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ITAR-TASS: 16,000 cases of corruption being investigated in Russia The Russian authorities are investigating a total of 16,000 criminal cases of corruption, including 12,000 opened this year, the chief of the Prosecutor-General’s Office Investigation Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, told an enlarged meeting of the agency's staff.
Oct 22, 2009 at 20:20
Chisinau’s proposals to change peacekeeping format in Transdniestria premature The number of peacekeeping checkpoints in the security zone covering part of Transdniestria and part of Moldova on both sides of the Dniestr river could be reduced, said Moldovan peacekeeping commanders. Their view is strongly opposed by Transdniestria.
Oct 22, 2009 at 20:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Hundreds protest in Moscow over elections MOSCOW — Some 1,500 Communist Party supporters and other government opponents have held a protest in central Moscow over alleged election fraud.
Oct 22, 2009 at 19:19
KLIMOVSK, Russia — The chief of Russia's state arms-trading monopoly says the company will step up action to defend copyright laws for Kalashnikov assault rifles produced without license by dozens of manufacturers around the world.
Oct 22, 2009 at 18:23
Gazprom could up output 11 percent in winter Gazprom could up output 11percent in winter season Gazprom is prepared to produce 289.2 billion cubic meters of gas during the 2009/2010 winter season, 10.6% more than last winter, the Russian gas giant said in a press release.
Oct 22, 2009 at 16:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin: South Stream may be built earlier than Nord Stream Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paying a private visit to Russia and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed energy matters in a videoconference on Thursday.
Oct 22, 2009 at 15:32 | Interfax-Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization's top official said Thursday.
Oct 22, 2009 at 15:30
European Union awards rights prize to Russian activists MOSCOW — The European Union's parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today.
Oct 22, 2009 at 15:17
Serbia seen as hub for Russian gas in Europe BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia will become a major hub for distribution of Russian natural gas to Europe thanks to the storage and transport capacities of the planned South Stream pipeline, the general manager of Serbia' state energy company said Thursday.
Oct 22, 2009 at 14:35
European Commission alarmed with Ukraine's plans to introduce obligatory inspection of importers of animal products The introduction of mandatory inspections by Ukrainian veterinary medicine agencies of foreign companies that import meat, milk and other animal products and foods made from them from January 14, 2010 will lead to a restriction of trade with Ukraine, according to head of the European Commission (EC) Representation in Ukraine Jose Manuel Pintu Teisheira.
Oct 22, 2009 at 13:12 | Interfax-Ukraine
Rosoboronexport: Russia supplies NATO with NATO-standard weaponry NATO countries buying Russian-made armaments and military hardware have acknowledged the quality of these products, Rosoboronexport Director General Anatoly Isaikin said in an interview to be published in the October 23 issue of the magazine VIP Premier.
Oct 22, 2009 at 10:56 | Interfax-Ukraine
Google CEO: Vast Web changes coming within five years ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A Web where Chinese is the dominant language, and connections are so fast that distinctions between audio, video and text are blurred is perhaps just five years away, the head of Google said Wednesday.
Oct 22, 2009 at 08:28
Twenty years later, historians still can't figure out why the West won.
Oct 22, 2009 at 08:21
ITAR-TASS: No German enterprise in Russia closed amid crisis German investments in Russia have not declined amid the crisis of 2009 and none of the German enterprises operating in Russia has been closed, Klaus Mangold, Chairman of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, said on Wednesday.
Oct 21, 2009 at 23:22
ITAR-TASS: Member of gang involved in village chief murder killed in Chechnya A gunman, who was involved in the murder of the Stary Achkhoi village chief in September 2009, was destroyed in a special operation in Chechnya, republic’s Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said on Wednesday.
Oct 21, 2009 at 22:26