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NBA lockout officially over
08.12, 19:24 With the NBA season getting underway later this month, Russia’s best basketball player Andrey Kirilenko, who currently plays for CSKA Moscow, has a decision to make – should he stay, or should he go.
26.11, 14:52 A resolution to the NBA lockout drama seems to be in sight after owners and players reportedly reached an agreement to finally move the action from court to hardwood.
23.11, 19:02 CSKA Moscow coach Jonas Kazlauskas says he has no intention of inviting any NBA stars to join his team, not even LeBron James. His comments came against a backdrop of speculation over a possible exodus of NBA basketball players to Europe.
17.11, 00:37 The NBA has now cancelled all of its games until at least the middle of December. The players are now deciding to go down the lawsuit route against the team owners.
Published: 09 December, 2011, 14:21
Jason Kidd (R) of the Dallas Mavericks dribbles the ball past Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2011 NBA Playoffs. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images / AFP TAGS: Basketball, NBA The NBA lockout appears to be over after team-owners and players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement.
The contract is designed to run for 10 years, but can be unilaterally terminated by one of the sides after six seasons.
"It's a new beginning in a way," Davis Stern, NBA’s commissioner, said of the deal. "It's going to take a couple of years to work its way out, but we're very excited about its prospects."
The end of the lockout allows clubs to start preparing for the season as they can open their training camps and make new transfer deals starting from Friday.
The shortened NBA season will now consist of 66 matches instead of the 82 originally planned.
Meanwhile, experts insist the new agreement is more beneficial for the businessmen than the players.
The basketballers were forced to make serious concessions, including a reduction in their total salary to $300 million per year.
The athletes also agreed to split profits 50-50 instead of 57 per cent to 43 as had been the case before.
The lockout lasted almost five months, becoming the second-longest in league history, as the sides failed to reach an agreement regarding the distribution of income and wages of players.
The National Basketball Association last suffered a lockout back in 1998 – 1999, when the season was reduced to just 50 games.
Today: 13:07 UNICS Kazan basketball players were unable to stop a surging Barcelona in their away clash in the Euroleague.
Border Alert: Nuke war risk rising, Russia warns
14.11, 16:27 In the spirit of transparency, President Dmitry Medvedev has reiterated Moscow’s need for written guarantees that the US missile defense shield in Europe would not be targeted at Russian territory.
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25.10, 16:32 NATO officials say they are willing to “cooperate” with Russia in the US missile defense system, while balking on the possibility of building a single system.
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27.05, 17:20 In a press conference following the conclusion of the G-8 Summit in Deauville, France, President Dmitry Medvedev discussed Russia’s response to missile defense talks with the US.
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26.05, 15:52 President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the affluent Normandy resort of Deauville, France for a two-day summit in which turmoil in the Arab world, as well as the controversial missile defense shield will rank high on the agenda.
Published: 17 November, 2011, 16:19
Russian Chief of Staff, General Nikolai Makarov addresses the Public Chamber, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.(15.2Mb) embed videoTo include this chart in your web page, paste the following HTML tag into your web page HTML: TAGS: Military, NATO, Nuclear, Putin, Russia, Politics, Europe, USA, Peter Oliver, Rory Suchet, Robert Bridge
The danger of local armed conflicts along Russia's borders exploding into full-scale nuclear war has grown following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia’s chief of staff said on Thursday.
General Nikolai Makarov told the Russian Public Chamber there is a dangerous level of mistrust with former Soviet states that border the country.
"The possibility of local armed conflicts virtually along the entire perimeter of the border has grown dramatically," Makarov said. “I cannot rule out that, in certain circumstances, local and regional armed conflicts could grow into a large-scale war, possibly even with nuclear weapons.”
Makarov mentioned NATO’s steady encroachment toward Russia’s borders as one of the key reasons for the heightened level of mistrust in the region since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
"Almost all countries formerly belonging to the Warsaw Pact have become NATO members, and the Baltic States that were earlier a part of the USSR have also joined the alliance,” Russia’s top military official said.
Moscow has often criticized the western military bloc for going back on its word not to expand following the collapse of the USSR.
"At time of the withdrawal from Eastern Europe, the NATO Secretary General promised the USSR it could be confident that NATO would not expand beyond its current boundaries," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in a past comment. "So where is it now?” I asked them [the NATO officials]. They have nothing to say. They deceived us in the rudest way.”
Meanwhile, the comments by Chief of Staff Makarov did contain a silver lining in the nuclear cloud.
Speaking on the prospects of the New START treaty, signed by President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama, Makarov was optimistic.
"The previous START treaty was flawed, but there were attempts to extend it,” he said. “The new START is the first treaty that satisfies us.”
On the US missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe, the Russian general said the new START gives Moscow the flexibility its new defense measures require.
“This treaty gives us the ability to secede in certain cases,” he said, specifically mentioning the “European missile defense problem” as a national security threat that could force Moscow to breach the treaty.
Robert Bridge, RT
17.11, 16:02 The US has offered a $5 million reward for the information leading to the location of Russia’s most wanted Chechen terrorist leader, Doku Umarov.
Russia sends another aid convoy to Kosovo Serbs
01.12, 17:48 Russian laws do not allow for the granting of citizenship to Kosovo Serbs, but Russia will find other ways to support the suppressed minority, the Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.
15.11, 16:26 Russia’s State Duma has not yet received a petition from Kosovo Serbs requesting Russian citizenship. Deputies are cautious in their assessment of such an unprecedented situation and say, in any case, they are not authorized to settle such questions.
14.11, 15:44 Around 21,000 Serbs from Kosovo have appealed to Russia’s lower house of parliament for help in obtaining Russian citizenship.
Published: 09 December, 2011, 18:03
RIA Novosti / Aleksey KudenkoTAGS: Kosovo, Russia, Politics, Human rights, Immigration The Russian Emergencies Ministry has said it is sending another aid convoy to Kosovo Serbs on President Medvedev’s orders.
A ministry spokesman said on Friday a truck convoy had left the Moscow Region that morning for Serbia carrying diesel generators, stoves, folding furniture, blankets and bed linen as well as foodstuffs. The total weight of the second batch of goods is 160 tons.
A first convoy was sent from Moscow Region to Serbia on December 7 and in November, Russia sent a cargo aircraft with 36 tons of aid.The local Red Cross took delivery of the aid and transported it into Kosovo where it was distributed amongst the population.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the boost in support in November, after around 21,000 Serbs from Kosovo – residents of the region as well as refugees – appealed to the State Duma for help in obtaining Russian citizenship, citing concerns over personal safety. Russia considered the request but had to decline when it was found to breach Russia’s internal laws.
Today: 15:53 Russia’s Public Chamber has criticized calls for the results of elections to the State Duma to be cancelled, adding that they oppose all public discussion of the issue.
Parliamentary Elections 2011
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