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Russia Is Slammed Hard by Credit Crisis (U.S. News & World Report)

By Alastair Gee 27 minutes ago MOSCOW--By any measure, Russia's stock markets have been on a sickening ride. On Thursday, authorities cautiously reopened trading on Russia's main exchange, the Micex, where action was halted yet...

Russia to spend almost $7B on domestic stocks

The Russian government will start buying stocks next week, spending billions to help prop up stricken markets, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday as parliament approved measures designed to get cash moving quickly into...

Latvian zoo offers discounts to Messrs. Bear, Partridge, Salmon (AFP)

RIGA (AFP) - If Russian president Dmitry Medvedev were to visit the zoo in Latvia's capital Riga this weekend, he would be sure to get a discount -- not because of his position, but because of his name. Celebrating its 96th...

New at Reason: Cathy Young on Russia's War on South Park

Last month, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in a Moscow park to protest the Russian government’s attempt to crush the television show South Park. For now, writes Contributing Editor Cathy Young, it seems to have ended in a...

Venezuelan president expects Medvedev to visit in late November

MEXICO, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chaves said Friday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to his country in late November. "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit...

Russian human rights activists accuse Nobel Committee of pandering to Kremlin

Russia's human rights community accused the Nobel Committee of pandering to the Kremlin after Lidia Yusupova, a leading activist who exposed abuses in Chechnya, was overlooked for this year's peace prize. By Adrian Blomfield in...

Russian firms to get up to $50 bln to refinance foreign debt

NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's government is to allocate up to $50 billion for companies to refinance their foreign debt, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "Up to $50 billion is being earmarked...

NATO, Georgia in high-level military talks

A Georgian man looks out the broken window of his house in the ethnic-Georgian village of Eredvi BUDAPEST (AFP) - NATO and Georgia hold their highest-level defence talks Friday with the focus on how to help rebuild the Georgian...

Archangel Diamond Corporation Aware of Press Reports Indicating Russian Government Consent for...

TORONTO, ONTARIO, October 10 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the outcome of future negotiations, completion of the Transaction, execution of definitive...

Outside View: Cyberwar threat grows worse

Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2008 - Viruses, worms, identity theft, extortion and other forms of criminal activity are not the only illicit uses of the Internet. "Malware" -- malicious software designed to exploit weaknesses in...