State Duma to hold second reading of New START on Friday - Rules do not bind government workers to take part in the second reading of the treaty, but Kosachyov does not rule out the participation of representatives of the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry in the hearing. "We would welcome that decision," he remarked.
Lavrov’s press conference on foreign relations in 2010:
IRAN'S PROPOSAL THAT SOME COUNTRIES VISIT ITS NUCLEAR SITES DESERVES ATTENTION BUT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS SUBSTITUTING FOR IAEA INSPECTIONS – LAVROV
Lavrov: Russia at a meeting of "six" will speak at the commencement of negotiations on Iran
Lavrov: Middle East Quartet will meet at the Munich Conference
Russia wants to broaden area of common strategic interests with U.S. – Lavrov
Russia expects to advance toward visa-free travel with EU in 2011 – Lavrov
THERE ARE NO TECHNICAL OR ORGANIZATIONAL OBSTACLES TO VISA-FREE TRAVEL BETWEEN RUSSIA, EU – LAVROV
RUSSIA EXPECTS TO SETTLE ISSUES BLOCKING WAY TO VISA-FREE TRAVEL WITH EU IN 2011 – LAVROV
Lavrov: maintaining the momentum in relations with the United States is Russia’s task
Lavrov confirms positive changes in Russia’s security cooperation with Euro-Atlantic partners
Round-up of a year in foreign relations – Russian FM on 2010
Major events of 2010 through the lens of Russian diplomacy
Power Ties With Russia, Georgia, Tajikistan - Iran intends to expand power ties with Russia, Georgia and Tajikistan, said deputy energy minister, Mohammad Behzad.
NATO, Russia Plan Meeting on Missile Defense Collaboration - Russian General Staff chief Gen. Nikolai Makarov is set to participate in a January 26 meeting in Brussels with his counterparts from NATO states, Rogozin said. The general is also to hold a number of direct discussions with other nations on joint missile defense matters. "This is one of the most important topics in military and political cooperation between Russian and NATO," Rogozin said (Interfax, Jan. 11).
Armenia, Russia to create nine joint venture in defense industry
Mistral to Northern fleet - The Russian navy says they will base one of the French Mistral class helicopter carriers at the Northern fleet’s main base Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula.
Mistral Construction In Russia, But Not by Pugachyov - "Russia's shipyards are so outdated that it would be senseless even to renovate them," said Konstantin Makiyenko, deputy director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies.
Rogozhkin: There are up to 800 militants in the North Caucasus
Medvedev to hold anti-corruption council meeting
Medvedev to sum up anti-corruption measures of 2010
Polish minister blasts Russian air traffic controllers over Kaczynski plane crash - "Air traffic controllers' reaction to an attempt of landing should have been unambiguous," Miller said.
Air crash report strains Russia-Polish ties - By Jan Cienski in Warsaw
Pravda: Russia and Poland in major scandal over Lech Kaczynski's death
Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, January 13, 2011
Kiwi fighter pilot honoured by Russians, but not at home
Television Justice - The Police Response to the New Year’s Opposition Rally Bodes Badly for its Leaders in the Run-Up to Parliamentary and Presidential Elections
Argumenti i Fakti: Virtual nationalists - The protest on Manezh Square failed to materialize
Nezavisimaya: An innovative strategy for officials’ vacations overseas - In 2011, Russian officials may receive a new benefit – a two-year overseas paid vacation with guaranteed job security to study in foreign universities. This original way of spending the public funds is provisioned under the “Strategy for Innovative Development of the RF until 2020”, drafted by the Ministry of Economic Development.
Russia's internal debt soars in 2010 - The Russian government's domestic debt in securities climbed 34 percent in 2010 to RUB 2.462 trillion (approx. USD 81.98bn) as of January 1, 2011, the Finance Ministry said in a statement today.
World Bank lowers Russian 2011 GDP growth forecast to 4.2% - Russia’s growth will accelerate to 4.2 percent this year from 3.8 percent in 2010, driven by strengthening domestic demand and higher prices for fuel and other commodities, the World Bank estimated. The economy will slow in 2012 because of a delayed overhaul of the economy and as the government gradually withdraws stimulus measures, the bank said.
Russian international reserves up $1.3 bln in week
Russian food: too expensive - Food prices have surged since last summer – and have risen more than twice as quickly in 2010 that in 2009, setting back government plans to reduce inflation as Russia enters an election year. Poor Russians have been particularly hard hit with the price of the minimum food basket rising by more than one fifth in 2010 compared with just 0.7 per cent in 2009.
Yields Sink to Four-Month Low to Emerging Europe: Russia Credit
