Mass Media Overview

http://www.fibaeurope.com
10.02.2011
EuroCup Women
Chevakata hit back from a 13-point first-leg deficit and beat Nantes Rezé on Thursday to advance to the EuroCup Women Quarter-Finals.

http://www.businessweek.com/
January 17, 2011
By Maria Kolesnikova and Zijing Wu
Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Nord Gold NV, a unit of Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov's steelmaker OAO Severstal, began an initial public offering of shares in London to raise more than $1 billion for expansion and to repay its parent's debt.

http://sportnavigator.nl/
10.01.2011
Exactly ten years after Dimitri Shepel, Russia again has a European allround champion. In the Italian Collalbo Ivan Skobrev won the title and achieved his first major victory.

http://english.ruvr.ru/ by Maria Domnitskaya
Nov 18, 2010
The Russian "brother" of Santa Claus – Father Frost, who is loved by children for giving presents, has received an unusual present himself.

http://en.rian.ru/
Dec 10, 2009
Daniil Nizamutdinov
In the run-up to the Year of Russia in France and the Year of France in the Russian Federation, Russia was invited as an honorary guest to participate in the famous Christmas Fair in Strasbourg. The fair dates back to the 16th century. The Russian delegation headed by no other than Father Frost (Russian Santa Claus) himself, set up a "Russian village" in the centre of Strasbourg and organized a performance by a folk ensemble from Vologda on Strasbourg's main square.

http://severstal.com
6.12.2010
The commissioning ceremony was attended by Vologda oblast Vice-Governor Nikolai Kostygov, Cherepovets' mayor Oleg Kuvshinnikov, chief executive officer of Severstal Russian Steel Division and General Director of Cherepovets Steel Mill "Severstal" Alexander Grubman.

http://noradsanta.wikia.com
As the end of the first decade of the 21st Century approaches, a resurgent Russian Federation seeks to compete with the West in numerous areas. One of these areas is competition by the Russian Father Frost with the western-oriented Santa Claus and in turn competition by the GLONASS Tracks Father Frost Project with the western-oriented NORAD Tracks Santa Program.

http://stpetersburg.usconsulate.gov
On July 20-21, the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission introduced a new American word – and a new musical form – to Vologda, the "Cultural Capital of Northern Russia," when it sponsored the first-ever Russian Bluegrass Festival headlined by Colorado’s own Pete and Joan Wernick (Dr. and Nurse Banjo).

www.miningweekly.com
23rd September 2010
Russia's largest steel producer, Severstal agreed to buy Canada's Sacre-Coeur Minerals Ltd to boost its mining operations in Guyana in a deal that values the gold explorer at about C$65 million, sending Sacre-Coeur shares to a two-year high.

Just Russia, project of the Russian Union Travel Industry
One of the great Russian pastimes is berry- and mushroom-picking in the forest. The Vologda Region is a real paradise for berry and mushroom fans, as well as for hunters and fishermen.