Russian whistleblower on trial Herald Sun A TEACHER has gone on trial after publicly claiming that she was pressured to help rig Russia's parliamentary election to boost the results for Vladimir Putin's party. Like many teachers and principals in Russia, Tatyana Ivanova was in charge of a ... Russian teacher who reported vote fraud on trial Russia: Teacher Who Said She Was Pressured to Rig Vote Faces Trial Russian teacher who reported being pressured to rig vote for Putin's party ... |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Russian billionaire stands to make billions more on Facebook bet Sydney Morning Herald But the Russian steel tycoon is poised to make billions of dollars from the initial public stock offering of Facebook this week — in the same league as many of that social networking company's early backers. Usmanov, an industrial and media magnate ... |
 U.S. News & World Report (blog) | Russian Funds Flee as Anti-Putin Demonstrators Dig In Bloomberg Investors are fleeing Russia as demonstrators against President Vladimir Putin dig in, exacerbating the impact of Europe's debt crisis on the country's markets, money managers from Frankfurt to Moscow said. Activists who clashed with police before ... Russian Funds Flee as Anti-Putin Activists Occupy Moscow Squares Russia's protest movement shows staying power, despite today's dispersal Russia's 'Deep State' Crisis |
 Sydney Morning Herald | 'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash BusinessWeek By NINIEK KARMINI Indonesian special forces have found the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that smashed into the side of a volcano, killing 45 people. The recording of the plane's veteran pilots could help explain what caused the ... Russia: Downed Jet was Backup Model The Fatal Flight of the Superjet 100: Why Did It Slam Into a Mountain in ... Superjet crash puts Russia's airliner plans under pressure |
 AFP | Russia delivers three astronauts to ISS AFP MOSCOW — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), two days after their launch from Earth, officials said. The Soyuz TMA-04M capsule with Russians Gennady Padalka ... Reuters Science News Summary Soyuz Crew Docks With International Space Station |
 Wall Street Journal | Russia Data Show Postelection Woes Wall Street Journal By IRA IOSEBASHVILI Russia's top central banker warned on Wednesday that capital flight is a "serious problem," as newly released figures showed $42 billion has left the country in the first four months of the year. "Capital outflow continues to be a ... Russia capital outflows pick up pac Russia sees $42B in capital outflow in Jan-April Higher capital outflow keeps lid on inflation in Russia |
 AFP | Syrians back regime, Assad tells Russia TV AFP The results of the May 7 legislative poll showed that the Syrian people "are until now supporting the policy of reform" and "support the institutions of the state", Assad told Russia's Rossia-24 state news channel. Assad, whose regime has been engaged ... 'Russia, China don't support Assad' as Syria Prez MORE ON THE STORY Syrian outcome could alter its neighbors' future |
 Bloomberg | Gazprom at Discount After NY Oil Trails London: Russia Overnight Bloomberg Gazprom, Russia's biggest company and the world's largest natural gas producer, retreated 1.5 percent yesterday to trade at a 1.3 percent discount, while oil producer Lukoil fell 2.3 percent to trade 0.4 percent lower than the Moscow shares. |
 The Daily Star | Russians launch space mission The Australian TWO Russians and an American have blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz FG rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin and American Joseph Acaba started their journey in the ... Russia launches astronauts after 5-month break US, Russian crew blast off for space station Russian Soyuz launches for mission at space station |
Russia Stocks Sink to 7-Month Low as Oil Drops on Greek Concern Bloomberg Russia's Micex Index (INDEXCF) fell to the lowest level since October as oil dropped after Greek talks to form a coalition government collapsed, raising concern the region's debt crisis will worsen. The 30-stock Micex Index lost 0.7 percent to 1335.10 ... |
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