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Latest headlines in English  - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:20 GMT
  • Russia's Latest YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption
    Russia has pledged to clean up its police forces -- again -- after whistleblowers posted videos online complaining of corruption, low pay and poor working conditions   read»

    Source: Time Magazine

  • Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study
    Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.   read»

    Source: AFP

  • Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race
    Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.   read»

    Source: AP

  • Foreign investment in Russia halves
    Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Russia almost halved in the first nine months of the year, the statistics office said on Friday, as the economic crisis reduced the country's appeal for investors.   read»

    Source: AFP

  • Russia: Moratorium on Executions
    Russia’s Constitutional Court extended the country’s moratorium on the death penalty on Thursday, though it stopped short of fully abolishing capital punishment.   read»

    Source: New York Times

  • Cosmonaut Says Russia Falling Behind in Space Race
    Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said   read»

    Source: Fox News

  • Is Russia Falling Behind in Space Race?
    With no clear successor for its Soyuz spacecraft, Russia risks becoming a secondary space power.   read»

    Source: US News & World Report

  • Cosmonaut says Russia falling behind in space race
    Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday. Efforts to build a successor to the 40-year old Soyuz spacecraft have... Russia - Soyuz - Astronaut - Space - Technology   read»

    Source: San Francisco Chronicle

  • US transport chief urges safer roads in Russia
    Russia's biggest transportation challenge is building a safe road network, the U.S. transport secretary said Friday, urging Russia to direct more funds toward that goal.   read»

    Source: AP

  • Russia’s Foreign Direct Investment Falls 48.1% in 9 Months
    Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s foreign direct investment plummeted an annual 48.1 percent, the most on record, to $10 billion in the first nine months of the year after the economy slid into its worst crisis in a decade.   read»

    Source: Bloomberg

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