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Russian President Picks Up $1B Commitment from Cisco Systems, iPhone 4

June 24th, 2010 | No Comments

UPDATED: Medvedev visited Twitter, Apple, Cisco Systems and Stanford in a whirlwind visit to Silicon Valley. Cisco CEO John Chambers pledged that his company would invest $1 billion over a 10-year span to help establish a new technology sector in a Moscow suburb. This could be a promising time to invest in Russia. – STANFORD, Calif. Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev came away from his June 23 visit to Silicon
Valley with some valuable takeaways, including an iPhone 4, his
own Twitter account and a pledge of $1 billion in financial support from Cisco
Systems.

Some people might say the
iPhone 4 was the gr…


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June 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

What Russia and America think of one another

IT IS easy to dismiss the “reset” in Russian-American relationship as mainly puff. After all, the most solid piece of business the two countries have done together since Barack Obama’s visit to Moscow last year—the signing of the new nuclear reduction treaty—belongs to the old era in the bilateral relationship. But as Mr Obama greets Dmitry Medvedev in Washington this week, he can take comfort that his reset policy has yielded one important, even if less tangible, result—the change of Russia’s perception of America. Overall, Russians’ attitudes to America (in polling from the Levada Centre) is mirrored by Americans’ attitudes towards Russia, seen in Gallup surveys. This is no accident. However resentful the Russians can be of America, they also see it as a mirror which reflects their own place in the world. And the more hawkish American neo-conservatives can be about Russia, the more they sound like their Russian counterparts.

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President attends Russia Day reception

June 11th, 2010 | No Comments

The Russian embassy in Belgrade on Thursday evening marked Russia Day, the national holiday of the Russian Federation. The holiday marks the day in 1990 when parliament in Moscow formally proclaimed the sovereignty of the Russian Federation, making official the breakup of the Soviet Union.

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Stressful training for Mars journey begin in Moscow

June 4th, 2010 | No Comments

In order to have some more experience and data for traveling to Mars, an international team of researches have started on an experiment that will last 520 days and will put the members of the team to extreme pressures required for the journey.
The six-member all male crew for the experiment include three Russians, [...]

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European Space Agency Starts 18-Month Mars500 Mission Simulation

June 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Working in conjunction with the Moscow-based Institute of Biomedical Problems, the European Space Agency "launched" an 18-month simulated manned mission to Mars, designed to test the psychological and physical stresses humans might encounter on such an endeavor. – The European Space Agency, working in collaboration with Institute
of Biomedical Problems in Moscow, initiated Mars500, the first
full-length simulated mission to Mars. The mission is to virtually fly
to Mars in 250 days, divide in two groups, simulate a landing and
exploration of the Martian su…


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Medvedev on South Stream pipeline

June 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed confidence at the Russia-EU summit that South Stream gas pipeline could turn into a trans-European energy network. “Of late we’ve already reached good results,” the president said adding that Moscow “consecutively diversified oil and gas supply routes.”

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Russia supports Azerbaijan’s integrity

May 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Moscow reiterated its support for Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity on Monday, RIA Novosti reports. This came in the wake of parliamentary elections in Nagorny Karabakh, a breakaway Azerbaijani region with a predominantly ethnic Armenian population.

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Dead Winter Carpenters: Tour

May 17th, 2010 | No Comments

NEW GROUP MERGES SF AND LAKE TAHOE BANDS

Dead Winter Carpenters

With feet firmly planted in the Northern California music scene, Dead Winter Carpenters is a newly formed quintet emerging on the shores of North Lake Tahoe, CA. Boasting members of San Francisco’s Montana Slim String Band and Lake Tahoe’s Rusty Strings, Dead Winter Carpenters are poised with an arsenal of original material and are preparing for a summer that will establish their presence on the national touring circuit beginning this June. DWC’s debut multi-city tour stops throughout Oregon, Montana, and Idaho.

Laced with elements of bluegrass, folk, ragtime, blues, reggae and rock and roll that incorporates styles inspired from musical influences ranging from Jerry Garcia and Neil Young to David Byrne to Ryan Adams, the band embraces their musical roots enabling them to traverse genres and defy musical boundaries. This combination is a unique blend of genuine, authentic songwriting and dynamic musicianship. When asked what the band is most excited about for their debut tour, the band all agreed to the answer provided by fiddler Jenni Charles: “The opportunity to continually challenge our abilities to bring the best performance we can to our fans playing music we all deeply believe in.”

The band consists of fiddler and vocalist Jenni Charles, upright bassist Dave Lockhart, guitarists and vocalists Jesse Dunn and Sean Duerr, and drummer Ryan Davis.

June Tour Dates

June 8th – Mt. Tabor Theater, Portland
June 9th- John’s Alley, Moscow, ID
June 10th – John’s Alley, Moscow, ID
June 11th – Di Luna’s Cafe, Sandpoint, ID
June 12th – Love Your Mother Earth Festival, Missoula, MT
June 13th – LYME festival, and Chico Hot Springs, Pray, MT
June 16th – Filling Station, Bozeman, MT
June 17th – Top Hat, Missoula, MT
June 18th – Terrapin Station, Boise, ID

Dead Winter Carpenters Tour Dates :: Dead Winter Carpenters News :: Dead Winter Carpenters Concert Reviews


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Montenegro extradites gangster to Russia

May 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Montenegro has extradited Zufar Utayganov to Moscow, the Russian Interpol has announced. Utayganov, a native of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, is accused there of racketeering and murder.

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Serbia, Russia want security cooperation

May 10th, 2010 | No Comments

President Boris Tadić was in Moscow on Sunday for Victory Day celebrations, where he met with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and PM Vladimir Putin. Tadić said after the meetings that there was a mutual desire to continue cooperation between the countries, not only in the political and economic, but also the security sector.

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Tadić in Moscow for Victory Day celebration

May 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Leaders from over 30 countries and international organizations, Serbian President Boris Tadić included, attended the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow. The ceremony marks 65 years since the victory over fascism and the end of World War II.

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Tadić expected to attend Moscow parade

April 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Leaders of more than 15 countries will attend the Moscow Victory Day parade on May 9, said reports. Serbian President Boris Tadić is expected to be among them, it has been announced in Moscow.

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Tadić expected to attend Moscow parade

April 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Leaders of more than 15 countries will attend the Moscow Victory Day parade on May 9, said reports. Serbian President Boris Tadić is expected to be among them, it has been announced in Moscow.

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Jat Airways resumes most flights

April 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Serbia’s national airline Jat Airways announced it will resume most of its flight from Belgrade today. Jat will fly to Amsterdam, Rome, Vienna, Podgorica, Ljubljana, London, Portoroz, Moscow, Tivat, Zurich, Istanbul, Monastir, Larnaca-Dubai, Skopje and Sarajevo.

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Jat Airways resumes most flights

April 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Serbia’s national airline Jat Airways announced it will resume most of its flight from Belgrade today. Jat will fly to Amsterdam, Rome, Vienna, Podgorica, Ljubljana, London, Portoroz, Moscow, Tivat, Zurich, Istanbul, Monastir, Larnaca-Dubai, Skopje and Sarajevo.

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Russian “Silicon Valley” to have own police force

April 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Russia’s new high-tech research and production hub outside Moscow will have its own police force and local administration, a Russian business daily said. Vedomosti said unlike other Russian towns, which are headed by a mayor, Skolkovo will be ruled by a special foundation of the project’s managers. The foundation will be headed by project coordinator and Russian tycoon Viktor Vekselberg.

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Oksana Grigorieva “Shocked” By Mel Split

April 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Mel Gibson’s Russian ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva confirmed the couple’s split at her first public appearance since the breakup was revealed.Grigorieva, a 39-year-old Moscow-born singer, gave birth to the married Oscar-winner’s daughter Lucia last October — only to be unceremoniously dumped last week. Oksana spoke briefly about the split during a press conference to [...]

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Oksana Grigorieva confirms split with Mel Gibson

April 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva have split, confirmed the singer/songwriter at a press conference in her native Russia.
Grigorieva was promoting an upcoming concert in Moscow on Monday when she broke the news that she and the ‘Braveheart’ star have parted ways.
“I can tell you that… we have split up, suddenly and recently. Unfortunately, I cannot [...]

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FM expresses gratitude to Russia

April 16th, 2010 | No Comments

FM Vuk Jeremić met in Belgrade today with United Russia party official and Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev. The Serbian minister thanked his guest for Moscow’s continued support for the preservation of Serbia’s territorial integrity, reports said.

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