Tag Archives : Dmitry Medvedev

The upper house of Russian parliament approved on Monday a bill that expands the powers of the Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB), backed by President Dmitri Medvedev and criticized by human rights defenders. The text, which allows special services warn against anyone suspected of “create conditions” favorable to commit a crime, [...]

The Russian Olympic officials are now finding themselves in the cross hairs of the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who has called for an immediate resignations of these top officials, who are now being blamed for the despicable performance of the Russian sport teams at the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Vancouver, Canada. In a statement, Mr. Medvedev [...]

The bilateral talks between Russia and the United States of America seem to be heading in the right direction as the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev stated that, the nuclear arms reduction treaty is a possibility that could be realized as early as by the end of this year. However, he also stressed on the fact that, other nuclear weaponized nations [...]

The realm of sci-fi is finally merging with the aspects of reality and the technology we witnessed in some of the greatest science fiction flicks like, Star Trek and Mission To Mars is all set to come true. The Russian Space Agency today announced, that it is planning to build a nuclear powered spaceship. As per the estimates released by Anatoly Perminov, [...]

Two of the most powerful countries in the world and the arch nemeses in the cold war era, the United States of America and Russia (formerly, Soviet Union) are now on their way towards the ratification of a landmark agreement, where both the countries are planning to take a step forward towards nuclear arms reduction. Diplomats from both the countries [...]

Natalia Khusainova Estemirova , one of the most prominent human rights activists in Chechnya, who was abducted and found murdered on Wednesday has sparked an international outrage, with many wondering, who would be next on the hit-list and whether or not, it is worth to risk their lives to report on gross human right violations? Natalia’s body [...]