On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama officially announced Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state. "These nominations inspire no optimism whatsoever," the Russian lower house's foreign affairs commission chief ...
1 Dec 2008
KATHMANDU, Nepal, 1 December 2008 – On World AIDS Day, the national sports stadium of Nepal filled with messages about the disease. The theme was 'Team Up to Fight AIDS' and the aim was to reduce the stigma and discrimination experienced by those ...
1 Dec 2008
MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government Monday to ensure that overdue wages do not become a major problem, showing concern that the persistent financial turmoil could revive a problem that plagued Russia in the 1990s. Medvedev's ...
1 Dec 2008
Four men went on trial last Monday in connection with the murder of Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, despite the authorities’ failure to catch the masterminds behind the killing. The defendants, charged with helping arrange ...
1 Dec 2008
MOSCOW -- Russia's military is planning to upgrade its missiles to allow them to evade American weapons in space and penetrate any prospective missile shield, a Russian general said Monday. In comments to the Interfax news agency, Russia's Strategic ...
1 Dec 2008
MOSCOW -- Russia's military is planning to upgrade its missiles to allow them to evade American weapons in space and penetrate any prospective missile shield, a Russian general said Monday. In comments to the Interfax news agency, Russia's Strategic ...
1 Dec 2008
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Ukraine has ceased importing electricity from Russia, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Energy Ministry said Monday.
1 Dec 2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she was in favour "in principle" of a thawing of relations between NATO and Russia but said contact between their militaries remained "problematic."
1 Dec 2008
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government Monday to ensure that overdue wages do not become a major problem, showing concern that the persistent financial turmoil could revive a problem that plagued Russia in the 1990s. Medvedev's remarks came at one...
1 Dec 2008
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government Monday to ensure that overdue wages do not become a major problem, showing concern that the persistent financial turmoil could revive a problem that plagued Russia in the 1990s.
1 Dec 2008
Despite the political tensions generated by the recent war in Georgia, the deep business ties between Germany and Russia underlie Berlin's efforts to bind Moscow more closely to the EU.
1 Dec 2008
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned NATO members on Monday against military activities with Russia but said she did not oppose contacts via the NATO-Russia Council.
1 Dec 2008
RS-24 Test-Fired Successfully For Third Time An increasingly bellicose Russia test-launched a sea-based ballistic missile from a submarine, and also readied plans to deploy a land-based nuclear-tipped missile that Russians claim can ...
1 Dec 2008
To Russia With Love. Posted by: Caleb (absentee). Monday, December 1, 2008 at 10:51AM CST. What's there to add? (H/T Breitbart). Category: Kgb, Ted Turner · Sphere: Related Content · Click here to visit our sponsor. Get Local ...
1 Dec 2008
Region, SOUTHWESTERN SAKHA, RUSSIA. Date time, 2008-12-01 at 16:24:10.1 UTC. Location, 57.17 N ; 120.66 E. Depth, 15 km. Distances, 733 km NE Chita (pop 308291 ; local time 01:24 2008-12-02) 252 km W Neryungri (pop 66320 ; local time ...
1 Dec 2008
Finland Thinks Russia Violated Its Design Right With Military Camouflage. from the camouflage-wears-you dept. Apparently, intellectual property issues can show up even in the middle of a warzone. It seems that some Finnish officials, ...
1 Dec 2008
Russia’s economic crisis will only exacerbate discontent and protest moods among officers. With the military and secret services serving as the principal pillars of the incumbent regime, abusing their interests could undermine its ...
1 Dec 2008
All three Baltic republics have had difficult relations with Russia recently and have been vocal in criticising the Kremlin over such issues as the August war in Geogia, the proposed Nord Stream gas pipeline and Russian plans to station ...
1 Dec 2008