Faulty boilers caused Indian aircraft carrier’s trial snags (Lead)
September 18th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sea trials of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier refitted at a Russian shipyard were unsuccessful due to design failures in the vessel's boilers, a former ... Read more...
Posted in World |
India carrier’s trial snags blamed on faulty boilers
September 18th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sea trials of an Indian Navy aircraft carrier refitted at a Russian shipyard were unsuccessful due to design failures in the vessel's boilers, a former ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Russian internet blacklist to be kept secret
August 14th, 2012 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian public will not be informed about websites that are included in an upcoming governmental blacklist of internet destinations, a newspaper said.Declassifying the websites ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Russia to deliver ammunition worth $1 bn to India
June 29th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 29 (IANS) Russia will deliver ammunition, including tank and artillery shells, worth $1 billion to India, a media report said.The Vedomosti daily found that one of the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Russian court declines considering election suit
April 28th, 2012 - 5:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Supreme Court has turned down a lawsuit against the presidential elections' outcome that saw Prime Minister Vladimir Putin win by a landslide March 4, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
FIFA allocates $699 mn for Russia 2018
April 5th, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) FIFA has granted Russia a budget of $699 million to host the 2018 World Cup, a similar amount to that received by South Africa for ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Exhausted Russian reporters plan anti-demonstration protest
March 13th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian media employees who are sick and tired of the incessant pro- and anti-government protests in Moscow have set up a Facebook group "Journalists ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Russian military plans to buy foreign choppers
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian defence ministry is planning to buy at least 45 light multipurpose helicopters from a foreign manufacturer, the Vedomosti daily reported.A contract worth over ... Read more...
Posted in World |
No Putin portraits on campaign posters
February 7th, 2012 - 10:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) There will be no portraits of Russian Prime Minister and presidential frontrunner Vladimir Putin on campaign posters ahead of the March 4 polls, as he ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
PayPal to launch business in Russia
August 3rd, 2011 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Online payment company PayPal plans to start business in Russia with a $25 million investment and open its first office in Moscow soon, a ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Russia to increase defence spending by 60 percent
July 30th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian defence spending will increase by a staggering 60 percent by 2013 to $66.3 million from $42 million in 2010, a media report said Friday.
The government made ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Russia denies selling S-300 air defence systems to Azerbaijan
July 29th, 2010 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 29 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia Thursday denied reports that it agreed to deliver S-300 air defence systems to Azerbaijan.
"There is no contract between Russia and Azerbaijan on the delivery ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Russia may soften norms for skilled immigrants
May 6th, 2010 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia is considering amendment in its legislation to soften norms for issuing work permits to highly-qualified professionals from abroad.
The lower house of the Russian parliament will consider ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Russia to encourage patriotism through computer game
May 6th, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian government is working on a project to produce computer games aimed at boosting patriotism among young people.
The communication ministry and a leading software firm 1C ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Russia to cut budget spending by another 15 percent: Report
February 16th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 16 (RIA Novosti) The Russian government has instructed ministries to cut spending by another 15 percent on top of the 15 percent budget cuts approved late last year, a business ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |