Russia

The Karen had been sailing in a convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.

China, like fellow critic Russia, abstained from backing the U. N. resolution authorizing the attacks, but did not veto the measure.

Stone then lauded him with a rhetorical question: "Where would Russia be if it weren't reaping the benefits of a free democracy? "

This year, some of that air seems to have gone north to Russia.

Otzi's tattoo shows that he might have been a wizard, according to Prauda, the official newspaper in Russia.

Should Russia have an organic place in a more representative world system or should it continue to be regarded as incurably untrustworthy?

It was no surprise that most of Russia's intelligentsia did not recognise Yeltsin as one of "theirs" .

But this relates more to a general drive by Barclays to get out of less profitable businesses than a reflection on Russia.

The strategic initiative of the heads of state of Russia and China to hold the theme years has helped promote bilateral relations, he said.

Russia said yesterday there was no sign of life from 118 sailors trapped at the bottom of the sea in a nuclear submarine.

Russia has no laws, he said, against propaganda by British people. England has such laws; therefore Russia is the more liberal-minded.

And it was that kind of attitude of the West towards Russia in the Nineties that changed the attitude of many Russians.

The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India and China) were angry enough to make a fuss, but did not have the coherence to agree on a standard-bearer.

Vladimir Buyanov, BP's first secretary in Russia, said the court's decision "had no legal basis" and that BP would vigorously contest it.

Russia also built Iran's first nuclear power plant and is actively trying to build other nuclear power facilities abroad.

MINTIMER SHAIMIEV has ruled Tatarstan, a large Muslim republic in the heart of Russia, for two decades with a soft voice and a tight fist.

But, unexpectedly, it did not find that that Russia had abused its legal system to destroy the company.

Yet the United States and Russia, no longer adversaries, seem to be sleepwalking toward the future.

Speaking at the weekly Cabinet meeting, Mr. Olmert said he would urge Russia not to sell sophisticated weapons to Iran and Syria.

Russia's Siberian reserves were once thought to be all but wrapped up in a deal for China, but now Japan may win the contract.

But if the United States (with its pesky respect for human rights) is skeptical of your intentions, Russia presents a promising alternative.

BIG, peaceful demonstrations in the run-up to a presidential election may look like signs of a healthy democracy. Not in Russia.

The river would be "Russia's Mississippi" . The apparently lush region it drained was to be a new America.

Mr Basescu backed the issuing of Romanian passports to Moldovans (just the sort of thing Russia does in its former empire).

Still, it was hard on her, especially since her mother remained in Russia because she couldn't get the proper visa.

So far, they have sent four alumni to countries including Russia, Peru and Germany; it has budgeted about $10, 000 a year for the effort.

Last week he took to the wheel of his Soviet-era Volga Gaz-21 car, giving Russia's patriarch a lift.

You are aware of my attitude toward Russia - to say that I don't like this country is to not say all of it.

If you want to understand 19th-century Russia would you do better to read a history book, or to read War and Peace?

Russia's satellite navigation system isn't fully operational yet, but it seems to work on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's dog.

But Jim Jeffrey leaves no doubt the White House is concerned that Russia wants to expand the conflict even further.

Russia and China are also said to have been reluctant to see more debate of the report.

Russia, the United States and other countries jointly operate the International Space Station, to which China does not belong.

Dear friends, in conclusion, I would like to say that we in Russia are ready to expand relations with China on all fronts.

Russia, although a member of the Quartet, is looking at the Middle East as a means of strengthening its own global position.

Russia said that it had found a hijacked merchant ship that had gone missing in the Baltic Sea on July 30th en route to Algeria.

But Nessar says that rather than joining with the coalition's agenda, Russia will try to balance it out if not provide an alternative to it.

But he said that Russia did not intend to adopt a "Russian-Japanese relations could bring trouble to the action. "

A ballistic missile defense system stationed in Europe has been a contentious issue between the United States and Russia for many years.

Medvedev, for his part, said the Russia-China strategic partnership of coordination has achieved rapid, sound development.

Iraq looks to be on a very similar path to that of Russia.

Russia is building pipelines to Europe but much of its own country has no gas or even plumbing.

The 74-year-old Mr Luzhkov was one of Russia's most powerful politicians and a senior figure in the ruling United Russia party.

Mr. Navalny said he believed the charges were intended to induce him to leave Russia.

It says the United States will likely be energy independent, while Russia, Europe and Japan are predicated to see slow economic declines.

In Russia, you often have to match your drink with that of your host if you want to be friendly.

He said the work of democracy promoters has been made more difficult by rapid economic growth in such countries as China and Russia.

And right up until he was taken back to Russia, he kept begging me over and over to take care of his family, almost as if he was delirious.

As Russia was opening up to the world, it was bidding farewell to America as a dream and a Utopia.

As Rifkind rightly said, "The U. S. , Britain and France would not go to war with [Russia] to force South Ossetia back into Georgia. "

"Russia is probably at the bottom of the list of every single major Western company, " he said.

With Mr Putin in power, Russia may suffer deep stagnation, but a collapse of the system would be all the more dramatic.

She says the revolution drove her out of Russia, but I'm sure if it hadn't been the revolution it would have been something else.

But before his remains could be returned to Iowa, there had to be diplomatic negotiations among Hungary, Russia and the United States.

But Russia's most critical newspaper, co-founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, the architect of perestroika, was the natural place for her to be.

The U. S. fear was that Russia would flood the U. S. market with cheap uranium, but the duty is supposed to be phased out beginning in 2011.

Russia will get a new president (probably), but the petulantly pugnacious Vladimir Putin has no intention of bidding farewell to power.

S. went ahead with plans to build a missile defense system that he said appeared to be designed to neutralize Russia's nuclear deterrent.

Similarly, the disasters have led to a rapprochement with Russia, with which relations have also been fraught over a territorial dispute.

As a top lawyer, he would be in a position to ensure that none of Russia's recent history was falsified.

He said Russia could only improve its image with the presence of a strong state.

Citing court documents, lawyers said the person who masterminded her slaying was a political figure living inside Russia.

One prime topic of their lakeside conversation back then: how much they disliked the unfolding chaos of Boris Yeltsin's Russia.

She said the buyer was Aleksejevskoje-Serviss, a Russia-based firm, though she could not provide details.

Traders said Monday's intervention was the largest since the financial crisis led Russia to let the ruble drop sharply in 2009.

Sergei Markov of the ruling United Russia party said there was no chance Mr Medevedev would risk such a sharp move.

Lavrov says Russia is prepared to take up the U. S. request that it reset its relations with Washington.

She despised the Chechen leaders installed by Russia: they looted reconstruction money, she said, using torture and kidnapping as a weapon.

Kremlin officials say the protesters are dangerous radicals trying to destabilize Russia with help from foreign governments.

A former employee, who claims to have had a relationship with him, recorded his unguarded remarks about Spain and Russia.

Born in Gorky (now Nizhni Novgorod), Russia's third largest city, she lived with her mother and two half-sisters in unpleasant conditions.

He believed his side were dominant in every department of the match and was delighted to see Russia rise to the challenge.

Three years later, I returned to Russia and found that I would be unable to continue with my studies due to lack of funding.

Mr. Peskov said Mr. Depardieu wouldn't have to reside in Russia to maintain his citizenship. 'It is entirely up to him, ' he said.

This week Russia also said it would be unable to complete work on an Iranian nuclear reactor by year-end as scheduled.

But she did agree to a restoration of NATO-Russia ties, suspended since the Georgia conflict.

NATO's governing mission was no longer directed against Russia but against the new threats to peace and stability in Europe.

In Russia, for instance, there's never been a national sex survey.

But they leave no doubt they are extremely concerned about Russia's actions, and are waiting to see what Moscow will do next.

In Russia, a very different kind of uprising replaced the aristocracy of the czars with that of the Soviet Politburo.

Russia Friday said the Russian side was compelled to open fire and the ship's captain should take full responsibility.

One study showed that the EverQuest universe of Norrath had an economy ranking close to Russia's in terms of per-capita GNP.

Until the end of the Cold War, Dzerzhinsk was one of Russia's principal manufacturing sites of chemical weapons.

United Russia selected its new leader in a bit of reverse order.

Medvedev also said another task on Russia's agenda was to transfer all combat units to a state of "permanent readiness" .

Last week's extension of Russia's grain ban and eruption of food riots in Mozambique shows how much needs to be done to meet this goal.

After months of civil war, he said, Gaddafi was ready to negotiate a ceasefire and he needed Russia to mediate the talks.

In the four big emerging markets--China, India, Russia, Brazil--people have no doubt that tomorrow is going to be better.

In itself that represents something of a victory. Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

He said Russia is "one of the likely destinations" for the material.

NATO's governing mission was no longer directed against Russia but against the new threats to peace and stability in Europe.

In Russia, for instance, there's never been a national sex survey.

But they leave no doubt they are extremely concerned about Russia's actions, and are waiting to see what Moscow will do next.

In Russia, a very different kind of uprising replaced the aristocracy of the czars with that of the Soviet Politburo.

Russia Friday said the Russian side was compelled to open fire and the ship's captain should take full responsibility.

One study showed that the EverQuest universe of Norrath had an economy ranking close to Russia's in terms of per-capita GNP.

Until the end of the Cold War, Dzerzhinsk was one of Russia's principal manufacturing sites of chemical weapons.

United Russia selected its new leader in a bit of reverse order.

Medvedev also said another task on Russia's agenda was to transfer all combat units to a state of "permanent readiness" .

Last week's extension of Russia's grain ban and eruption of food riots in Mozambique shows how much needs to be done to meet this goal.

In Russia, a very different kind of uprising replaced the aristocracy of the czars with that of the Soviet Politburo.

Russia Friday said the Russian side was compelled to open fire and the ship's captain should take full responsibility.

One study showed that the EverQuest universe of Norrath had an economy ranking close to Russia's in terms of per-capita GNP.

Until the end of the Cold War, Dzerzhinsk was one of Russia's principal manufacturing sites of chemical weapons.

United Russia selected its new leader in a bit of reverse order.

Medvedev also said another task on Russia's agenda was to transfer all combat units to a state of "permanent readiness" .

Last week's extension of Russia's grain ban and eruption of food riots in Mozambique shows how much needs to be done to meet this goal.

After months of civil war, he said, Gaddafi was ready to negotiate a ceasefire and he needed Russia to mediate the talks.

In the four big emerging markets--China, India, Russia, Brazil--people have no doubt that tomorrow is going to be better.

In itself that represents something of a victory. Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

Until the end of the Cold War, Dzerzhinsk was one of Russia's principal manufacturing sites of chemical weapons.

United Russia selected its new leader in a bit of reverse order.

Medvedev also said another task on Russia's agenda was to transfer all combat units to a state of "permanent readiness" .

Last week's extension of Russia's grain ban and eruption of food riots in Mozambique shows how much needs to be done to meet this goal.

After months of civil war, he said, Gaddafi was ready to negotiate a ceasefire and he needed Russia to mediate the talks.

In the four big emerging markets--China, India, Russia, Brazil--people have no doubt that tomorrow is going to be better.

In itself that represents something of a victory. Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

Russia is now ruled by a duumvirate, one of whom has a kgb background and who reinstated a form of totalitarian rule.

"One of the biggest and most difficult stumbling blocks at this point is Russia, frankly, " says Harvard's Matthew Bunn.

THE fall of the Berlin Wall was not big news in Russia. Neither was it a surprise.

Last week's extension of Russia's grain ban and eruption of food riots in Mozambique shows how much needs to be done to meet this goal.

After months of civil war, he said, Gaddafi was ready to negotiate a ceasefire and he needed Russia to mediate the talks.

In the four big emerging markets--China, India, Russia, Brazil--people have no doubt that tomorrow is going to be better.

In itself that represents something of a victory. Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

Russia is now ruled by a duumvirate, one of whom has a kgb background and who reinstated a form of totalitarian rule.

"One of the biggest and most difficult stumbling blocks at this point is Russia, frankly, " says Harvard's Matthew Bunn.

THE fall of the Berlin Wall was not big news in Russia. Neither was it a surprise.

By then Gorbachev had returned to his native Stavropol province in southern Russia and was a rising star in the regional Communist party.

Russia's liberals argue that the rapid growth is largely due to windfalls from the run-up in world prices of Russia's oil and gas exports.

He said Russia is "one of the likely destinations" for the material.

"One of the biggest and most difficult stumbling blocks at this point is Russia, frankly, " says Harvard's Matthew Bunn.

THE fall of the Berlin Wall was not big news in Russia. Neither was it a surprise.

By then Gorbachev had returned to his native Stavropol province in southern Russia and was a rising star in the regional Communist party.

Russia's liberals argue that the rapid growth is largely due to windfalls from the run-up in world prices of Russia's oil and gas exports.

He said Russia is "one of the likely destinations" for the material.

It was more of a slow torture watching the Israel-Russia game last night but thankfully it all came out right for us in the end.

He said the Railways Ministry is looking at projects in Russia, Brazil, the U. S. , Myanmar and Laos, among others.

Or he may opt to leave everything as it is. In which case Russia may begin a new, more dangerous chapter in its history.

President Medvedev of Russia said the fall of the wall had told the Russian and Germany put their enmity behind them.

This year, some of that air seems to have gone north to Russia, where daytime temperatures are at least 12 Fahrenheit degrees above normal.

President Medvedev of Russia said the fall of the wall had told the Russian and Germany put their enmity behind them.

This year, some of that air seems to have gone north to Russia, where daytime temperatures are at least 12 Fahrenheit degrees above normal.

He is a political insider who should have a bright future ahead of him in Russia's booming economy.

He went on in Soviet vein: "Russia endeavours to be a predictable, strong and accommodating partner" to its neighbours.

What really irks the Kremlin is that Mr Yanukovych is trying to get lower gas prices from Russia even as he knocks at the EU's door.

Mr Ahmadi-Nejad took the opportunity to warn Russia that "they must be careful not to be on the side of the enemies of the Iranian people" .

HIstory shows that Russia cannot be successfully invaded from the west (Europe), but she is fairly easy to conquer from the east (Asia).

In the long run, experts say two centers of power in Russia, some call it a co-presidency, are unsustainable.

In speeches, he sounds as if he wants to steer Russia away from the Putin model.

Carl was jumping about like a cockroach. He has just enough Jew in him to lose his head over an idea like Russia.

Russia did not, however, rush troops to its aid when Ms Otunbayeva asked for them, as the violence in the south span out of control.

The government seems to have got caught up in the argument between Russia and America.

CPC needs to be expanded to account for an increase in production but the dispute with Russia over Georgia has prevented progress so far.

Mr. Obama said the step was 'an important signal about Russia's seriousness about achieving membership in the World Trade Organization. '

In October, he returned to Russia, taking MacGregor with him in the aim of establishing a business and career.

But though outdated technology is often a problem, many experts emphasize that it isn't the actual root of Russia's productivity woes.

Russia's heavy-handed energy diplomacy is often counterproductive.

Russia is ready to support the achievement of such a goal.

The EU's energy relationship with Russia was one of "positive interdependence" , Mr Barroso said.

Russia's pro-Kremlin Duma or lower house of parliament rushed through the necessary legislation in less than a week.

Does anyone (the US, in-particular) really have the right to say China and Russia are wrong in their means of trying to develop themselves-?

Carney said the United States will continue to maintain cooperative relations with Russia.

According to the plans of the German chief commanders the whole deal with Russia would take just a few months.

In my role as an adviser to the Kremlin, I tried to explain why it was that the West did not trust Russia.

He said Russia was ready to team up with the West in developing a "road map" for a European missile defense architecture.

Over the years, the four islands between Japan and Russia refused to budge on the question of attribution.

The Georgian government said the deal with Abkhazia violated the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Russia.

I was agonisingly close to leaving Russia but I had no idea where I should check in, or what time the ship would depart.

The hotel also boasts one of most upmarket casinos in Russia and is opening a state of the art spa and leisure complex in 2009.

After all, NATO in two or three weeks before the Lisbon summit, NATO and Russia relations have made a breakthrough.

Indeed, less than two weeks later, Mr. Putin honored Mr. Surkov with a medal for service to Russia. And with that, Mr.

At the time it was the only big energy project in Russia that did not involve a local partner.

Iran said it had resumed uranium enrichment, prompting Russia and France to call on Tehran to halt its work.

A YEAR ago Russia's market for new cars was one of the fastest growing in the world.

He said that Russia accepts American primacy in the world, but that this primacy requires prudent restraint and caution.

Alexey Miller, history professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow said Russia was not ready to do so.

One brave juror phoned Russia's main surviving independent radio station to say that this was a lie.

Russia: The rule of law in Russia is still something of an abstract concept.

The change is all the more startling when Georgia's fate is contrasted with that of other former Soviet republics, including Russia.

Russia is not justified in holding on to Georgian territory or trying to overturn a democratically elected regime.

But Russia beat her to the punch in discussions of that troubled region.

"Any kind of turn towards totalitarianism for Russia would be impossible, due to the condition of the Russian society, " he said.

The failure of that merger was seen as a snub to Russia by the west, unwilling to let Russian companies into its markets.

U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the 10 agents deported from the U. S. had received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Russia.

Had the Axis powers finished off the British in north Africa first, they could have attacked Russia from the south as well as the east.

Poles are mourning their president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria who were among those killed in a plane crash in Western Russia.

For good measure, in May Russia's senior anti-narcotics official accused the IMU of trying to muscle in on the drug trade in his country.

But these days America seems to be listening, if only to hear what Russia wants.

First thing, she woke up and went out on her porch and waved goodbye to Russia. Obama was waving to her.

s the last work of Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest writers in Russia, The Cherry Orchard is the peak of his dramatic creation.

Russia appears to be rising from the economic doldrums and a new Russian middle class is beginning to emerge.

Once the treaty is signed, the next question will be how much further the US and Russia have to go.

The president has talked about his desire to ease tensions between the United States and Russia.

At its current growth rates, China will likely catch up to Brazil, Mexico, and Russia around the year 2020 in terms of per capita GDP.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will join Obama and other NATO leaders for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, he said.

In Russia this has been a terrible time to be a democrat, a journalist, an independent businessman. Just ask Garry Kasparov.

She was the latest human-rights campaigner of international renown to be gunned down in Putin's Russia.

Born in a poor family in Russia, she helped her mother sell fruit on the street in her teens.

Last week, the head of Russia's migration service said he would not allow a large and concentrated settlement of Chinese in Russia.

Therefore Achilles -- if it was Achilles, if it was Russia he worked for, if, if -- would be able to find out where they were.

Upon her return to Russia, she was granted permission to practice medicine after other scientists fought for her right to do so.

Analysts say that terrorism has been a major concern in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

On our first trip to Russia to meet AJ we were able to spend about 9 hours with him over three days and each moment was precious.

Since most critical parts of Zenit are built in Russia, it would be relatively easy to organise its production in the country.

With its eye on growth, the company recently launched a massive joint venture in Qatar and an offshore well in eastern Russia.

When he took over as President of Russia in 2000, he found a coutry on the verge of becoming a failed state.

It looks like the set of a Hollywood action movie but these images were taken by a team of expert cave divers in the depths of Russia.

Mr. Surkov, 47, is often ranked as Russia's third-most-powerful political figure, after Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin and Mr. Medvedev.

His career of a fine artist took off and he began to exhibit in Ukraine, Russia and other Eastern European countries.

And with China, Russia, Japan and India all feeling their strength, the region's powers are beginning to divide into two broad alliances.

Germany's Angela Merkel made clear two years ago that, if Russia wanted better relations with the EU, it had to mend fences with Poland.

But the collapse in the oil markets has shown just how much Russia still depends on getting a good price for its natural resources.

Brazil is often bracketed with China, India and Russia as one of the world's emerging economic powers.

All this leaves Brazil uncomfortable with any perception that it cuddles up to China and Russia.

'Russia's financial system will withstand this, we'll make sure of that, ' he said.

He says he wants Russia and America to be partners but feels the U. S. treats Russia like the uninvited guest at a party.

And even if I had not left Russia, knowledge of a foreign language cannot be a waste.

The State Department said Russia had not formally notified the US of any move to abrogate the treaty.

The area where Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and China meet is called the Altai Knot and is in the heart of the Altai Mountains.

Unlike China and Russia it is a full-blooded democracy; unlike India it has no serious disputes with its neighbours.

But a week after Russia's drug czar, Viktor Ivanov, met in Washington with his U. S. counterpart, Gil Kerlikowske, the mission went ahead.

Unlike on previous occasions, he made no attempt to appear as Russia's strongman.

Shchednov is one of a growing number of artists in Russia who have been accused of breaching censorship conventions and insulting authority.

Russia once formulated an oil development strategy up to 2020, in which it explicitly decided to construct an oil pipeline leading to China.

The same stars that shine down on Russia shine down on the United States. From the sky our cities would look much the same.

Mr Obama said last week if Russia increased co-operation with the US on Iran as a "byproduct" of his decision, it would be a "bonus" .

He said if it continues, there is the potential for a significant long-term impact on U. S. -Russia relations.

He also said that Russia was ready to provide India with military technology that Europe and the US would not.

However, Mr Depardieu seems to be chiefly attracted by Russia's flat 13 per cent income tax, as he seeks refuge from high taxes in France.

But the most powerful response seems to be coming from farmers themselves, especially in places like Russia, Brazil and Australia.

So far that market is controlled by countries like the United States, Russia and China and the European Space Agency.

I tell you frankly that I consider yours is the greatest musical talent to which Russia can look forward.

Obama said he had no interest in papering over differences with Russia, but said addressing nuclear proliferation was a good place to start.

It's no shock, then, that, having carefully weighed up the options, Putin decided to choose himself to be Russia's next president.

Brussels believes that if Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan were to back the idea, however, Russia would have no legal power to stop it.

By implication, it urges Washington not to take the forthcoming SCO conference as any sort of ganging up by China and Russia.

On the eve of a special EU summit on Georgia, he warned that Russia was ready to retaliate against any sanctions the EU might impose.

I think we have never really sat down and developed a strategy for dealing with Russia following the end of the Cold War.

"You can only imagine how much champagne was drunk in Russia's hardline circles after the recognition of Kosovo, " says Mr Gaidar.

Britain, the United States, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, tsarist Russia and Holland were all very interested in this land of ours.

We have been trying to engage the alliance and Russia in missile defense now for about 15 years, and it has finally all come together today.

Mr Putin, the bad cop, runs Russia and distributes the money, as he made clear in the recent conference of his United Russia party.

He said the old Cold War assumption that America and Russia can only exist as antagonists who compete for spheres of influence is wrong.

To deepen and promote China-Russia energy cooperation is one of the major topics of the meeting between the two prime ministers.

So you see, two, an enemy of political bottom line, the bottom line of a missile defense system, Russia extend to the most sensitive nerve.

It did not escape Russians' attention that the initials of the bank, FSB, are the same as Russia's main spy agency.

That was followed roughly eight hours later by a pair of messages announcing that she was in Russia.

Kuril Islands, including the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute between the four northern islands (Russia, said the South Kuril Islands).

The explosion of Russia's "Father of All Bombs" approaches that of a small nuclear weapon; it would flatten many city blocks.

The war drums are beating once again between Russia and the USA, just as they seem to do every 45 years.