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All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:06:28 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 245739 | Vancouver calling http://en.redtram.com/go/236269838/top100/ 236269838 Andy Potts >> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:50:11 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236269838/top100/ 245739 | Sports shorts http://en.redtram.com/go/236269833/top100/ 236269833 Old guard defeated >> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:49:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236269833/top100/ 245739 | Big blow for bobsleigh hopes http://en.redtram.com/go/236269828/top100/ 236269828 Andy Potts >> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:49:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236269828/top100/ 245739 | Unpaid wages total millions of roubles http://en.redtram.com/go/236269820/top100/ 236269820 Nathan Toohey >> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:49:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236269820/top100/ 245739 | Oasis in the desert http://en.redtram.com/go/236269815/top100/ 236269815 Ed Bentley >> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:49:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236269815/top100/ 245739 | Kudrin urges cut in tariffs http://en.redtram.com/go/236269811/top100/ 236269811 Ed Bentley >> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:48:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236269811/top100/ 245029 | Were Russian hackers behind Climategate? http://en.redtram.com/go/236242043/top100/ 236242043 Ed Bentley Kimberly Zenz Senior threat analyst VeriSign iDefense Partially, [but] I do not believe it was wholly Russian. Climate change matters here, but it is not a topic which raises high emotions as it does in some other countries, Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:25:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242043/top100/ 245029 | Socialist Realism, redux http://en.redtram.com/go/236242036/top100/ 236242036 Svetlana Kononova RussiaProfile.org Are Muscovites truly happy to see the famous "Worker and collective farm girl" Soviet-era sculpture back on its plinth at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre? The 24.5-metre high, 75-ton sculpture was made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:24:52 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242036/top100/ 245029 | Scandal, politics hit Russian football http://en.redtram.com/go/236242031/top100/ 236242031 Andy Potts With Russia striving to host the 2018 World Cup and the national team likely to need a new coach next year, running the country's football has rarely been a more high-profile role. It is widely believed that there Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:24:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242031/top100/ 245029 | Corruption fans flames http://en.redtram.com/go/236242027/top100/ 236242027 Anna Arutunyan As the death toll from the Perm fire disaster reached 146, many of Russia's small business owners were scrambling to observe safety regulations amid a large-scale crackdown. That is if they can find out what they are. In Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:24:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242027/top100/ 245029 | Lukoil's Basra bonanza http://en.redtram.com/go/236242021/top100/ 236242021 Andy Potts Lukoil, in tandem with Norwegian firm StatoilHydro, has won the biggest contract up for grabs in the latest round of Iraqi oil auctions - a stake in the West Qurna-2 field, with a potential yield of 1.8 million Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:23:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242021/top100/ 245029 | Medvedev fires prison chiefs http://en.redtram.com/go/236242012/top100/ 236242012 Andy Potts and Anna Arutunyan President Dmitry Medvedev fired some 20 top Federal Prison Service officials on Friday over the death of Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in October. Another 16 directors, including the head of Matrosskaya Tishina, the Moscow pre-trial Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:23:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242012/top100/ 245029 | Changing climate http://en.redtram.com/go/236242006/top100/ 236242006 Russia Today Crosstalk - "Hot Tempers" There is wide recognition that the climate is changing, though no consensus on what is behind this change. The scientific community is divided and world leaders worry about the impact of new environmental policies Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:23:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236242006/top100/ 245029 | Nutcrackers and Christmas trees http://en.redtram.com/go/236241999/top100/ 236241999 Phoebe Taplin The old town of Klin, 70km north of Moscow, is the perfect seasonal destination. Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed the "Nutcracker" in a wooden house in the suburbs and you can visit the Museum of Christmas Decorations, as well as Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:23:09 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241999/top100/ 245029 | The ugliest punc-mark you'll ever need http://en.redtram.com/go/236241989/top100/ 236241989 Mark H. Teeter Having put the comma in its place last month, we can now take Extreme action against one of its confederates in problematic punctuation - the semicolon [;]. This pause-maker exists in Russian, of course; and like the Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:22:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241989/top100/ 245029 | Strange love http://en.redtram.com/go/236241984/top100/ 236241984 Tom Balmforth RussiaProfile.org Russia and Belarus' top political brass were locked in negotiations for most of Thursday last week at what was supposed to be a routine one-hour session of the Belarus-Russia Union State Supreme Council. The eight-hour-plus meeting in Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:22:28 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241984/top100/ 245029 | Copenhagen debate hots up http://en.redtram.com/go/236241980/top100/ 236241980 Ed Bentley As the debate at the Copenhagen climate change summit hots up, Russia's tentative emissions cuts could spark much-needed reform and boost the country's economy. According to Greenpeace, Russia is already leaking cash through its melting permafrost and losing Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:22:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241980/top100/ 245029 | Fire safety crackdown closes clubs http://en.redtram.com/go/236241974/top100/ 236241974 Nathan Toohey The recent devastating fire that killed more than 140 people in the Khromaya Loshchad nightclub in Perm has led to a snap wave of sweeping fire inspections at the capital's large-scale entertainment venues. According to media reports, at Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241974/top100/ 245029 | Cultural highlights http://en.redtram.com/go/236241968/top100/ 236241968 Nuevo tango The Piazzolla Quintet Dec. 20, 7 pm, Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ul., m. Okhotny Ryad Can't stand the gloom anymore? Try and see if some Argentinean nuevo tango won't transport you to smoky, Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241968/top100/ 245029 | Winning isn't everything http://en.redtram.com/go/236241963/top100/ 236241963 Ayano Hodouchi Freddy Kempf Dec. 15, 7 pm, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory / 13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ul., m. Okhotny Ryad These days, there are so many piano competitions - quite a few of them very prestigious and difficult Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:20:47 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236241963/top100/