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Europe elects leaders to "maintain balance"

20:47 23/11/2009

MOSCOW. (Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti political commentator) - Greater Europe still has a week before December 1, when the Lisbon Treaty takes force and its so-called new life begins. The newly-elected full time president and foreign minister of the European Union now have only a few days to get adjusted to their new roles.

Will Russia profit from the single European presidency?
17:57 23/11/2009
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti international news commentator Ivan Zakharchenko) - Europe is almost a single state now, not only with common finances, common borders and common economic space but also with one president and one foreign minister.
Moscow hopes to increase number of tourists 200% by 2020
12:52 23/11/2009
Some foreigners still think bears walk the streets in Moscow and that the crime rate is as high as it was in the 1990s. In this new century, the Russian capital has done much to improve its image in foreign eyes and increase the flow of tourists. In an interview with RIA Novosti, Grigory Antyufeyev, head of the Moscow Tourism Committee, dispelled rumors and myths about tourism in Moscow and explained why Moscow claims its rightful place as a world city.

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UN Security Council ‘Tired, Out of Step’ – Amnesty International

The United Nations Security Council is suffering a failure of leadership and looks "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose," the human rights organization Amnesty International said in a report issued on Thursday.

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EU Wants Greece to Stay in Euro Zone - Rompuy

EU leaders want Greece to remain in the euro zone, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said.

Following the December 2011 parliamentary election, Russia was hit by a wave of unprecedented street protest

Russia Faces Full-Scale Political Crisis – Report

Russia is facing a full-scale political crisis which may lead to a radical transformation of the country’s ruling system as a result of the growing rivalry between the government and opposition, a report issued by the Moscow-based Center for Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

An assistant shows the block with a red button marked "reset" in English and "overload" in Russian that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Geneva on March 6, 2009

Russia May Toughen Foreign Policy to Boost Domestic Support – Report

The Russian leadership may take a harder line on their foreign policies in a bid to improve their damaged popularity at home, a report prepared by the Center of Strategic Research (TsSR) said.

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