Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev named technological innovation one of the key priorities of his presidency. A month before his election, he outlined his ambitious "Four Is" agenda, which specifically called for weaning Russia away from its dependency on energy exports—a

Vladimir Putin dealt forcefully with the "bloated ambitions, inefficiency and, maybe simple greed," of the owners of Pikalyovo's cement factories. But while the management's incompetent handling of the effects of the crisis may well have aggravated the situation, the crisis

A consortium led by Sberbank agreed to take control of Opel, an asset belonging to the now bankrupt General Motors. Sberbank will take a 35 percent stake, the Canadian automobile parts maker Magna will take 20 percent, GM will keep

Elections in South Ossetia, one of the two breakaway regions of Georgia diplomatically recognized by Russia last September, were predictably not recognized by the United States and the EU. Mainstream Russian media editorialized that the elections, held on May 31,

Having reacquired the Cinematographers' Union chairmanship, film director Nikita Mikhalkov seems to have begun taking revenge on his enemies. All of the sudden, film critic Viktor Mattizen, director Marlen Khutsiev, as well as some others in opposition to Mikhalkov, encountered

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is certain that the main aim of the preparation for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum’s summit that will be held in Vladivostok in 2012 is the development of the Russian Far East. "The aim is

Tuva became the 248th place in the world playing the host to the "Drum of the World" (or Drum of Peace). The sacred drum has been traveling through the world with the message to "Stop the War between People and

His house is the Taiga. He is a holder of sports awards in skiing and parachuting. And he has a pistol of the "Nagan" brand.He is a veteran of work, holder of a memorial medal "300 years of mining-geological service

The entire republic was watching the action "Help Arat!", which was initiated to help 7-year-old Arat Mongush. It started on April1 of this year from an announcement by Tuvan students on the Internet. Our countrymen notified us, that a little

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