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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online The target date for the first manned spaceflight launch at Russia’s planned Vostochny Cosmodrome will be sometime in 2018, President Vladimir Putin told astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. Speaking with Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) station crewmembers via video conference from the building site, Putin said that the new launch pad will help the one-time space exploration pioneer to...
MOSCOW, October 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking at the Global Energy Prize Summit in Moscow eminent international scientists and senior figures from the Russian government underlined the need for investment in research and innovation in the energy sector. Contributors to the summit, including the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, stressed the need for an efficient use of energy resources. The summit was part of the celebrations for the 10th...
MOSCOW, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In his first post-inauguration interview given exclusively to RT Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the most pressing domestic and international issues ahead of the Russia-hosted APEC Summit. Commenting on Russia's continued opposition to foreign intervention in Syria, President Putin compared the quagmire there to the 11-year war in Afghanistan, saying that "the US and its allies went into Afghanistan, and now they're trying to figure...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Russian parliament yesterday unanimously decided to adopt a bill which allows them to exercise a greater control over the Internet. Now, many Russians are worried this is just the first step to widespread censorship by the Russian government. Only one man stands between this bill and the law: Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. Similar to the Internet protests which occurred when the U.S. Government voted on bills SOPA and...
MOSCOW, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The laureates of the Global Energy International Prize 2012 - RAS academicians Valery Kostyuk and Boris Katorgin, as well as UK professor Rodney John Allam - will soon be receiving their awards from the Russian President Vladimir Putin in person. The official ceremony will be held on June 21 at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "The prize commands great prestige along with recognition of an...
KYIV, Ukraine, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It is important to separate politics from sport, and a boycott of Euro 2012 in Ukraine would be counter-productive and mistaken. This was the consensus among delegates from politics, business and civil society at a conference in Berlin held on Wednesday, discussing Ukraine's path towards EU integration. "We should not mix sports and politics," said Dmytro Spivak, of the opposition Ukrainian Social Democratic Party Ukrainia...
TOGLIATTI, Russia, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - EUR400 million investment generates capacity of up to 350,000 cars annually across three brands. - After Lada Largus, separate models from Nissan and Renault will follow. - This new production line contributes to the three partners' common goal: achieve capacity of at least 1.6 million vehicles per year in Russia by 2016. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin inaugurated...
NEW YORK, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mechel OAO, one of the world's largest mining companies, a producer of coal, steel and iron ore, might lose mining license for one of its key assets, Yakutugol subsidiary, due to major violations discovered by the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources. Yakutugol represents about 30% of Mechel's coal output and a substantial share of the company's revenues. Rosprirodnadzor, the governmental watchdog, listed serious violations by the company....
MOSCOW, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mikhail Plisyuk, Director of the Institute of International Integration Studies, Moscow, has said that in view of the upcoming Russian Presidential election, UK-Russia relations are on a good footing. Plisyuk said: "Sunday's celebration of Maslenitsa on London's Trafalgar Square which has now become a hugely successful tradition, once again demonstrated how welcoming the city has been to the flourishing Russian community....
NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the course of nearly two decades in New York, Janna Bullock has been a prominent art and design curator, philanthropist and collector, in addition to being a highly successful real estate developer and businesswoman. She has created a vital bridge between her native Russia and the U.S. In this time, she has brought to Russia such artists as Matthew Barney, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Kruger and Dennis Hopper, and brought to the U.S. and...
