brewing, but now appear to be dissipating over the Russian River Charter School, which recently learned its charter does not sunset in March, but rather in June 2010. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13fqiu908/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sonomawest.com/articles/2010/03/08/sonomawesttimesandnews/news/doc4b8eca8f679e2198869511.txt Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=13fqiu908/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sonomawest.com/articles/2010/03/08/sonomawesttimesandnews/news/doc4b8eca8f679e2198869511.txt TBILISI - The Georgian Foreign Ministry would "welcome" a resumption of direct air links with Russia after a border crossing was opened between the two countries on March 1 following the 2008 war over a separatist region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=125taasd5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?actionid=2%26storyid=30957 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=125taasd5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?actionid=2%26storyid=30957 MOSCOW, March 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian singer Pyotr Nalich's No. 13 and a song about unhappy love have won him a pass to the Eurovision 2010 song contest in the national qualification round. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=126ibs488/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14895320%26PageNum=0 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:00:33 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=126ibs488/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14895320%26PageNum=0 MOSCOW, March 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has congratulated the country's women ion International Women's Day. "March 8 today is a bright, joyous spring holiday," it is said in Putin's congratulatory message published on the government's official website. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=126n9jsqf/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14894705%26PageNum=0 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=126n9jsqf/%2Ahttp%253A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14894705%26PageNum=0 Russia yesterday launched a cash-for-clunkers program encouraging drivers to trade in old cars for new ones in order to prop up a domestic market badly hit by the global economic crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=1264barfq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2010/03/09/2003467562 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:29:23 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=1264barfq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2010/03/09/2003467562 TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has given Russian commercial pilots working in the Islamic Republic two months to leave the country because it has no need for them, Transportation Minister Hamid Behbahani said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12sspabo6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/iran-asks-russian-pilots-to-leave/401122.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:50:56 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12sspabo6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/iran-asks-russian-pilots-to-leave/401122.html India lags behind other countries such as Brazil, Russia and China in environmental performance as indicated in the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12f5ol98e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/09/stories/2010030952841800.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=12f5ol98e/%2Ahttp%253A//www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/03/09/stories/2010030952841800.htm Of course the Muscovite has had his moments; none more so than his incredible comeback from two sets down to help Russia win their first Davis Cup crown against France in 2002. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=120p2ifqp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=16956 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:24:42 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=120p2ifqp/%2Ahttp%253A//www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=16956 Kilmarnock striker Kevin Kyle says an offer of ?100,00 a week would not tempt him to sign for Russian club Spartak Nalchik. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12kte3rhc/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8556576.stm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12kte3rhc/%2Ahttp%253A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8556576.stm MOSCOW - Russian forces have killed eight suspected rebels and arrested 10 others in a raid that also found clues on two bomb attacks on trains in 2007 and 2009, the FSB security service said Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12r1uh8am/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/foreigndetail/10-foreign/32859-russian-forces-kill-eight Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:45:23 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russian%2522/SIG=12r1uh8am/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/foreigndetail/10-foreign/32859-russian-forces-kill-eight MOSCOW - Russia may scrap the ruble and introduce a common currency with Belarus and Kazakhstan as the nations broaden their alliance and seek to reduce their dependence on the dollar, a first deputy prime minister said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=125ltelig/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?actionid=2%26storyid=30955 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:47 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522russia%2522/SIG=125ltelig/%2Ahttp%253A//www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?actionid=2%26storyid=30955