The daily newspaper Maariv reported that authorities of Russia had disposed about closing of the Institute of Progressive Judaism, having accused it almost in assistance to terrorism. The horror was forced by quoatations from the recent speech of the Federal
MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's agriculture minister will attend talks in Geneva on April 22-23 to clear the last major obstacle to joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the economics ministry said on Friday. "A new round of
MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - India's largest channel Zee TV plans to open an office in Russia and start satellite or cable broadcasts in Russian by the end of 2008, a Russian business daily said on Friday. Zee TV
GROZNY, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - A criminal case could be opened against the brother of a high-ranking military official in Chechnya for violating the terms of his parole, a local Penitentiary Service spokesman said Friday. Badrudi Yamadayev, a younger
SARDINIA, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's outgoing President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he plans to scale down his international activities as prime minister to focus on domestic issues, and will not attend the G8 summit in Japan. "I
MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's claims to a large swathe of the Arctic shelf are in strict compliance with international law, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday. Russia claims that a large part of the
MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, will arrive in Russia on Friday for a working visit, the Foreign Ministry said. During his stay, lasting through April 26, Hammarberg is set to
Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Alexander Khloponin is checking up the preparedness of northern districts for the beginning of the flooding season. On April 18 he left for Yeniseisky District to hold a meeting with the heads of the districts, emergency departments
April 18 was declared a day of mourning in the Republic of Tuva. As Newslab reported earlier, six people died in a car accident at the highway, which connects Kyzyl and Ak-Dovurak yesterday afternoon. Five people including the driver died
Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Khloponin and heads of the administrations of seven cities and districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory signed an agreement on launching of inter-city investment project "Complex development of Krasnoyarsk agglomeration until 2020" on April 17. On behalf of
MTS has become the first private internet provider in Turkmenistan. The Russian mobile operator intends to provide the internet through GPRS and WiMAX, at the same time MTS has to comply with the strict local rules of internet traffic monitoring.
Comstar (Stream brand and MGTS) intends to increase its Moscow broadband internet subscriber base 1.5-fold up to 1 mln in 2008. According to analysts, to achieve high results on the highly saturated Moscow market the company has to make an
