Peretz: Finance Ministry acted anti-democratically
Source: Jerusalem Post
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 15:55:24 -0700 | political-news
Screenshot Channel 10 The cabinet passed the budget with the support of every minister save Environmental Protection Minister Amir Peretz early on Tuesday, after a full night of deliberations, negotiations and last-minute changes.
Russia sends note of protest to US over espionage scandal
Posted by: magdochka
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-17 23:30:07 -0700 | political-news
Russia has send a note of protest to US Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul in the midst of a major espionage scandal, Ekho Moskvy reports on Wednesday. The Third Secretary of the US embassy in Moscow was detained by Russian...
Espionage scandal won't affect Putin's meeting with Obama
Posted by: magdochka
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-17 10:27:38 -0700 | political-news
The recent espionage scandal will not affect Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with US President Barack Obama during the coming G8 summit, Ekho Moskvy cites Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov as saying. The official also noted that the row occurred...
Russia and US play jailhouse chess
Source: BBC
Yekaterinburg :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 12:44:09 -0700 | political-news
Russia and US jail inmates in Skype chess tournament BBC News The Cook County prisoners played on secure lap-tops Convicts in Russia have teamed up to play a chess tournament via Skype with inmates at the biggest jail in the...
Wigs? A map? Strange stuff in alleged US spy kit
Source: Associated Press
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 09:46:54 -0700 | political-news
Some of the items Russian authorities say they seized from a U.S. diplomat who they accuse of spying look like they came from Austin Powers' arsenal rather than James Bond's. But while the old-fashioned items might seem clownish or reminiscent...
US Ambassador McFaul silent on spy case after leaving Foreign Ministry
Posted by: magdochka
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 00:56:20 -0700 | political-news
US Ambassador Michael McFaul has left the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters after a meeting on the recent arrest of a US diplomat suspected of espionage. McFaul left the ministry without giving any comment to the journalists waiting for him outside....
Russia summons U.S. ambassador. UU. after capture of CIA
Posted by: imdad ali
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 00:56:20 -0700 | political-news
A Ryan C. Fogle he was found with 'instructions to recruit a Russian'. The Russian secret service arrested an alleged American CIA agent and handed over to the embassy in Moscow said Tuesday the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB,...
Moscow and US envoy discuss spy row
Source: BBC
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 03:40:15 -0700 | political-news
The US ambassador to Russia met foreign ministry officials in Moscow to discuss the case of a US diplomat accused of trying to recruit a Russian agent. Michael McFaul was summoned after Russia said on Tuesday it had detained Ryan...
Kozhara warns Russia about possible humanitarian crisis
Source: Forum
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 06:47:32 -0700 | political-news
Speaking about the possible obligatory use of foreign passports in the near future, Kozhara said that if it happens, it will be a negative point for the citizens of both countries. "Millions of Ukrainian citizens, crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border, use...
Putin, Netanyahu hold talks on Syria crisis
Posted by: saleh1966
Sochi :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 02:44:59 -0700 | political-news
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Tuesday the conflict in Syria amid growing concerns Moscow's planned sale of S-300 anti-aircraft systems to the Syrian regime and a spiraling death toll since the beginning of the...
Lenin mausoleum reopens in Moscow after renovation
Source: NewKerala
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 06:14:53 -0700 | political-news
The Federal Guards Service (FGS), charged with protection of top officials and certain federal properties, said the mausoleum was closed to public in September 2012 as experts were concerned about the leaking roof and unstable foundation of Moscow's top tourist...
Blaise Cendrars - a restless travel writer
Source: SwissInfo
Vladivostok :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 02:59:49 -0700 | political-news
Blaise Cendrars has now found his place among the literary greats after his works have been included in France's prestigious Pleiade library collection. Born Frederic-Louis Sauser in the western Swiss town of La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1887, Cendrars became restless at...
Russian defence firm chief fired after fraud scandal
Source: NewKerala
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-15 02:00:36 -0700 | political-news
The move came after it was revealed that the military's chief prosecutor, Sergei Fridinsky, wrote to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu calling for the dismissal of Sergei Khursevich. Fridinsky made the appeal to Shoigu following allegations that Khursevich interfered with a...
Russia catches a US spy red-handed and declares him person non grata
Posted by: prabirghose
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 00:56:20 -0700 | political-news
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB, ex-KGB) has apprehended a US national who is believed to be a CIA agent and has ordered his immediate expulsion. The man who was trying to recruit a Russian agent and was caught red-handed with...
Li Keqiang visits Russia, EU
Source: China News
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-14 21:54:55 -0700 | political-news
Vice-Premier Li Keqiang will meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin during his four-day visit to Russia. After the first stop in Russia, Li's nine-day visit to Europe will also take him to Hungary,...
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