KHL League:: Gennady Timchenko's plans for SKA
Region: Russian FederationGunvor co-owner and freshly elected chairman of the Saint-Petersburg hockey team SKA, Gennady Timchenko, has raised high expectations among SKA fans. For the Geneva based oil trader, his team has to win the Russian hockey championship (KHL). Gennady Timchenko is a successful businessman who is using the same managing methods when it comes to professional sport: get the most out of his team and expect perfection t... more
Views: 2031Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov: The Secret History of Nuclear Russia
Region: Russian FederationSpies and bombs aren’t the only things America and Russia have in common. Russia’s Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov explains. It was only a year ago that the United States and Russia completed a cinematic “spy swap.” Ten Russian agents were expelled from the United States for intelligence gathering and the Russian Federation released four Americans who were incarcerated in Russia.&... more
Views: 1512Altai Gas Pipeline Threatens World Heritage Site, Sacred Lands
Region: Russian Federation
Located in the Altai Republic of southwestern Siberia, the Ukok Plateau is said to be the place where the spirits come to listen to the ancient songs of the Altai, Shor, Telengit and other Indigenous Peoples throughout the region. For the Telengit, the entire plateau is sacred land and must remain undisturbed. For atleast 8,000 years, the Telengit have travelled to Ukok to bury their dead; and among the burial moun... more
Views: 2177Energy’s Next Generation: Nuclear Plant Stabilization Called for by Russian Scientist Vladimir Ale
Region: Russian FederationRussian scientist and nuclear non-proliferation expert Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov calls for improved control measures for nuclear plants. Last week Japan announced a much-needed timeline for addressing the recent disaster that took place at the Fukushima Diichi nuclear plant after the country’s devastating 8.9 earthquake caused cooling problems to one of its nuclear reactors. The Japanese government also in... more
Views: 1797In Russia, Who is Restricting the Russian Internet?
Region: Russian Federation
Written by Marina Litvinovich, Global Voices On 18 April, 2011, American non-profit organisation Freedom House issued a report on Internet freedom in the world. The report, “Freedom on the Net 2011“ analyses freedom of access to the Internet in 2009-2010 in 37 countries. In the report (authored by Global Voices' Alexey Sidorenko, editor of RuNet Echo), Russia is rated among tho... more
Views: 14814G : Russia Takes a Big Step Forward
Region: Russian FederationWhile much of the world is enjoying the third generation (3G) of mobile networks, some countries have already moved on to the next generation, called WiMax (4G). Among them, Russia is at the cutting edge of technology, poised to become the next IT empire. Until recently, Russia was said to be a latecomer to the great technological game. The country was unable to play an important role in the current international IT... more
Views: 2586How Russia became a Wimax superpower
Region: Russian FederationRussia’s technological glory days are over… Really? Russian engineers and entrepreneurs are on the hedge regarding Wimax technology (or 4G), the next generation of mobile Internet. Key players such as Albert Avdolyan’s Expatel are offering Russian IT a fresh start. If you’re not a geek of some kind, you’ve probably never heard about Wimax… As you had never heard about Wifi, 3G or ... more
Views: 2217Russia's Security Service Clamps Down on Skype
Region: Russian Federation
By Ashley Cleek While Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urges government officials to get hip to technology, the FSB (Russia’s Security Service) has begun to clamp down on officials’ use of email and Skype to stop - some argue - possible ‘leaks’ of governmental information. Last week, the Russian newspaper “Nezavisimaya Gazeta” (NG) ran an article that the head of Sverdlo... more
Views: 3022John Helmer: is the blogger a journalist or oligarchs’ PR Man?
Region: Russian Federation
Has John Helmer stayed too long in Russia? So long that he has adopted the country’s journalistic practices? Observers may wonder… John Helmer is an Australian journalist and blogger who has been covering Russian business and living in Moscow for over thirty years. His opinionated articles and blog posts, his cold irony and his numerous connections throughout Russian business networks have gained him a c... more
Views: 1480John Helmer: russian oligarchs' black image maker
Region: Russian Federation“The force is strong with him”, and he has clearly chosen the dark side. Controversy and criticism are two key elements of John Helmer’s investigative work. Helmer, 64, is the most feared and ferocious business blogger in Russia. Every post he writes is a lethal bullet shot to the reputations of top Russian companies and executives. A controversial journalist and an ambiguous man of mystery. ... more
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