RUSSIA ArchiveHI-TECH UPGRADES ON COVERT SURVEILLANCE AS RUSSIA GOES STATE OF THE ART From Peter Kemp The Russian rail transport industry understands the need to protect passengers and cargo, but the threat landscape has changed considerably in recent years. With the hustle.... BLACK SEA FLEET PORTS TO GET MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AS RUSSIA UPGRADES DEFENSE OF SOUTHERN BORDERS From Carl Retzig Addressing a conference on the development of Russia’s shipbuilding capability in the Black Sea region, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that following.... RUSSIA DEVELOPS NEW AIRCRAFT AS IT SEEKS TO COUNTER EURO-FIGHTER AND DRONES From Paul Cunningham Russia’s first stealth fighter has quietly undergone diligent testing, slowly expanding its flight envelope and steadily working out technical kinks. But for all this hard work.... STATE CONTROL OVER KEY INDUSTRIES IN FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS IS ONLY WAY TO BUILD NEW TRADE AREA From Gregor Lamsky In Georgia, as in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to implement the doctrine of a "liberal empire" put forward in October 2003 by Anatoli Chubais, the chairman.... PREMATURE DEATHS THREATEN RUSSIAN GROWTH PLANS FOR ECONOMY AND SOCIETY From Sergey Petrov The infant mortality rate in Russia was 8.7 per 1,000 newborns last year, Health Ministry department chief Yelena Baibarina said on Thursday. “I have cited data from the Russian.... ALCOHOL TAXES TO INCREASE, CONSUMPTION STILL TOO HIGH, SAYS PUTIN From Sergey Petrov Vladimir Putin continues to wage the biggest public health drive since former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev failed to wean his country off alcohol abuse.... RUSSIAN DEAL SILENCES OPPOSITION AS UKRAINE MOVES AWAY FROM EU From Gregor Lamsky Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to buy $15 billion (11 billion euros) of Ukraine's debt in eurobonds and slash its gas bill by a third to preserve Kremlin.... THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CAN UNDERPIN THE FUTURE OF THE STATE AND THE PEOPLE From Sergey Petrov In the 20 years since the collapse of the Soviet system, the Russian Church has been rebuilt from ruins inhabited by shuffling old women and somewhat eccentric zealots.... SCIENTISTS WARN MELTING SIBERIAN PERMAFROST COULD ACCELERATE CLIMATE CHANGE From Rudy Tompsky More than a trillion tonnes of the greenhouse gases CO2 and methane could be released into the atmosphere if permafrost thaw occurs over a large area of Siberia.... GREEN PEACE ACTIVISTS STILL DEFIANT AFTER 100 DAYS IN RUSSIAN PRISON From Petra Zlenko Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted a number of amnestys ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi to head off potential protests and boycotts. | Are you a budding Journalist? Are you working on a story? Can you factually support a future outcome to your subject that will interest our readers? Want to get paid for your story? Then get it published on this news site. We Guarantee publication. Going on vacation? Don't forget your camera. There's a story there, we need to hear about. So GET PAID while you're on vacation. Earn money from your talents. Bring your story, or content, to a Global Audience and join the thousands who contribute content to this site every day. Bringing a New Product or Service to market? Launching a New Website? Written a New Book, Script or Screen-play? Want to publicise a Press Release? Submit your content today and get noticed. FREE ADVERTISING through our index library and Optional Banner Ads available for direct links to your site or business. FOR RESEACHERS, full archive access using the latest in word search. Ideal for students and reporters. |