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2011-04-12, 11:05

"The scary thing about radiation is that you can`t feel it"

While the Japanese government is extending the 20 kilometer evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant over risks of long-term radiation, video journalist Tetsuo Jimbo braved the area and went within 1.5 kilometers of the facility.

2011-04-11, 13:48

1Q Russian car sales up 77%

The AEBRUS says that 1Q Russian car sales are up 77% year on year to reach 517,304 vehicles.

2011-04-07, 12:00

Russians losing interest in political life

According to a poll, Russians have been gradually losing interest in politics over the past six years, with up to 59 per cent of citizens being currently indifferent to what is going on in the political life of the country.

2011-04-04, 13:38

Social tax break on the cards

With President Dmitry Medvedev saying the social tax rate - which pays for health care and pensions - should be lowered. Business RT spoke with Pyotr Medvedev a Partner at Ernst and Young.

2011-04-04, 12:25

Putin takes Russian hybrid car for a test drive

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin took the new Russian hybrid car, called the Yo, through a test drive, adding to his extensive list of vehicles he has personally put through the turns.

2011-04-01, 14:23

Russian agriculture from the global perspective

With the government looking to boost Russian agriculture Business RT spoke with Aleksey Pavlov, Unilever group procurement operations director for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, about how competitive Russian agriculture is, and what is changing.

2011-04-01, 13:44

Former dissident seeks Gorbachev`s arrest

Russian writer and former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky is seeking criminal prosecution against former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev for suppressing demonstrations in the last years of the Soviet Union.

2011-03-31, 10:41

Russia`s most-wanted terrorist reportedly killed in air strikes

Doku Umarov, who is listed alongside the world`s most dangerous terrorists by the UN Security Council`s Sanctions Committee, has allegedly been killed in the Republic of Ingushetia. Russian Air Forces bombed a militant training camp on Monday.

2011-03-30, 12:21

Chernobyl to stay deserted forever

After a quarter of a century, radioactive particles still cover the Chernobyl exclusion zone making the land, abandoned after the catastrophe, uninhabitable.

2011-03-29, 09:27

Russian population dwindles since 2002 - statistics

Russia`s population has dwindled by 2.2 million people since 2002 to 142,905,200 people, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta government daily reported on Monday citing preliminary results of last year`s nationwide census.

2011-03-28, 13:33

Entering the fantasy world of Cirque du Soleil

Color, fantasy, and the magic of human transformations. A display of the best Cirque Du Soleil costumes has opened in Moscow offering to meet those inspiring characters from the famous Canadian circus Company all over again.

2011-03-28, 13:19

Capitalism at fault for global crisis

Is capitalism to blame for the rise in unrest and the fall of global markets? One scholar argued yes, saying it is merely how capitalism works.