What Russia wants: Moscow is not bent on world domination, just regional influence.
RUSSIA'S MILITARY intervention in Georgia has provoked a storm of negative reactions in the United States and Europe. To most Americans--and apparently to spluttering Bush administration officials--Moscow's actions came as an unpleasant surprise. Pundits and policy experts immediately began to speculate about the Kremlin's motives in Georgia and beyond....

Analysis.
MOSCOW - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has twice rebuked the government led by his predecessor Vladimir Putin in the past couple of weeks, raising questions of whether a rift is developing between the powerful former Kremlin leader and the man he chose to replace him. On both...

Russians 'clear' De la Paz.
Russian Customs authorities have cleared retired Philippine National Police (PNP) Director for Comptrollership Eliseo de la Paz and ordered the transfer of the controversial 105,000 euros (R6.9 million) that was seized from him in Moscow, Russia last Oct. 11, 2008. De la Paz, who assumed full responsibility...

Russia's Reputation at Risk in Gas Dispute; Affected European nations already more disapproving than approving.
Byline: Elizabeth Mendes Synopsis: Gallup Polls conducted in 24 European nations affected or potentially affected by Russia's gas shutoff reveal that residents in most of these nations were already more disapproving than approving of Russia's leadership. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The ongoing gas dispute between Russia...

IMAX Signs First Digital Theatre Deal in Russia.
National Amusements' Rising Star Media Expands IMAX Network in Russia IMAX's Digital Projection System Continues to Drive Expansion in European Markets TORONTO, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Rising Star Media, a joint venture between National Amusements, Inc. and Soquel...

Classroom use of the art print: Viktor Ivanov (Russian; b.1924). The Afternoon Snack, c. 1966. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THINGS TO LEARN Viktor Ivanov was born in Moscow in 1924, five years after the Russian revolution, which gave birth to the Soviet Union. After completing art school, Ivanov created propaganda posters during the end of World War II, and also during the...

Arobella Medical CEO Speaks at International Wound Care Conference in Paris.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Eliaz Babaev, Ph.D., D.Sc., co-founder and CEO of Arobella Medical, LLC, a leader in advanced ultrasonic wound care, presented on the fundamentals of ultrasound assisted wound treatment at the 1st International Workshops on Wound Technology at the Palais des Congres in Paris, France on...

ABBYY and Workshare Collaborate to Deliver Complete PDF-Driven Solutions to the Legal Industry.
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- ABBYY(R), a world leader in the development of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, today announced a strategic partnership with Workshare, a global leader in content protection and control. Through the partnership, Workshare will integrate ABBYY's optical character recognition (OCR) technologies into...

Dr. Robert K. Massey Jr.
WORCESTER Robert K. Massey, Jr. died Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at the age of 67. Born and raised in Worcester, he was the son of the late Robert K. and Barbara A. (Steinert) Massey. Dr. Massey graduated from Amherst College and earned an M.A. from the University...

Around The Nation.
US Embassy closed Monday The US Embassy and its affiliated offices will be closed to the public on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an American holiday. 4 wounded in grenade attack GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Four...