WBC heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko says he is soon to call time on his boxing career.
11.07, 14:25
The rulers of the boxing heavyweight division, the Klitschko brothers, have visited Moscow to show off the six championship belts the Ukrainians own between them.
14.10, 00:06
Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, instead of setting a date for a bout with one of the Klitschko brothers, announced his retirement from competition.
Published: 03 November, 2011, 19:11
Vitaly KlitschkoTAGS: Boxing, Valuev, Klitschko
WBC heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko may clash with Russian Nikolay Valuev at the renovated Olympiysky stadium in Kiev, Klitschko’s promotion company K2 representative Aleksander Krasyuk says.
Dr. Ironfist has long dreamed to fight in his motherland, but it was difficult to hype up public interest. This became possible after the reconstruction of Kiev’s Olympic National Sports Complex.
“There is a real opportunity for the Klitschko brothers to fight in Ukraine, and such negotiations are already underway. The battle could be held next year, perhaps before Euro2012. Nikolay Valuev seems now the most likely opponent,” Krasyuk noted in his interview with the Den newspaper.
Earlier, the elder Klitschko (45-2, 40 KOs) admitted he is going to quit boxing after two more fights. As for Valuev (53-2, 34 KOs), the 2.13-meter-tall Russian made his last appearance in the ring in November 2009, losing his WBA champion’s title to British contender David Haye (25-1, 23 KOs).
The Olympiysky Stadium in Kiev will host the Euro 2012 final.
28.10, 15:24
WBC heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko says he is soon to call time on his boxing career.
The G20 group of major world economies is meeting in France at a calamitous time for the euro. The eurozone is cracking at the seams, after Greece's shock announcement that it is to hold a referendum on the crucial EU bailout.
27.10, 18:42
The EU summit “was a water pistol rather than a bazooka” in solving the financial troubles of the union, as banks writing off half Greece’s debt is but a very short term measure, says Johan Van Overtveldt of the business magazines Trends and Knack.
Eurozone crisis 27.10, 10:15
European banks agreed early on Thursday to write off 50 per cent of Greek debt. The deal was reached during an emergency summit in Brussels overnight. The EU and the IMF will also give the country another one hundred billion euros in rescue loans.
Eurozone crisis 02.11, 00:03
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has stunned the EU by calling a national referendum on the latest bailout deal to the economy. This might be the only way for the Greek government to restore its legitimacy, argues economist James Meadway.
Eurozone crisis 02.11, 23:34
In Cannes Greek PM George Papandreou has been summoned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the global summit for emergency talks over the proposed bailout referendum in Greece.
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has scrapped his plan for a referendum on the EU bailout package. Earlier he denied rumors of his possible resignation.
During his speech in parliament on Thursday he warned that early elections would be “catastrophic”, entailing a high risk of bankruptcy and even lead to an exit from the euro.
The confidence vote for the government is expected on Friday.
He also invited the opposition join the debt-deal negotiations.
“If the opposition is willing to negotiate, we could ratify the eurozone bailout deal”, he is quoted as saying by AP.
The Greek finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, also confirmed that the country will not be holding a referendum.
Papandreou came under growing pressure to resign after calling a referendum. His finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, declared on Thursday he was against that move. At first he supported Papandreou’s decision, but changed his mind after his and the PM’s meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. On the eve of the G20 emergency talks on Wednesday, the top Greek officials were summoned by the eurozone’s two most-powerful politicians as well as the IMF and ECB. The message they wanted to deliver was that his country needs to play by EU rules or leave the eurozone.
Earlier, some parties who dislike the idea of a referendum demanded that a coalition government be formed. That idea came from several deputies of the country’s ruling PASOK socialist party. Similar claims came from conservative Opposition Leader Antonis Samaras. He insists on the formation of a transition government and the immediate ratification by parliament of the new eurozone debt agreement.
The referendum in Greece over the 130-billion-euro bailout program to relieve the country’s finances sparked concern across the eurozone that banks will not restructure the Greek debt until the results of the ballot emerge. This has sent the eurozone into weeks of financial uncertainty, with markets deflating.
In spite of the chaos in the markets for the past couple of days, this Greek gamble on the referendum seems to have yielded a positive result, says Thomas Thygesen, chief strategist at SEB Merchant Banking.
“I think the important thing here is that it looks like you are going to get both sides of the Greek political spectrum onboard for the agreement with the EU – that is what was needed for credibility.”
This could have been achieved with a referendum, but if now it ends up in a political deal with the same result, Goodman believes it’s clearly positive – at least in the short-term.
While some doubt that it’s wise of European leaders to try to keep Greece in the eurozone, Thygesen argues that even if it’s probably true that the country shouldn’t have joined in the first place, now there are two reasons to keep them in.
“[The EU] is obviously some kind of long-term nation-building project – you wouldn’t kick New York or Kansas out of the US just for some kind of financial misbehavior. If you want to keep this thing together for the long term, you’ve got to show some kind of solidarity.”
03.11, 17:12
The Syrian government has agreed to an Arab League peace plan to end almost eight months of unrest that has left scores dead. However, with the opposition against any initiative that would leave Assad in power, the country remains as divided as ever.
Syria unrest 03.11, 18:31
Not giving up – convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout’s family are determined to continue fighting for justice until they see him out of prison. Russian authorities promise to back them.
Parliament has approved a law making it legal to sack officials for losing the trust of their bosses.
27.10, 13:24
According to UN, money siphoned off through bribes around the world every year stands at almost one trillion dollars. Russia’s high levels of corruption make it a serious offender, with the average rate of bribes growing faster than inflation.
The Russian Education Ministry has reversed its decision to graduate the press secretary of the Investigative Committee as a lawyer after discovering that the official’s second academic degree was forged.
Russian daily Moskovsky Komsomolets has reported that the Education Ministry has invalidated the decree awarding the Investigative Committee’s press secretary, Vladimir Markin, the qualification of lawyer. This decision was taken after the ministry’s inspection in the Institute of Economics and Culture uncovered numerous violations and even forgery of documents. The spokesman graduated from the institute in 2009.
The ministry accused the institute managers of admitting students for second- and third-year courses, omitting the initial years of studies, of making deliberately false reports about the attendance and even of simply forging the contract about the practical training of the students in the Science and Research Institute of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Such practice, in the view of the inspectors, could only mean that the students were not studying at the institute, but had simply purchased their diplomas. They claim that over 200 graduates received their law degrees without actually passing, or even sitting, a test of their knowledge and practical skills.
Following the inspection, police have commenced a criminal case against the managers of the institute and all questionable diplomas were recognized as invalid. Among those who suffered was the press secretary of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Vladimir Markin.
Markin himself claims he did nothing wrong. “I studied in good faith and I successfully passed all exams and I do not doubt for a second that the degree I received is a genuine one,” the official said. He went on to say that the ministry had deliberately tried to blacken his reputation, as of over 200 holders of the degrees that the ministry inspectors recognized as forged, only three names were made public – one of them Markin’s.The spokesman said that the move was a revenge for his "firm position on many recently instigated resonance cases ".
On November 2, Markin filed a complaint to the Ministry of Education and Science and threatened to take the ministry to court if it persists in its decision. The head of the Investigative Committee Aleksandr Bastrykin wrote a letter to the head of Education Ministry and suggested it bring to justice the head of the department who signed the decree depriving spokesman Markin of his qualification.
03.11, 12:51
Moscow has harshly criticized a US court’s guilty verdict in the Viktor Bout case and vowed to secure the former Soviet military officer’s return to Russia.
Viktor Bout case 03.11, 17:52
The Right Cause party has called for “urgent de-bolshevization” of Russian society. In a statement released on Thursday, it suggested amending legislation to rule out the very possibility of any repetition of totalitarianism.
A Moscow court has found North Caucasus native guilty of murdering a football fan in a street brawl and jailed him for 20 years. Thousands strong riots followed the shooting of Egor Sviridov in central Moscow in December 2010.
21.10, 03:45
A Moscow court has found the main suspect in the killing of Russian football fan Egor Sviridov guilty of premeditated murder. Sviridov was shot dead in central Moscow in December 2010 when a disagreement turned violent.
30.05, 19:02
Investigators say the murder of Spartak fan Egor Sviridov, which led to mass riots on Moscow’s central square in December 2010, was spurred by a "cultural misunderstanding" rather than ethnic hatred.
12.12.2010, 00:11
The center of Moscow is returning to normal following rioting on Manezhnaya Square on Saturday.
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Published: 03 November, 2011, 21:52
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Two weeks after convicting the murderer of Spartak fan Egor Sviridov, the Moscow City Court has passed sentence on another killer of a football fan.
A Chechen native, Akhmedpasha Aidayev, was sentenced to 17 years behind bars for killing 23-year-old Yury Volkov in a street brawl back in July 2010.
A second defendant, Bekkhan Ibragimov, who was found guilty of hooliganism and assault, received a six-year prison term.
The sentences are based on a Moscow City Court jury verdict, which had earlier found Aidayev and Ibragimov guilty of the premeditated murder, which took place on July 10, 2010.
Volkov was stabbed with a knife in central Moscow in July 2010, when the defendants picked a fight with a group of football fans. Two persons were hospitalized after the brawl, while Volkov died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
The reading of the verdict almost resulted in violence. On hearing the judge’s words, relatives of the defendants began to chant "Allahu Akbar," to the outrage of the injured parties’ friends. Bailiffs had to step in to prevent another brawl.
The defendants' lawyers said they would appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court, insisting that numerous procedural violations had taken place during the trial. For example, lawyers say the judge refused to look at a video showing the brawl or to listen to witnesses to the event.
Marina Volkova, the mother of the deceased, called the verdict fair and said she was not afraid that the defendants’ relatives might try to take revenge on her.
"It does not matter what punishment they receive; the main thing is that they've been punished," she said. “They have been threatening me during the trial, but I don’t fear any revenge. The worst thing in my life has already happened; I have nothing to fear now."
The verdict comes days after a Moscow court found another North Caucasus native guilty of murdering football fan Egor Sviridov in a street brawl in December 2010. On that occasion the killer was jailed for 20 years.
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As Siberian cranes have to fly over many danger zones every time they migrate, their numbers have taken quite a knock. Now the birds are receiving help from an unexpected quarter as an oil and gas producer aims to make up for any ecological damage.
Today: 22:16
Russia’s banks could soon suffer as a result of their own generosity, as the huge number of loans dished out recently has depleted the padding in their cushions.
The Syrian government has agreed to an Arab League peace plan to end almost eight months of unrest that has left scores dead. However, with the opposition against any initiative that would leave Assad in power, the country remains as divided as ever.
Syria unrest 31.10, 22:00
There is a conspiracy involving regional powers that is aimed at overthrowing the Assad regime in Syria, warned Beirut-based political analyst Kamel Al Wazne.
Syria unrest 28.10, 19:36
With 37 people reportedly killed by Syrian security forces in anti-government protests on Friday, opposition activists are now urging protesters to rally for a no-fly zone over the country – a move tantamount to foreign intervention.
Arab world protests 25.10, 12:22
The economic sanctions which are having a harsh impact on the Syrian population highlight a clear contradiction in the West’s approach to Syria, insists Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem.
Syria unrest 21.10, 17:26
The unrest engulfing Syria is mirrored in the internet with a PR-civil-war. While some videos show “atrocious bandits”, others opt for “atrocious army men”. And none shows what ordinary Syrians live through.
Syria unrest 19.10, 11:45
The unrest engulfing Syria is descending into all-out conflict, with the growing violence claiming lives on both sides.
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Published: 03 November, 2011, 20:14
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While the Syrian government has agreed to an Arab league proposal that could put a stop to nearly eight months of violence, independent journalist James Corbert argues a media campaign is underway to help overthrow the Syrian government.
According to Colbert, human rights groups are being used as a front to destabilize the Syrian government. He sees a link between Syria and Libya, where a stream of unverifiable stories were used to undermine the Gaddafi regime.
“The latest example in fact is just breaking now, is that apparently they’re trying to say that the ceasefire has already been broken by Syrian troops firing on citizens,” he says.
The Syrian opposition rejected the Arab League peace plan for Syria on Thursday amid claims that some 20 people had been killed in and around the city of Homs since Tuesday.
The opposition continued that the overthrow of the current regime was a precondition for talks with the government.
Corbert also drew attention to one London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reported last August that babies in incubators were being harmed when power was cut off in the city of Hama.
He draws a parallel between this claim and accusations made prior to the 1991 US Invasion of Iraq, whereby Iraqi soldiers allegedly stormed a Kuwait city hospital and took babies out of incubators, leaving them to die on the floor.
The story of the babies being snatched from incubators was repeated both before the US Congress and at the UN Security Council in the run up to the Gulf War. The claim, based on the hand-written testimony of 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl allegedly volunteering in the hospital at the time, actually came from the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US.
Colbert claims the Syrian story was also fabricated, and that the video footage used as evidence had actually been shot in Egypt.
He also contends that while the Syrian government has been held responsible for all instances of violence in the country, the Western media has often ignored reports that Damascus is facing an armed insurrection.
“One of the untold assumptions in all of this is that the protestors are somehow peacefully protesting and there is no violence coming from their side of it, which I think is categorically untrue, and has been shown to be untrue by the fact that Syrian forces themselves are being shot at so clearly there are armed protestors here, this is not just some peaceful, benign movement.”
As the United States also maintains that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost legitimacy and must step down regardless of the recently agreed peace deal in Cairo, Colbert says it has been Washington’s long-standing policy to remove Assad from power.
“In Libya, where we saw the well-funded and well-supported rebels taking over…we see that happening again through covert means here with covert supplies going to the Syrian opposition and that came out earlier this year that in fact the US State Department has been funding the Syrian opposition for years so again we see the exact same pattern ramping up.”
According to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in April, the United States has been funding the Syrian opposition since 2005, when then-President George W. Bush effectively cut off political ties with the Syrian government. That policy continued under President Obama, despite his administration’s policy of rapprochement with Damascus.
03.11, 18:31
Not giving up – convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout’s family are determined to continue fighting for justice until they see him out of prison. Russian authorities promise to back them.
Viktor Bout case 03.11, 20:54
Thousands of anti-globalists are mixing with anti-capitalists across the French Riviera to prompt the G20 summit for a little more action. They seem to have won an ambassador to promote the Robin Hood tax at the top gathering.
In the US, all eyes are now on Oakland, where anti-corporate protests see their first casualty after a young man was hit by a car. Thousands took to the streets in the Californian city and shut down operations in one of America's major sea ports.
Occupy Wall Street 02.11, 20:18
A 10,000-strong rally has blocked the entrances to the Port of Oakland, which has had to shut down its operations for the day. The port will lose roughly $8 million per day if the "blockade" continues.
Occupy Wall Street 31.10, 20:18
Protesters will go more violent! This is how conservative commentator Pat Buchanan sees the future of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Occupy Wall Street 07.04.2010, 08:45
America is facing a crisis of democracy because of the rising deficit gridlock in Washington and a possible war with Iran, political commentator and author Pat Buchanan told RT.
06.12.2009, 03:52
US President Barack Obama will face a tough political crisis in mid-2011 when troops from Afghanistan will begin coming home, political commentator Pat Buchanan told RT.
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New clashes have erupted in Oakland, California, between anti-corporate protesters and police, who have entered their camp. Up to 100 people have already been arrested, and the standoff at the camp continues.
According to unconfirmed reports, many police officers are not wearing badges and have tape covering their names.
Police officers are using tear gas and bullets which, basically, consist of heavy pellets of cloth, RT’s Lucy Kafanov reports from the site. She also added that the camp has been completely surrounded by police, whose numbers by far exceed those of the protestors – by approximately 200-300 to 100-150. Many police officers are wearing gas masks.
Occupy Oakland clashes
“People are attending to a man grimacing in pain on the grass. He was hit in the leg with a police projectile, I'm told,” eyewitness Gavin Aronsen tweeted in his microblog.
"The area of 15th and Broadway has been declared an illegal gathering, and chemical agent warnings given," another witness writes, while others report a US flag has been set on fire at 14th & Broadway.
According to the latest reports, the protesters’ camp, known as the “Occupation Plaza”, is police-free right now, while the crowd in the area is getting increasingly agitated, with people chanting "We are Oakland!"
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Last night, thousands of protesters took to the streets of the city and shut down operations in one of America's major sea ports. They marched from downtown Oakland to the port area and blocked all the gates, sending a powerful message to the so-called 1 per cent – the corporate owners of the port – in an attempt to hurt the elite where it hurts them most: in the pocket. The events followed last week's violent police dispersal of a demonstrators' camp, which resulted in a former US marine being severely injured.
Follow RT's LIVE updates for more details.
03.11, 12:32
The UK is desperately searching for a cure to the spread of gang culture after the summer riots. But a proposed strategy of monitoring social networks and spying on teens may see potential troublemakers totally isolated – with uncertain consequences.
03.11, 13:04
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) says his office will investigate alleged crimes committed by NATO during the civil war and intervention in Libya along with those of the Gaddafi regime and the rebels.
In an interview with Russian television, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who will represent United Russia in next year’s presidential elections, provided a candid assessment of the country's political landscape.
Election 2012 05.10, 18:15
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stirred up the political and economic waters on Monday when he announced his plans to create a ‘Eurasian Union’ made up of Russia and other post-Soviet states.
02.10, 09:34
A widely publicized “reshuffle” in the Putin-Medvedev tandem and the sudden departure of their trusted finance minister have dominated this week's news headlines. But the pre-election period in Russia may hold even more surprises.
Election 2012 04.10, 12:18
Vladimir Putin has proposed the creation of a new international power nexus between Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in an article in the Izvestia daily.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (RIA Novosti / Igor Zarembo)TAGS: Medvedev, Putin, Russia, Obama, Merkel, Politics, USA, Robert Bridge, Hu Jintao
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the early favorite in next year’s presidential elections, was listed by Forbes magazine as the second-most powerful man in the world.
In 2010, Putin ranked number four on the Forbes list of most powerful people.
The annual list is a who’s who of the world’s movers and shakers – from the world of entertainment to politics. Among some of the people who appeared on the list were Chinese President Hu Jintao, who ranked third behind Putin and US President Barack Obama, who holds the top spot.
Both Obama and Putin will be running for the presidencies of their respective nations in 2012, which could make for some colorful politics if both are voted into office. Incidentally, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who forged the reset in US-Russian relations with Obama, took the 59th spot in the list.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains the most powerful woman in the world at No. 4 on the list, followed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Pope Benedict XVI, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
According to Forbes, the ranking takes into account four factors. “First, how many people a person has power over; second, the financial resources controlled by each candidate, whether that is revenues (for a company), GDP (for a country) or net worth (for a billionaire); the third criteria considers whether a candidate is influential in more than one arena or sphere.
Finally, Forbes magazine took into consideration “how actively the candidates wield their power.” This measure excludes “heirs to great fortunes, semi-retired industrialists and former heads of state.”
In all, 70 individuals made the final list, or, to put it another way, one for every 100 million people on the planet.
Robert Bridge, RT
02.11, 18:52
Russia hopes the US, Canada and Israel will remain active in UNESCO following the UN organization’s decision to grant Palestinian membership, the president's special envoy for international cultural co-operation, Mikhail Shvydkoi, said on Wednesday.
Palestinian statehood 03.11, 12:45
Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko suggests suspending senators’ party membership for the time of their work in the upper house of the Russian parliament.
Georgia has agreed to new proposals on Russia's WTO accession, paving the way for its larger neighbor to become a WTO member in the near future. Russia has yet to respond to the move.
27.10, 20:12
As all eyes are on Russia to see how it responds to Georgia’s latest move regarding WTO accession, Business RT discusses the issue with Ben Aris, editor - in - chief of Business New Europe.
27.10, 20:56
Yaroslav Lissovolik, chief economist at Deutsche Bank, discusses with Business RT the possible aftermath of WTO accession for Russian industries.
Published: 03 November, 2011, 19:30
Russia and Georgia agreed on the last issue blocking Russia´s membership in WTOTAGS: Markets, Russia and the global economy, Big deal
Moscow has okayed a draft proposal to smooth out remaining issues with Georgia, which had blocked Russia’s accession to the WTO. The move should put an end to the 18-year saga of the country’s attempts to join the organization.
The final hurdle on Russia´s way to the WTO – the issue of monitoring trade on the country’s border with former Georgian regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia – has finally been cleared. The draft bilateral agreement "is based on a concept which we proposed, and corresponds to the framework of Russia's principal position," says Maxim Medvedkov, head of the Russian delegation at the WTO talks.
The document envisages electronic information sharing, as well as trade data auditing by an independent company, with Russia and Georgia submitting such data to an integrated WTO database.
International observers will be placed at both ends of three trade corridors, says Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kapanadze, who heads his country's delegation to the talks on Russia's accession.
"These trade corridors will stretch from the Psou River to the town of Zugdidi, from the Roki Tunnel to the town of Gori, and from the Verkhny Lars checkpoint to the Kazbegi checkpoint," the deputy minister specified.
Russia’s economy should benefit from WTO accession, believes Natalia Orlova, chief economist at Alfa-Bank, as “the WTO will provide for cheaper access to global technologies and high-tech equipment, which at the moment are subject to relatively high import duties. And Russia will also look more attractive for foreign investors”, adds Orlova, as “the management, costs and tariffs will become more transparent.”
WTO accession will also make Russia a bigger player internationally, the analyst concluded.
“WTO entry will potentially offer Russia the possibility of becoming an OECD member – a window of opportunity to become more important on the global political level.”
Chris Weafer, chief strategist at Troika Dialog, says the net economic effect of Russia’s membership in the WTO would be positive and should mean“a more serious approach to economic reform and industrial efficiency” , which will become evident only over time.
“As the benefits of those changes materialize, sustainable incremental economic growth may reach between 1% and 3% annually, according to the World Bank, while a gradual reduction in the risk premium will significantly cut the discount at which Russian equities have consistently traded against global market peers,” the expert said.
A formal meeting of a working group to approve all the documents on Russia’s accession, is scheduled for November 10 – 11. Should all go smoothly, the 153 members of the WTO will look at the papers on December 15-17. The documents will then go to Russia for ratification, and a month after that, Russia should finally join the WTO.
03.11, 17:20
In the latest winter gas-price wrangle, Moldova is courting Gazprom for a discount on its gas supplies. A new deal for 2012-2016 must be signed before the year is out.
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