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| 06/19 11:00 Consortium of RDIF, Titan, One Equity Partners buying Voltair-Prom from Cordiant (Part 2) | | | | 06/19 10:58 Levels of some hazardous substances excessive at explosion area in Samara region - agency | | | | 06/19 10:57 Gazprom to ink gas contract with China independent of U.S. spot market prices | | | | 06/19 10:55 Russian, Syrian diplomats emphasized need to call intl conference on situation in Syria | | | | 06/19 10:50 Russian govt considering selling Rostelecom stake to rivals - paper | | | | 06/19 10:42 GAS SHIPMENTS TO CHINA TO BE MADE UNLINKED TO U.S. SPOT MARKET PRICES - GAZPROM | | | | 06/19 10:41 Mechel, Rosnedra agree postponing Elga development for 2-3 yrs | | | | 06/19 10:40 GAZPROM, CNPC TO INK LONG-TERM CONTRACT FOR RUSSIAN GAS BY YEAR-END - GAZPROM | | | | 06/19 10:40 Emergency situations minister orders inspections of all Industry and Trade Ministry testing grounds similar to the one where shells exploded | | |
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 Interviews
Richard Klarberg, President and CEO of Council on Accreditation non-profit organization that accredits or is in the process of accrediting over 1,500 human and social service providers, told Interfax ahead of the next round of Russian-U.S. talks on adoptions that Moscow and Washington need to secure an agreement in order to prevent any disruption to the process of adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens. more
. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Ellen Tauscher has given a review of U.S. position on pressing arms control issues, including Iran and ABM in Europe, and praises UN nuclear non-proliferation efforts in an interview with Interfax. more
. Mikhail Gorbachev, who signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with George H.W. Bush in 1991, shares his views on the new strategic arms treaty with Interfax.
The news that Russia and the United States are due to sign a new treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive armaments was high on public agendas last week.
Everyone knows that the two countries‘ reductions of their strategic arsenals is a process that owes its existence to former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, who in 1991 signed a treaty on strategic offensive armaments with then U.S. president George H.W. Bush.
Unquestionably, Gorbachev‘s position on the strategic weapons issue is widely heeded today as well. more
. U.S. Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Afghanistan and Pakistan Paul W. Jones arrived in Moscow to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and has given an interview to Interfax following his meetings in Moscow. more
. British Minister of State for Europe Christopher Bryant has given an interview with Interfax in which he discussed EU-Russian and British-Russian visa arrangements, criticized Russia’s new military doctrine, and pledged not to stand in Ukraine’s way to the European Union. more
. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given an interview to Interfax and Kommersant newspaper as part of his first working visit to Moscow in which he speaks about sanctions against Iran, arms supplies to Georgia, bilateral cooperation with Russia, and the prospects for resuming Israeli-Palestinian talks. more
. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrived in Russia on February 9 as the head of a NATO group consisting of 12 prominent experts.
The group will advise the NATO secretary-general on the alliance‘s new strategic concept. Before leaving for Moscow, Albright gave an interview to Interfax’s Washington correspondent Peter Cheremushkin.
The following interview reflects Dr. Albright’s personal opinions, which do not represent the NATO Group’s views or conclusions.
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. Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui in an interview with Interfax spoke about the need for diplomatic effort to settle the Iranian nuclear issue and Chinese-Russian trade economic relations, in particular the use of national currencies in mutual settlements. more
. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Interfax that the work on the follow-up for the START I a striking illustration of the complexity and importance of the task of returning Russian-U.S. relations to "a norm that would take into account our common responsibility for the future of peace” and announced Russia’s diplomatic agenda for 2010. more
. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told Interfax in an exclusive interview ahead of his visit to Moscow that six-party talks is the best for solving the North Korean nuclear issue and that the unresolved territorial dispute impacts Japanese-Russian bilateral relations. more
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