Major news in Russia on Jun 12: Culture Minister “Lenin Should Be Buried”
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Culture Minister “Lenin Should Be Buried” Encased in glass and covered to the waist with a blanket, Lenin’s body is still on display for members of the public, who shuffle through a dark underground chamber in the mausoleum illuminated by dim red-tinged lights. Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky told radio listeners Saturday […]
Major news in Russia on Jun 5
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Putin Vows to Stand by Europe’s Side news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on May 29
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Exxon Pours Concrete for Phase 3 of Sakhalin-1 news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on May 22
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Foreign Investors Applaud Stability news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on May 15
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Russia Tries to Turn Tables on Human Rights news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on May 8
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Amid Protests, Putin Sworn In for Third Presidential Term news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on April 24 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Medvedev Pardons Man Jailed for Hitting Cop at Opposition Rally news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on Apr 17 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Harsh Drug Law Leaves Vets in a Bind news@theasian.asia
Major news in Russia on April 10 2012
Top news in <Moscow Times>: Skolkovo to Join Moscow in July, President Says news@theasian.asia
Russia suffers frequent plane crashes
Russian emergency workers search the crash site of the ATR-72 plane crash outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia, Russia, Monday, April 2, 2012. <Photo: AP/Newsis> MOSCOW (Xinhua) — Russia, once an aviation powerhouse, has been plagued by deadly plane crashes in recent years, with the latest claiming 31 lives on Monday when a French-Italian-made […]