Full Coverage: Russian Federation
06.05.2008
Scientists report that the rising temperature of Lake Baikal, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.
more...From: Terra Daily Related topics/regions: [Climate change] Image: Olkhon island, Baikal lake, Russia. Credit: lupus83
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28.04.2008
"After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow.
more...From: In These Times Image: Former Russian President Putin. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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28.04.2008
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
more...From: International Institute for Environment and Development Related topics/regions: [Antarctica] [Canada] [Greenland] [Norway] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Climate change] Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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25.04.2008
Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.
more...From: Trade Union News from Finland Related topics/regions: [Labour] [Corporations] Image: © Geographical
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23.04.2008
Afgaanit ovat Pietarin alueen suurin pakolaisryhmä. He ovat usein entisessä Neuvostoliitossa opiskelleita ja korkeasti koulutettuja, jotka hallitsevat hyvin venäjän kielen. Afgaaninaisten tapaamispaikkana toimii Punaisen ristin ylläpitämä Naisten klubi.
more...From: Ulkoministeriö Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Refugees] Image: -
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17.04.2008
Mielivaltaiset pidätykset ja poliisin väkivalta ovat Venäjällä arkipäivää. Suomen Rauhanpuolustajat on saanut Moskovasta pyynnön järjestää solidaarisuustoimintaa väkivallan uhrien tueksi.
more...From: Suomen Rauhanpuolustajat Related topics/regions: [Justice and crime] [Law] |
11.03.2008
Euroopan unioni ja Venäjä ovat vaarassa ajautua kärhämään pohjoisnavan luonnonvaroista, varoittaa EU-komission tuore raportti. Komissio kannustaa unionia pitämään kiinni eduistaan ja ehdottaa uutta napa-aluepolitiikkaa, joka ottaisi huomioon "luonnonvarojen saatavuuden ja uusien kauppareittien avaamisen".
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Europe] [Energy] [Geopolitics] |
29.02.2008
Energy is the key to Europe's new relationship with Russia - and supposedly Moscow's weapon of choice in its plan for European domination. Yet this new Cold War is not inevitable, says Misha Glenny.
more...From: New Statesman Related topics/regions: [Europe] |
29.02.2008
Ihmisoikeusaktivistien, kansalaisjärjestöjen ja median toimintavapaus Venäjällä on viime vuosina jatkuvasti kaventunut, arvioi Amnesty International uudessa raportissaan.
more...From: Amnesty International Suomen osasto Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Freedom of expression] [Civil society] Image: Presidentti Putin
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21.02.2008
Key members of a smuggling ring trading tiger skins and bear parts into China will face trial in March after a six-month operation in the Russian far east.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [China] Image: WWF officer Pavel Fomenko inspecting seized tiger and bear parts after the interception of smugglers by Russian far east authorities. © WWF-Russia Amur branch
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01.02.2008
Russia's application for a caviar export quota makes nonsense of a commercial caviar harvesting ban intended to help the recovery of the decimated sturgeon populations of the Caspian Sea basin, WWF Russia has claimed.
more...From: WWF International Image: Caviar © WWF-Russia Vladimir Filonov
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28.01.2008
Ten journalists and two human rights defenders were arrested this Saturday during a violent protest against government repression and corruption in Ingushetia, an autonomous Russian republic bordering Chechnya.
more...From: Human Rights Watch |
08.01.2008
Global retail giant Wal-Mart is selling products made from illegally logged timber in turn threatening the habitat of the highly endangered Siberian tiger, according to new evidence from an environmental activism group.
more...From: Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) |
04.01.2008
One of many projects launched as part of the 2008 International Year of Sanitation is a wastewater treatment project that reduces the amount of raw sewage flowing into the Russian Volga River basin.
more...From: Environment News Service (ENS) |
03.01.2008
David Young outlines the diplomatic wranglings the U.S. and E.U. will have to engage in during the next three months before they "give Kosovo the green light to unilaterally declare its independence."
more...From: Foreign Policy In Focus Related topics/regions: [United States] [Serbia and Montenegro] [Europe] |
06.12.2007
In past years, the HIV epidemic has ravaged the populations of many former Soviet nations, the majority of victims claimed by needle sharing and drug use. Thanks to new programs such as needle exchange and harm reduction, these countries are taking big steps in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
more...From: Global Health Council Related topics/regions: [Ukraine] Image: IDU's as share of total HIV cases 2006-2007. © Global Health Council
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30.11.2007
Amnesty International on huolestunut ihmisoikeusloukkauksista, joihin Venäjän viranomaiset ovat syyllistyneet parlamenttivaalien alla. Viranomaiset ovat rajoittaneet opposition kannattajien, ihmisoikeusaktivistien ja toimittajien kokoontumisvapautta ja ilmaisunvapautta.
more...From: Amnesty International Suomen osasto Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Politics] |
27.11.2007
Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
more...From: UNFPA Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Middle East] [India] [Iran] [Iraq] [Pakistan] [Tajikistan] [Uzbekistan] Image: Activists rally to stop violence against women. © Amnesty International USA
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