Presidential race in Russia: 9 potential candidates named

According to the Russian legislation, presidential contenders from political parties have to submit documents to the Central Election Committee no later than Dec 23 2007;..
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 9.12.2007 on 01:12.

Abkhaz people have bigger chance to be recognized than Albanians: Expert

Kosovo might become a precedent in the issue of international recognition of Abkhazia, said deputy chairman of the commission for international cooperation at the Russia’s Public Chamber Sergey Markov at a news conference Dec 7…
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 9.12.2007 on 01:12.

South Ossetia: Position of the Interparliamentary Assembly for Democracy and Peoples’ Rights misrepresented

Nov 29 2007, an opinion column was published in the Tiraspol’s Pridnestrovie (Transdnestr) newspaper containing critical notions of the role of the Russian Federation in the Moldovan-Transdnestr conflict settlement…
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 9.12.2007 on 01:12.

Expert: Transdnestr Supreme Council most adequate operator of Russian aid

“The initiative of the Supreme Council of the Transdnestr Moldovan Republic on delivering social and economic aid to Transdnestr residents is already being considered by the competent agencies of the Russian Federation from the practical point of view,”..
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 8.12.2007 on 23:12.

Sergey Markov: OSCE and PACE furthered Abkhazia’s independence

Dec 7, a news conference of director of the Political Research Institute, member of the Public Chamber of Russia, deputy chairman of the Public Chamber’s commission for international cooperation and public democracy, professor at MSU Dr…
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 8.12.2007 on 23:12.

Georgian presidential race: Mikhail Saakashvili first to register officially

Georgia’s central election committee has officially registered Dec 6 a first candidate for Georgian presidency, leader of the United National Movement Mikhail Saakashvili, REGNUM reports citing Georgian TV channels…
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 8.12.2007 on 00:12.

New gas import deal “treason of national interests”: Timoshenko

The BYT (Bloc of Yulia Timoshenko) leader and candidate for the post of prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Timoshenko regards the last agreements on Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine a “..
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 6.12.2007 on 10:12.

Vladimir Karapetyan: Allegations of PKK bases in Armenia and NK groundless provocation

Armenian foreign ministry spokesman Vladimir Karapetyan has responded to a question by REGNUM regarding alleged PKK bases installation in Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, and territories controlled by NK…
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 6.12.2007 on 09:12.

Expert: Competent coal mining could cut Russian gas cost for Ukraine

Leader of Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets believes that competent coal mining in Ukraine can reduce the amount of natural gas the country has to buy in Russia, REGNUM quotes the expert to say in an interview in Donetsk Dec 5…
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 6.12.2007 on 08:12.

Yushchenko: Yatsenyuk’s appointment tremendous success

President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko has congratulated a newly elected head of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. “This is an outstanding event for solving the key issue of political stability in the country,”..
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Posted in Russian News No Comments 6.12.2007 on 08:12.