Kommersant

Putin Does Not Rule Out 2012 Presidential Run

President Vladimir Putin, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term next year, left the door open for a return to the Kremlin in 2012, a Russian daily Kommersant reported Saturday.

Popularity: 3% [?]

June 11, 2007

Russian Suicide Journalist Investigated Syria and Iran Weapons Deals

Ivan Safronov, a correspondent for Russian business daily who died recently in what is seen as a suicide, had been investigating a prepared deal to supply Russian weapons to Syria and Iran and received threats from Russian state security service, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

March 6, 2007

Billionaire Alisher Usmanov to Buy Gazeta.ru Daily Internet Newspaper for $30 million

Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov, has offered $30 million for the Internet publication Gazeta.ru in a bid to expand his media assets, a source said Friday.

Popularity: 2% [?]

November 24, 2006