Safety for passengers of the Moscow metro is a very serious issue. The biggest problem is a possibility to fall down on railway tracks, especially during rush hours. About 150 people fall off the metro platforms every year. Suicides make a half of such incidents. Over 1,500 people were injured in the Moscow underground in 2008

09.03.2010
Over 95 per cent of stories about Russia in the Western media are at least intrusive and at worst, fraught with insolence. Yesterday, it was absurd lies about the “DePutinization” of Russia, while the fact that Unified Russia (Government Party) enjoys well over three times the popularity of the entire opposition combined went untold. The flavour of the moment today is “pundits” predicting Russia’s marginalization in the world when exactly the opposite is happening.

08.03.2010
Much is made in the western press about a demonstration in Kaliningrad and something increasingly referred to as a “DePutinization” of Russia, yet nothing whatsoever is reported about the fact that Russian opinion polls, conducted openly and without an iota of manipulation, point towards massive popularity rates for the Government.

05.03.2010
Russia will not be able to dictate prices on its exported fuel. The demand on oil and gas will remain, of course, but it will be a different kind of demand, where the customer, not the producer, will dictate the prices, specialists say. The current oil price is still a consolation. However, the price is high, and it seems like there is no need to think of development