Alexei Miller, chief of Russia's state-run, Gazprom, said the Chinese contract will hit gas prices paid by European utilities Russia's landmark deal to supply natural gas to China will affect prices in Europe and have an impact on international liquefied natural gas projects, the chief executive of state-run Gazprom said . Russia and China signed a 30-year gas supply contractworth more than $400bn...
Kremlin-funded news channel regaled viewers with a mocked-up family tree linking royal family to Nazis The row that refuses to die descended into playground idiom when a Kremlin-funded news channel hit back on Friday at Prince Charles's alleged likening of Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler. The pro-Russia broadcaster Russia Today (RT) regaled viewers with a mocked-up family tree linking royals to Nazis...
Russian president releases two tigers into nature reserve in 'environmental special operation' but third proves more reluctant Vladimir Putin has never been shy of co-opting wild animals for photo opportunities, and the Russian president was on hand to help release three orphaned tigers into the wild. Or rather, release two orphaned tigers into the wild. While male tigers Kuzya and Borya took off into...
A Russian foreign ministry spokesman says comments by Price Charles which compared Russia to Nazi Germany reflect badly on the future of the British monarchy. Alexander Lukashevich says the remarks are being used to spread anti-Russian propaganda during the crisis between it and Ukraine. Russia has sent an official note the Britain demanding an explanation Continue reading... ...
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Andrei Zvagintsev's latest is a very strong contender for the Palme d'Or - a mix of Hobbes, Chekhov and the Bible, full of extraordinary images and magnificent symmetry Andrei Zvagintsev's Leviathan is a sober and compelling tragic drama of corruption and intimidation in contemporary Russia, set in a desolate widescreen panorama. This is a movie which seems to be influenced by the Old Testament and...
British official tells Russian deputy ambassador that Foreign Office cannot comment on reports of private conversations The Foreign Office has brushed off Russia's complaints that a remark by Prince Charles comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler over Ukraine was "outrageous" and "low". A British official told the Russian deputy ambassador, Alexander Kramarenko, at a meeting on...
Test takes place in Hawaii of interceptor that will be stationed first in Romania as part of US-Nato system criticised by Russia The United States has announced the first live firing test of a missile interceptor destined to be stationed initially in Romania and then elsewhere in Europe. The test of the system, known as Aegis, comes amid tensions between Nato and Russia over the annexation of the...
Russian embassy seeks clarification from Foreign Office after prince compared Russian president to Adolf Hitler The Russian embassy in London has demanded talks with the Foreign Office over Prince Charles's comparison of Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler. While on an official visit to Canada, Charles is reported to have blundered into the row about Russia's annexation of Crimea during a private conversation...
Deadliest raid in weeks of fighting leaves at least 11 soldiers dead days before presidential election At least 11 Ukrainian troops have been killed and about 30 others wounded in an attack by pro-Russia insurgents on a military checkpoint, the deadliest raid in weeks of fighting in eastern Ukraine. The attack came three days before the country's presidential vote. AP journalists saw 11 bodies scattered...
The Polish group, who released their album The Satanist earlier this year, are to be deported midway through their tour Dom Lawson interviews Behemoth's frontman Nergal The Polish metal band Behemoth have been fined and ordered to leave Russia after being detained ahead of a concert in the city of Yekaterinburg. Frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski has told local media that he and seven members...
Washington condemns Moscow and Beijing for sinking draft resolution backed by 65 countries and rest of security council Russia and China have vetoed a draft UN resolution calling for the crisis in Syria to be referred to the international criminal court ignoring support for the measure by 65 other countries and all other members of the security council. Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN ambassador, had earlier...
Foreign ministry says future monarch's use of media to spread propaganda against Russia is unacceptable and low Prince Charles compares Vladimir Putin with Adolf Hitler Russia has accused Prince Charles of making outrageous and low remarks in comparing Vladimir Putin with Adolf Hitler, as the fallout from the comments threatens to descend into a diplomatic row. The delayed but furious response to the...
Blogger working as freelance for Russia Today TV station tweets that he is 'free and fine' following detention on Tuesday A British journalist working for the TV channel Russia Today, who had not been seen since his detention by the Ukrainian government on Tuesday, has said he is "free and fine" after being released. Graham Phillips, a blogger hired on a freelance basis by the Kremlin-funded...
'Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler,' Prince Charles reportedly said on a visit to Canada. How good is your knowledge of royal gaffes? Continue reading... ...
Rich natural resources and trade opportunities plus a massive PR campaign make it easy to turn a blind eye. But I cannot Five years ago my family was ripped apart when Kazakhstan government agents took my father, Mukhtar Dzhakishev,into custody. He has remained imprisoned ever since. After his recent transfer to a penal colony in the Karaganda region, made infamous by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, my mother,...
Michel Hazanavicius has relocated Fred Zinnerman's 1948 Oscar-winner about a westerner who helps a lost child to the Chechen war. You can't fault the intention, you can't help but query the corny execution Michel Hazanavicius's desperately well-meaning movie is about an EU human rights observer who rescues a refugee boy during the 1999 Chechen war. It has its powerful scenes and heartfelt moments,...
Promoting new movie set during the Chechen war, The Search director expresses scepticism at the efficacy of peace-keeping bodies and explains how the success of The Artist enabled him to make a movie he felt was necessary Peter Bradshaw's review of The Search When your last film came from nowhere, cost peanuts, seduced critics, made a mint and won five Oscars (including best film), you can write your...
Experts warn that deal is likely to increase cost of gas in Europe and add to pressure to find alternative sources of fuel Russia and China have signed a 30-year, $400bn (£237bn) deal for Gazprom to deliver Russian gas to China in a deal that underscores Russia's shift towards Asia amid strained relations with the west. The contract to provide 38bn cubic metres of gas each year was signed by...
The prince has ruffled feathers in China, the US and the UAE in the past, creating headaches for his staff and diplomats alike Prince Charles's aides can hardly have expected camera crews camped outside Clarence House when they waved him off to Canada on the latest of his official overseas tours. Continue reading... ...