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25 Feb 2010 Five years after the Orange Revolution ousted him Viktor Yanukovych has sworn in as President of Ukraine. He took the oath of office in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament.
The former USSR republic “is in an extremely difficult situation,” he said in his first speech as Head of State. “There is no state budget for [...]
Iran is Israel’s arch foe and the Jewish state accuses Tehran of trying to develop a nuclear weapon. By contrast, Russia has the strongest ties with Iran of any major power and has repeatedly urged restraint in the nuclear standoff.
Israel, like the U.S. and much of the international community, believes ayatollahs’ program is aimed at [...]
Finnish environmental officials have given the final permission. The Nord Stream, a German-Russian joint venture, is to begin building the pipeline later this year.
”In May 2011 the construction is to be completed on the sea section and on land in Germany and Russia,” Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin said. “And gas will start to be [...]
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29 Jan 2010Warriors of Ukrainian nationalists OUN-UPA are now officially considered fighters for Ukraine’s independence. The decision was taken by outgoing president Viktor Yushchenko, who issued a decree. Some days earlier the Ukrainian leader awarded the honorary title of national hero to Stepan Bandera, one the most divisive figures of Ukraine’s 20th century history. This new status, [...]
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19 Jan 2010 The blunt-spoken Yanukovych against the ‘gas Princess’ at the runoff. There was no surprise at the first round of the Ukraine’s presidential election. The former CEO of the National Bank, Serhiy Tihipko, didn’t succeed in overtaking Yulia Tymoshenko, but he got more than 3 million votes.
The Orange Revolution is over. President Viktor Yushchenko, who led [...]
For the first time in many years the power is actually at stake in Kiev. Eighteen are the candidates at the first round of the presidential election. There are not really great ideological or ethnical differences among them. The image of the candidate will give him or her the victory. 20% of the electors are [...]
In: Energy| Euro-Integration
1 Jan 2010People at Visaginas are frustrated. According to plan last reactor at the Soviet-era nuclear plant of Ignalina has been shut down at 11 p.m. local time. The future has become unpredictable for thousands of high qualified specialists. Will the town of 25,000 inhabitants be abandoned by most of them? The youngsters have already left looking [...]
31 декабря 2009, исполняется ровно 10 лет с того момента, как первый президент России Борис Ельцин заявил о своем досрочном уходе с поста, оставив кресло Владимиру Путину.
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Ten years with Vladimir Putin
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One of the symbols of its land, a myth and a legend. Mikhail Kalashnikov has been a hero for generations of Soviets and Russians. For a long period the world thought that this man didn’t even exist and it was an invention of communist propaganda. “It was the Germans who turned me into an arms [...]
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