Posts Tagged ‘Russia’

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) India's "time-tested ties" with Russia crossed "a new milestone" Friday as the two countries signed a landmark civil nuclear accord that envisages Moscow building four more reactors in Tamil Nadu and vowed to intensify their cooperation in combating terrorism. ... Full story

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) India and Russia Friday reinvigorated their ties by signing 10 pacts, including an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, and decided to intensify their cooperation in combating terrorism. The pacts were signed in diverse areas ranging from space and defence to finance, ... Full story

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Russian President Dmitri Medvedev comes to India on his maiden visit Thursday - a trip that will see the two countries renew their old ties by inking a civil nuclear cooperation accord and stepping up anti-terrorism cooperation. ... Full story

Moscow, Dec 3 (RIA Novosti) India and Russia would sign an agreement to build four reactors at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, the Russian nuclear power chief said Tuesday. The bilateral agreement, initialled in February 2008, will be signed ... Full story

India is hoping that the successful outcome of Sakhalin 1 oilfield project will be replicated in other projects in Russia. The Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is in discussion with state-owned Russian oil companies Rosneft and Gazprom for joint ... Full story

Russia does not rule out reducing production of oil as a reaction to the continuous fall in international crude prices. “We cannot rule out the cutting down of oil production,” Russian Energy Minister Sergey Shmatko told reporters here Tuesday. ... Full story

St. Petersburg, Nov 25 (RIA Novosti) Three people, including a child, in a car were killed when a hand grenade, being carried by one of the passengers, exploded near a underground railway station in the Russian city early Tuesday, the police said. The grenade exploded when ... Full story

Russia has concluded a series of treaties with Peru on defence, trade and scientific cooperation, in what is being seen as a sign of its renewed Latin American thrust, EFE reported Tuesday. The accords, signed Monday during the state visit ... Full story

Moscow, Nov 23 (DPA) Russian energy company Gazprom Saturday threatened to cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine starting Jan 1 unless Ukraine pays $2.4 billion of debt and finalizes new contracts for future deliveries. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov, quoted by ... Full story

Moscow, Nov 21 (RIA Novosti) The State Duma or lower house of Russian parliament Friday approved an amendment to the constitution extending the presidential tenure from four years to six and the parliamentary term to five years. The bill, which now goes through the upper house ... Full story