Tag: Russia

• Wednesday, October 29th 2014 - 09:43 UTC

  Cosmonauts unveil from space the emblem of Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup

  

  The official emblem of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has been unveiled by the cosmonauts at the International Space Station. The logo was then projected onto the iconic Bolshoi Theater building in the heart of Russian capital, Moscow.

• Thursday, October 9th 2014 - 06:38 UTC

  YPF admits contacts with Russia's Gazprom but no accord or MOU has been reached

  

  Argentina's state-run energy company YPF admitted on Wednesday having held promising meetings with Russia's Gazpron to consider different collaboration and business opportunities, “but so far has not signed any Memorandum of Understanding, MOU or agreement”.

• Monday, September 22nd 2014 - 04:16 UTC

  Mujica brags on foreign policy; Latam ready to play a larger role in peace issues, Europe has lost clout

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica said the latest world events show that Europe 'has lost clout' in global affairs, and has lost strength as 'peace mediator', and this role could be “much better performed by Latin America”.

• Monday, September 1st 2014 - 16:44 UTC

  EU support for dairy farmers to alleviate Russian restrictions on imports

  

  The European Commission opened Private Storage Aid for butter, Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) and certain cheeses in order to alleviate the impact of Russian restrictions on imports of EU dairy products and to limit the negative effects on the internal market.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 05:52 UTC

  Three Finnish icebreakers for Russia's oil and gas operations in the Arctic

  

  Finland-based Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has been contracted to build three icebreaking stand-by vessels for Russian shipping company Sovcomflot, for a total cost of 380 million dollars.

• Thursday, August 7th 2014 - 07:41 UTC

  Putin retaliates US/EU sanctions: plans to redirect food purchases from Latam

  

  Russia will ban all imports of US food products as well as fruit and vegetables from the European Union after President Vladimir Putin ordered retaliation for Western sanctions against Moscow, a state news agency reported today.

• Monday, August 4th 2014 - 07:20 UTC

  EU orders Russia to pay 2.5bn dollars to former Yukos oil group shareholders

  

  Russia has been ordered to pay about 2.5bn dollars to former shareholders in defunct oil group Yukos by the European Court of Human Rights. Russia's Justice Ministry said the ruling was “unfair” and it had three months to appeal against the decision.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 07:23 UTC

  IMF warning on interest rates and Russian crisis for some EU banks

  

  Sharply higher interest rates around the world could combine with weaker growth in emerging markets to slice as much as two percentage points off global growth in the next five years, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 05:45 UTC

  FIFA rejects calls to strip Russia of the 2018 World Cup over Ukraine crisis

  

  Amid mounting criticism of Russia over the MH17 plane tragedy and conflict with Ukraine, FIFA rejects calls for the country to be stripped of 2018 World Cup hosting rights and says a boycott is no solution to the crisis.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  “An intense week” of negotiations in a world that “becomes multi-polar again”

  

  President Cristina Fernández used her Twitter account on Sunday to comment on last week’s heavy agenda with the visit of Russia’s and China’s presidents and the BRICS-UNASUR summit in Brazil. “It has been an important week for Argentina,” she said.