RUSSIA News, Aug 31, 2011

Russian Muslims flood into streets for Eid The News International Tens of thousands of Muslims gathered in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg for worship on Eid-ul-Fitr, the festival marking the end of the month-long Ramazan holy fast. Russia's Muslim citizens — usually estimated at over 20 million people concentrated in ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia & Korea hold high speed rail seminar Rail.co By A. Samuel · August 31, 2011 · High Speed, Rail News The proposed line betweenMoscow & St Petersburg will be capable of permitting up to 42 trains to run simultaneously at speeds of up to 400 km/h. On August 29th, a Russian/Korean seminar took place ... See all stories on this topic » Rail.co

Fuller on Food: White nights and long days Longview Daily News Much of our time in Europe was spent traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow. For us, Russiaaboard a 200-passenger river ship was a new way to travel and learn about another country. St.Petersburg was a beautiful city filled with history of Peter the ... See all stories on this topic »

ExxonMobil signs Russian oil pact Washington Post (blog) By Will Englund and Brad Plumer, MOSCOW — ExxonMobil and the Russian oil firm Rosneft agreed to a deal Tuesday to begin joint operations on Russia's Arctic Sea shelf and in the deep waters of the Black Sea, far to the south. In return, Rosneft will ... See all stories on this topic »

Putin Protégé Nominated for Governor Wall Street Journal By ALLAN CULLISON MOSCOW—A long-time protégé of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was nominated to become governor of St. Petersburg, where the Kremlin is trying to shore up popular support before parliamentary elections in the fall and a presidential ... See all stories on this topic »

Nine Killed In Chechnya Attacks RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty He also has said he was responsible for the March 2010 suicide bombings on Moscow's metro transit system, which killed 39 people. Russianauthorities also blame Umarov for ordering the November 2009 bombing of a train from Moscow to St. Petersburg that ... See all stories on this topic » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russian LTE plan hits stumbling block Total Telecom In major cities Moscow and St Petersburg mobile penetration is around the 210% mark. MTS has the largest share of the Moscow market with 37.6%, while MegaFon leads in St Petersburg where it serves 32.7% of all subscribers. See all stories on this topic » Total Telecom

RZD seeks international high speed expertise Railway Gazette International RUSSIA: Foreign contractors would be invited to bid for the construction of a proposed high speed line between Moscow and St Petersburg, Russian Railways President Valdimir Yakunin has confirmed. A seminar was held in Moscow on August 29 to discuss the ... See all stories on this topic »

Anne Odom, expert on Russian art, dies Washington Post Post maintained the largest private collection of Russian artwork outside of Russia. After joining Hillwood, Mrs. Odom conducted research at the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and wrote books about Post's collection. ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia May Halve Training Time for Pilots to Meet Shortage Daijiworld.com Moscow, Aug 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti): Russia's aviation authorities are reportedly considering halving the training time for the country's airline pilots in a bid to end a shortage of crew in civil aviation. The transport ministry thinks the current ... See all stories on this topic »

Cannibal, 21, confesses to making meatballs with his victim and posting video ... Daily Mail During the long winters, the temperature regularly drops to minus 14C. This is the latest in a number of cannibal cases in Russia. In May an unemployed man killed his drinking partner and butchered his body in his Moscow flat. In St Petersburg in 2009,... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

The vampires are coming St.Petersburg Times.ru The main roles in the show will be performed by Moscow actors Ivan Ozhogin and Yelena Gazayeva, and by the St. Petersburg actor Georgy Novitsky. The musical will be performed in Russian, having been rewritten by Suzanna Tsiryuk, who has translated many ... See all stories on this topic »

SLAMI to distribute dBTechnologies L&Si Online (press release) With its headquarters in Moscow, SLAMI offers an full range of MI products, via an extensive network of music shops called 'Mir Muzyki'. Located in many of the largest cities in Russia including StPetersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Samara, ... See all stories on this topic »

NEI Treatment Systems Announces Ballast Water Treatment Systems Orders From ... MarketWatch (press release) The Company is registered in St. Petersburg with offices in Moscow, Novorossiysk, Murmansk, Vladivostok, London, Limassol, Madrid and Singapore. The Group offers a wide range of vessels and a powerful grouping of vessels in the market segments most ... See all stories on this topic »

Transaero Airlines reports mid-year cargo jump aircargoworld ... Airlines' Moscow-to-Singapore and Moscow-to-Houston routes, and Singapore Airlines customers can fly from Transaero's hub at Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport to the Russian cities of Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara and St. Petersburg. ... See all stories on this topic »

Medvedev Names Ex-KGB Officer as St. Petersburg Governor The Moscow Times A St. Petersburg native and presidential envoy for the Central Federal District that includesMoscow, Poltavchenko worked for the KGB and Federal Security Service between 1979 and 1992. He was appointed acting governor on Aug. 22. ... See all stories on this topic »

Raven Russia first-half net soars to $71m Property Investor Europe (subscription) Gearing was 38%. Raven Russia was founded in 2005 to invest in class A warehouse complexes inRussia, and has a completed portfolio of some 1m sq.m. in Moscow, St Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Novosibirsk. pie. See all stories on this topic »

Governor's Meetings 'Lacked Substance' St.Petersburg Times.ru Thousands of St. Petersburg residents protested her town-planning policy at annual demonstrations against the Okhta Center project from 2006. Despite the negotiations, a 19th-century building at 68 Nevsky Prospekt and the historic Preobrazhensky ... See all stories on this topic »

FRANCE / RUSSIA Lazard boss fosters trade relations Intelligence Online (subscription) Thomas attended the St Petersburg economic forum on June 17, during which Russian defence export agency Rosoboronexport signed a contract with French defence group DCNS for the supply of four Mistral BPC warships. Dmitry Medvedev, president of the ... See all stories on this topic »

United Russia Reveals Primary Victors St.Petersburg Times.ru By Natalya Krainova MOSCOW — A history teacher, a lathe operator and a potato farmer are the new faces of the revamped United Russia party, which wrapped up its joint primaries with the All-Russia People's Front late last week. ... See all stories on this topic »

RA's Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 31, 2011 - Robert Amsterdam By Citizen M RA's Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 31, 2011 ... Saratov Governor slammed by Putin; controversial charity wins suits; British MP calls for Magnitsky sanctions; indigenous community want rocket compensation; migrants workers brawl; Poltavchenko set to win St. Petersburg post; Putin's biking extravaganza. ... PHOTO: Members of a performing group practise during a rehearsal for the “Spasskaya Tower” international military music festival on Moscow's Red Square August 30, 2011. ... Robert Amsterdam

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