BBC South Asia
China's alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize - say they are determined to give the award to Vladimir Putin, despite opposition from Beijing. The Culture Ministry announced earlier that the award would not be given this year and disbanded the prize...
The independent
Suggested Topics The sponsors of a Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize said yesterday that they would go ahead and award the gong to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, despite a government order to cancel the ceremony. Qiao Damo, head of...
St Petersburg Times
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ordered themilitary-industrial complex toform aspecial commission tooversee government contracts andspending ondefense projects Monday. Chief military-industrial adviser Igor Borovkov will head thecommission andrecruit...
St Petersburg Times
November 16, 2011 (Issue # 1683) Moscow rock veteran Andrei Makarevich of Mashina Vremeni has found himself in a series of awkward situations recently, as Vladimir Putins United Russia party campaigns ahead of the upcoming State Duma elections.
St Petersburg Times
TheInternational Energy Agency stressed inits annual World Energy Outlook report released last week that while Russia will remain crucial tothe international energy market, its domestic inefficiencies are enormous. Russia wastes almost one-third...
St Petersburg Times
Kremlin pressure onTajikistan continued Monday as President Dmitry Medvedev denied that thedeportation ofTajik migrants fromRussia was atit-for-tat response tothe harsh sentence Tajikistan handed down toa Russian pilot. If there are people who dont...
St Petersburg Times
Authorities inSiberia have ruled that political ads denouncing crooks andthieves could only be interpreted as anattack onthe ruling United Russia party. Theslogan For Russia Against Crooks andThieves based on whistleblower Alexei Navalnys catchphrase...
Mail Online UK
It seems unlikely Putin would have discussed his various jobs with the KGB as the cameras flashed but it's a fun thought nonetheless. Putin, 59, was in the region glad-handing as part of his campaign for a third term as president in 2012...As well as...