7th meeting of Valdai Discussion Club
This year's meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club opened on Wednesday onboard the Kronstadt cruise ship. The discussion brought together prominent experts on Russia from 15 European countries, the United States and Asia.
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 07:27 GMT
Immortal Little Mermaid
In August 1913, a statue of the heroine of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Little Mermaid was opened in Copenhagen, Denmark. In May 2010, the famed sculpture was moved to Shanghai.
// Aug. 24, 2010 - 08:59 GMT
Russia Pavilion at World Expo 2010 and its first visitors
The Russian pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai opened to the public on May 1.
// May. 01, 2010 - 14:16 GMT
Shanghai Expo-2010 opening ceremony
Chinese leader Hu Jintao officially announced the opening of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai on Friday. I pronounce the Expo-2010 in Shanghai as open, Hu Jintao told 8,000 people at the official opening ceremony at the Expo Cultural Center.
// May. 01, 2010 - 07:51 GMT
Expo-2010 opens in Shanghai
Chinese leader Hu Jintao officially announced the opening of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai on Friday.
// Apr. 30, 2010 - 16:37 GMT
President Dmitry Medvedev meets with members of the Valdai International Discussion Club
Dmitry Medvedev said he is not ruling out that he may run for president in 2012.The statement was made at a meeting of the Valdai discussion club.
// Sep. 16, 2009 - 04:42 GMT
Vladimir Putin meets members of the Valdai Discussion Club
We are ready to cooperate with the West in the joint production of weapons to NATO standards. If this cooperation materializes, Russia will be ready to buy these weapons, Putin told a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club.
// Sep. 14, 2009 - 04:36 GMT
"Permafrost Kingdom" in Yakutia
Participants of the Valdai International Discussion Club visited the Permafrost Kingdom, a tourist attraction inside a mountain near the Chochur-Muran Ethnography Museum not far from Yakutsk
// Sep. 11, 2009 - 06:27 GMT