Health

Russian Men Drink Themselves To The Grave

Nearly half of Russia’s working-age men who die are drinking themselves to the grave with almost anything they can get their hands on.

Popularity: 5% [?]

June 17, 2007

Cognac Sales to Russia Have Been Multiplied by Seven in Seven Years

The Cognac industry of southwest France yesterday reported record exports, thanks to an explosion of sales to Russia and China.

Popularity: 8% [?]

June 15, 2007

Russia Still Undecided on Polish Meat Imports

On Tuesday, March 13, Russian officials completed another round of talks with the European Union on Moscow’s ban on Polish meat and plant products. Russian authorities say that they need more information before they consider lifting the measure.

Popularity: 3% [?]

March 14, 2007

Russian Population to Plunge by 7 Million by 2016

Russia’s population will fall to 135 million by 2016, from the current 142.2 million, a senior Russian sociologist said Monday.

Popularity: 3% [?]

March 5, 2007

Russian Prosecutors Launch Probe Into Illegal Vaccine Tests on Children

Russian prosecutors are investigating a local hospital on suspicions it illegally tested vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc on toddlers, the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 15% [?]

March 4, 2007

Foreign Drugmakers Earn too Much on Russian Program - Putin

Vladimir Putin said Johnson & Johnson and Novartis AG are making too much money on the state’s $1.3 bln subsidized-medicine program.

Popularity: 16% [?]

February 28, 2007

Russia Says Libyan Verdict on Medics “Exceedingly Cruel”

Russia on Wednesday denounced as “exceedingly cruel” the death sentences passed by a Libyan court on six foreign medics convicted of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS, the Reuters news agency reported.

Popularity: 13% [?]

December 20, 2006

25 Children Poisoned in Russian School

25 school children got poisoned after taking pills in southwest Russia, the Emergencies Ministry’s city department said on Friday, the Xinhua news agency reports.

Popularity: 9% [?]

December 15, 2006

Russian Priest Killed in Arson Attack

A priest and his family were killed on the weekend in an arson attack on their home in a Central Russian region.

Popularity: 17% [?]

December 4, 2006

Second Faith Healer Killed in Southern Russia

Masked gunmen burst into the home of a well-known doctor and faith healer in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia on Monday and shot her dead.

Popularity: 2% [?]

November 7, 2006