RUSSIA News, Oct 01, 2011

Polymetal Plans London Listing, $500 Million Sale of Shares BusinessWeek The company follows OAO Polyus Gold, a Russian producer of the precious metal, which moved its listing to London from Moscow in July. Evraz Group SA, the country's largest steelmaker by output, said on Aug. 3 it was weighing similar plans. ... See all stories on this topic »

Putin's Return to the Russian Presidency and US-Russian Arms Control Brookings Institution Although Putin has been prime minister—nominally the second highest position in Moscow—he and Medvedev have worked as a tandem, and few doubt who held the real power. What will Putin's return to the presidency mean for US-Russian arms control? ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia's First Lady closes St. Petersburg in Milan program The Voice of Russia This event completed the program of St. Petersburg in Milan under the Sister Cities Program. Saint Petersburg in Milan was supervised by the First Lady of the RussianFederation Svetlana Medvedeva. Attendees enjoyed music performed by the Moscow... See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

Tourism execs promote PHL in Russia GMANews.TV Hoping to boost the country's international image to travelers, the Department of Tourism brought a taste of the Philippines to the biggest autumn trade fair in the Russian Federation. In a news release, the Philippine Embassy in Moscow reported that ... See all stories on this topic »

Alexander Sokurov's Faust wins Golden Lion at 2011 Venice Film Festival Telegraph.co.uk He is also is at the forefront of a campaign to save the St Petersburg film studio, Lenfilm, the second-most famous Russian film studio after Mosfilm. The studio has long had a reputation for being more supportive of art-house directors like Sokurov ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Wilmington on DVDs. Pick of the Week: Classic, Blu-ray. Strike Movie City News In 1925, Sergei Eisenstein, a rich architect's son who had become a passionate convert to Communism during the Russian Revolution and afterward a brilliant theatrical director with the Proletkult Theatre of Moscow, directed two silent films that would ... See all stories on this topic » Movie City News

Russia's underground artists have new target: Putin Public Radio International PRI Anna Nemtsova, Moscow correspondent for Newsweek and the Daily Beast, has been following the growing movement of street artists. Voina ("War"), a collective from St. Petersburg, is responsible for some of the most daring art actions. ... See all stories on this topic »

Armenia hosts Second International Youth Sambo tournament Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am Russia will be represented by several regions including Moscow and St Petersburg. Ukrainian and Belarusian athletes will participate in the tournament for the first time. The tournament opening is scheduled for October 1, press service of Russian side ... See all stories on this topic » Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am

Friday Runaround – From Russia, With Comics Bleeding Cool News RussiaWatch: St Petersburg is hosting the fifth annual comic book festival, Boomfest, across the city, inspired by Moscow's convention now in its tenth year. Guest artists include Julie Doucet, Stefano Ricci, T Edward Bak and Miguel Gallardo. ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian monastery in Greece revives The Voice of Russia Taking part were the head of the Russian Church Patriarch Kirill, several Russianministers, the mayors of Moscow and St. Petersburg, and the 96-years old abbot of the St. Pantaleon Monastery, Archimandrite Jeremiah. (RIAN) See all stories on this topic » The Voice of Russia

Yandex Launches Russia-Wide Route Planner 4-traders (press release) This means that driving around Saint-Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ufa, or even across the country, for example, from Volgograd to Nizhny Novgorod has become much easier. The route planner is currently available as a beta. Along with the route planner, ... See all stories on this topic »

The News in Brief Messenger.ge The protests are organized by the Russian Public Movement and Russian Civil Union. They will hold protests in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod and other Russian cities. The nationalists already had similar slogans this spring when ... See all stories on this topic »

The Global Note: Awlaki Killed…2nd American Killed in Strike…Knox Trial ... ABC News (blog) From Alexandra NADEZHDINA in Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his mentor, Vladimir Putin, could lose next year's presidential election. “It is the people who make the choice, and these are not empty words,” Medvedev said in an interview ... See all stories on this topic »

ITAR-TASS : Barracks fire in St Pete brought under control, over 200 ... 30 September 08:42, Friday - Last updated at 07:49 MSK. Moscow|. Choose region ... The agency also operates a photo service, the largest of its kind in Russia. ... The St. Petersburg Telegraph Agency (SPTA), the first official news agency of ... www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/235950.html

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