Senate ready to talk about renewing arms treaty with Russia
Senate Beats Back Critics to Debate Nuclear Treaty With Russia
White House criticizes Republicans over treaty delay
“This isn’t time to damage US relationship with Russia” – congresswoman: “I am very concerned about the threat that is always directly connected with a failure to sign the START treaty, and that is Iran and the threat of the nuclear capacity of Iran,” Schakowsky told RT in an exclusive interview.
Premier Putin to hold his ninth Q & A session with Russians - Putin’s Q & A session is expected to last for approximately two hours but it’s likely to be longer as usual. Putin broke record last year. He answered 87 questions in more than four hours.
Putin will answer questions from viewers, listeners on Dec 16 live show
Vladimir Putin to hold televised Q&A session - The question-and-answer session will begin at noon and will be broadcast by the Rossiya 1 and Rossiya 24 TV channels. It will also be aired by the Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations .
Putin To Field Questions From Russians - His spokesman says Putin was also likely to touch on ethnic tensions that provoked clashes with police in Moscow last week.
Personnel changes at the Federal Penitentiary Service - The President signed a decree to release from office and appointment of officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Police in southern Russia detain over 50 to prevent ethnic riots - Over 50 people were detained overnight in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar in a bid by police to prevent race-hate riots, a local police spokesman said on Thursday.
Police thwart nationalist march in Udmurtia; five detained
Medvedev praises Moscow police for professional actions
Kremlin official denounces Moscow riots - Russian deputy presidential chief of staff Vladislav Surkov condemned the recent riots in Moscow in an interview with the Izvestia paper.
Hoax bomb call causes evacuation of Moscow railroad terminal (Update 1) - Police received an anonymous phone call early on Thursday reporting that a bomb had been planted in the terminal. Experts and sniffer dogs searched the building, but found nothing.
Mass riots in Russia spurred by anti-reformists - deputy chairman of the State Duma security committee and former First Deputy Attorney General Vladimir Kolesnikov told RBC today.
Twelve Caucasus natives detained for attacking policemen - Police have detained 12 natives of the Caucasus near Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station in Moscow’s southwest for attacking three policemen on December 15.
PROSECUTORS LAUNCH 22 CRIMINAL CASES OVER MASS RIOTS IN MOSCOW - PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
Two criminal cases opened vs hooligans over Dec 15 crimes
Moscow unrest - thousands arrrested, barely a dozen charged
Moscow unrest - who was behind Wednesday's disturbances?
Kommersant: The Council of Legislators enters Manezh Square
Kyrgyz murder suspects describe themselves as 'skinheads' – source
Boy, 14, suspected of Moscow racist murder: official
A unique Ukrainian-Tatar partnership against Russia - Most Russians in Crimea have been or are with the Russian naval fleet in Sevastopol on the Black Sea. Many want to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. Moscow is funding them and is also reportedly handing out Russian passports (as in South Ossetia, Georgia). Caught in this dangerous game, Dzhemiliev is clear that Tatars want to remain part of Ukraine. “We want national and territorial autonomy within an independent, democratic and stable Ukraine.”
Turkey, Russia envisage more joint projects - Turkey plans to carry out more industrial and commercial projects with Russia after the two countries have pushed the button to start Turkey's first nuclear power plant project.
Geneva to host 14th meeting on tension prevention in Caucasus
Tallinn mayor labeled Moscow 'agent of influence' - Estonia's security police (KaPo) have branded Tallin mayor and opposition leader Edgar Savisaar Moscow's "agent of influence," in a letter to the country's government, the local Postimees newspaper said.
Accusations fly in EU vote on Russian travel ban - A u-turn by centre-right and centre-left MEPs on whether to seek an EU visa ban on Russian officials linked to the death of lawyer Sergey Magnitsky has prompted accusations about Russian lobbying in the EU parliament.
Banatski Dvor will be opened at beginning of 2011 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced in Moscow on Wednesday that the underground gas storage in Banatski Dvor will be opened at the beginning of 2011.
Fresh agreement on CIS free trade zone to be signed next May - Azerbaijani governmental sources say that its signing is scheduled for May 2011.
CIS entering on final stage of talks on updated treaty on free trade area - The last round of talks on the updated agreement establishing a free trade area in the CIS will be held on December 21, Ukrainian Ambassador to Russia Volodymyr Yelchenko has said.
Goods turnover between Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus - $13.5
Medvedev to visit India on Dec 20-22
Russian shipbuilders ask for $100 million to complete frigates for India
Sagem and Rosoboronexport to create joint venture for inertial navigation systems
Unknown gunmen kill mufti of North Caucasian region
Two Wounded After Attack On Police Checkpoint In Chechnya
Soyuz crew launched into space
Launch marks decade of missions - Russia's Dmitry Kondratyev, Nasa astronaut Catherine Coleman and the European Space Agency's Paolo Nespoli of Italy rode into space on the Soyuz TMA-20, which plans to dock at the orbiting laboratory on Friday.
Ex-head of Sayano-Shushenskaya plant charged with safety violations
Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP former chief brought to justice
Between 800 and 1,200 people were detained on Wednesday evening across Moscow as Russian nationalists clashed with internal migrants from the North Caucasus. The operation was aimed at preventing another mass riot following the violence on Manezh Square on Saturday.(Kommersant, Vremya Novostei, Vedomosti, Moscow Times, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia)
The Foreign Ministry accused the UK of "paranoid spymania" on Wednesday and hinted that the arrest of a Russian aide to a member of parliament could set back efforts to improve relations with London.(Moscow Times)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded that Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) officials take heed of the WikiLeaks scandal and prevent any leak of secret Russian data.(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
The Finance Ministry plans to deprive small businesses of the simplified tax rules they currently enjoy in a bid to increase state finances.(Vremya Novostei)
The Economic Development Ministry has adjusted its forecast for Russia's social and economic development for 2011-2013.(Vedomosti)
The verdict announcement for the case against former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev was postponed on Wednesday by two weeks. Judge Viktor Danilkin gave no explanation for the delay.(Vremya Novostei, Moscow Times, Vedomosti, Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
The 2010 annals of corruption stories took a creative twist this week when the public learned that Moscow's metro chief is also a talented inventor.(Moscow Times)
Muslim religious leader Anas Pshikhachev, the key ideological fighter against local Wahhabis, was shot dead in Kabardino-Balkaria.(Kommersant)
The Transportation Ministry does not think road construction expenses are too high. The estimated cost of one meter of the planned Moscow-St. Petersburg toll road exceeds 1.18 million rubles ($38,400).(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium agreed on Wednesday to invest $5.4 billion to double the pipeline's annual capacity to almost 70 million tons.(Moscow Times)
Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachyov fired a senior regional official on Wednesday over the gruesome murder of 12 people, including four children, in the local village of Kushchyovskaya .(Moscow Times)
Russia's top military officials have decided to increase the number of contract servicemen in the armed forces, despite earlier plans to cut numbers.(Vedomosti)
The United States will not oust Russia from India's armaments market, but New Delhi expects concessions from Moscow on nuclear issues.(Nezavisimaya Gazeta)
There were more reported thefts of the Honda CR-V crossover than any other car, reports from the largest Russian insurance companies show. Mitsubishi Lancer took second place, and Mazda 3 came third.(Rossiiskaya Gazeta)
Russian man bashed for bad driving - A Russian man has been bashed by a dozen drivers after his reckless driving caused a 16 car pile-up in Moscow.
Chechen politicians visit L-A - A delegation from the Parliament of Chechnya, a republic of the Russian Federation, toured Lewiston-Auburn on Wednesday as part of their visit to learn about American-style local government.
Russian educators get tips in Oak Ridge - Visit focuses on teaching people with disabilities
Russia to retrieve control over uranium - In turn, Russia is ready to write off 97.8% of the Mongolian debt, which is $172 million, and issue a new loan of $125 million.
