The genre of orchestra without a conductor will be revived in Moscow this week. The trend for musicians to play without the guidance of a conductor, feeding off their own energy and drive, started in Communist...
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The Russian Orthodox Church has enthroned its new leader at a ceremony in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. We were saddened by the death of the succeeding Patriarch Alexiy II, who had passed away in...
Barry Artiste Op/EdAverage Russians used to McJobs and salaries of around 600 dollars US a month, will get a chance to work for one of the Worlds largest retailer. One would hope employee discounts for...
opinion by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 157 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
These two countries are havingmany disputes. This one may be over natural gas but there aredeeper underlying disputesbetween these neighbors. "Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom cut all natural gas supplies to...
After months of negotiations, main gas producing countries agreed to form an Organisation to protect their common energy interests. The initiative has been criticised by those fearing the formation of a...
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Just prior to the official visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's to Cuba, Moscow has stated it would invest in oil and nickle industries. This announcement matches the renewed interest in Cuban future and...
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The dumbest thing you can do in a period of economic uncertainty is to give people (a) no information or (b) bad information. The Russian government seems inclined to do the former."MOSCOW – Russian...
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Spanning the world to bring the stranger things of lifeIt's tough all over...I guess"Russian Orthodox church stolen _ brick by brick November 14, 2008 - 5:25pm ...
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G2O meeting with Bush, new money ? One day before the G20 meeting for new money order at Washington, Sarkozy takes agressive positon to lame duck Bush over Georgia. Sarkozy will meet tomorrow Russian president...
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Russia and Cuba warm up bilateral relations. They will engage in energy cooperation not resume Russian military presence in the Caribbean island. "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced Moscow's...
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They've said it before, but maybe this time they mean it. Russia has said today that its troops have begun withdrawing from the buffer zone around South Ossetia that is within Georgian territory."Russia says its...
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"MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Despite heavy rain hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Tuesday to commemorate investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya gunned down near her home in the Russian capital in 2006. A model of a planned monument to the journalist has...
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Update: Oct 06-08Barry Artiste Op/Ed The Pirates of Somalia, stating to the Superpowers that they will fight to the last man to hold off attacks from the Ukrainian ship they boarded, may not understand that if...
opinion by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 5416 views | 14 recommendations | 6 comments
Overnight, Asian markets dropped and the big European markets plummeting just minutes after opening. The drops were widely expected following a weekend where European leaders met to stem the growing, global...
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"President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy - a move likely to raise U.S. concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow.Chavez said he accepted an offer from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for...
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