Moscow: President Vladimir Putin steered Dmitry Medvedev into the chairmanship of Russia's ruling party on Saturday and demanded reforms to the flagging organization he will rely on to keep his grip on the country's far-flung regions. At Putin's behest, delegates at a United Russia congress elected Medvedev chairman with a unanimous show of hands, the final step in a choreographed role reversal the longtime leader hopes will preserve his rule...
10:57 PM, May 26, 2012
Moscow: Vladimir Putin will be sworn in as Russia's president at a glittering ceremony on Monday, hours after clashes between police and protesters laid bare the deep divisions over his return to the Kremlin for six more years. The former KGB spy will take his oath before nearly 2,000 guests in the Kremlin's St Andrew Hall, the former throne room with sparkling chandeliers, gilded pillars and high Gothic vaults, before...
10:17 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking to address concerns in Russia over cancellation of 2G licence involving telecom company Sistema, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday assured President Dmitry Medvedev that the Government is making efforts to ensure safety of foreign investments in the country. Singh and Medvedev reviewed the progress of Russia-built Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, work on which was stuck for the past over six months due to protests,...
09:38 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The trade ministers of BRICS countries are meeting in Delhi on Wednesday to discuss ways to strengthen economic ties. Chinese President Hu Jintao landed in New Delhi on Wednesday amidst high security even as Delhi Police took scores of Tibetans into preventive custody after a youth who immolated himself in protest against his Jintao's visit died in hospital. The Brazilian, Russian and South African leaders had arrived earlier....
04:59 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Barack Obama's comments to Dmitry Medvedev that he would have 'more flexibility' on the contentious European missile defence issue have raised a storm in the US. ...
11:14 AM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: The delicious irony in the Prime Minister's YouTube channel that had audio trouble with its debut video was hard to miss. Twitter users targeted the gaffe with savage fury, making it the butt of jokes centred on Manmohan Singh's usual reserve. Compared to the flamboyant Nicolas Sarkozy or the charismatic Barack Obama, the Indian PMO's Twitter account is fairly dull. Notwithstanding its virtuous intention, @PMOIndia has followed only...
12:38 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama called Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his victory in the recently held elections, the White House said. Obama highlighted achievements in US-Russia relations over the past three years with President Dmitry Medvedev, including cooperation on Afghanistan, the conclusion and ratification of the START agreement, Russia's recent invitation to join the World Trade Organisation and cooperation on Iran, it said. President Obama and...
10:09 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Moscow: Vladimir Putin won a resounding victory in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, securing a new six-year term in the Kremlin and a mandate to deal with opposition protests after a vote that opponents said was marred by fraud. Two television exit polls, released after voting ended at 1700 GMT, forecast the prime minister would win 59.3 and 58.3 per cent of the votes, easily enough to...
12:20 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Moscow: Russians started voting Sunday to elect the country's president for the fifth time in the nation's post-Soviet history, the first in which the president will serve a six-year term. Five candidates - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov, nationalist Liberal Democratic Party head Vladimir Zhirinovsky, A Just Russia Party leader Sergei Mironov and the only independent, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov - vie for the Russian presidency in Sunday's...
09:00 AM, Mar 04, 2012
Moscow: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left Russia for home on Saturday after concluding a three-day visit during which he attended the 12th annual Indo-Russian summit and witnessed inking of five agreements, including one for technical assistance in joint production of 42 more frontline Sukhoi-MKI 30 jets. Singh, who held talks with President Dmitry Medvedev, cleared the uncertainty over the Kudankulam nuclear power project on Friday and said the first unit...
12:26 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Moscow: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has raised with Russia the issue of delay in the delivery of Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to the Indian navy, saying it was important for India that the ship arrives in time. The Gorshkov issue was raised by the Prime Minister during the 12th Indo-Russian Summit talks with President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told newsmen that...
12:11 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Geneva/Moscow: Russia won admission to the World Trade Organisation on Friday after 18 years of negotiations, finally gaining full integration into the global economy two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed. Russia's $ 1.9 trillion economy was the largest outside the WTO, and accession will help reduce the dependence on energy exports that left it badly exposed to the oil price collapse of 2008. Accession by Russia, with the second-largest...
09:49 AM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Russia, will meet Russian President Dimitry Medvedev in Moscow on Friday. The two leaders will discuss nuclear liability, trade and defence ties during the meeting. "As far as India-Russia cooperation in the nuclear field is concerned, this will continue and we will fulfill our commitments," said Manmohan Singh after reaching Moscow. Cooperation in nuclear energy is expected...
01:48 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Moscow: Vladimir Putin offered to ease slightly his tight political control of Russian politics in token concessions to protesters he suggested had been paid to turn out in the biggest demonstrations since he took power 12 years ago. In a 4-1/2 hour call-in question-and-answer show that was broadcast live across Russia and intended to rebuild support as he prepares to reclaim the presidency, the long-serving prime minister sought to portray...
07:39 AM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that India would seek to substantially expand bilateral trade with Russia from the current $8.5 billion, while enhancing ties in a host of areas such as defence, energy, space technology and health. Ahead of his departure for Moscow on Thursday for the annual India-Russia Summit at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev, the prime minister said his talks with the Kremlin...
03:10 PM, Dec 15, 2011
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