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News ,  8 February 2012

EU close to approving Syria sanctions

February 8 2012 22:06

According to Reuters, a ministerial meeting of the European Union in Brussels on February 27th is expected to approve sanctions against Syria. They are likely to include an asset freeze, a ban on air links and an embargo on Syrian phosphates.       At present, the EU buys 40% of Syria’s phosphate export. (TASS) →

Another Russian girl in Pattaya quarterfinals

February 8 2012 21:39

Maria Kirilenko has become the second Russian girl after Vera Zvonareva to make it to the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament in Pattaya in Thailand. She achieved this by defeating Australia’s Anastasiya Rodionova 2-6, 6-3, 7-6, (7-3) in a hard-fought meet which lasted two hours and 43 minutes. →

India Iran’s biggest oil customer

February 8 2012 21:37

Iran’s average daily oil export in January was about the same as it was in December, namely, some 2.1 million barrels. At the same time, the oil rejected by the European Union as it started to implement its Iran oil embargo was bought up by India. →

US shares up

February 8 2012 21:14

The major New York stock indices have opened slightly up on expectations that Greece is about to get hold of its coveted 130-billion-euro rescue package from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The Dow Jones gained almost 7 points, the S&P 500, 3 points, and technology-heavy NASDAQ, 11 points. →

NATO adopts decision on Baltic countries air police

February 8 2012 20:55

NATO adopted the decision on long-term air police mission in the Baltic countries, said Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Rasa Jukneviciene. At the moment the Baltic countries do not have aircraft suitable for air patrol, therefore since April 2004 the planes of North Atlantic Alliance are engaged in the protection of air space. →

Syria crisis must be solved without meddling - Medvedev

February 8 2012 20:30

Russia believes the UN Security Council must continue to look into possible action to have the crisis in Syria resolved through a domestic dialogue and without outside interference. →

Homs violence unabated

February 8 2012 20:29

The Syrian opposition stronghold of Homs has been rocked by the explosion of a powerful car bomb. There is no word of casualties in the attack. Earlier on Wednesday, opposition fighters fired mortars on parts of the city, damaging the campus of Homs University and setting fire to two oil reservoirs. →

St. Petersburg hosts Dickens exhibition

February 8 2012 20:26

“Dickens in Russia” exhibition on the occasion of 200th anniversary of the great British writers has opened in St Petersburg. In Russia, Dickens has always been among the most popular foreign writers. “Sift the world prose and what is left will be Dickens” Great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy wrote. →

Fire in Moscow administrative building

February 8 2012 20:20

More than one thousand square metres of a 5-storey administartive building in Moscow centre are on fire. There were more than one hundred people inside. At the moment the evacuation has been successfully completed. (RIA) →

Lake Vostok water sampled

February 8 2012 19:39

After almost 22 years of on-off careful drilling through almost 3,800 metres of Antarctic ice, Russian explorers have successfully sunken a well into subglacial Lake Vostok in eastern Antarctica. Some 40 liters of its water have already been sampled. →

Medvedev issues instructions on ‘transparent government’

February 8 2012 19:38

President Medvedev has set up a committee of ministers, academics and businessmen for thrashing out proposals on how to bring about what he calls ‘transparent government’. The requested proposals are to be submitted to him before April 15th. →

EU mull new sanctions against Syria

February 8 2012 19:11

The European Union is considering new sanctions against Syria, France Press news agency reported Wednesday referring to diplomatic sources in the EU. According to the sources, the EU leadership may ban commercial flight connection with Syria, freeze the assets of Syria’s central bank in the European financial credit organizations, ban imports of Syrian phosphates. →

Polish Court extradites Russian ex-prosecutor

February 8 2012 19:05

The district court of Nowy Sacz, Poland, decided to extradite the ex-prosecutor Alexander Ignatenko, previously involved in the case of clandestine casinos and arrested in Poland beginning of January.  The temporary arrest was extended for another four months. The request of the Russian Federation Prosecutor General’s Office on Ignatenko’s extradition was satisfied. →

Still no peace in Homs

February 8 2012 19:02

An industrial district in the Syrian city of Homs has come under terrorists' attack. TV reports say that the militants shelled two oil storage facilities from grenade launchers. At present, both sites are on fire, and firemen from nearby cities are on their way to Homs to help the local firefighters. →

It’s up to Syria to determine its own future - Lavrov

February 8 2012 18:59

The international community should encourage the conflicting sides in Syria to start a dialogue, but no external force should press on Syria into making any particular decision. This is what Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday. →

'Very little confidence' in Russia-Syria talks: British PM

February 8 2012 18:54

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he had little confidence in promises made by Syria to Russia over the violent crackdown by the regime in Damascus. "I think we have very little confidence in that," Cameron told parliament when asked about Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital on Tuesday. →

Turkey PM to discuss Syria with Russia's Medvedev: minister

February 8 2012 18:26

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the situation in Syria in a phone call with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev later on Wednesday, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told broadcaster NTV in an interview. →

Russian cold arms to glisten in Dubai

February 8 2012 18:23

The cold arms works in Zlatoust in the South Urals is to take some of its best rapiers, daggers and swords to this year’s investment forum in Dubai in early May. In 2011, the plant took its latest and best to nearly 40 international fairs. It runs marketing offices in 13 foreign countries. (TASS) →

Supreme Court leaves Yavlinsky out of the race

February 8 2012 18:13

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld the decision by the Central Electoral Commission to deny the leader of the liberal Yabloko party Grigory Yavlinsky the right to stand for President in the elections on March 4th on the grounds that too many entries in the public signature appeal in support of his candidacy had proved to be invalid. →

Somali pirates raked in $ 160 million last year

February 8 2012 18:12

A report published on Wednesday by the American On Earth Future Foundation says that the damage from Somali pirates to the world’s economy equals about $ 7 mln a year. The main damage is caused to companies engaged in container transporting. To escape from pirates, vessels have to pass the Somali waters at high speed, which demands more fuel. →

 
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