Contents tagged with Russia
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Russia to help Bolivia establish Center for Nuclear Research
Russia and Bolivia will establish the Center for Nuclear Research and Technology. Director General of Rosatom Sergey Kirienko and the Bolivian Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Luis Alberto Sanchez have signed the agreement, as reported by Interfax on March 6th.
The Center will be built in the Bolvian town El Alto which is located 4100m above sea level. It will contain new experiment plants and scientific laboratories. Russian institute JSC NIKIET, named after N.A. Dollezhal, will develop …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: Russian representatives arrive in Donetsk to determine source of information leak
The Southern Military Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation arrived in the separatist-occupied region of Donetsk. This was reported on the 6th of March by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.
According to the Ministry’s statement, representatives of the Russian military visited the area to find out why Russian leadership has failed to conceal the fact that the country is directly involved in the Ukrainian conflict.
“The main task of the …
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Poroshenko urges US and EU leaders to put pressure on Moscow to release Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko urged the leaders US and EU to increase pressure on Russia in order to secure the release of imprisoned Ukrainian pilot, Nadiya Savchenko.
"Ukraine has sent a letter to the EU and the US to increase pressure on Russia to release Nadiya Savchenko," Poroshenko wrote on his Twitter page on Monday.
Savchenko’s health has deteriorated since going on a dry hunger strike on March 3rd.
"She is determined to be present in court on March 9th, and [wants to] have …
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Poll suggests 20 percent of Russians think it is likely that they will be fired in the near future
One out of five Russians think it is likely that they could be fired in the next two or three months. Downsizing has become a real concern, according to the fund “Public Opinion”, citing research results conducted towards the end of February. Interfax reported the results on March 5th of a poll of 1,500 respondents in 104 settlements of the Russian Federation.
31% of respondents believed that there is no chance that they will lose their job in the coming months. Out of those concerned about …
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Founder of Russian Ren-TV urges Putin to release Savchenko
The founder of Russia’s Ren-TV company, Irena Lesnevskaya, has written an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking for the release of Ukrainian citizen, Nadia Savchenko. Savchenko was charged in Russia with the murders of two Russian journalists.
The letter was posted on Facebook on Sunday. “While the whole world is looking, Nadia Savchenko is dying as a result of her dry hunger strike in a Russian prison. I call on every humane and Christian part of you to stop this …
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Ukrainian Intelligence: 15 bodies of Russian soldiers were sent from Donetsk to Russia
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the bodies of 15 Russian servicemen who were killed in the Donbas were delivered from Donetsk to Russia.
Ukrayinska Pravda cited the Directorate on March 6th as claiming that the bodies were removed from the morgue of the Donetsk Regional Hospital on March 4th. Ukrainian intelligence also reported that in the occupied Donbas, the Commander of the 3rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (Horlivka) is actually …
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Thousands protested in Tbilisi against negotiations between Georgia and Gazprom
On Sunday, thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain six kilometers long from the Russian Embassy to the square in front of the government administration building in Tbilisi in order to protest negotiations between Georgia and Gazprom.
The action was organized by the United National Movement opposition party of the ex-President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, and its supporters. "The Georgian people will not allow the government to undermine the country's energy security," said one of …
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Russia to deploy more Su-34s to Syria
The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation is planning to deploy a new batch of Su-34 strike fighters to the Syrian airbase Hmeimim as well as flight and maintenance personnel from the 47th Aviation Regiment (Buturlinovka) of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Western Military District on the 9th of March.
“The activities directed towards ensuring the specific grouping of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria includes …
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Russia to carry out large-scale nuclear missile testing in the Arctic
Russia will bring Borey-type submarines which are 170 meters in length into the Arctic, from which 16 missiles with nuclear long-range warheads will be simultaneously launched, Bild reported. The newspaper claims this is Moscow’s attempt to show the US its military might. The tests will be the largest conducted in 25 years, and its official purpose is to test the readiness of the submarine fleet. Recently, American servicemen tested Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles, Deutsche Welle …
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German media: Russia continues to violate anti-doping rules
Russia continues to not fulfill the requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the fight against doping. An ARD correspondent, Hajo Seppelt, who has been investigating this issue, came to this conclusion. His movie Doping Top Secret: Russia’s Red Herrings, which has become the third part of the investigation dedicated to doping problems in Russian athletic programs, was broadcast on the 6th of March.
The documentary …