The EXPO-2010 final declaration will include Russia’s position on energy, IT and high-tech development, Nikolai Bugayev, deputy head of the All-Russian Exposition Center (VVC), said.
Pundits Attribute the Recent Union of the FSB With the SBU to Viktor Yanukovich’s Pro-Russian Agenda.
Rapprochement between Ukraine and Russia continued apace last week as the two countries’ secret services signed in cooperation on anti-terrorism and agreed that Russia’s Federal Security Bureau (FSB) can return to Ukraine’s Crimea to defend its Black Sea Fleet. On the one hand, the counterterrorism proposals could well have come at the right time, as North Caucasian radicals are alleged to have established a presence in Crimea. But on the other hand, is it really sensible to allow foreign secret services, which have been repeatedly linked with national security disturbances on Ukrainian soil, to return to the peninsula where Moscow has historic interests?
The operation to release a Russian vessel seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday lasted just 22 minutes, the commander of the Russian naval task force in the Gulf of Aden said Thursday.
The Russian and U.S. presidents, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, signed on Thursday a new treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive weapons to replace the START 1 treaty, which expired in December 2009.
Evraz Group to release IFRS report for 2009. MTS to announce US GAAP financials for 2009. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft to hold EGM. Mosenergosbyt to hold EGM. Moscow Arbitration Court to hear Lukoil’s lawsuit against Federal Antimonopoly Service. Kaliningrad Arbitration Court to hear bankruptcy case of airline KD Avia. Moscow Arbitration Court to hear bankruptcy case of lingerie retailer Wild Orchid.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has not abandoned his intention to grant Russian the official status of a second national language in Ukraine, the deputy chief of the presidential administration said on Wednesday.
Sales of new passenger cars in Russia in January-February 2010 decreased by 34% compared with the same period last year, according to the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
Russia and Croatia signed on Tuesday an intergovernmental agreement on building and operating the Croatian segment of the South Stream gas pipeline intended to supply natural gas to Europe.
