2009 U.S.-Russia Summit: Obama in Moscow
Complete coverage of the U.S.-Russia summit, being held July 6-8 in Moscow.
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4 Held After Swiss Lamborghini Crash
Police say a group of young Russians were racing expensive sports cars and fled the scene of an accident after hitting another vehicle.
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A Modernization Lesson: Russia Is Not China
It is clear that the Chinese model is not suitable for Russia — not only economically, as President Dmitry Medvedev correctly pointed out recently, but politically as well.
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Customs Union May Unleash Flood of Cars
From January to June, Belarussian citizens may import hundreds of thousands of cars to resell in Russia after the borders are opened, Alexei Tereshchenko, strategy director at the Russian and Belarussian dealership Atlant-M, said Friday.
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Rights Council Vents Over Magnitsky
The advisory group, created under then-President Vladimir Putin, has enjoyed a more prominent role in Medvedev’s Kremlin, but it is less critical of the government than independent rights groups.
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State Lists 14 Stakes for Privatization
The Cabinet will review the list Tuesday. The sales are expected to net the state 77 billion rubles next year to plug a budget deficit.
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Nostalgia Booms for Soviet Cars
Nostalgia has many car professionals and enthusiasts talk up the models of yore, even though most produced little more than 70 horsepower, broke down frequently and afforded few luxuries.
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French Navy Shows Off Mistral Warship in St. Pete’s Neva River
The country’s once-mighty Navy was severely degraded after the fall of the Soviet Union and it currently has no big ship with the power to anchor in coastal waters and deploy troops onto land.
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Putin Promises Apartments to Servicemen
The vow to provide more apartments by 2012 comes as Medvedev pumps up the rhetoric on housing World War II veterans.
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Cleaning Up the Media Garbage
It’s hard to imagine that Medvedev’s hope for a better Russia will ever be realized if he doesn’t address the issue of media corruption.
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Deripaska Gets Time To Buy Strabag Stake
Deripaska held on to a single share of Strabag, with the option to buy back the full 28.5 million shares on Dec. 18, and the possibility to extend this deadline to Oct. 15, 2010, which he has now exercised.