http://en.redtram.com/ rian.ru Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:02:28 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 159669 | U.S. critical about Nauru recognition of Abkhazia, S.Ossetia http://en.redtram.com/go/236313867/top100/ 236313867 The recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the tiny Pacific island of Nauru will not make the governments of the former Georgian republics legitimate. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:27:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313867/top100/ 159669 | Abkhazia, S.Ossetia push for recognition http://en.redtram.com/go/236313860/top100/ 236313860 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:27:33 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313860/top100/ 159669 | Japan offers $15 billion in climate aid for poor countries http://en.redtram.com/go/236313852/top100/ 236313852 The Japanese government has increased its climate aid package to poor countries from $9.2 billion to $15 billion until 2012. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:27:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313852/top100/ 159669 | Czech bank robber detained, hostages freed http://en.redtram.com/go/236313842/top100/ 236313842 Police have arrested a man, who took hostage two female employees of a bank in the Czech capital Prague, and released the hostages. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:26:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313842/top100/ 159669 | U.S. says all negotiators support N.Korea sanctions http://en.redtram.com/go/236313836/top100/ 236313836 The five nations, involved in talks with North Korea over its nuclear program, support the ongoing sanctions against the communist state. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:26:38 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313836/top100/ 159669 | Christmas decorations with "Obama balls" a piece of artwork http://en.redtram.com/go/236313827/top100/ 236313827 Christmas decorations can reflect history. For example, during the annual Christmasworld exhibition in Frankfurt, the Ariel factory in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, secured an order to make Christmas balls with the image of U.S. President Barack Obama. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:26:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313827/top100/ 159669 | Main news of December 16 http://en.redtram.com/go/236313820/top100/ 236313820 A roundup of what has happened in the last 24 hours Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:26:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313820/top100/ 159669 | Russian police kill 3 militants in Dagestan shootout http://en.redtram.com/go/236313813/top100/ 236313813 Police killed three militants in a shootout in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:25:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313813/top100/ 159669 | Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant - four months after the accident http://en.redtram.com/go/236313803/top100/ 236313803 Russia's largest Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power plant was shut down early on August 17 following the biggest accident in the history of the country's hydroelectric power industry. Water flooded the turbine hall destroying three power units and damaging the other seven, Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:25:20 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313803/top100/ 159669 | Honest Reformer http://en.redtram.com/go/236313794/top100/ 236313794 Yegor Gaidar was a "fearless" but controversial figure whose name became associated with the painful reforms that accompanied the transition from a planned to a market economy, and from a Soviet one-party state to a democratic political system, in the Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:25:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313794/top100/ 159669 | Russia unaffected by U.S. sanction law against Iran - expert http://en.redtram.com/go/236313781/top100/ 236313781 A bill on prohibiting foreign businesses from operating in the U.S. if they are delivering oil byproducts to Iran could be the last attempt to persuade Tehran to soften its position on the country's nuclear program initiatives, a Russian expert Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:24:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313781/top100/ 159669 | Haye's manager denies bout deal with Vitali Klitschko http://en.redtram.com/go/236313772/top100/ 236313772 WBA Heavyweight Champion David Haye (23-1, 21 KOs) of Britain has not spoken on any possible bouts with Ukraine's WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko, a manager for the British boxer said. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:24:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313772/top100/ 159669 | Two cash couriers killed in southeast Moscow robbery http://en.redtram.com/go/236313766/top100/ 236313766 Two security cash couriers have been killed during an armed robbery in the southeast of the Russian capital, a top Moscow investigator said on Wednesday. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:24:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313766/top100/ 159669 | China key to additional sanctions against Iran - Russian expert http://en.redtram.com/go/236313760/top100/ 236313760 Any Western sanctions against Iran could be rendered ineffective by China, a Russian analyst said on Wednesday. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313760/top100/ 159669 | Last predictions of late 1990s Russian free market reformer Yegor Gaidar http://en.redtram.com/go/236313751/top100/ 236313751 The late economist and politician Yegor Gaidar shares his thoughts on the financial crisis and his predictions on world prices and economics with RIA Novosti's Irina Yasina the day before his death on December 16. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313751/top100/ 159669 | Less than 20% Russians approve of late Gaidar's 1990s policies http://en.redtram.com/go/236313743/top100/ 236313743 Only one-fifth of Russians have positively assessed economic reforms conducted by late Yegor Gaidar in Russia in the 1990s, a poll from the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) said. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:23:10 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313743/top100/ 159669 | Russia's Strategic Missile Force to mark 50th anniversary soon http://en.redtram.com/go/236313737/top100/ 236313737 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The Russian Strategic Missile Force which became an independent service of the Soviet Armed Forces on December 17, 1959 will soon mark its 50th anniversary. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:22:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313737/top100/ 159669 | PM Putin hopes for fewer contradictions between Russia and NATO http://en.redtram.com/go/236313726/top100/ 236313726 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday he hoped there would be fewer contradictions between Russia and NATO in the future. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:22:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313726/top100/ 159669 | PM Putin hopes for less contradictions between Russia and NATO http://en.redtram.com/go/236313719/top100/ 236313719 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday he hoped there would be less contradictions between Russia and NATO in the future. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:22:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313719/top100/ 159669 | The last reformer of the 20th century http://en.redtram.com/go/236313711/top100/ 236313711 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Nikolai Troitsky) - The year 2009, it appears, has not yet harvested its deadly crop. On Wednesday, December 16, fifteen days before the New Year, Yegor Gaidar, a statesman, politician and economist died suddenly at Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:22:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236313711/top100/