>House to vote on bill normalizing Russian trade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to remove a Cold War obstacle to trade with Russia that has stymied American exporters seeking to take advantage of Russia's newly liberalized trade practices....
View ArticleRussia charges 9 Islamic radicals with terrorism, amassing weapons, explosives
MOSCOW — Nine men were charged Friday with organizing cells of a banned Islamist group and illegal possession of guns, explosives and fake U.S. dollars and euros, Russian police said Five of the nine...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Russia warns U.S. over human rights bill
* U.S. Congress to vote on human rights bill on Friday * Russia has already agreed a "tough" response * Dispute over bill threatens efforts to improve ties By Thomas Grove MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) -...
View ArticleRussia warns U.S. over human rights bill
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia increased pressure on the U.S. Congress on Friday not to pass legislation that would punish Russian officials for human rights violations, warning Washington that it had...
View ArticleUS Poised to Scrap Cold War-Era Russia Trade Restrictions
WASHINGTON, November 14 (RIA Novosti) – Lawmakers were scheduled Wednesday to hold a preliminary vote on lifting Cold War-era restrictions blocking US exporters’ access to lucrative Russian markets,...
View ArticleAs Moscow’s Jewish museum opens, a family tells 100-year tale of hardship to...
MOSCOW — In czarist times, Geda Zimanenko watched her mother offer the local police officer a shot of vodka on a plate and five rubles every Sunday to overlook the fact that their family lived outside...
View ArticleRussia vows tough response to U.S. human-rights legislation
MOSCOW -- Russian officials are promising a tough response to U.S. legislation that would impose sanctions on Russian officials if Congress finds them responsible for violating human rights. The U.S....
View ArticleUS House Backs ‘Magnitsky’ Restrictions Over Russia Rights
WASHINGTON, November 16 (By Carl Schreck for RIA Novosti) - US lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly passed the “Magnitsky Act” to punish Russians deemed to have violated human rights and also lifted a...
View ArticleHouse Passes Bill Normalizing Trade Relations With Russia
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed legislation - by a vote of 365 to 43 - allowing permanent, normal trade relations with Russia. The legislation, which now goes...
View ArticleHouse to Vote on Bill Normalizing Russian Trade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to remove a Cold War obstacle to trade with Russia that has stymied American exporters seeking to take advantage of Russia's newly liberalized trade practices....
View ArticleRussia vows tough response to U.S. human rights legislation
MOSCOW - Russian officials are promising a tough response to U.S. legislation that would impose sanctions on Russian officials if Congress finds them responsible for violating human rights. The U.S....
View ArticleHouse passes bill normalizing Russian trade
JIM ABRAMS , The Associated Press Posted: Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:09 PM WASHINGTON - The House has voted to end Soviet-era trade restrictions, in a move strongly sought by U.S. manufacturers and...
View ArticleU.S. House OKs Russia trade bill with human rights slap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Friday to "name and shame" Russian human rights violators as part of a broader bill to drop Cold War-era trade...
View ArticlePutin says his disfavored former defense minister can get new official job
MOSCOW — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says his sacked former defense minister isn’t facing charges and may get a new official job. Putin unexpectedly fired Anatoly Serdyukov this month amid a...
View ArticleU.S. House approves Russia trade bill with human rights slap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Friday to "name and shame" Russian human rights violators as part of a broader bill to drop Cold War-era trade...
View ArticleHouse set to vote on permanent normal trade relations with Russia
WASHINGTON — The House is set to remove a Cold War obstacle to trade with Russia that has stymied American exporters seeking to take advantage of Russia’s newly liberalized trade practices. Russia’s...
View ArticleKremlin Vows ‘Adequate Response’ to Magnitsky Act
MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will “respond adequately” to a bill passed by the US House of Representatives on Friday, which links normalized trade relations with Russia to the so-called...
View ArticleTargeting Russia’s offenders
ON FRIDAY, the House of Representatives stepped out of the past and confronted today’s human rights debacle in Russia. By a vote of 365-43, the chamber repealed the 1974 Jackson-Vanik trade...
View ArticleIn Russia, more corruption charges flying
MOSCOW — As more criminal corruption investigations come to light every day, questions about President Vladimir Putin’s ability to control the competing Kremlin clans are growing louder. “It is a...
View ArticleMagnitsky human rights bill helps US House vote to end Soviet-era trade law
Inclusion of human rights legislation named for Russian whistleblower convinces lawmakers to normalise trade relations The human rights bill is named for Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Russian prison...
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