| 04/06/2018 21:35 | Russia World EXPO 2025 ( Colorado Springs Gazette )
photo - Russian President Vladimir Putin, fourth right, meets with members of the BIE Russian President Vladimir Putin, fourth right, meets with members of the BIE Inspection Commission of Yekaterinburg to host World EXPO 2025 in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 5, 2018. |
| 04/05/2018 22:40 | Why Ekaterinburg needs a directly elected mayor ( Open Democracy )
Even a few opposition deputies (in Russia, âoppositionâ is a figurative concept) didn't risk going against the will of the governor. It might seem paradoxical, but the decision about how the city administration is formed in the 1.5 million-strong Ekaterinburg isn't taken by the city council, but the regional ... |
| 04/05/2018 22:40 | 60 US Diplomats Leave Russian Posts, Expelled Over Skripal Poisoning Row ( NPR )
The Americans include 58 employees of the U.S. embassy in Moscow and two staff members of the Consulate General in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg, an industrial center that's also Russia's fourth-largest city. Russia ordered the Americans to leave days after President Trump ordered 60 Russian ... |
| 04/05/2018 02:35 | Russian city scraps direct mayoral vote in blow to Putin critic ( The Daily Star )
Regional lawmakers yesterday voted to cancel direct elections in Russia's fourth-largest city, a move condemned by the mayor, a critic of President Vladimir Putin. Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman, who was elected in 2013 for five years, has been the only top regional official who publicly voiced ... |
| 04/05/2018 00:55 | Russian city scraps direct mayoral vote in blow to Putin critic ( Yahoo News )
Moscow (AFP) - Regional lawmakers voted Tuesday to cancel direct elections in Russia's fourth-largest city in a blow to the opposition mayor as the Kremlin intensifies a crackdown on dissent. Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman has been the only top regional official to publicly voice criticism of ... |
| 04/04/2018 20:50 | Russian 4th largest city scraps direct mayoral elections ( RT )
âThis is fully and entirely a matter of the local Legislative Assembly, that's why we can neither meddle nor comment,â Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. Ekaterinburg has joined the majority of Russian cities which abolished direct mayoral elections. Less than a ... |
| 04/04/2018 05:40 | Pro-Kremlin officials cancel elections in city with Russia's only independent mayor ( Telegraph.co.uk )
Pro-Kremlin officials have cancelled mayoral elections in Russia's fourth-largest city Yekaterinburg, where the country's only independent mayor, a critic of Vladimir Putin, would have been up for re-election in September. On Tuesday, the legislature of the Sverdlovsk region, which is dominated by the ... |
| 04/04/2018 02:35 | Structural changes in Russian subsidiary of Int'l Bank of Azerbaijan ( Trend News Agency )
In March this year, the IBA's shareholders decided to close the bank's subsidiaries in Russia and Georgia, which is connected with the preparation for the sale of the bank's state-owned shares. In connection with the decision to liquidate the IBA subsidiary in Russia, its branches in Yekaterinburg and St. |
| 04/04/2018 02:35 | Russian city scraps direct mayoral vote in blow to Putin critic ( Journalducameroun.com - English - (press release) )
Regional lawmakers voted Tuesday to cancel direct elections in Russia's fourth-largest city in a blow to the opposition mayor as the Kremlin intensifies a crackdown on dissent. Yekaterinburg Mayor Yevgeny Roizman has been the only top regional official to publicly voice criticism of Putin, elected for a ... |
| 04/03/2018 18:45 | Irish pubs open on Good Friday for 1st time in 90 years ( WPXI Pittsburgh )
"It's a matter of our dignity, a matter of preserving the face of Yekaterinburg." The 55-year-old Roizman is a rare figure in Russia's officialdom. He has been the only regional official who dared to openly criticize President Vladimir Putin and praise his most vocal critic, opposition leader Alexei Navalny. |
| 04/03/2018 14:40 | French train strikes aim to disrupt travel, test Macron ( WPXI Pittsburgh )
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) - Several thousand people have rallied in Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest city, to protest official plans to cancel direct mayoral .... Trump specifically invited Putin to the White House during the call, Putin aide Yuri Ushakov told Russian news agencies Monday. |
| 04/01/2018 12:40 | Europe and Russia: Dimensions of Personae Non-Gratae and Implications for Maintenance of ... ( THISDAY Newspapers )
As the NATO and EU countries do not have a monopoly of diplomatic sanctions, Russia has not only promised to reciprocate in the spirit of tit-for-tat but has actually expelled 60 US diplomats (58 in Moscow and 2 in Yekaterinburg) and closed the US Saint Petersburg Consulate. On Friday, 30th March, ... |
| 03/31/2018 22:40 | Vladimir Putin escalates crisis with Britain as he orders more than 50 UK diplomats to leave Russia ... ( Mirror.co.uk )
On Thursday, Russia booted out 60 US diplomats as the head of the UN warned of a new Cold War. The 58 envoys in Moscow and two in Yekaterinburg must leave by April 5 - while the US consulate in St Petersburg will be shut down. The Kremlin's move was the first retaliation for 60 Russian diplomats ... |
| 03/31/2018 17:40 | Russians to give 150 diplomats the boot ( Denton Record Chronicle )
"Russia should not be acting like a victim," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. The Foreign Ministry said the U.S. diplomats, including 58 from the embassy in Moscow and two from the consulate in Yekaterinburg, must leave Russia by April 5. It added that the U.S. must leave its ... |
| 03/30/2018 20:45 | In quid-pro-quo response, Russia to oust 150 Western diplomats, close a US consulate ( Seattle Times )
âRussia should not be acting like a victim,â U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. The Foreign Ministry said the U.S. diplomats, including 58 from the embassy in Moscow and two from the consulate in Yekaterinburg, must leave Russia by April 5. It added that the U.S. must leave its ... |
| 03/29/2018 07:25 | NATO joins 25 nations in Russian expulsions over spy attack ( News24 )
NATO joined 25 governments around the world on Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, marking ... by asking its Twitter followers to vote on which US consulate should be closed, listing those in Vladivostok, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg as options. |
| 03/29/2018 06:20 | Trump's round of talks with European leaders as NATO joins in the expulsion of Russian diplomats ( Brinkwire (press release) )
More than two dozen nations have expelled Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his .... asking its Twitter followers to vote on which US consulate should be closed, listing those in Vladivostok, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg as options. |
| 03/28/2018 18:25 | NATO expels seven Russian diplomats ( Geo News, Pakistan )
LONDON: NATO joined 25 governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, ... by asking its Twitter followers to vote on which US consulate should be closed, listing those in Vladivostok, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg as options. |
| 03/28/2018 16:30 | Nato joins two dozen nations in Russian expulsions over spy attack (Infosurhoy)
Diplomats ousted: US, Europe punish Russia over spy case - Infosurhoy |
| 03/28/2018 14:25 | NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, joins two dozen nation in condemning Moscow over UK ... ( Firstpost )
London: NATO joined two dozen governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in ... by asking its Twitter followers to vote on which US consulate should be closed, listing those in Vladivostok, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg as options. |
