User: RussiaToday |
French FM confirms Russian troops withdrawal French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says Russia has met the deadline to withdraw its peacekeepers from the security zones on Georgia's border with South Ossetia. Tags: Georgia South Ossetia Russia troops withdraw |
User: RussiaToday |
Russia & Co defy financial storm The global financial crisis topped the agenda of the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The leaders of former Soviet states gathered in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek to discuss ways of lessening its affect on their countries. Tags: Russia CIS summit crisis credit crunch |
User: RussiaToday |
Moscow Out Special Edition: Russian Venice Russian people, music and architecture but not in Moscow welcome to Russian Venice! With only 60,000 citizens and 20 millions of tourists every year Venice can hardly be called a city of Italians. Tags: Venice Russian tourist Gracheva special edition |
User: RussiaToday |
Russia wants a safer Europe The Russian version of a new democratic world order is the subject for todays discussion. In an unusually emotional speech this week, President Medvedev proposed a new security pact in Europe to ban the use of force and made clear that no single country, including Russia, would have a monopoly on providing security for the continent. But is Europe really up to change? And what should it look like, in the eyes of Russian diplomacy? To answer these questions, our guest is Andrey Nesterenko, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman. Tags: Spotlight Russia EU Europe relations Medvedev Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nesterenko Gurnov |
User: RussiaToday |
Another blow for Team Russia Team Russia has suffered another blow just 24 hours before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race with founder Oleg Zherebtsov pulling out due to the death of his mother. He will now not be part of the crew manning the first leg from Alicante to Cape Town. Tags: Team Russia Kosatka yacht Zherebtsov Volvo Ocean Race Alicante Cape Town world cruise |
User: RussiaToday |
Ukraine to elect third parliament in three years Ukraine will face its third general election in three years on December 7. On Wednesday President Yushchenko dissolved parliament after of the country's warring parties failed to form another coalition. There's been continuous conflict between Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko, which escalated in September, when Timoshenkos party joined the opposition to approve legislation cutting presidential powers. Tags: Ukraine parliament dissolved elections conflict Yuschenko Timoshenko |
User: RussiaToday |
Britain bails out its banks, Medvedev calls for change Every person in Britain will in effect pay 2 thousand dollars to the nation's banks in an unprecedented government scheme to prevent their collapse. The $100 Billion injection comes as 7 world economies coordinate an emergency response to the financial crisis by cutting interest rates. Tags: UK Britain Brown bail collapse emergency financial crisis interest rates |
User: RussiaToday |
Space tourist and crew ready The countdown is on for the next International Space Station crew who will blast off from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan in just three days time. Space tourist Richard Garriot has paid millions of dollars for the privilege of travelling alongside two professional spacemen - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and American astronaut Michael Fink. Tags: Baikonur launch cosmodrome International Space Station tourist Garriot cosmonaut Lonchakov astronaut Fink |
User: RussiaToday |
Afghan drug defeat Without tackling the huge drug trafficking problem in Afghanistan, which is funding the Taliban and Al-Quaeda, there is no hope of success in the foreseeable future, says RT military analyst Evgeny Khruschev. Tags: drug trafficking Afghanistan US Taliban Al-Quaeda military operations |
User: RussiaToday |
EU peacekeepers replace Russians After Russian troops left South Ossetia on Wednesday, European peacekeepers took their place but some still consider this peace to be fragile. Tags: South Ossetia EU European peacekeepers Russian troops |
User: RussiaToday |
NATO to bolster operations NATO is set to send more warships to combat piracy off Somalia. The decision came during the first day of an informal meeting of the alliance's defence ministers in the Hungarian capital Budapest. Tags: NATO operations worldwide informal meeting Hungary Budapest |
User: RussiaToday |
Tiger for Putin On Tuesday an anonymous supporter gave Prime Minister Vladimir Putin a gift with bite - a two-month-old Siberian tiger cub. Two days on Prime Minister showed off his new pet before handing it over to a Zoo. Tags: Putin Siberian tiger cub zoo anonymous supporter |
User: RussiaToday |
Exposing flaws in the voting system With much controversy surrounding the results of previous elections, the U.S. bloggers have been quite rigorous in attempts to expose flaws in the voting system. RT spoke to one of them to find out what's motivating them. Tags: US elections voting system flaw blogger controversy Friedman |
User: RussiaToday |
Gazprom to get a slice of Kyrgyz energy wealth The Kyrgyz government and Gazprom have agreed to draft the terms of the Russian gas giant's participation in the privatisation of 75% plus one share in Kyrgyzgaz. The two parties signed a memorandum of understanding during a meeting in the capital Bishkek on Thursday. Tags: Gazprom Bishkek Kyrgyzstan gas energy memorandum |
User: RussiaToday |
Wayfarer: Novorossiysk The trip to Novorossiysk, the main Russian port on the Black Sea in the Krasnodar region, started with a visit to the Museum of Military History and to the large year-round port. But then presenter Martyn Andrews discovered a vineyard and, finally, a winery. Find out what happened after the champagne testing in the new instalment of the Wayfarer. Tags: Wayfarer Novorossiysk Andrews Russian port Black Sea Krasnodar champagne |
User: RussiaToday |
Team Russias yacht back Team Russias boat has won its battle to be ready for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race after it had been damaged in a collision last weekend. It was returned to the water on Wednesday after four days of being patched-up. Tags: Team Russia yacht Volvo Ocean Race collision |
User: RussiaToday |
Russian troops withdrawal complete All Russian checkpoints in the security zone between Georgia and South Ossetia have been closed. The commander on the ground says almost all peacekeepers have left the area and pledges the full withdrawal by midnight. Tags: Russian troops peacekeepers withdrawal South Ossetia Georgia checkpoints security zone |
User: RussiaToday |
Moscow bans homeless from metro Moscow's famous metro system has banned homeless people and drunks as part of sweeping reforms to modernise it. One of the world's largest public transport systems, its also aiming to improve access for disabled people and bring more order to the bustling underground world. Tags: Moscow underground metro subway ban homeles disabled |
User: RussiaToday |
Rasputin takes centre stage Today we will talk about music. An opera called Rasputin was premiered by the New York City Opera in 1988. This week the opera opened in Moscow. Why did an American composer decide to dedicate his music to such a controversial character of Russian history? Composer Jay Reise is the guest in our studio today. Tags: Spotlight Rasputin opera American composer Jay Reise Gurnov |
User: RussiaToday |
Travel Space from Baikonur Four days from now, the next International Space Station crew will head for the sky from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan. Space tourist Richard Garriot has paid millions of dollars for the privilege of travelling alongside two professional spacemen - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov and American astronaut Michael Fink. Tags: space tourist Baikonur International Space Station Kazakhstan Garriot Lonchakov Fink spaceman astronaut |