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NEW DELHI, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - India...

NEW DELHI, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - India will discuss the modernization of the Russian-made Su-30MKI aircraft in service with its air force during an upcoming military-technical cooperation meeting in Moscow, the country"s Defense Ministry said on Friday.


MOSCOW, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - The development...

MOSCOW, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - The development of offshore software programming has become a state priority task in Russia. Participants in the Russian IT market believe that the implementation of measures written into the Conception of the IT Market"s Development in the Russian Federation, that was adopted recently, can make Russia the world"s second country on the IT outsourcing market after India and allow it to outpace China. This information was presented in the Supplement to the Kommersant newspaper. At present, India is the indisputable leader on the IT outsourcing market. It accounts for nearly 40% of this market and accumulates over $11 bln in foreign investments. China is slightly ahead of Russia in terms of turnover on the offshore programming market: last year, this segment of the Chinese market amounted to about $1 bln, whereas the turnover of the Russian offshore programming market should reach $994 mln by the end of this year (by the data of the RUSSOFT Association). In the opinion of Nil Vereshchagin, commercial director of the Russian LUXOFT company, "at present, Russia is trying to take a worthy place in the world industry of ordered programming. High skills of Russian specialists and a developed infrastructure in big Russian cities are the main reasons why Western clients choose our companies." According to RUSSOFT"s forecasts, if the Conception"s provisions are fully implemented, in five to six years the Russian export market of IT services will increase to $10 bln, of which offshore software programming will account for more than a third.


Legendary Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova...

Legendary Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova has been hospitalized in Moscow with heart problems, a source at the Botkin Hospital said.

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BAKU, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - A two-day...

Terrapinn said Nabucco Gas Pipeline International Managing Director Reinhard Mitschek will speak on the possibility of implementing the Nabucco pipeline project at Gas Infrastructure World Caspian 2009.

Rovnag Abdullayev, the president of Azerbaijan"s State Oil Company (SOCAR), will open the conference, touching upon the competitiveness of Caspian natural gas at a time of low gas prices, as well as joint work with Russia, Europe and Asia and other issues.

Andris Piebalgs, the European Commission"s Energy Commissioner, will address the role of Caspian gas in Europe"s energy security, and British Minister of State for Energy Lord Hunt will speak on the challenges to overcome.

Europe has expressed concern about its reliance on Russia, which meets a quarter of its gas needs. Calls for diversified supplies intensified following a bitter price dispute between Moscow and Kiev in early 2009, when Russia cut off gas to Ukraine, affecting consumers across Europe. Russia

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