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Pro-government rally took place in Moscow
Moscow rally a peaceful democracy exercise

Russian arms exports to Syria don’t affect regional balance - Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov branded the calls on Russia to stop arms exports to Syria as unacceptable. “We won’t accept any demands to stop something that is not prohibited by the international law. →

No happy end for Syria - expert
Pro-government rally in Syria

Russia flares with rallies

Numerous Russian cities are witnessing rallies held by both opposition and pro-government forces.Khanty-Mansiysk:  A demonstration in support of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin has been cancelled, United Russia's regional press office told Interfax.Omsk: The city sees both an opposition rally which has attracted 2 thousand... →

VoR reporter attended rallies in Moscow
February, 4 rallies in Moscow

February, 4 rallies in Moscow

In Moscow, various political forces held many thousand – strong demonstrations, with the number of protesters exceeding the expected figure. →

Pro-government rally took place in Moscow
Moscow rally a peaceful democracy exercise

Another opposition rally slated for Feb. 26

Another opposition rally will take place in Moscow on Feb. 26, opposition chieftain Vladimir Ryzhkov said. During today’s anti-government demo on Bolotnaya Square, he addressed the crowd, asking if they would gather again on Feb.26. The protesters shouted their “aye.” IF →

VoR reporter attended rallies in Moscow
Russia flares with rallies

Report from February 4th opposition rally

VOR special Moscow correspondent Anastasia Fyodorova reports from the "For Fair Election" rally in Moscow.   We interrupt our previously scheduled program to bring you the special report on the protest rally for fair elections which starts at 12 pm. -Hello Nastya, what’s going on? What’s the situation on Bolotnaya Square? →

VoR reporter attended rallies in Moscow
Russia flares with rallies

Russia key to global security - minister

Euro-Atlantic security cannot be ensured without Russia. German foreign minister Guide Westerwelle made this point clear when addressing participants in the 48th international security conference in Munich. The minister hopes Russia and NATO will be able to settle their differences on missile defense before the start of the NATO summit in May. →

America doubles its no-fly list
NATO approves Smart Defense initiative

Putin tells Gazprom to supply sufficient amounts of gas to Europe

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told Gazprom to supply sufficient amounts of gas to Europe. Gazprom has admitted that it provisionally reduced gas exports to Europe a few days ago, but the situation has since got back to normal. But Russia will be unable to currently supply the additional amount of gas that the West-European partners have asked for. →

Gazprom’s export to Europe compromised by frost
Gazprom respecting all gas contracts: company
 
 

Politics

Russia ahead of presidential elections

Russia’s election campaign has entered its final stage ahead of the presidential elections which are just a month away. →

Webcams as means to curb ballot-rigging
Russian presidential candidates start campaigning in the media
Russian FM opposed to voting on Syria resolution
Russian presidential candidates start campaigning in the media
NY court to again consider Victor Bout case
Rallies go ahead despite freezing temperatures
Russia ready to mediate talks between Sudan and South Sudan (update)
Media campaigning begins in Russia

Business

Gazprom’s export to Europe compromised by frost

According to the European Commission, Russia’s frost has compromised the flow of Russian natural gas to eight EU countries. The flow to Austria is down by 30%. A shortage, however, is not on the horizon, because Europe’s underground storage facilities are brim full. →

Putin tells Gazprom to supply sufficient amounts of gas to Europe
Gazprom respecting all gas contracts: company
Gazprom respecting all gas contracts: company
Putin steps up effort to improve business environment
Caucasus – from land of war to land of tourism
Inflation will not exceed 5,5 %- Nabiullina
High income draws expats to Russia
Montenegro joins South Stream
 
 

Society

For Fair Election special coverage

VOR special Moscow correspondent Anastasia Fyodorova reports from the "For Fair Election" rally in Moscow.   We interrupt our previously scheduled program to bring you the special report on the protest rally for fair elections which starts at 12 pm. -Hello Nastya, how are you there? Frozen to death? -Oh my God, pretty much so, yes! →

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Russia flares with rallies
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Pro-Putin rally in southeastern Siberia
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Novosibirsk witnesses protest rally
Far East holds protest rallies
Suspicious box with wires found in Moscow

Military news

Russian strategic subs to resume routine world patrols

Russian strategic nuclear submarines will resume routine extended patrols in international waters around the world in June 2012, Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said. “On June 1 or a bit later we will resume constant patrolling of the world’s oceans by strategic nuclear submarines,” Vysotsky said at a meeting with naval personnel on Friday. →

Fourth generation submarine launched in Russia’s north
Tragic submarines
Back from Afghanistan… via Russia
Russia to expand defence industry
Russia, NATO hold naval drills in Gulf of Aden
First Mistral for Russia in the works
Russian firearms on US service
US police to arm itself with Russian Saiga
 
 

Sci-Tech

Heavy ions killed Mars probe – Investigators

Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt was lost because space radiation disrupted its computer system, a commission investigating the incident said on Friday. The investigation found no faults with the spacecraft’s hardware, the commission said in a summary of its report, released on the website of the Federal Space Agency. →

Cause behind "Phobos-Grunt" failure (Press Review)
Reasons behind the Phobos failure (Press Review)
Cause of “Phobos’s” failure revealed
Who wants to take a trip to the moon?
NASA deems Russian spacecraft reliable
New ISS crew to lift off May 15
Space tours to the Moon - why not?
Phobos for the future

Culture

Moscow Chamber Choir turns 40

Mozart’s legendary Requiem was performed in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire to mark the 40th anniversary of the Moscow Chamber Choir. Taking part were UK and German singers, and the Russian National Orchestra. According to the Artistic Director of the Choir, Vladimir Minin, Mozart’s Requiem invariably arouses the audience’s keen interest. →

Russia singer Leshchenko turns 70
American jazz singer Etta James dies
Sochi opens arts festival
Budapest turns into circus
Sports, music and more...
Lungin's New Film to be Released in Russia
Cirque du Soleil presents Zarkana in Moscow
Moscow theatre tours Greece
 
 

Health

Record atmospheric pressure in Russia

Central Russia has been breaking one atmospheric pressure record after another. Meteorologists say that late January of 2012 will enter history not only as of abnormally high atmospheric pressure, but also as one of the longest of this type. The previous record of abnormal high atmospheric pressure was set in January 1984 when it reached 1030.9 millibars or hectopascal. →

Europe hit by killer frosts
Cold snap kills hundreds across Europe
Russia’s ice-hockey marks 65th anniversary
FISU starts inspecting Universiade facilities in Kazan
Svetlana Medvedeva visits Bakulev Centre for cardiovascular surgery
Heart museum opens in St.Petersburg
No Tobacco Day
Russia suffers from hidden diabetes ‘pandemic’

Oddly enough

Yekaterinburg museum displays stuffed celebrity croc

The Natural History Museum of Yekaterinburg has displayed a stuffed crocodile, which died in 1995 after 59 years in the city’s zoo. Records suggest the croc first turned up in Yekaterinburg in 1913 with a visiting menagerie from St Petersburg. The reptile is an over 3-metre male named Kolya. →

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Century-old croc makes it to Guinness
Bigfoot found in Ingushetia
Giant mushroom found in the Urals
10,000 euros for dog
Russian students discover meteorite fragment
Car for tomato
African crocodile caught in Khakassia
 
 
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