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Daily Archives: January 29, 2012

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Putin suggests state’s withdrawal from non-commodity companies before 2016

RUSSIA-STATE-ASSETS-WITHDRAWAL MOSCOW. Jan 30 (Russia Business and Financial News) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed to conduct a massive sale of state assets, including in the …

State acquisition of new assets must be limited – Putin

RUSSIA-MONOPOLIES-MEDIA-HOLDINGS MOSCOW. Jan 30 (Russia Business and Financial News) – State companies must be restricted in their acquisition of new assets and forced to abandon non-core businesses, including …

MP proposes to find out who was instructed by British spy

RUSSIA-DUMA-SPY-PROPOSAL MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Russia News) – United Russia member of the State Duma Alexander Khinshtein has suggested that State Duma request the Federal Security Service (FSB) to …

Another laser dazzling incident in Moscow region

RUSSIA-MOSCOW-PLANE-LASER MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Russia News) – There was another attempt to dazzle passenger jet pilots with a laser during landing at one of Moscow airports, a source …

Tajik Foreign Ministry bewildered by politicization of Radivilovsky case

TAJIKISTAN-RUSSIA-SCIENTIST-MINISTRY DUSHANBE. Jan 29 (Central Asia News) – Tajikistan is stunned by Russian parliamentarians’ attempts to politicize the case against historian Viktor Radivilovsky convicted of fraud, Tajik Deputy …

Jewish Congress calls for Russia to establish Holocaust commemorative day

RUSSIA-HOLOCAUST-MEMORY-PROPOSAL MOSCOW. Jan 29 (Russia News) – Adding the International Holocaust Remembrance Day to the list of Russian commemorative days will remind the whole world about the Red …

Strong earthquakes possible in C. Asia before 2015 – experts

UZBEKISTAN-C.ASIA-EARTHQUAKES-FORECAST TASHKENT. Jan 29 (Russia News) – The seismic activity in the Central Asian region will be increasing before 2015, with several strong earthquakes possible during this period, …

Kyrgyz prisons to be made profitable

KYRGYZSTAN-PRISONS-PRODUCTION BISHKEK. Jan 29 (Russia News) – International donors are implementing a project to set up profit-making production facilities at Kyrgyz prisons, the office of the Delegation of …

Yekaterinburg presents World Expo 2020 bid at Davos forum

SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-YEKATERINBURG-EXPO BRUSSELS. Jan 29 (Russia News) – Yekaterinburg and the Sverdlovsk region have presented their bid to host the World Expo 2020 at the World Economic Forum in …

Over 1,000 Kyrgyz inmates refuse to end mouth-stitching protest

KYRGYZSTAN-PRISONERS-PROTEST-SITUATION BISHKEK. Jan 29 (Russia News) – Some of the inmates at the pre-trial detention facility number one in Bishkek have ended their protest, and the number of …

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