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Russia

Type: Country

Name: Russia

population: 144,003,904

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 21 Documents

Dmitry Medvedev

Putins cronies crowd Kremlin, critics cry foul

MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin defied calls on Tuesday to bring fresh faces into top jobs by shifting his old ministers into the Kremlin and putting a key lieutenant in charge of the giant state oil firm. The swift reassignment of half a dozen ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Oman Tribune ]

Entities: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, United Russia (RU), Moscow

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents

Russia eyes Vladivostok casino zone to woo Asian money

* Aims to set up 6 sq km gambling zone in Vladivostok* State-owned company to seek tenders from June* Plan includes luxury hotels, yacht clubMACAU, May 23 (Reuters) - Russia is placing bets that plans to build a gambling and entertainment zone near the ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Yahoo! UK and Ireland ]

Entities: Vladivostok, Casino, Russia, Macau

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 Documents

NATO

Russia Has No Business in NATO Missile Defense – Polish MP

Poland has warned Moscow against interfering in NATO’s plans concerning the deployment of a missile shield in Europe as Russia is not a member of the military alliance, a high-ranking Polish official said on Tuesday.On Sunday, NATO Secretary General ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Naval Open Source INTelligence ]

Entities: NATO, Missile Defense, Russia

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 5 Documents

Russia jails 10 over deadly train bombing

A Russian court has jailed 10 Caucasus militants, four of them for life, over a deadly bombing on a Moscow-Saint Petersburg express train in November 2009 that left 28 people dead.The court in the Tver region north of Moscow found all 10 suspects guilty ... [ Published 7 hours ago by MSN New Zealand ]

Entities: Russia, prison, Ekazhevo (Russia), Chechen Islamist, attack

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 Documents

United Russia (RU)

Russia raises protest fines above annual wage

Members of the Russian Opposition voting against the new measure.Russia's parliament today hiked fines for unsanctioned protests to more than three times the annual wage after a march on the eve of Vladimir Putin's historic inauguration ended in battles ... [ Published 15 hours ago by Times of Malta ]

Entities: protest, Russia, United Russia (RU), Communist Party, Pro-Kremlin

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated 18 hours ago - 25 Documents

Vladimir Putin

Putin consolidates power, hires ousted ministers

MOSCOW Taking a tough stand against dissent, President Vladimir Putin ignored public opposition and hired some Russia's most unpopular former ministers Tuesday and Russian lawmakers debated a draconian bill that raises fines for joining unsanctioned protests ... [ Published 18 hours ago by WRAL ]

Entities: Vladimir Putin, Rashid Nurgaliyev, protest

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 4 Documents

Mikheil Saakashvili

Is Russia Itching for War with Georgia?

No one expected Russia to become a major campaign issue in 2008 when it went to war with Georgia, ripping away the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Now, there are signs that Russia is itching for a rematch that would finish off the pro-American ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Frontpagemag.com ]

Entities: Russia, Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 10 Documents

No longer world’s biggest oil producer, Russia focuses on offshore development

Russian oil production (gray) versus Saudi oil production (yellow). According to data from the Joint Organization Data Initiative, Saudi Arabia has surpassed Russia as the world’s largest oil producer, a position which the latter country held for ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs | The ... ]

Entities: Oil Production, Russia, Taxes, Vladimir Putin, Okhotsk (Russia)

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 5 Documents

Princess Michaels assassinated friend was in conflict with Russian ministry

A Russian friend of Princess Michael of Kent who was shot dead by a hit man had become embroiled in a conflict with his countrys interior ministry, it emerged on Monday night. Mikhail Kravchenko, 46, was gunned down on the outskirts of Moscow on Sunday ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Princess Michael of Kent, Assassination, Russia, Venice (Italy), Boris Berezovsky

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 13 Documents

NATO interim missile shield 'is active'

NATO has declared the interim capability phase of its European missile shield active.The declaration marks the first stage of the alliance's four-part European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) to missile defence, which is based around US SM-3 interceptor ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Defence Management ]

Entities: Missile Shield, NATO, Interceptor, Lisbon, USS Monterey

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 11 Documents

Western powers must mull lifting Iran sanctions in P5+1 talks: Russia

Russia denies the efficiency of sanctions against Iran; it thinks that the sanctions are driving the problem into an impasse.Yet, bearing in mind the adherence of Western partners to sanctions, I think they should think about the time when the sanctions ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Daily Messenger ]

Entities: Sanctions, Iran, Russia, IAEA

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 18 Documents

NATO starts up defense system

by RIA Novosti & The Moscow News at 21/05/2012 21:21NATO has announced that the first steps have been taken in establishing its European missile defense system, despite Russian concerns that the system could be used to target its own defenses.A NATO official ... [ Published May 21 2012 by The Moscow News ]

Entities: NATO, Russia, Missile Defense

Quotes

"As more homes and businesses use these platforms, the attacks will spread" Weafer said

Cyber crooks step up weapons production: report [Dunya News - 1 hour ago]

"We think this is a very positive step forward on TAPI," a U S State Department spokesperson familiar with the matter said Tuesday. "We hope to see further momentum and progress on this regional strategic priority."

TAPI agreement to be signed today [Geo Tv - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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Visions of Europe in an Election Year [ Published 1 hour ago by Brookings Latest From Brookings ] Event Information May 23, 20121:30 PM - 6:00 PM EDT Falk AuditoriumBrookings Institution1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20036 Register for the Event With many national economies slipping back into recession and voters in Greece, France ...
Russia Has No Business in NATO Missile Defense ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Naval Open Source INTelligence ] Poland has warned Moscow against interfering in NATO’s plans concerning the deployment of a missile shield in Europe as Russia is not a member of the military alliance, a high-ranking Polish official said on Tuesday.On Sunday, NATO Secretary General ...
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Is the U.S.-India relationship losing steam? [ Published 2 hours ago by IntelliBriefs ] http://chellaney.net/2012/05/19/is-the-u-s-india-relationship-losing-steam/ Posted on May 19, 2012 by chellaney Brahma Chellaney WASHINGTON — Was the U.S.-India strategic partnership oversold to the extent that it has failed to yield ...
Tajikistan: The Economics of Drug Trade in a Po... [ Published 2 hours ago by Global Voices Online ] It sometimes takes a story published in a foreign magazine to spark a discussion in a society where local media is tightly controlled. In Tajikistan, it took an article run by the The Economist to trigger a conversation on news websites about corruption ...

Audio/Video

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Russia's Khodorkovsky discusses Putin's return ... [ Published 11 hours ago by Al Jazeera - YouTube ]
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Press Releases

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