Russia suffers frequent plane crashes
Russian emergency workers search the crash site of the ATR-72 plane crash outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia, Russia, Monday, April 2, 2012. <Photo: AP/Newsis> MOSCOW (Xinhua) — Russia, once an aviation powerhouse, has been plagued by deadly plane crashes in recent years, with the latest claiming 31 lives on Monday when a French-Italian-made […]
Major news in Russia on April 3 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Blaze Erupts in Moskva-City Tower news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on March 27 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Pundits Divided on Success of ‘Reset’
Putin Becomes Main Hero in Art Exhibition
Russian Prime Minister Bladimir Putin who is the absolute winner of the March 04 presidential election in Russian Federation with the 63.6 vote rate, also became the main hero in an art exhibition which titled “A Good Person” in Russian city of St Petersburg. Russian painter-artist Alexey Sergiyenko draw 12 different paints of Putin, which […]
Russia on March 20 2012
Russia on March 20 2012 <Moscow News>:Protests over NTV program about protests
Russia on 13 Mar 2012: Man Dies In ‘Savage’ Police Beating
Russia on 13 Mar 2012 <The Moscow Times>: Man Dies In ‘Savage’ Police Beating
Putin Elected as a Russian President
Supporters of Vladimir Putin gather to celebrate his winning in Moscow on March 4, 2012. Russia’s presidential candidate Vladimir Putin announced here Sunday that he had won the presidential election. According to an exit poll conducted by the state-run pollster VTsIOM released earlier Sunday, Putin is expected to garner 58.3 percent of votes, enough to […]
Chinese Restaurant in Russia Explodes, 7 Wound
Firefighters work at the gas explosion hit Chinese restaurant in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 2, 2012. At least eight people were injured on Friday after the gas blast caused fire at the restaurant. <Photo: Xinhua/Valentina Svistukova> news@theasian.asia
Russia says not to provide Damascus with military help
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (R) talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Feb. 7, 2012. <Photo DB: Xinhua> Russia would not provide military assistance to the Syrian government if Damascus is attacked, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday. Russia and Syria signed a treaty on cooperation and friendship, […]