RT http://rt.com/ RT en RT http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/historama-february-9.html Historama, February 9 http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/historama-february-9.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:04:00 +0300 Today’s Historama includes stories about the greatest work on Russian history, a mythical civil war hero, and tough relations between the Soviet Union and World Psychiatric Association. http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/american-amd-threat-russia.html American missile defense – a threat to Russia? http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/american-amd-threat-russia.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:25:00 +0300 Washington's revamped missile defense project is once again becoming a major concern for Russian security. Russian military officials say they view the plans to deploy missiles in Central Europe as a direct threat. http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/boris-kaufman-photo-report.html Boris Kaufman: photo report from the World http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/boris-kaufman-photo-report.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:17:00 +0300 "Kaufman’s Labyrinth" – the exhibition of the legendary master of press photography, Boris Kaufman, opened on Tuesday at The State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia. http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/german-gangsta-rapper-moscow.html German gangsta-robber sends greetings from Moscow http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/german-gangsta-rapper-moscow.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:43:00 +0300 German gangsta-rapper Xatar, wanted by Interpol after he and his accomplices held up guards carrying gold, has sent greetings from Moscow to his friends. http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/russian-hate-crimes-decline.html Russian hate crimes decline, says watchdog http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/russian-hate-crimes-decline.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:42:00 +0300 An independent hate-crime watchdog has noted a significant decline in racist violence in Russia over the past year. http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-09/france-oks-carrier-sale.html France OKs carrier sale to Russia http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-09/france-oks-carrier-sale.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:24:00 +0300 France has agreed to sell the Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia. The Russian Navy also has its eyes on three more similar vessels in the future. http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/ups-downs-moscow-life.html “Ups and downs of Moscow life” http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/ups-downs-moscow-life.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:43:00 +0300 Moscow's surface might seem quite flat, especially, for those into winter sports. But as businessman and ski lover Campbell Bethwaite explains, life in the capital is all ups and downs, but never plain and boring. http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/debts-online-internet-service.html Debts-online – is your neighbor good faith taxpayer? http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/debts-online-internet-service.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:31:00 +0300 From now on every Russian has access to information about everyone’s debts in tax, after the Federal Tax Service of Russia began to render this Internet service on Monday. http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/communists-keen-unite-russian.html Communists keen to unite Russian opposition http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-02-09/communists-keen-unite-russian.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:46:00 +0300 Russian Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov has proposed the creation of a coalition of opposition forces. http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-09/copycat-weapons-threat-russia.html Copycat weapons a threat to Russia's economic security http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-09/copycat-weapons-threat-russia.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:58:00 +0300 Pirate production is among the key problems of the global weapons market. Superpowers that used to help their allies establish their own defense industries during the Cold War now face the consequences of that help. http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/iran-uranium-enrichment-sanctions.html Iran to enrich uranium despite possible sanctions http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/iran-uranium-enrichment-sanctions.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:50:00 +0300 International pressure is mounting for fresh sanctions on Iran, after Tehran announced it would begin enriching nuclear fuel to a higher level. http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/prisons-abuse-prevention-russia.html “Current measures to tackle prison abuse not adequate” http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/prisons-abuse-prevention-russia.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:46:00 +0300 According to Olga Shepelyova, a human rights expert at the Public Interest Law Institute, measures taken by the government to control the situation in prisons are not enough to tackle the issue of prison abuse. http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-09/doubts-remain-iran-nuclear.html “Dispute over Iran's nuclear activities might result in a military conflict” http://rt.com/Politics/2010-02-09/doubts-remain-iran-nuclear.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:21:00 +0300 The dispute over Iran's nuclear activities, which Western countries fear are aimed at creating weapons, might result in a military conflict, Russia's security chief Nikolay Patrushev said on Tuesday. http://rt.com/Business/2010-02-09/president-looks-financial-markets.html President looks for financial markets to underpin economic development http://rt.com/Business/2010-02-09/president-looks-financial-markets.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:03:00 +0300 President Dmitry Medvedev has directed participants at the Council for Financial Market Development to create a development road map, emphasizing the role of financial markets in supporting economic development. http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/kadyrov-good-son.html Mother makes Chechen president withdraw lawsuit against HR activists http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-02-09/kadyrov-good-son.html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:39:00 +0300 The mother of the president of Russia’s Chechen Republic has asked her son to withdraw lawsuits against human rights activists. She said quarrelling with people much older than you is against Chechen traditions.