It is that president putin and the russian leadership should think about the radical change in the attitude towards the rest of the world and to switch to a cooperative mode. The new measures are apparently aimed at pressuring russia to change its policies. President putin says russias economy wont rebound from its woes and the ruble will stabilize, but hes warned it could take up to two years for that to happen. He appeared before 1,200 reporters for an end of year news conference. Under the most unfavorable scenario, this situation may go on for about two years. The russian president referred to the devastating impact of prices on the ruble. He defend ed the bank aes decision to raise is its key Interest Rate to protect the currency. The Current Situation has been proevoked by external factors. The central bank and the government are taking adequate measures. He also said russia must diversify its economy to reduce its dependence on oil and major export and the key source of income f
Digging through the mud and debris by hand or with shovels. Hiroshima city officials issued evacuation advisories about an hour after the first landslide. Residents say that slow response had consequences. Translator the advisories were issued too late when i realized it was too late to do anything. Using the Community Wireless system wasnt enough. Translator city officials should make the announcements earlier. People could have evacuated if they had issued advisories two hours earlier. Officials in tokyo have issued a directive urging local authorities across the country to deliver more accurate evacuation advisories. Rescuers have been hampered several times since the disaster struck. And experts say survival rates drop for those trapped after 72 hours. Translator we are working in a severe environment. We want to give it everything we have while keeping that 72hour limit in mind. Its a race against time for the rescue workers as the critical hour mark arrives saturday morning. Land
Debris by hand or with shovels. Hiroshima city officials issued evacuation advisories about an hour after the first landslide. Residents say that slow response had consequences. Translator the advisories were issued too late when i realized it was too late to do anything. Using the Community Wireless system wasnt enough. Translator city officials should make the announcements earlier. People could have evacuated if they had issued advisories two hours earlier. Officials in tokyo have issued a directive urging local authorities across the country to deliver more accurate evacuation advisories. Rescuers have been hampered several times since the disaster struck. And experts say survival rates drop for those trapped after 72 hours. Translator we are working in a severe environment. We want to give it everything we have while keeping that 72hour limit in mind. Its a race against time for the rescue workers as the critical hour mark arrives saturday morning. Landslides like the ones in hiro
Belgium royal family have long had close relations. They attended the funeral of the king in 1993. Drivers in myanmars biggest city are reaching destinations more smoothly, enjoying the benefits of computer controlled Traffic Signals designed and made in japan. Officials turned on the power to new lights at the congested intersections. More and more people across the country are getting vehicles and drivers get stuck in jams because of a shortage of signals. The new lights change automatically. Officials are thinking of getting the government to help them install more. Police and local media are looking forward to seeing tailbacks disappear. Officials in chinas Defense Ministry are defending flight drills that prompted japanese planes to scramble. They say theyll conduct the same kind of exercises again. Japanese Officials Say they saw five Chinese Military aircraft from saturday to thursday near the Southern Islands of okinawa. They say selfdefense air force scrambled four times. The