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When speaking about the arms race, people tend to mention nuclear rather than chemical weapons. But ecologists consider the latter one of the biggest threats to the environment. Professor Sergei Baranovsky, President of Green Cross Russia, tells RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz what steps are being taken to reduce this threat.
The Fukushima disaster has revived concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants. Russia - with its sad experience after the Kyshtym and Chernobyl tragedies - offered help to Japan, but for some reason it wasn’t accepted immediately. Professor Sergei Baranovsky, president of Green Cross Russia, discusses possible ways to reduce the nuclear threat in the world and reflects on whether it is both possible - or reasonable - get rid of nuclear energy completely.1
Scarcely a week passes without scientists discovering new “threats to humanity.” These threats are often considerably exaggerated and gladly spread by mass media. Sergei Popov, Ph.D., senior research associate at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, in an interview with RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz tries to separate the wheat from the chaff to find out where the real danger lies and what just the product of journalists’ fevered imaginations is. He also talks about magnetars – the most extreme form of neutron stars.1
A rare public display of disharmony broke out between Russia’s ruling tandem last week after Putin provocatively criticized the Western-led military intervention in Libya. Within hours, the Internet was littered with speculation about the apparent rift between the two leaders ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Could the “spat” have been pre-planned? Or is Medvedev attempting to outbid Putin to try to stay in power?1
We, in Russia, are waging a war on terror, although no one has admitted this openly. We neutralize and kill terrorists, and they repay us in kind, by killing innocent civilians.
More and more experts are coming to the conclusion that non-Arab Africa will fall victim of revolutions. The delayed action mine planted by the Europeans during colonization will definitely have a cumulative effect on the whole of central Africa, Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Middle East Institute claims. In an interview with Samir Shakhbaz he also insists that Russia must avoid getting involved in possible wars.
Over the past month there were a series of celebrations in Moscow for the 90th anniversary of one of Russia’s most celebrated teachers – Leonid Milgram. De facto, he built and for more than 40 years, led one of Moscow’s best schools – School number 45. Hundreds of graduates gathered for a gala celebration in a theater in central Moscow on February 25, while thousands of successful former students celebrated around the world: one look at “Milgram’s Children” group on Facebook is enough to realize how widespread this network is.
Experts and analysts are not hesitating in calling the situation in Libya a civil war. How long will it last? What countries may suffer the same fate? Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Middle East Institute, in an interview with RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz claims that revolutionary processes can take a long time and may affect not only the Persian Gulf monarchies but also countries throughout Africa.
The revolution in Libya that is in currently in full swing is holding the world’s attention. Leaders of major countries have condemned Col. Muammar Gaddafi, but the Libyan leader has no intentions of resigning yet. Many experts assert that Libya is on the verge of a civil war and Gaddafi is doomed to lose his power sooner or later.
Japan’s passionate celebration of “Northern territories day” sparked a new phase of tensions in relations between Moscow and Tokyo. Experts and political analysts continue to scrutinize the juridical aspects of the territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands.
Boris Yeltsin, chairman of the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Soviet, flew to Tallinn immediately after the attempt to restore Soviet rule by force in Lithuania on January 13, 1991.
Hosni Mubarak has announced his resignation by saying he won’t run in the next presidential election, which is likely to be held earlier as a result of the large-scale anti-government protests in Cairo, Egypt.1
Mustafa Dzhemilev, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Supreme Rada, tells RIA Novosti correspondent Dmitry Zhmutsky why Crimean Tatars did not take part in the referendum and why they don’t support Crimean autonomy in its present form.
The first month of 2011 was marked by large-scale anti-government protests in Tunisia and Egypt. Can we talk about a trend and can we expect new uprisings in other Arab countries? What are the common traits and what is the difference between the events in Tunisia and Egypt?1
Scientists claim that Betelgeuse, a star 640 light years away from Earth, is going to explode soon. Nikolai Chugai, head of the department of Variable Stars and Astronomical Spectroscopy of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Astronomy shares his views with RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz, on possible threats and impact this star may cause to our planet.
Russia and France have announced a deal to buy the French Mistral-class helicopter carrier. Is this a sign of a new path of the Russian armed forces? What does the rearmament concept look like? Chief editor of RussiaProfile.org Andrei Zolotov, Jr. talks to Alexander Golts, a prominent Russian military analyst and the deputy editor-in-chief of the news website ej.ru
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, extradited from Thailand to the United States in mid-November, has given an interview to RIA Novosti.
Tatyana Shaumyan, head of the Indian Studies Center, shares her views on Russian-Indian relations: their history, prospects, and primary areas of interaction. RIA Novosti’s Samir Shakhbaz interviews her in the days preceding President Dmitry Medvedev’s visit to Delhi.1
Controversy flared up in October over a modern hotel and office development in Maly Kozikhinsky, a historical area in downtown Moscow.