Russia’s Putin says undecided about 2012 election (Reuters)
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he had not yet decided whether to run in the 2012 presidential election.
Putin said he would decide closer to the event what was best for Russia but that neither he nor ally President Dmitry Medvedev would act against the constitution.
“We [...]
Suicide bomber kills five in southern Russia (Reuters)
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) – At least five people were killed and 35 wounded on Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked troops at a firing range in Russia's southern region of Dagestan, sources in official security agencies said.
The bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at the firing range outside the town of Buynaksk, about [...]
Azerbaijan, Russia seal major gas deal, more to come (AFP)
BAKU (AFP) – Azerbaijan will double gas exports to Russia in 2011 and increase them further from 2012, the countries said on Friday in a move that could undercut Europe's drive to secure Central Asian supplies.
The agreement between Azerbaijan state energy company SOCAR and Russia's Gazprom was signed during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit [...]
New Russia wildfires kill 2 and consume homes (Reuters)
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A new wave of wildfires swept through villages in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of homes, officials and news reports said.
Fires driven by high winds destroyed nearly 500 buildings in the Volgograd and Saratov provinces, including 342 homes, Emergencies Ministry spokewoman Irina Andriyanova told [...]
Germany charges Austrian with spying for Russia (AP)
BERLIN – German prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old Austrian man with feeding Russia’s spy agency with information and technical materials from the military and civilian helicopter industries.
Federal prosecutors say in a terse statement Wednesday that a man identified only as Harald Alois S. is suspected of working together with Russia’s SVR spy agency from [...]
China-Russia crude oil pipeline begins operations (AP)
SHANGHAI – Russia has opened its section of a crude oil pipeline from eastern Siberia to China, a major step in expanding energy cooperation between the neighboring powers.
The 1,000-kilometer (625-mile) pipeline will connect Russian oil fields with Daqing, a major oil production base in northeastern China.
“For China, this will help stabilize its energy [...]
Putin belittles Russia’s political opposition (AP)
MOSCOW – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep getting beaten if they kept holding unauthorized rallies.
Putin has never shown much tolerance for dissent. For much of the past decade, when he was president, Russia cracked down on opposition leaders and [...]
19 dead in shootout in Russia’s Caucasus (AP)
“KAS – Islam isn't the root to all problems in the world, who started this whole problem with the Palestinians and Jews in the first place? It was the British and the U.S.of A.”
More ignorant comments, the USA and Britan didn't exist when the Jews settled in THEIR land over 5,000 years ago. [...]
14 militants, 1 policeman killed in Russia (AP)
I am awake and it is a new day. How many people have the peaceful, honest Muslims killed overnight? Thus far, they have committed murder overnight in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, the Phillipines, in two different regions of Russia, the UK, in several nations on the continent of Africa, Pakistan, India, Uzbek…
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Putin visits site of Russia’s new launch center (AP)
The mystery of two of the ten Lost Tribes of Satan aka Israel has been solved. Allah reveals in the following Verse of the Qur’an that one tribe He Transformed into monkeys and they exist in the animal kingdom and zoos and the other tribe, Allah Transformed into swine; a major [...]
