Archive for June, 2009
Posted on June 17, 2009 - by Venik
Steve Bell: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad packs up his troubles
Iran’s disputed president, smiling and among friends, attends summit in Russia while turmoil rages back home Original article Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Posted on June 17, 2009 - by Venik
Georgia feels Russia’s heavy hand | Svante Cornell
Obama cannot ignore Russia’s belligerence towards Georgia as the last international monitors are pushed out of its conflict zones This Monday, Russia vetoed the extension of the United Nations observer mission in Georgia. The move served to kill the last remaining international organisation with a presence in Georgia’s conflict zones, which Moscow invaded and occupied [...]
Posted on June 17, 2009 - by Venik
Russia calls on Britain to extradite telecoms tycoon
• Chichvarkin is wanted on charges of kidnapping and blackmail• Case could further strain UK-Russian relations Russia formally demanded today that Britain hand over a telecoms tycoon who vanished from his Moscow dacha six months ago and turned up last week at the ballet in Covent Garden, London. The general prosecutor sent a formal extradition [...]
Posted on June 17, 2009 - by Venik
North Korea threatens merciless attack if it is provoked
Pyongyang sends defiant message after Obama condemns its nuclear programme North Korea today warned that it would launch a “merciless” attack if provoked by the US and its allies, hours after President Barack Obama described the state’s nuclear and missile programmes as a “grave threat” to the world. “If the US and its followers infringe [...]
Posted on June 16, 2009 - by Venik
Compare and Contrast
Kendrick White speaking to ICANN, the International Community Organization of Nizhny Novgorod Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared May 4, 2009 on Kendrick White’s blog at the Marchmont Capital Partners website (www.marchmontnews.com). I had such an interesting set of meetings last week. After long preparations and much organizational work, I finally had an opportunity to [...]
Posted on June 16, 2009 - by Venik
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad packs up his troubles
Iran’s disputed president, smiling and among friends, attends summit in Russia while turmoil rages back home Tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Tehran, the country’s clerics have ordered a recount in several areas, and his grip on power is looking increasingly weak. But today Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took time out from the turmoil [...]
Posted on June 16, 2009 - by Venik
Russia vetoes plan to extend UN mission in Georgia
US ‘deeply regrets’ move that strengthens Moscow’s grip on breakaway region of Abkhazia Russia last night vetoed a plan to extend the UN’s mission in Georgia, causing an angry response from the west and setting Moscow on a collision course with Washington ahead of a visit to Russia by Barack Obama. Russia rejected an attempt [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Luke Harding on Mikhail Gorbachev’s star turn at a recent fundraising party thrown by Alexander Lebedev
The party was thrown by Alexander Lebedev, the Evening Standard owner (and possible future proprietor of the Independent). The celebrities at last week’s glamorous charity bash at Hampton Court included JK Rowling, Vanessa Redgrave and Boris Johnson. But the star of the fundraiser was former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. The man who invented perestroika and [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich buys a £288m yacht
It has all the usual mod cons you would expect for a yacht belonging to a football-loving billionaire – helipad (well, two actually), a cinema, sports complex and even a disco. It also boasts a mini-submarine and looks like a sleek naval destroyer. According to reports today, Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC, is now [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Twenty-First Century M&A
by Philippe Der Megreditchian The recent financial crisis has sharply changed the financing options for mid-market and developing companies as the market balance has been driven from one side of the pendulum to the other. In 2008, cash stockpiles from easy credit and windfalls from high natural resource prices created hungry buyers allowing sellers able [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
BRIC summit to open new stage of cooperation – Brazil president
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Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russian mini-subs continue to examine world’s deepest lake
Multimedia Photo: Russian mini-subs dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal Photo: Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Lake Baikal Video: The bottom of Baikal. Unique footage from “Mir” mini-submarines Video: Divers discover sunken ship on the bottom of Lake Baikal Video: Earthquake hits Lake Baikal Video: Russians dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal Video: [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Two police officers injured in drive-by shooting in S.Russia
Multimedia Video: Blast at a court bailiffs’ office in Ingushetia Video: New president of Ingushetia ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – A drive-by shooting involving militants in Russia’s volatile Caucuses republic of Ingushetia has left two police officers injured, local police said on Monday. The police officers returned fire and shot out one of the [...]
Posted on June 15, 2009 - by Venik
Russia to raise oil export duty to $212.6 per ton from July 1
MOSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will increase oil export duty from the current $152.8 to $212.6 per metric ton from July 1, following trends on global oil markets, a senior official of the Finance Ministry said on Monday. The average price of oil totaled $63.66 per barrel from May 15 to June 14, [...]
