The Russian government intends to consider the proposal of China to receive a share of over 50% in strategic oil and gas fields of the Russian Federation, except for the offshore ones, said Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich during the ...
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CNN shows President Putin as Jihadi John
In the air of the TV channel CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has become a 'jihadist'. During the broadcast of the story about the exposure of the Islamic militant, nicknamed Jihadist John, a portrait of the Russian leader appeared instead ...
Read More »Russia to impose tax on Google
As Joinfo.ua reports, this initiative was made by Dmitry Biryukov, the chairman of the Civic Chamber Commission on development of information society, media and mass communications. He proposes to oblige search engines to deduct payment to those media whose news ...
Read More »Obama’s press secretary to work for Amazon
Photo: newsbusters.org According to The Verge, Jay Carney, who served as the 29th White House Press Secretary under President Obama for over three years, is now an Amazon employee. Carney has been appointed VP of corporate affairs, a new role ...
Read More »Microsoft to fire 9,000 Nokia employees in China
Microsoft Corp. will close two Nokia factories in China, engaged in manufacturing mobile data terminals. This step will leave 9 thousand employees without work, MarketWatch reports. In April 2014, the world software leader acquired the mobile business from the Finnish ...
Read More »Vladimir Putin didn’t achieve his goals, new flare-up in Donbas is inevitable – Breedlove
According to Joinfo.ua, it was declared by Philip Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations. "I do not think any of us can be sure that he (Putin – Ed.) has reached his goal in Ukraine. And ...
Read More »‘Ostrich position’ of White House: There is possibility of providing Ukraine with weapons, but…”
This was stated by Josh Earnest, a spokesman for the White House at Tuesday's briefing in Washington. "Certainly, there is a potential of offering additional assistance to the Ukrainian military or ramping our sanctions regime against the Russians," the press secretary said, adding ...
Read More »Russian economy shocked: Moody’s downgrades ratings of Russian regions again
Russia's economy has shown negative figures. Moody's Investors Service downgraded the credit rating of 11 Russian regions, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the official website of the organization. It is reported that the ratings of Moscow and St. Petersburg were ...
Read More »Geoffrey Pyatt: armed gangs are part of Russian army
The separatists in eastern Ukraine at this point are a de facto extension of Russian military and an instrument of Russian national power, writes U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on his Twitter. "Russian mil also put in place a robust command ...
Read More »Russian economy takes another tumble: every fifth company reduces staff
The study conducted by the Polish recruitment company Work Service showed that every fifth Russian company have already reduced the number of its employees. The reason for this is the crisis the Russian economy is suffering. Experts interviewed more than ...
Read More »Jah Rastafari: Jamaica’s Parliament legalizes marijuana
Parliament of Jamaica has legalized the right to possession and personal use of small amounts of marijuana. In addition, Rastafarians, representatives of the Rastafarian religious movement, are allowed to smoke marijuana for religious purposes, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to BBC. ...
Read More »President Putin inspires Rammelhof to create satirical hit
The lyrics are based on a pun. 'Puten' is a German word for 'turkey' and 'put put put' is a way the Germans beckon chickens, Joinfo.ua reports. The musicians say that their song has become a kind of protest against the rigid and ...
Read More »Barack Obama prepares sanctions to affect ordinary Russians – John Kerry
It was stated by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting with Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom Philip Hammond. Secretary of State noted that "more serious sanctions" against Russia were already considered. Obama should take a decision ...
Read More »Brussels receives list of Greek reforms
The Greek Government has provided the Eurogroup with a preliminary list of reforms, which had to be prepared by February 23. Brussels has already received the document, AFP news agency reports with reference to unnamed representative of the EU. At ...
Read More »EU to block energy cooperation between Hungary and Russia
The European Union can block recently concluded €12-million nuclear deal between Russia and Hungary, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Financial Times. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is afraid of such a scenario, as the new contract is the base of ...
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