MOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has tried hard to concentrate on “Growth and Responsibility” as the theme for this week’s G8 summit in Heiligendamm […]
Read MoreThe Caspian Basin’s large oil and gas reserves have not only been long coveted by the United States, Europe, China and India, but are also seen as the means by […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Following the visits to Moscow by the German and American foreign ministers and the EU-Russia summit in Samara, Russia and the West agreed […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Much attention this week was focused on the visits to Moscow by the German and US foreign ministers and the Russia-EU summit in […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA-Novosti) – Last Thursday, Russia’s President Putin arrived in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for the start of a week-long visit to Central Asia, which will […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – President Putin’s last state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly and various representatives from Russia’s regions, religious faiths and other organizations, […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Russia’s already poor image took another hit last weekend with the arrest of former world chess champion Garry Kasparov and the heavy-handed tactics […]
Read MoreDepending on which set of statistics you believe, foreign direct investment in Russia in 2005 amounted to some $14.6 billion and in 2006 more than doubled to about $30 billion. […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – Anyone strolling around a half-decent bookshop these days will find that most of the books on current affairs seem to deal with Islam […]
Read MoreMOSCOW. (Ian Pryde for RIA Novosti) – The weakness of western powers and the international community was exposed once again last week after Iran arrested British sailors and marines it […]
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