Russia is interested in acquiring a larger stake in European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., the parent company of airline manufacturer Airbus, Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, February 21.
Popularity: 2% [?]
February 22, 2007
Former Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich has said he intends to spend the prize money given to him as part of the Sakharov Prize in support of political prisoners.
Popularity: 2% [?]
December 12, 2006A senior executive at Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom has warned that the opening of the EU energy market to competition and political problems with Poland were forcing the company to look increasingly towards markets in Asia, the AFX News reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 28, 2006Poisoned former spy Alexander Litvinenko’s deathbed message may have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin, but pro-Kremlin lawmakers and state-controlled television networks pointed the finger at a prominent Putin enemy in Britain — tycoon Boris Berezovsky, the Associated Press reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 27, 2006A Kremlin official today described the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London as a “tragedy.”
Popularity: 2% [?]
November 24, 2006Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a 24-hour visit to Helsinki Thursday afternoon. He will hold talks with his Finnish counterpart, Tarja Halonen, in the evening ahead of Friday’s European Union-Russia summit, YLE24 News reports.
Popularity: 2% [?]
November 23, 2006Russia threatened to ban all imports of animal products from the European Union, according to reports on Wednesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
Russia has no intention of ratifying the Energy Charger treaty, because it contains flaws and these flaws are well-known to the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
“Russia’s position is beginning to be understood better at last. The latest meeting of the Energy Charter participants was evidence of that,†he said.
Popularity: 4% [?]
November 22, 2006NATO advisers have warned that Russia may be seeking to create a gas cartel stretching from Algeria to central Asia to use as a political weapon in dealings with Europe, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday quoting its sources in the military bloc.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 15, 2006Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili appealed to the European Union on Tuesday for solidarity in his country’s standoff with Russia, the Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday.
Popularity: 2% [?]
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