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Medvedev makes 'historic' visit to West Bank
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev cancelled an official visit to Israel this month due to a strike by Foreign Ministry staff.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Palestinian territories on a “historic” trip Tuesday as part of his Middle East tour.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes him in Jericho in the West Bank, where the two are expected to hold a joint press...
Medvedev Salutes Siemens Plans for Russia High-Tech Hub
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hailed a decision by Germany’s Siemens AG to join his ‘Silicon Valley’ innovation project in Moscow’s Skolkovo suburb, run by billionaire Viktor Vekselberg.
“We hope that the participation of German business will be very, very active in the big project to be realized in Skolkovo,” Medvedev told reporters in Yekaterinburg today after talks with German...
Suicide Bomber Kills Two Policemen in Southern Russia
Another Terrorist Attack Strikes Russia
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a car near a police station in Russia’s southern Dagestan region, killing two officers.
The bomber blew up in a hijacked Lada Priora car upon entry into Dagestan’s Kazbek region, the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor General’s Office said on its website today. Five police officers and 12 civilians...
Medvedev orders government to ease immigration restrictions
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the government to work out a bill easing immigration restrictions in the country and consider the cancelation of immigration quotas for high-qualified foreign specialists, the Kremlin said on Thursday.
The bill is intended to “optimize” the immigration regime for foreigners invited to work in Russia by “organizations implementing investment,...
67 killed in Russia's New Year fires
At least 67 people have been killed and 144 injured during Russia’s New Year’s festivities when Russians celebrate with firecrackers and ‘cold’ fireworks.
“In the past 24 hours, a total of 589 fires have occurred in Russia, including 479 fires in residential buildings. A total of 67 people were killed and 144 injured as a result, 77 people were rescued,” Russia’s...
Russia resists U.S efforts to seek more Iran sanctions
Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama’s hopes for Moscow’s backing for fresh penalties against Tehran.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow believed such threats were ”counterproductive” and that only...
One World Government is almost here: Medvedev Shows Off Sample Coin of New ‘World Currency’ at G-8
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev illustrated his call for a supranational currency to replace the dollar by pulling from his pocket a sample coin of a “united future world currency.”
“Here it is,” Medvedev told reporters today in L’Aquila, Italy, after a summit of the Group of Eight nations. “You can see it and touch it.”
The coin, which bears the words “unity in diversity,” was...
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