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Posted on August 25, 2010 - by Venik
Moscow International Automobile Show
The Moscow International Automobile Show in Russia on this week will host the unveiling of new and concept cars by car manufacturers from 12 different countries Original article
Posted on August 25, 2010 - by Venik
Jaguar’s XJ Sentinel uncaged at Moscow motor show
Jaguar’s latest saloon, the XJ Sentinel, has been designed as the ultimate armoured luxury limousine It can withstand sniper fire, roadside bombs and possibly even unhappy ex-wives, who may attempt to claw at the passenger door after receiving their divorce papers. Today, Jaguar – the Indian-owned but British-based carmaker – chose Moscow’s international motor show [...]
Posted on August 25, 2010 - by Venik
Microsoft for Soviet Macedonia
I don’t know why, but today I stopped by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. I was greeted by a photo of Lake Debar located in western Macedonia near the border with Albania. When I hovered the mouse over little black squares on the photo, I was given a quick lesson in Macedonia’s history. My knowledge of [...]
Posted on August 22, 2010 - by Venik
Alan Myers obituary
Translator of Russian literature and poetry, teacher and ardent defender of his native north-east Alan Myers, who has died aged 76, was one of the most acclaimed translators of Russian into English of his generation, but also a notable figure in two other fields: he was an inspirational comprehensive school teacher for nearly 25 years, [...]
Posted on August 21, 2010 - by Venik
Iran opens first nuclear power plant
Iranian and Russian engineers and officials attend a ceremony to celebrate the loading of fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant Original article
Posted on August 21, 2010 - by Venik
Iran begins loading fuel at its Bushehr nuclear reactor
Nationwide celebrations as Russian engineers oversee the arrival of an initial fuel shipment at Iran’s first nuclear power plant The operation to load fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power station has begun amid nationwide celebration. Russian engineers will operate the Bushehr plant in southern Iran, supplying its nuclear fuel and taking away the nuclear waste. [...]
Posted on August 20, 2010 - by Venik
Dana Petroleum bid goes hostile as KNOC turns up heat in battle for oil
Hostile bid by Korea National Oil Corporation is first to be launched by a state-owned oil company The scramble by emerging economies to secure future energy reserves has injected new heat into London’s mergers and acquisitions market, with an Asian group launching the first hostile bid by a state-owned oil company – this time for [...]
Posted on August 20, 2010 - by Venik
Russian tycoon launches crackdown on employees’ ‘sins’
Workers who have abortions or marry outside the church will be sacked, pledges Orthodox entrepreneur Prosecutors in Russia have been urged to launch an investigation after a wealthy dairy tycoon pledged to sack female employees who have an abortion. In a message to workers, Vasily Boyko-Veliky, the eccentric president of Russkoye Moloko (Russian Milk), also [...]
Posted on August 20, 2010 - by Venik
Viktor Bout: five passports, half a dozen languages and alleged friend to all sides
Viktor Bout, so-called ‘merchant of death’, is accused of supplying arms to al-Qaida, the Taliban and Charles Taylor The Nicolas Cage movie Lord of War may have been based loosely on the life of Viktor Bout, but little is known about the so-called “merchant of death”. According to the alleged arm smuggler’s five passports, he [...]
Posted on August 20, 2010 - by Venik
Video: Suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout to be extradited
An appeals court in Thailand has ruled that Viktor Bout, a Russian dubbed the ‘merchant of death’ should face trial in the US Original article
Posted on August 20, 2010 - by Venik
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to be extradited to US
Thailand court rules that Viktor Bout, dubbed the ‘merchant of death’, should face trial in America The man known as the “merchant of death”, the alleged black-market arms dealer Viktor Bout, could be on American soil to face terrorism charges within weeks after a Thai appeals court ruled he must face charges of conspiring to [...]
Posted on August 20, 2010 - by Venik
Thailand to extradite suspected Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout
Viktor Bout, dubbed ‘the merchant of death’, to be handed over to US after appeal court ruling An appeal court in Thailand today ruled to extradite a suspected Russian arms smuggler, Viktor Bout, to the US, effectively ending a more than decade-long chase for the man dubbed “the merchant of death”. The decision overturns a [...]
Posted on August 19, 2010 - by Venik
VI Arnold obituary
Mathematician and teacher renowned for his incisive solutions VI Arnold, who has died of pancreatitis aged 72, was a giant of mathematics. A prolific creator and an inspiring teacher, he had one of the sharpest and most imaginative minds in the business. His research was renowned for its clarity and incisiveness. He made major contributions [...]
Posted on August 18, 2010 - by Venik
Moscow bans overnight sales of vodka in Dmitry Medvedev’s war on alcohol
Crackdown on Russia’s lethal drink culture where vodka is country’s number one killer Ivan the Terrible ramped up its production, Mikhail Gorbachev banned it and Boris Yeltsin wandered the streets of Washington in his underpants after consuming too much of it. Now President Dmitry Medvedev has become the latest leader to step on to the [...]