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Russia takes Wikipedia cannabis article off blacklist

April 11, 2013 05:32
Experts from Russia’s telecoms and drug control regulators have approved new wording of a Wikipedia article on cannabis smoking and will soon remove it from the blacklist of prohibited websites, a telecoms watchdog (Roskomnadzor) representative told RIA Novosti. “We received the new wording of the article on cannabis and sent it to the experts, who have decided that it now meets our requirements,” said Roskomnadzor representative Vladimir Pikov. Last Friday, representatives of Russian-language Wikipedia published the watchdog's notification that it was blacklisting an article o

Hyundai's Accent becomes No. 2 best-selling car in Russia

April 10, 2013 15:17
South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co.'s subcompact Accent became the second best-selling car in Russia in the first three months of this year, data showed Wednesday. Hyundai sold 25,388 units of the Accent, called the Solaris in the Russian market, between January and March, according to data posted on the Web site of the Association of European Businesses based in Moscow.

Armenia intends to buy new aircrafts and helicopters from Russia

April 9, 2013 16:51
Rashad Suleymanov; Armenia plans to strengthen its Air Forces through the purchase of new aircrafts and helicopters. APA reports quoting Russian media that the two countries have signed an agreement on purchase of military transport and attack helicopter. Armenia also intends to buy advanced training aircraft Yak-130 from Russia. Currently, the negotiations are underway. In 2012, Armenia also purchased 4 complexes of drones from Russia. In the recent years, Russia has presented to Armenia weapons and military property worth more than 1 billion.

Promotion of JVs between Pakistan, Russia urged

April 9, 2013 15:19
Russia is a great potential market for the Pakistani products which is hitherto unexplored to the desired level. This was stated by Zubair Ahmed Malik, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), in a meeting with Yury Kozlov, Trade Representative of Russian Federation who paid courtesy call on President FPCCI along with his four-member team.

Russia-cultural center

March 24, 2013 21:01
SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- Russia is expected to establish its first cultural center in South Korea early next year with the aim of promoting Russian culture and facilitating cultural exchanges between the two nations, a diplomatic source said Monday. "The governments of Korea and Russia have been in close consultation to set up the Russian cultural center in Seoul," the source said on the condition of anonymity.

URGENT ¥¥¥ Russia says 'not interested' in Cyprus proposals

March 22, 2013 03:45
Russian investors were not interested in proposals offered by Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris to drum up emergency financing for his debt-hit country, Russia's finance minister said on Friday. "Our investors examined this issue and showed no interest," Russian news agencies quoted Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as saying shortly after Sarris left the country. zak/as/yad

URGENT ¥¥¥ New China president to visit Russia, African countries

March 8, 2013 22:45
China's new president will pay a state visit to Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo, foreign minister Yang Jiechi said Saturday. Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is due to be named state president during the country's annual parliament session under way in Beijing. "China and Russia are each other's biggest neighbours," Yang told reporters at the meeting. kgo/slb/mtp

IKEA halts hotdog sales in Russia after horsemeat find

March 7, 2013 08:15
Swedish furniture giant IKEA said Thursday it was halting hotdog sales in its Russian stores after finding horsemeat in a locally-produced shipment of the fast food. The case was the second such discovery in Russian sausages in the past week. IKEA said the product was detected during a general food safety check that followed the Russian agricultural watchdog's February 28 discovery of horsemeat in an Austrian shipment of frankfurters. Horsemeat sales are legal in Russia but not permitted in foods that fail to specify it on their ingredient list.

Putin signs law banning smoking in public places

February 25, 2013 11:16
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government's bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the Kremlin said Monday. The move follows similar anti-smoking legislation adopted in the last years by several EU states, but will require a major lifestyle change for Russians long used to smoking almost anywhere they liked. The law, which will take effect in two stages, makes smoking illegal in restaurants, cafes, hotels, trains and a host of other places.

Council of Europe alleges torture in Russia's N.Caucasus

January 24, 2013 15:45
By Gilbert Reilhac STRASBOURG, France, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Council of Europe on Thursday accused Russian authorities of inflicting electric shocks, asphyxiation and other tortures on prisoners in an effort to suppress an Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus. Its report was released after Russia for the first time authorised the publication of findings gathered by the council's committee on torture on a 2011 trip to Chechnya, Dagestan and North Ossetia.
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