International Business News - Russia http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif German and Russian leaders seethed and unions tore up a deal to cut costs in protest at General Motors' "completely unacceptable" decision to keep Opel, its European unit, after months of talks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/223430-workers-leave-the-opel-plant-aftershift-change.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/gmsturn-on-opel-sale-angers-germany-russia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091104/gmsturn-on-opel-sale-angers-germany-russia.htm Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:56:01 EST Russian mid-sized oil firm Tatneft (TATN3.MM) said on Tuesday it had successfully drilled a well on an oil block of Libya's Ghadames Basin, some 345 kilometres (214 miles) south of Tripoli. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090825/russia-tatneft-discovers-oil-libya.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:15:16 EDT The United States and Russia started their third round talks on a new strategic arms reduction pact on Monday in Geneva. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090622/russia-us-resume-third-round-talks-arms-pact.htm Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:37:59 EDT Leaders of the emerging countries joined hands calling for a new world order amid the global financial crisis and boosting security and trade at two summits on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215256-emerging-nations-call-for-new-world-order-at-summits.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/emerging-nations-call-world-order-summits.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/emerging-nations-call-world-order-summits.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:29:58 EDT The European Union, the United States and Russia will hold detailed ministerial talks next week on Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization, diplomats said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214439-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090530/russia-discuss-wto-entry.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090530/russia-discuss-wto-entry.htm Sat, 30 May 2009 00:41:15 EDT Russia and Iraq have agreed to work on restoring contracts that they signed before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Russia's energy minister said after the two countries' prime ministers met on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211955-russia-and-iraqs-presidents.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/russia-and-iraq-have-agreed-work-on-restoring-contracts-they-signed-before-thes-led-invasion-iraq-20.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/russia-and-iraq-have-agreed-work-on-restoring-contracts-they-signed-before-thes-led-invasion-iraq-20.htm Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:25:12 EDT US President Barrack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev committed to launch negotiations on a new nuclear arms treaty to reduce nuclear warheads on Wednesday, issuing a broader cooperation pact across a wide range of policy areas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/us-russia-hold-talks-reduce-nuclear-warheads.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:04:16 EDT Britain's main suspect in the London murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko is likely to run for mayor in the Russian city hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, according to an announcement by his party on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210704-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/russia-moscow-litvinenko-suspect-mayor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/russia-moscow-litvinenko-suspect-mayor.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:26:58 EDT Resetting ties between the United States and Russia will take time, and the relationship needs more trust, predictability, and progress, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Frida http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210400-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090306/clinton-russian-ties-us.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090306/clinton-russian-ties-us.htm Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:35:40 EST NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to resume high-level formal ties with Russia, suspended last year after Moscow's military thrust into Georgia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210315-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090305/nato-russia-moscow.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090305/nato-russia-moscow.htm Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:35:50 EST U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she wanted to put on a "serious track" talks with Russia on a missile defense shield to counter nuclear threats from Iran. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210261-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/hiliary-clinton-russia-talks-iran-nuclear.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/hiliary-clinton-russia-talks-iran-nuclear.htm Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:26:48 EST Canadian fighters scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa last week, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210029-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090227/russia-bomber-canada.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090227/russia-bomber-canada.htm Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:23:10 EST By opening its first LNG plant and sealing a 20-year oil supply deal with China, Russia has taken huge steps this week toward its long-held aim of expanding its influence in Asia's hungry energy markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090221/russia-needs-partners-asia-energy-race.htm Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:51:41 EST Russia and Georgia have agreed on a mechanism to try to prevent any flareups around the breakaway South Ossetia region from turning into full-scale clashes, international mediators said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090218/russia-georgia-south-ossetia-clashes.htm Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:37 EST Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin may have felt it as a sign of the times that he was among the last at Rome's Excelsior hotel to see the closing statement from this weekend's meeting of global policymakers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209438-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090216/crisis-leaves-russian-ambitions-thwarted-rome-g7.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090216/crisis-leaves-russian-ambitions-thwarted-rome-g7.htm Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:20:21 EST On Wednesday a privately owned U.S. communications satellite collided with a defunct Russian satellite. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090211/russia-space-satelites-collide.htm Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:14:16 EST On Tuesday Kyrgyzstan's president announced his country is ending U.S. use of a key airbase that supports military operations in Afghanistan. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209268-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090203/umilitary-base-kyrgystan-close-government-russia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090203/umilitary-base-kyrgystan-close-government-russia.htm Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:33:16 EST A Russian "cybermilitia" has knocked the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan off the Internet, a security researcher said today, in the latest manifestation of digital warfare. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090128/russian-039-cyber-millitia-039-takes-down-country.htm Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:27:11 EST The European Union lives relying on Russia for one-quarter of its gas supplies. If supplies are for some reason cut, many parts of Europe are left to shiver in the cold. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209017-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090123/europe-russian-gas-ukraine-gazprom.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090123/europe-russian-gas-ukraine-gazprom.htm Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:02:28 EST On Tuesday Russian gas supply pumped to Europe through Ukraine resumed following a two week long price battle with Ukraine. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208918-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090121/gazprom-russia-ukraine-gas-europe.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090121/gazprom-russia-ukraine-gas-europe.htm Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:28:46 EST