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Top news stories in 2011

Top news stories in 2011

December 31 2011 12:38

The conflict of the year: War in Libya Wedding of the year: Prince William and Kate Middleton Death of Steve Jobs  Russian scientific achievements →

Trends of the year 2011

December 30 2011 22:10

Ekaterina Kudashkina:   Today we’ll be drawing a Red Line under the year of 2011, looking into what we believe to be the most important trend-setting events of the year. Dmitry Polikarpov:   And it’s going to be a really difficult choice. →

2011 US military expansion

December 30 2011 19:37

Today we are going to look at the U.S. and NATO continuous attempts to stretch its influence in the global arena. The controversial outcome of the U.S. led NATO operations in Libya and Afghanistan together with further capacity build up in Africa and other parts of the world gives rise to a number of questions. →

Russia-US: results of cooperation in 2011

December 30 2011 17:59

Today we’ll be discussing the US-Russian relations in 2011. And our guest is Boris Gontarev - Professor of international journalism at the  Moscow Institute of International Relations →

What does the conservative party really want for 2012

December 30 2011 17:54

What does the conservative party really want for 2012 Fuel theft-the latest crime trend in the UK Double agent New Year Snow →

Russia to support Transnistria’s new leader

December 30 2011 17:00

Russia will be supporting the new leader of Transnistria, the country’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in his letter to the Republic’s new President Evgeny Shevchuk. Moscow will also do its best to regulate the conflict between Moldova and the breakaway Republic. →

Russian diplomats against praising Nazi collaborators

December 30 2011 16:53

The Russian embassy in the Estonian capital Tallinn has sharply criticized Estonia’s plans to introduce a law →

BRICS’ prospects look bright

December 30 2011 16:34

According to a recent report by Goldman Sachs, Brazil, Russia, India, and China will soon enter the top five of the leading world economies. The report was released to coincide with the 10th anniversary since the emergence of the BRIC acronym and it did not take into account the economic figures of South Africa. →

War in Libya

December 30 2011 15:30

 War in Libya  Wedding year - Prince William gets hitched  The death of Steve Jobs    Russia's scientific achievements →

Putin pledges transparent presidential elections

December 30 2011 14:15

On the heels of the highly contested State Duma elections in Russia held on Dec.4, there have been massive protests disputing the results of those elections. Many people, opposed to the United Russia Party of Vladimir Putin, have alleged issues of vote fraud and election rigging. →

Moscow enthusiastic about Arab League mission work in Syria

December 30 2011 14:03

Moscow  welcomes the fact that the Arab League monitors have got down to work in Syria and urges Damascus to keep up cooperation with them. →

Russia-Britain relations: Summary of the year

December 30 2011 11:32

The outgoing year was a fairly good one in Russia-Britain relations. In January this year, Russia’s new Ambassador to Britain Alexander Yakovenko arrived in London, and in November, the UK’s new Ambassador to Russia Timothy Earle Barrow arrived in Moscow. In the early 90s, Mr.Barrow served as second secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow. →

Russian politicians do not envision revolution

December 30 2011 11:31

Russia is facing impendent political changes, which will not be revolutionary. This is an opinion from the head of the international affairs committee at the Russian Parliament Alexei Pushkov. In the first address to the Russian lawmakers, he said that the US had no tool to influence Russian internal affairs. →

Russian foreign ministry speaks on human rights

December 30 2011 11:27

The growing xenophobia in Europe, meddling in citizens’ private lives on the part of the US and the citizenship problem in the Baltic countries are but a tiny fraction of a whole number of human rights breaches revealed by a Russian Foreign Ministry report which was presented by Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Konstantin Dolgov at a special briefing on Wednesday. →

Presidential race in Russia: who is to win?

December 30 2011 11:22

In March 2012 Russia will elect a new President and for the first time the candidate will be elected for 6 years. Professor Richard Rose, director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, regular contributor to The Times, Daily Telegraph, Economist, BBC, ITN, STV, and election analyst, shared his view about the upcoming elections in an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia. →

Russia’s CEC releases income data of 2 presidential hopefuls

December 30 2011 04:05

Russia’s CEC has published data on the incomes of presidential candidates - Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky of the Liberal Democratic Party. According to data provided by Gennady Zyuganov, in the last four years, he earned a total of 7.68 million rubles; his accounts amount to over 3.7 million rubles. →

Russia to bear part of responsibility for global affairs - Lavrov

December 29 2011 20:17

Russia is prepared to bear part of the responsibility for the global state of affairs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in his article posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website on Thursday. “The continuation of conflicts and crisis situation are by no means in line with our interests. →

American base in Kyrgyzstan poses threat to the country

December 29 2011 19:46

It’s unacceptable to have a facility in Kyrgyzstan that poses a threat to its security. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev made this statement during a news conference in Bishkek devoted to the summary of the outgoing year. His statement concerns the American base located at the Manas civilian airport. →

Russian Foreign Ministry speaks on human rights

December 29 2011 19:13

 Russian Foreign Ministry speaks on human rights  Russian politicians do not envision revolution  Russia-Britain: results of the year →

Russia - top league country - Medvedev

November 28 2011 21:55

Russia has become a top league country in the last 12 years - the country’s President Dmitry Medvedev stated during a meeting with reporters in the city of Yekaterinburg on Monday. Russia is not only a nuclear power, but a social welfare state where pensions and salaries go up, Medvedev added. →

 
 
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