The Kremlin has confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived in Russia and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency called the trip “unofficial,” and said Mr. Kim will visit Siberia and the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation at the invitation of President Medvedev. […]
North Korean Leader Visiting Russia
Posted August 20th, 2011 at 1:50 am (UTC-5)
The Kremlin has confirmed that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has arrived in Russia and will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency called the trip “unofficial,” and said Mr. Kim will visit Siberia and the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation at the invitation of President Medvedev. […]
North Korean Leader Visiting Russia
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 11:50 pm (UTC-5)
South Korean media are reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il arrived in Russia Saturday. YTN television said Saturday that Mr. Kim had arrived in the Russian Far East but gave no source for their information. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted an unidentified government source as saying that Mr. Kim traveled by train […]
Russia Marks 1991 ‘Coup’ That Led to USSR Breakup
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
Russia has quietly marked the 20th anniversary of the attempted coup that led to the demise of the Soviet Union. On Friday, neither President Dmitry Medvedev nor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin commented on the anniversary of the failed coup against then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Separately, only a few dozen people gathered in Moscow at the […]
Russia Marks 1991 ‘Coup’ That Led to USSR Breakup
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Russia is marking the 20th anniversary of the failed coup attempt that hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union. On August 19, 1991, a small group of Communist hardliners placed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest at his vacation home in the Crimea. Their aim was to block the Kremlin chief’s program of broad […]
Gorbachev Slams Russian PM On Democracy
Posted August 18th, 2011 at 7:35 pm (UTC-5)
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of undermining democracy in Russia. Mr. Gorbachev spoke to the BBC in an interview Thursday, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a failed coup aimed at removing him from power. The coup attempt on August 19, 1991, and the events that […]
Russia Loses Contact With Newly-Launched Satellite
Posted August 18th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Russia’s federal space agency says it has lost contact with a major communications satellite shortly after its launch. The Express AM-4 satellite was launched atop a booster rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday, on a mission to provide digital communications across Russia. The space agency said the satellite’s booster initially worked fine, but […]
Russia Launches High-power Communications Satellite
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
Russia says it has successfully launched a high-power communications satellite into orbit. Officials say a Proton rocket carrying the new Express-AM4 satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan early Thursday. They say the telecommunications satellite is one of the most advanced in the world. It is equipped with technology operating in several […]
Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev Says Russia in “Going Backwards”
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has criticized the Russian government and expressed sadness that the country is “going backwards” nearly two decades after the coup that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Speaking Wednesday, two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the coup that ousted him, Mr. Gorbachev said Russia needs free […]
Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev Says Russia in “Going Backwards”
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has criticized the government and expressed sadness that Russia is “going backwards” nearly two decades after the coup that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Speaking Wednesday, two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the coup that ousted him, Mr. Gorbachev said Russia needs free elections and […]
