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Interview: Afghanistan 'Collective Issue' for International Community – Karzai

07:34 14/05/2012 KABUL, May 14 (RIA Novosti)

Lack of security in Afghanistan is a problem for the entire international community rather than of the country alone, and therefore has to be addressed collectively, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview with Russian media.

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Interview: Semshov Slams Russian Football 'Circus'
16:04 07/04/2012
Russia midfielder Igor Semshov talks to RIA Novosti about his frustrations with the alignment of the Russian football season with Europe's winter leagues.
No Limitations on U.S. Missile Defense: Envoy (Interview)
18:30 03/04/2012
The United States will accept no limits on its missile defense plans but will work with Russia in the coming years to assuage Moscow’s concerns over the project, the U.S. envoy to Russia said.29
Thomas Gomart: Russia to Remain at Top of Political Agenda
00:32 03/03/2012
Dr. Thomas Gomart, Vice President for Strategic Development, and Director of the Russia/NIS Center at IFRI (French Institute of International Relations) speaks about Russia’s friends, challenges and changes the country may face after presidential elections.
No One Wants Military Action in Syria – Arab League Envoy
22:01 20/02/2012
The Arab League envoy to Russia has dismissed Moscow's fears of a foreign military intervention in Syria, saying that neither local opposition groups nor international powers were in favor of such a solution to the Syrian crisis.2
Madonna: I Came to Filmmaking with Great Humility
21:04 03/02/2012
Singing songs, writing fairytales and directing movies is almost the same: in each case, you have to tell a story, says Madonna, who has tried it all. In an interview with RIA Novosti’s Olga Grinkrug she talks about W.E., her movie about the abdication of King Edward VIII, which premiered in Russia on February 2. Actors James D'Arcy (King Edward VIII) and Andrea Riseborough (Wallis Simpson) also shared impressions about their work with the pop icon.
Dalai Lama calls on people to think 'world first’
18:04 30/12/2011
Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has called on people to think more of the entire world they live in rather than caring about their own interests first as a way out of the global crisis.
Interview with Alexei Kudrin on potential return to government, euro’s future
13:55 19/12/2011
Former Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin, who served as Russia’s Minister of Finance for over a decade, explains why he had asked Vladimir Putin to replace former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, the conditions under which he would consider returning to the government, his thoughts on the acting finance minister and his forecast on the situation with the euro in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"Jobs saw himself as an artist, he was a perfectionist"
16:02 09/11/2011
Jobs always kept improving his products and changing the way he did things. He had a passion for perfection which meant he had trouble in compromising which meant that it was sometimes hard to get a product but when it came out, it was beautiful.
Russia-U.S. relations after 2012 elections
18:36 02/11/2011
I do not think they will undergo drastic changes after the 2012 elections in Russia. I think, that president Medvedev and prime-minister Putin are basically in agreement about the advisability of the, so called “reset” of the Russian-US relations that has taken place over the last nearly three years.
Nord Stream and South Stream inefficient for Russia – expert
15:27 26/09/2011
In recent years Russia has faced some serious problems with gas transit. Many believe that Russia’s Nord Stream and South Stream projects will be a way out of the situation.
Adam Michnik: “We need a Russian-Polish coalition against idiots”
18:10 23/09/2011
His enemies seldom dare to accuse him directly, preferring to tar him with guilt by association for his family’s past. Adam Michnik, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, has been called a “traitor to the nation” in marginal nationalist publications and at meetings of “anti-liberals.”
Cameron’s visit to Moscow: Views from Russia and Britain
16:11 15/09/2011
The first Russian visit by a British prime minister in the last six years has begun a thaw in bilateral relations. President Dmitry Medvedev said after his meeting with David Cameron that there is no need to over-dramatize differences between the two countries on a number of issues. RIA Novosti has asked a British and a Russian analyst to share their views on David Cameron’s recent visit.
Roza Otunbayeva: we’ve been uncomfortable in our new skin for 20 years now
13:35 09/09/2011
During its independent existence Kyrgyzstan has sustained severe economic downturns, regional upheavals, two revolutions and high ethnic tensions. Moscow News interviewed Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva about the past and future under its joint project with RIA Novosti and the magazine Russia in Global Affairs “Twenty Years without the Soviet Union.”
Stepan Grigoryan on Kremlin’s inability to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue
19:09 06/09/2011
A joint session of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional and the Shaumyan district councils took place in the Karabakh capital of Stepanakert twenty years ago – on September 2, 1991.1
Russia 'have a chance to beat USA' in Rugby World Cup says coach Jones
17:15 31/08/2011
Russia have a real chance of beating the United States in the first game of their debut Rugby World Cup on September 15, insists assistant coach and team director Kingsley Jones.
How the United States slept while the Soviet Union crashed
11:32 19/08/2011
Lt. General Brent Scowcroft served as National Security Advisor under President George H. W. Bush when the coup against Mikhail Gorbachev occurred on August 19, 1991. He was in the White House team when all dramatic changes were happening in Eastern Europe and in the USSR, including the rapid growth of nationalism in the Soviet republics, the movement for independence from the USSR, and, finally, the breakup of the Soviet Union after the coup.2
Former KGB officer describes arrest in Austria
15:43 22/07/2011
Former commander of Russia’s Alpha Group, retired KGB Colonel Mikhail Golovatov, was detained at Vienna’s Schwechat International Airport on an arrest warrant issued by Lithuania. In an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Valery Yarmolenko, Golovatov spoke about his detention and his return to Moscow.
St. Basil’s: No Need to Invent Mysteries
10:47 12/07/2011
St. Basil's the Blessed (Protection Veil of Our Lady) Cathedral, better known as St. Basil's (Intercession) Cathedral, is an architectural symbol of Moscow and Russia. The church, now a museum, is celebrating its 450th anniversary on July 12.
Legal protection of unborn children could boost Russia’s poor demographics
16:42 17/06/2011
Rising abortion rates are deepening Russia’s demographic crisis. The Russian Orthodox Church is becoming increasingly vocal in urging a review of current abortion policies, putting forward a series of legislative measures, which include limiting public funding and introducing a so-called “Week of Silence”.

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