Wednesday News Items

Posted on 03/02 by bruceholl

IN ENGLISH
BBC: "Crimea's loyalty split in Ukraine election."

Bloomberg: "A Pablo Picasso portrait fetched 8.1 million pounds ($12.9 million), twice the presale top estimate, at an auction in London last night as telephone bidding from Russian buyers boosted the market for 20th-century European art."

Fox News: "The U.S. Government participated in stopping General Motors from selling Saab to a Dutch automaker in December due to possible involvement in the deal by the Russian Mafia, a Swedish media outlet is reporting."

Interfax: "Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rebuked the U.S. Department of State for using double standards in assessing events in Russia and Ukraine."

Interfax: "A gunman killed in a special operation in Dagestan has been identified as Mohmad Mohammad Shabaan, nicknamed Seif Islam, an Egyptian citizen, whom the Egyptian authorities put on the international wanted list some time ago, the Federal Security Service (FSB) department for Dagestan told Interfax."

International Herald Tribune: "Russian officials this week have been shuttling between Moscow and Kaliningrad, where antigovernment protests over the weekend drew thousands of people in one of Russia’s most strategically important cities, seemingly catching the authorities off guard."

Reuters: "Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz is acquiring the funds needed for January's Russian gas imports and will pay the bill on time, acting Finance Minister Ihor Umansky said on Wednesday."

ITAR-TASS: "The ruling United Russia party has warned Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov that he might be relieved of his duties following his statement that he disagreed with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in many issues."

RFE/Radio Liberty: "A Russian court today opened a libel case filed by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov against an opposition newspaper he says damaged his reputation when it wrote he had murdered, tortured, and harmed fellow countrymen."

RIA Novosti: "A course in the history of Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union has been introduced in Israeli high schools, a spokesperson for the education ministry said on Wednesday."

RIA Novosti: "Several shots from grenade launchers damaged the building of a railway station in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, but left no casualties, a local police source said."

ПО-РУССКИ
Би-би-си: "Руководство правящей партии 'Единая Россия' намерено добиваться снятия с должности спикера Совета Федерации Сергея Миронова за то, что он публично раскритиковал инициативы премьера Владимира Путина".

Газета.ru: "Из-за аварии на ТЭЦ без тепла остались 250 тысяч москвичей".

Лента.ru: "Управление ФСБ по Дагестану сообщило, что вечером 2 февраля в горном районе республики был уничтожен один из основателей крыла террористической сети 'Аль-Каеда' на Северном Кавказе - уроженец Египта Мохмад Мохамад Шахбан по прозвищу Сейф Ислам".

Независимая газета: "На конференции в среду, 3 февраля, Сергей Фурсенко был избран новым президентом Российского футбольного союза (РФС)".

NEWSru.com: "Ветеран российского правозащитного движения, член совета правозащитного центра 'Мемориал' Светлана Ганнушкина стала одним из претендентов на получение Нобелевской премии мира, передает 'Интерфакс'".

Новая газета: "Сайт «Новой газеты» подвергся DDoS-атаке".

Полит.ru: "Вчера глава столичной службы судебных приставов Фердауис Юсупов заявил, что его ведомство готовится снести еще 18 незаконных построек напротив поселка 'Речник' на Карамышевской набережной".