Last week I wrote that it would be wise if the Russian Prime Minister visited the site of derailment of the Nevsky Express passenger train on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg. That crash, which investigators...
opinion by Aris Jansons | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago 53 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
At least 109 people were killed and 140 injured in an explosion at the Lame Horse nightclub in the Ural City of Perm, Russia. Approximately 230 were in the club when the blast occurred late last night....
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Canadian Astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to earth at 2 am ET, after 6 months on the International Space Station. He returned on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft that landed in Kazakhstan, Central Asia....
This information is in follow up to other articles posted about the Russian train derailment last week. In the last week, two separate train derailment incidents occurred in...
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It's St. Andrew's day in Scotland, Russia, Greece and Romania. We Scots have made it our national day.One day a year we get to celebrate who we are, where we come from and what it means to be Scottish.Great...
With America seeming to lose its prominence in the world, is it shocking to find the European Union and Russia starting to make securtiy packs? Friday, the Russian President , Medvedev, sent a security proposal to...
opinion by mshoffner | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 189 views | 36 recommendations | 9 comments
Retired Adm. Vyacheslav Popov and Member of Russia's Parliament's Upper House, has stated that the Russian Navy will be in dramatic decline after 2015. Most Soviet-built ships will have to be...
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A passenger train in Russia derailed today leaving 25 dead and 100 injured with 40 people still missing from the 660 passengers. "A major rescue effort continues as the government said 25 people had died, with 100 injured, and another 40 unaccounted for among 660...
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Headquartered in Moscow, Lukoil is Russia's largest oil company and world’s second largest public company (next to ExxonMobil) in terms of proven oil and gas reserves. Recently on a visit to Moscow with my...
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Over 400 people attended a NIDC ( New Immigrant Development Center ) fundraising and awareness banquet Dinner and Dance along with numerous Government , Banking,Business and corporate sector dignitaries as well...
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Russia has woken up, it needs a new modern manufacturing base as all those countries of whom where importing more than they were exporting. " Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for profound reform...
"A nuclear Iran is in Russia's direct self-interest." Canadian blogger Is Iran receiving technical and diplomatic help in its "nuclear program"? Many think this has been clear for some time, and...
To offset the increasing influence of western culture, the Russian World Foundation was formed three years ago. This year, over 1000 delegates from 70 countries attended the third Russian World Assembly in...
Norway, Japan Prop Up Whaling Industry With Taxpayer Money, Report Finds (June 18, 2009) — The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling ......
India is playing host to the ninth trilateral meeting between India, Russia and China starting Oct 27, at Bangalore. The meeting will discuss ways to expand cooperation in regional and international issues...