Missile tit-for-tat

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) – It looks as if Russia has long guessed the American moves to create a missile defense system in Europe, and is responding tit-for-tat and even figure-for-figure.

// Nov. 12, 2007 - 11:37 GMT


Pakistan: Musharraf goes for broke

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) – Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has ignored the urgent calls, not to mention the demands, from his chief sponsors, the U.S. and Europe (as represented by Britain and Germany) to lift the state of emergency, restore constitutional order and civilian rule in the country.

// Nov. 12, 2007 - 09:04 GMT


Opposition leaders as anti-Russia as Saakashvili himself

Ian Bremmer, the leading American expert on CIS affairs, the President of influential Eurasia Group consulting firm speaks on his attitude to ongoing crisis in Georgia in an interview to RIA Novosti New York Bureau Chief Dmitry Gornostaev.

// Nov. 12, 2007 - 08:43 GMT


Saakashvili makes sure move

MOSCOW. (Besik Pipia for RIA Novosti) – Protesters crowded in front of the Georgian parliament for six days, chanting: "Misha, tsadi!" (Step down, Mike!). President Saakashvili has astonishingly followed the advice, and is resigning in two weeks.

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 19:13 GMT


What the Russian papers say

MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) The country will ask Putin to stay at the helm / Moscow benefits from EU decision to cancel aviation summit / Timan Oil & Gas signs agreement with Gazprom's subsidiary / Lafarge pays exorbitant price for Russian cement deposit / Low-cost laptops are not advantageous for Russia

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 17:00 GMT


The Dutch want to produce gas on Yamal

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityaev) – Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende proposed that Russian and Dutch companies headed by Royal Dutch Shell should jointly develop the richest gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula located above the Arctic Circle.

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 15:39 GMT


Rehabilitation of the tsar's family: the labyrinth of the Russian penal code, history and faith

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov) – The Russian Revolution is not known for its humaneness. The fate of Nicholas II and his family was just one of the many tragedies of the time, but today it has come into the limelight again.

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 14:37 GMT


The appeal of Mars (Part Three)

MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) – Despite the numerous technical and medical-biological problems it would face, a manned mission to Mars is being spoken about with more and more certainty.

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 10:25 GMT


Saakashvili makes an error

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Yelena Shesternina) – Mikheil Saakashvili has shown his country and the world what Georgian democracy should be, as he sees it.

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 09:48 GMT


Interview of Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with RIA Novosti

 

// Nov. 09, 2007 - 09:05 GMT