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25 Years After Chernobyl, Russia Calls for Stricter Nuke Safety Rules
By not in system - AOL NewsKIEV, Ukraine -- Russia's president argued Tuesday that tough international guidelines could help prevent accidents like the massive Chernobyl meltdown , defending nuclear energy during solemn ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history. Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych took part in a religious service outside Chernobyl's damaged No. 4 nuclear reactor, laying the first stone of a monument to cleanup workers and laying bouquets of red roses at another monument to Chernobyl victims. Medvedev said he has invited world ...
Chernobyl Widows Mourn as Bell Tolls 25 Times
By not in system - AOL NewsKIEV, Ukraine -- Black-clad Orthodox priests sang solemn hymns, Ukrainians lit thin wax candles and a bell tolled 25 times for the number of years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster as the world began marking the anniversary Tuesday of the worst nuclear accident in history. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill led the nighttime service near a monument to firefighters and cleanup workers who died soon after the accident from acute radiation poisoning. Efrem Lukatsky, AP Ukrainians light candles to commemorate those who died after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a ...
Gorbachev Has Harsh Words for Putin and Medvedev
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday described Russia as an imitation of democracy and accused its current rulers of conceit and contempt for voters, in his harshest criticism of the government yet. Gorbachev criticized Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his protege, President Dmitry Medvedev, for saying that they will decide between them who should run for president in Russia's March 2012 presidential vote. AP / Getty Images Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and his protege of ...
32 Percent of Russians Think the Sun Revolves Around Earth
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsDoes the sun revolve around Earth? Is radioactivity a human invention? Did humans ever live side by side with dinosaurs? A surprising number of people in Russia answered those and other questions with a resounding "yes." A survey published this week by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center targeted scientific superstitions among Russian citizens and was released as Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, announced that Russia should develop its own space exploration agenda. Yet, with their country about to take bolder moves for a future in space, 32 percent of Russians dismiss the idea ...
Russian President Medvedev Signs New START Ratification
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the ratification of a nuclear arms cut pact with the United States. The treaty, known as New START, is a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to "reset" ties with Moscow. The treaty limits each country to 1,550 strategic warheads, down from the current ceiling of 2,200, and also re-establishes a system for monitoring that ended in December 2009 with the expiration of a previous arms deal. In a statement to his security council on Friday, Medvedev said the pact will take effect when the ratification documents are exchanged by ...
Russian Transport Official Sacked in Wake of Deadly Bombing
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsAs Moscow held a day of mourning for the victims of a deadly airport bombing, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today fired a top transportation official and criticized police who patrol transit centers as "passive." Mourners lit candles and brought flowers to the main airport where 35 people were killed by a suicide bomber Monday afternoon, and services were held in the capital's churches, according to reports. Medvedev sacked Maj. Gen. Andrei Alexeyev, the head of the transport police for the region that includes Moscow, The Associated Press reported. The president criticized transport ...
What Can Be Done to Improve Airport Security?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsSecurity experts warn that Monday's suicide bombing in Moscow exposed every airport's Achilles' heel: the vulnerable areas outside interior screening checkpoints where typically hundreds of people roam freely before boarding a plane or picking up a loved one. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today blamed the attack at Domodedovo Airport, which killed 35 people and wounded more than 150, partly on "breaches in security." The explosives were carried in a suitcase and detonated in the arrivals hall in the airport's international terminal. Airport officials have placed some metal detectors ...
Obama Condemns Terrorist Attack at Moscow Airport
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyPresident Obama condemned an attack Monday that killed at least 31 people at a Moscow-area airport, calling it "an outrageous act of terrorism against the Russian people." He offered U.S. assistance to the investigators. Nearly 170 more people were injured, many of them seriously, in the attack at Domodedovo Airport, located on the outskirts of Moscow. The Washington Post reported heightened security throughout the city, including at Moscow's two other major airports and the metro system, where two suicide bombers killed 40 people in March. It was the second time Domodedovo airport has been ...
Fists Fly but Not Much Else in Iced Moscow Airports
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Dec. 29) -- New York's airports aren't the only ones dealing with backlogs from bad weather. Consider Moscow. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin slammed airport bosses today for leaving up to 20,000 passengers stranded for four days, after Moscow's main terminals were forced to shut down following an ice storm. Freezing rains covered runways and jets with a thick layer of ice over the weekend, causing a 14-hour blackout on Sunday at Moscow's largest airport, Domodedovo. That power failure left passengers waiting for their flights in the dark, with no information as to when their planes ...
START Treaty Up for Cliffhanger Vote in Senate
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith the clock running out on the lame-duck session of Congress, the Senate expects to begin voting Tuesday on ratification of the Strategic Arms Nuclear Reduction Treaty, the arms-reduction pact signed in Prague by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April. Proponents of the bill will need 60 votes to end debate on the measure on Tuesday, followed by a two-thirds majority, likely 67 votes, to ratify the treaty later in the week. The issue has become an increasingly contentious one, as Democrats have pushed Republicans to approve the treaty without significant changes, ...
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