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New airport opens in Russian Black Sea town
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KRASNODAR, southern Russia, June 6 (Itar-Tass) -- A new airport opened
in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik on Satrurday.
Russian Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov, Dzhambulat Khatuov,
the first vice-governor of the Krasnodar territory, the town head Viktor
Khrestin and Sergei Likharev, the general director of the group of Cuban
airports "BazelaAERO" were present at the opening ceremony.
"The new airport in Gelendzhik is a unique event. In recent years
Russia has predominantly rebuilt and modernized old airports. The
Gelendzhik airport is the first to have been started from scratch," Okulov
went on to say.
The First Vice-Governor Dzhambulat Khatuov described the airport's
opening as historical for further development of the Russian Black Sea
resorts.
"Russian hasn't built airports for 25 years, and the one in Gelendzhik
is the first portent," Khatuov said. He thanked the Russian government for
allocating investments for the construction.
The last time the residents of
Gelendzhik heard the roar of aviation engines was in 2004 when the old
airport closed for repairs. However, it was then decided that a new
airport with a capacity of no less than 500, 000 people a year should be
built. The funds came from the federal budget and private investors. The
construction of a new runway and a new airport building cost 6 billion and
1.5 billion roubles, respectively.
The construction began in 2005.
The new runway is 3,100 meters long and 60 meters wide. It will be
able to receive planes even in bad weather.
A total of 2.8 million tourists spent their summer vacation in
Gelendzhik last year, and with the new airport - the number is set to grow
even further.
.Russia to develop ties with Singapore on bilateral & intl agenda.
MOSCOW, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei
Ivanov said that Russia wanted to cooperate with Singapore both on
bilateral and international agenda at a meeting with Singaporan Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday. Both are attending the 9th
international conference for security in the Asia-Pacific region "The
Shangri-La Dialogue".
The sides noted their intention to expand the legal foundation of
bilateral relations, deepen political dialogue, establish
military-technological cooperation and increase trade, economic,
scientific and cultural ties as well as to develop closer cooperation
aimed at improving the security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sergei Ivanov said that Russia's relations with Singapore were free
from disputable issues and fundamental differences.
"The high-level talks held in November 2009 confirmed once again that
we hold close or identical views on many key contemporary issues. This
opens new opportunities for continuing a constructive dialogue, including
within the framework of various international organizations," Ivanov went
on to say.
The dynamics of Russian-Singaporan trade and economic relations has
been positive despite the economic crisis. Ivanov said that bilateral
trade exchanges reached 2.019 billion dollars in 2009.
. Austria welcomes annual Open World festival.
VIENNA, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - The annual international "Open World"
festival opened in Baden, Austria, on Saturday. The Russian company
Gazpromexport is one of the main sponsors.
The festival drew together music groups from Russia, Serbia, the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany and Austria.
About 100 children sang, danced and staged various acts in the streets
of Baden.
"Thirty percent of these children are either invalids, orphans or
children coming from flash spots. But what's more important is that all of
them are talented musicians," Alexander Betanishvili, the festival's main
organizer from the Austrian side and the chairman of the Energy for Life
fund, told Itar-Tass.
"We are a workshop for the children who come here, and the instruments
in this workshop are music, culture and dances."
A fair of children's crafts and an exhibition of drawings were held in
the town as part of the festival. Some drawings were later sold at an
auction for hundreds of euros. All the proceeds from sales worth 2,000
euros were transferred to a branch of the SOS Children's Villages in Haiti.
Baden will be the venue of the children's musical festival for the
next five years under an agreement that was signed on Saturday.
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KRASNODAR, southern Russia, June 6 (Itar-Tass) -- A new airport opened
in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik on Satrurday.
Russian Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov, Dzhambulat Khatuov,
the first vice-governor of the Krasnodar territory, the town head Viktor
Khrestin and Sergei Likharev, the general director of the group of Cuban
airports "BazelaAERO" were present at the opening ceremony.
"The new airport in Gelendzhik is a unique event. In recent years
Russia has predominantly rebuilt and modernized old airports. The
Gelendzhik airport is the first to have been started from scratch," Okulov
went on to say.
The First Vice-Governor Dzhambulat Khatuov described the airport's
opening as historical for further development of the Russian Black Sea
resorts.
"Russian hasn't built airports for 25 years, and the one in Gelendzhik
is the first portent," Khatuov said. He thanked the Russian government for
allocating investments for the construction.
The last time the residents of
Gelendzhik heard the roar of aviation engines was in 2004 when the old
airport closed for repairs. However, it was then decided that a new
airport with a capacity of no less than 500, 000 people a year should be
built. The funds came from the federal budget and private investors. The
construction of a new runway and a new airport building cost 6 billion and
1.5 billion roubles, respectively.
The construction began in 2005.
The new runway is 3,100 meters long and 60 meters wide. It will be
able to receive planes even in bad weather.
A total of 2.8 million tourists spent their summer vacation in
Gelendzhik last year, and with the new airport - the number is set to grow
even further.
.Russia to develop ties with Singapore on bilateral & intl agenda.
MOSCOW, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei
Ivanov said that Russia wanted to cooperate with Singapore both on
bilateral and international agenda at a meeting with Singaporan Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday. Both are attending the 9th
international conference for security in the Asia-Pacific region "The
Shangri-La Dialogue".
The sides noted their intention to expand the legal foundation of
bilateral relations, deepen political dialogue, establish
military-technological cooperation and increase trade, economic,
scientific and cultural ties as well as to develop closer cooperation
aimed at improving the security architecture in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sergei Ivanov said that Russia's relations with Singapore were free
from disputable issues and fundamental differences.
"The high-level talks held in November 2009 confirmed once again that
we hold close or identical views on many key contemporary issues. This
opens new opportunities for continuing a constructive dialogue, including
within the framework of various international organizations," Ivanov went
on to say.
The dynamics of Russian-Singaporan trade and economic relations has
been positive despite the economic crisis. Ivanov said that bilateral
trade exchanges reached 2.019 billion dollars in 2009.
. Austria welcomes annual Open World festival.
VIENNA, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - The annual international "Open World"
festival opened in Baden, Austria, on Saturday. The Russian company
Gazpromexport is one of the main sponsors.
The festival drew together music groups from Russia, Serbia, the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany and Austria.
About 100 children sang, danced and staged various acts in the streets
of Baden.
"Thirty percent of these children are either invalids, orphans or
children coming from flash spots. But what's more important is that all of
them are talented musicians," Alexander Betanishvili, the festival's main
organizer from the Austrian side and the chairman of the Energy for Life
fund, told Itar-Tass.
"We are a workshop for the children who come here, and the instruments
in this workshop are music, culture and dances."
A fair of children's crafts and an exhibition of drawings were held in
the town as part of the festival. Some drawings were later sold at an
auction for hundreds of euros. All the proceeds from sales worth 2,000
euros were transferred to a branch of the SOS Children's Villages in Haiti.
Baden will be the venue of the children's musical festival for the
next five years under an agreement that was signed on Saturday.
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