Posts Tagged ‘russia’

Russia adopts hardline stance at climate talks
AS SPAIN won applause from environmentalists for proposing that the EU raise its 2020 target for cutting climate changing emissions from 20 to 30 per cent, Russia hardened its opposition to any renewal of the Kyoto Protocol after 2012.

Napoleonic soldiers laid to rest in Lithuania – 200 years after attacking Russia
VILNIUS, Lithuania – The skeletons of 18 of Napoleon’s soldiers were laid to rest Monday in Lithuania — 200 years after the French emperor tried in vain to invade Russia.

Moscow, Tver, Novgorod and St. Petersburg, Russia. Tallinn, Estonia. Riga, Latvia. Vilnius, Lithuania. Warsaw, Poland.

Be good or gas will dissipate, warns Russia
TALLINN – Estonia plans to separate AS Eesti Gaas’s natural gas sales and transmission divisions in two years to reduce dependence on Russia’s OAO Gazprom, the utility’s biggest owner and its sole gas supplier.

Sarkozy: Russia, European Union to have common economic space in 10-15 years
Deauville, Oct. 19 (Interfax) – The European Union and Russia will have a common economic space, a common security strategy and visa-free travel arrangements in 10-15 years, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.

Russia picks up French combat optics
MOSCOW, June 28 (UPI) — Russia’s main arms exporter has signed a string of deals with a leading French defense firm for provision of night vision devices on combat vehicles. Russia – Moscow – Travel and Tourism – Vladimir Putin – Dmitry Medvedev

Russia gas cuts impact Lithuania
Lithuanian gas supplies from Belarus fall 30%, as Russia further reduces the amount of gas it is supplying to Belarus over a payment dispute.

Russia cuts Belarus supplies again as ‘gas war’ escalates
Russia cut gas supplies to Belarus by nearly two thirds on Wednesday, as a payment feud went into a third day and claimed its first European victim when Lithuania reported a drop in gas flow.

I dont think McScotchland football deserves even 1 spot in Champions League. That 1 spot of gers or bhoys will always be the disgrace of Champions League and can never get out of group stage.
RIO I am sure both McRangers and McCeltics overachieved when they reached 16 if what you said it true.

Money-laundering ring broken in Russia
MOSCOW, April 30 (UPI) — A $9 billion money-laundering operation partly run by several Russian bank employees has been broken up by police, the Russian Interior Ministry said.