CIS States

Incumbent Turkmenistan president gains 97% in presidential elections

13.02.2012 12:20   News dept

Berdymuhamedov cancelled some of odious decisions of his predecessor, however the country still remains quite closed

The incumbent President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov, has won presidential elections in the Central Asian country, gathering some 97,14% of...

Occupy!

Putin to partially pay fine for over-participation in the Poklonnaya Gora rally

10.02.2012 17:57   News dept., edited by Robert Gally

The number of rally participants applied for was 15 thousand people, but according to the police about 140 thousand people came

On Friday, the Dorogomilovo district magistrate court fined the pro-Putin rally organizer, Nadezhda Korneeva, reports an RIA "Novosti" correspondent from...

Moscow case

Historical Dinamo stadium being demolished in Moscow

10.02.2012 16:09   News dept

Dinamo received the status of cultural heritage in 1987

Heritage activists from the Archnadzor movement have reported that the demolition of the Dinamo stadium in Moscow has started. Activists and football fans...

CIS States

South Ossetian opposition leader hospitalized after enforcers broke into her office

10.02.2012 11:12   Sergey Smirnov, edited by Karina Ayvazova

South Ossetian opposition leader Ala Dzhioeva was hospitalized on Thursday evening after law enforcers broke into her headquarters.

Election 2011/2012

President's party law project too liberal for communists

09.02.2012 19:18   Ekaterina Vinokurova, edited by Semyon Kvasha

Communists are preparing amendments to a presidential law project on party registration liberalization, says a CPRF duma deputy and head of the party's...

Human Rights

Tomsk duma speaker offers to burn opposition activists at stake

09.02.2012 17:39   News dept

"Those who call United Russia members 'Crooks and thieves' should be burned at stake," said Sergei Ilyinykh, Tomsk city duma speaker

Speaker of the city Duma of Tomsk, Sergey Ilyinix, said he thinks opposition activists who call the ruling United Russia party "a party of thieves and...

Election 2011/2012

Communist leader says he sees anti-corruption activist Navalny as head of Audit Chamber

09.02.2012 17:09   News dept

Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Russian Communist party and a presidential candidate offered to eliminate post of prime-minister in Russia so that the...

Accidents

Three teenagers commit suicide near Moscow in one day

09.02.2012 14:02   Dmitry Karelin, edited by Robert Gally

Recently the problem of teenage suicide has become quite acute

The third child suicide in a day took place in Moscow on Wednesday night. A 15-year old theenager jumped from the 12th floor of the building. According to...

Crime

"Nashi" spokeswoman caught red-handed planning attacks on pro-opposition paper

09.02.2012 11:59   Gazeta.ru team

Kristina Potupchik

Hacked emails of Nashi spokesman Kristina Potupchik revealed that the Russian youth group Nashi prepared a DDoS attack against the pro-opposition...

Business as usual

Exxon offers its natural gas assets to Gazprom

08.02.2012 19:07  

The american corporation ExxonMobil has offered to vest its natural gas assets at the Sakhalin-1 project in Gazprom, said Sakhalin oblast governor Alexandr...