Russia 110204 Basic Political Developments
Around 2,000 Russians leave Egypt
Download 228.9 Kb.
|
Around 2,000 Russians leave Egypthttp://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/04/42728124.html Feb 4, 2011 00:01 Moscow Time An estimated 2,000 Russian nationals have returned home from Egypt and about 33,000 more still remain in the crisis-stricken North African nation. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Moscow on Thursday that there was no need for any emergency evacuation yet, but Russian embassy staff in Cairo was standing by to give all necessary help Russian nationals might need. One million foreign tourists have left Egypt in the past 10 days of violence that has already cost Egypt about $1 billion in lost revenue. Tourism and the use of the Suez Canal are the two main sources of revenue for Egypt.
While it doesn’t have the same ring as BRIC grouping Brazil, Russia, India and China coined by Goldman Sachs’ Jim O'Neill in 2001, they are at least contiguous and Sberbank is moving into the three neighbouring markets from its Russian heartland. Russian company completes roads construction in Turkmenistan http://en.trend.az/capital/business/1823360.html 04.02.2011 11:42
Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Feb.4 / Trend H. Hasanov / The Revival Production Association (Russia) plans to finish the construction of a bridge on the road leading from the airport to the Caspian city of Turkmenbashi and the Avaza Sea Resort, an official Turkmen source said on Friday. The project envisages the design and construction of two road trestle bridges with a length of 1,300 and 400 meters and landscaping on the surrounding areas. The abovementioned work will be completed in June 2011. According to the source, a high-speed autobahn is also under construction. A road to Garabogaz, which will meet world standards, will also run under the arches of the southern two-level interchange. The northern trestle bridge is being built over the Turkmenbashi-Kiyanly Railway, which is under construction. The project is a part of the East-West international transport corridor.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2011/02/110204_rn_belorussia_detained.shtml GOOGLE TRANSLATION With the two Russians who were detained after the elections in Belarus, was removed charged with organizing mass disturbances, but they are charged with participation in them, risking imprisonment from three to eight years. Told reporters advisor to the Russian Embassy in Minsk, Vadim Gusev. According to Gusev, substantial evidence against the accused did not show. "They were familiarized with video and photos available to the Belarusian law enforcement agencies, which only indicate their presence on Independence Square on December 19 and no more," - said the embassy spokesman. The Belarusian opposition organized a December 19, 2010 an unauthorized protest rally in Minsk after it was announced that the current electoral victory of President Alexander Lukashenko, more than 600 people were detained by police. Life News gives name of Domodedovo suicide bomberhttp://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/04/42743365.html Feb 4, 2011 10:16 Moscow Time The “Life News” Internet news portal has found out the name of the Domodedovo suicide bomber. He is a 20-year old Magomed Yevloyev of Ingushetia. The man was identified through dactyloscopic examination and a DNA analysis of the remains. The Ingushi student was recruited by the North Caucasus criminal underground, left home in early September last year and told his parents that he was going to the Krasnodar Region to earn money. The parents had not heard from him since. The Investigative Committee official spokesman Vladimir Markin has neither confirmed, nor refuted the information. 02/04 11:58 DNA samples from relatives of Domodedovo suspected bomber to be examined – source http://www.interfax.com/ 02/04 11:50 Moscow clinics continue treating 86 people hurt in Domodedovo blast http://www.interfax.com/ 28 people injured in Domodedovo terror act discharged from clinics http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15922271&PageNum=0 04.02.2011, 11.14 MOSCOW, February 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Some 28 people, who were injured in a dreadful terrorist act at the Domodedovo airport, were already discharged from the Moscow hospitals, Moscow Deputy Mayor Olga Golodets said at a meeting on urgent issues here on Friday. Some 86 people are undergoing treatment at the Moscow hospitals, she noted. “Some 69 of them are in satisfactory condition, three people are in heavy condition and the rest are moderate-to-severe condition,” Golodets noted. Chief of the Moscow social security department Vladimir Petrosyan noted that 14 families from 25 relatives of the terror victims, have already received two million roubles in compensation each. “From 11 relatives, who have not received the compensations yet, three families live in Moscow and eight relatives are foreigners,” Petrosyan pointed out. He added that many relatives live in the non-CIS states and cannot arrive in Moscow, so the compensations are being transferred to them through the consular departments. “Keep this work and the work with injured people under control,” Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. A horrible terrorist act at the Domodedovo airport killed 35 people and one more person died later at the hospital on January 24. The Moscow authorities pay compensations to 25 families and the Moscow Region – to 11 families.
Directory: gifiles -> attach attach -> British Forces – Akrioti, Greece Griffin Fighter Squadron (84 Squadron raf) MoD announced possible Typhoon and Tornado arrivals to the base France attach -> Unclassified//for official use only attach -> Adaptability Sustainment attach -> Pop-up 1 ("C" Chechnya) Header Text: Emir of the Caucasus Emirate Doku Umarov Image attach -> Russia and Islam are not Separate attach -> Chapter 13: The Northern Caucasus attach -> Russia 100209 Basic Political Developments attach -> The evolution attach -> The devolution attach -> South Korea and Brazil: Brazilian’s Plan and Korean Visit Download 228.9 Kb. Share with your friends:
|