"Beeline" Offers Ring Back Tones Instead of Beeps Aug 13, 2008
The first stage of launching included 14 cities (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Tver, Vladimir, Ryazan, Tula, Stavropol, Pyatigorsk, Krasnodar, Ekaterinburg, Saratov and Rostov-on-Don). The "Hello" service became available nationwide on July 1, 2008. (PR Newswire)
Medvedev: Georgia must withdraw troops from South Ossetia Aug 10, 2008
Paratroopers from Russia's Ivanovo, Moscow and Pskov airborne divisions have been sent to Tskhinvali, Medvedev said. While Saakashvili urged an immediate truce, Georgia's parliament on Saturday approved a presidential decree imposing a 15-day martial law in the Caucasian country. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia says U.S. shield won't make Europe safer Jun 27, 2008
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) visits a missile base in Teikovo in the Ivanovo region. Top Stories Video. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Russian President Pledges to Bolster Nuclear Arsenal May 16, 2008
Medvedev inspected Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles and spoke to officers at the base near Teikovo, a town in the Ivanovo region some 150 miles northeast of Moscow. "I'm impressed by both the weapons and the level of training," Medvedev said after inspecting the missiles, which are concealed by the military in a dense pine forest. (Fox News)
* FEATUE: Russian hinterlands in the midst of retail revolution Apr 7, 2008
EVERYONE'S BUYING': This year 85 million Russians are expected to have US$350 available in disposable income each month, which is sparking a consumer spending boom AFP, IVANOVO, RUSSIA Monday, Apr 07, 2008, Page 10 ... She heads a network of mobile phone shops in Ivanovo X a run-down region 300km northeast of Moscow X for Euroset, one of the Russian retail giants that are rivaling Europes most established names ... She started out by opening four shops in Ivanovo for Euroset in 2004. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Russia's City of Brides Spurs Baby Boom With Loans, Kindergarten Spaces Mar 28, 2008
The Ivanovo region has the highest ratio of women to men in Russia, a legacy of the Soviet textile mills that imported female workers from across the country ... When I get in the lift of our building, I'm surrounded by so many kids it makes me think of rabbits,'' Wilsdon, 32, says at the 12th floor apartment he shares with Anna, 29, in Ivanovo ... By contrast, births in the Ivanovo region jumped 7. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
RWE, Sintez Win Auction for Russian Power Utility With $378 Million Offer Mar 15, 2008
TGK-6, with 14 power plants near the textile-producing city of Ivanovo, as well as Nizhny Novgorod and Penza, has 3,140 megawatts of capacity, about 10 percent more than TGK-2 or TGK-10. TGK-2 controls 16 natural-gas and fuel oil-fired power stations and has an installed capacity of 2,453 megawatts. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Putin reveals surprise plan to be prime minister Oct 3, 2007
One of the delegates at the conference, Yelena Lakshina from the region of Ivanovo, begged Mr Putin to stay on in the top job. "Let's think of something together, so that Vladimir Vladimirovich can stay president after 2008," she implored him. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Russia to deploy more new ballistic missiles... Sep 2, 2007
He said previously a second missile battalion, equipped with advanced Topol-M (SS-27) road-mobile ICBMs, will be put on combat duty before the end of the year and that the deployment of silo-based Topol-M systems in the Saratov Region and road-mobile systems in the Ivanovo Region (central Russia) would be completed in 2010. As of December 2006, the Strategic Missile Forces operated 44 silo-based and three mobile missile systems. (The Drudge Report)
The rise and rise of Moscow's Mr Nasty Aug 2, 2007
and a hatred of NATO, Sergei Ivanov is seen as Putin's chosen heir, writes Adrian Blomfield in Ivanovo ... ON THE grimy walls of the Ivanovo Machine Tools Factory, a declining Soviet behemoth, hangs a solitary display of safety guidelines ... Visits such as the one to the factory in Ivanovo, a gloomy city 350 kilometres north of Moscow, are the closest he is likely to come to electioneering. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Putin Tightens Controls on Online News Before 2008 Presidential Election Apr 11, 2007
Last year, the authorities shut down a Web site called Kursiv in the city of Ivanovo, northeast of Moscow, that lampooned Putin as a ``phallic symbol of Russia'' for his drive to boost the birthrate. Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Russia isn't restricting media freedom and that the new agency isn't aimed at policing the Web. (Bloomberg)
Big Rescue Effort All for Nothing Jan 25, 2007
"We are awaiting offspring from the lynxes and camels. Pumas can breed all year but usually in winter they slow down this year because of the warm weather we will see Puma 'kittens' two months early," said Maxim Kozlov, the curator at Ivanovo Zoo. That's One Massive Pi. (Fox News)
Russian Zoo Animals Mate Early in Steamy Winter Heat Jan 25, 2007
"Some animals have started their mating season early this year because of the warm winter," Maxim Kozlov, the curator at Ivanovo Zoo, northeast of Moscow, told Reuters by telephone. Russia's spectacular winters came to an end this year in European Russia with little snow and temperatures so warm that animals -- and many Russians -- were left wondering what to do. (Planet Ark, United States)
