Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Anna Korolyova / Vedomosti Yekaterinburg is seeing a mini-boom in the construction of high-end hotels, with projects from several international hospitality chains already nearing completion. But as...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
YEKATERINBURG, Russia -- Tajik guest workers in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg have won a case against a local construction company. Farrukh Mirzoev, a leader of the Tajik community in Yekaterinbur...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Adds head of Federal Migration Service comments in paras 10-12) MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Tajik nationals working as construction workers in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg are s...
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) says that it has launched 3G networks in Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, bringing the total count of cities covered to ten.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
MOSCOW: Russia will host the first stand-alone summit of the world's fastest emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, President Dmitry Medvedev has announced.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
MOSCOW: Russia will host the first standalone summit of the BRIC nations — Brazil, Russia, India and China — to deal with the global crisis and build a new international financial system. ...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The financial crisis may lead to renationalisation by stealth EVEN to someone who has never been to Yekaterinburg, a large industrial city in the Urals, the changes are obvious. Shiny towers of metal and glass have shot up everywhere without order or design, pushing aside historic buildings and making the Soviet-era apartment blocks look even grimmer. At night cranes are lit up like Christmas trees....
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - The next summit of BRIC countries will be held in Russia next year, President Dmitry Medvedev announced on Wednesday. The first summit of the four BRIC m...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The next summit of BRIC countries will be held in Russia next year, President Dmitry Medvedev announced on Wednesday.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
With Thanksgiving a day away, here's to being thankful that hockey players still journey to the New World.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Electricity suppliers across the country are cracking down as the number of delinquent private and corporate customers surges, as the dilapidated industry is mired in debt linked to unpaid consumer bi...
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
YEKATERINBURG, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian drug police have seized a total of 6.5 kg (14.3 lbs) of heroin in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, a police statement said on Tuesday. The first 5.5 ...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
YEKATERINBURG, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian drug police have seized a total of 6.5 kg (14.3 lbs) of heroin in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, a police statement said on Tuesday.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Political relations between Britain and Russia may still be in the deep freeze, but when it comes to culture the countries appear not to have noticed anything amiss and are enjoying a rare boom. ...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
In the days before last week's G20 summit, Russia quietly reached out to the governments of China, India and Brazil to coordinate a meeting on the fringes of the main event. It was one of many recent signals that the four nations are emerging as vital players in the global economy.
