By Karon Snowdon Russia and China have reaffirmed their opposition to foreign intervention in Syria and cemented their economic relationship during a visit to Beijing by President Vladimir Putin. It is his eighth visit to Beijing. The leaders of both countries say they remain committed to UN envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria. President […]
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Central Asia tensions between Russia and China
18/07/2012The failure of Russia and China to sign a big gas supply contract last week has revived talk of the competitive tension between the giant neighbours. The two have argued for years over a final price for the sale of billions of cubic metres of Russian gas to China via two Siberian pipelines. The former […]
Carr urges Russia to back Syria peace plan
18/07/2012Foreign Minister Bob Carr is calling on Russia to back the formation of transitional government to stop the bloodshed in Syria. World leaders, including delegates from the United States, Russia and the Arab League, agreed to plan for a transition at a meeting in Geneva. The plan would see the formation of a transitional government, which […]
China and Russia extend business, military links
18/07/2012Russia and China have reaffirmed their opposition to foreign intervention in Syria and cemented their economic relationship during President Vladimir Putin’s eighth visit in 12 years to Beijing. The leaders of both countries say they remain committed to UN envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria. President Putin’s three day state visit has extended foreign […]
Russia option vital for Syria: Carr
18/07/2012By Natasha Robinson AUSTRALIA is urging Russia to take a leading role in forcing regime change in Syria as Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced overnight a widening of sanctions against the Mid-East nation. Russia was uniquely placed to engineer a “transition road map” for Syria based on the Yemen model of political change and was […]
Russia reaches ancient Antarctic lake
18/07/2012Russian scientists in Antarctica have drilled through nearly four kilometres of ice to reach a vast freshwater lake that has lain untouched for at least 14 million years. Sealed deep under the ice sheet, Lake Vostok is one of the world’s last unexplored frontiers, and scientists suspect it may reveal new life forms. It is […]
Russian Economic Reform
18/07/2012Some Russian economic policy makers and commentators seem to want to look to the Chinese economy for ideas and guidance about how to “modernize” the Russian economy. Too much concentration on China is a mistake when considering Russian economic reform. The Chinese economy is structurally quite different to the Russian economy because its small agriculture holdings […]
Australia urges Russia to support removal of Assad
18/07/2012By Hoang Dinh Nam Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Sunday called on Russia to support the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from office, following the latest massacre which rebels blame on regime troops. “President Assad must go, and the way of getting rid of him is for Russia to exert its influence in […]
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Комментариев нет »How Australia paid $100,000 for a pole vaulter to compete for Russia
18/07/2012AUSTRALIAN sports authorities have spent thousands of dollars preparing a pole vaulter who will represent Russia against our own defending champion Steve Hooker at the London Olympics. None of the bodies involved in bringing Sergey Kucheryanu, his wife and child to Australia and supporting them for seven months at the West Australian Institute of Sport […]
Australia-Russia Relations: A Developing Partnership
18/07/2012Speech at New Economic School Moscow (check against delivery) Thank you, Dr Sergei Guriev, for your welcome. I am delighted to be at the New Economic School on my first visit to Russia as Foreign Minister. The school has served Russia’s private and government sectors since its formation in 1992 and has a reputation as […]