Russian Federation News - Page 3

International news brief: President Dmitry Medvedev said he would tolerate no delays in moving all gambling to special regional zones within two months.

International news brief: Many of Moscow's gambling businesses will reorganize as poker clubs after a July 1 ban on casinos goes into effect.

International news brief: More than 1,000 casinos have been closed down in Moscow in the past 18 months under a law passed last year to move gambling from large cities to far-flung regions.

Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. announces its first Eastern European Casino Affiliate Convention taking place June 7-8, 2008 in Moscow, Russia.

International News Brief: A Russian law forcing gambling out of Moscow and St. Petersburg from July next year will deter investment in the industry and should be relaxed, the country’s Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Union said Friday.

Titan Poker will send its players to Russia for the first time ever - to compete in the White Night Millions in the heart of Saint Petersburg.

Octavian International Limited has secured a 1.76 million Euro order to supply the latest Super V+ Gaminator gaming machines to the Russian market.

International News Brief: Russia’s Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov inked a ruling to set up a gambling zone, Azov-City, in the Scherbinovsky district of Krasnodar area and the Azov district of Rostov region, the RF government’s press service reported.

International News Brief: More than 300 slot machine halls have stopped operating in St. Petersburg, Russia, since Jan. 1, according to local officials.

International News Brief: Novak Djokovic, the world No3, claims he was offered £110,000 to lose in the first round of a tournament in St Petersburg last year.

International News Brief: How laws establishing special gambling zones around Russia will affect the development of the hotel industry is dividing analysts and industry experts.

International News Brief: South Africa casino company Sun International has dropped a major casino development plan in Moscow due to city regulations and a new federal gambling law.

International News Brief: A rapid growth in gambling has prompted Russia to ban all casinos and gaming halls from its major towns and cities.

nternational News Brief: The Legislative Assembly passed the bill ‘About prohibition of gambling business in the Krasnoyarsk Territory’ in the first reading.

International News Brief: Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave final backing to a bill that will close casinos and slot-machine halls in most of the country.

International News Brief: The State Duma has adopted a law that will put into effect the instruction of the President on the creation of four special zones, where casinos, slot-machine and video-game halls will be concentrated in Russia.

International News Brief: The committee on economic policy under the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament recommend the house to approve the second reading of the amendments to the gambling bill, specifying the locations of gambling zones.

International News Brief: Russia’s State Duma deputies unanimously gave tentative approval Wednesday to a bill that would tighten the screws on gamblers and ultimately ban gambling except in four special zones from 2009.

International News Brief :Russia’s State Duma has voted down a bill on state regulation of the gambling and betting industry.

International News Brief: Shares in South Africa's biggest casino and hotel company Sun International jumped 3 percent on Wednesday after it said it was planning a major casino investment in Russia.