Here's the most far-out part of the theory that Russia hijacked Malaysia...
It's been nearly a year since MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur for a red-eye flight to Beijing on March 8, 2014.The whole world knows what happened next, but so far, no one knows why the plane still...
View ArticlePutin: Ukraine has enough pre-paid gas for 2 days
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he didn't want gas conflicts with Ukraine similar to those in the past.Putin also said that Ukraine had pre-paid gas from Russia...
View ArticleRussia: The car used in Putin critic's killing belongs to an 'in-house...
Russia's finance ministry says the car being sought in connection with the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov belonged to an "in-house security service" for the ministry, according to the Russian...
View ArticleRussian Security Expert Explains Why Moscow May Never Let Snowden Go
On June 23, Edward Snowden got on a plane from Hong Kong to Moscow.He reportedly spent the next 39 days in the Sheremetyevo International Airport, where he formally asked Russia for asylum on July 12...
View ArticleRussian bombers just flew 25 miles off the coast of Ireland
Passenger jets had to dodge Russian bombers flying through air space controlled by Ireland.The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said the two Tu-95 bombers flew some 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the Irish...
View ArticleA photographer set out to meet 100 Russians at every age, and the results are...
When Keen Heick-Abildhauge moved to Russia six years ago, his friends back in Denmark bombarded him with questions about his new home. Are there bears running wild in the streets? Is it freezing? Is...
View ArticleRussia hopes 'Putin koala' still alive
Moscow (AFP) - Russia expressed hope Wednesday that a koala cuddled by President Vladimir Putin at a G20 summit was alive and well after Australia said it had killed off nearly 700 of the animals.Putin...
View ArticleReport: Russia is practicing attack runs against NATO warships in the Black Sea
Russian Su-30s and Su-24s aircraft from Russia's Black Sea Fleet based in Crimea have been conducting mock attack runs on NATO warships operating in the Black Sea, Sputnik News reported.According to...
View ArticleChinese soldiers trained with swords in the snow near the country's border...
Chinese soldiers are taking part in sub-zero training near the country's frozen northern border by Russia. The soldiers were undergoing extreme winter training in Heihe, Heilongjiang. The training took...
View ArticleFrustration with sanctions spikes in Russia
The percentage of Russians who believe Western sanctions have negatively impacted their country has increased fourfold since August of 2014, according to a new poll by the Russian Center for the Study...
View ArticleAn explosion 3,000 feet underground killed 33 miners in war-torn Eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A methane explosion ripped through a coal mine before dawn Wednesday in war-torn eastern Ukraine, killing at least 33 workers, officials said.Miners arriving for work were...
View ArticlePussy Riot says Putin is even worse than the Russian president on 'House of...
Punk rock activists Pussy Riot guest starred as themselves on an early episode of the newest season of "House of Cards," but they were not impressed with how the show's producers portrayed a character...
View ArticleWe still have no idea who killed Putin opponent Boris Nemtsov
I write this post in some trepidation. I have become increasingly concerned and even somewhat irked by a lot of the easy misstatement of basic facts around Boris Nemtsov’s murder and the way that those...
View ArticleRussia is holding military drills in nearby breakaway regions
The Russian military says more than 2,000 servicemen are taking part in "large-scale" air-defense exercises in southern Russia, Crimea, and the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South...
View ArticleMurdered Putin critic's family: We have no faith in the investigation
The daughter of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has revealed that investigators have not spoken to members of his immediate family despite Vladimir Putin’s promise to solve his “vile and...
View ArticleThis video of medics dragging and beating a unconscious patient is...
A video of two medics dragging an apparently unconscious patient out of an apartment building in St Petersburg, beating him with a wet cloth and then throwing him into an ambulance is causing outrage...
View ArticleRussian policeman gets 15-year sentence for allegedly spying for the US
A Russian police officer was convicted Thursday on charges of spying for the United States — using a cache disguised as a rock — and sentenced to 15 years in prison. It was the latest in a host of spy...
View ArticleScribbled note shows Putin critic on trail of increasing Russian deaths in...
It may have been the last note Boris Nemtsov ever wrote, a hurried scrawl in blue pen on a plain white sheet of A4 paper.A day before he was shot dead near the Kremlin last week, the Russian opposition...
View ArticleCAMERON: We're willing to take sanctions on Russia 'to a whole different level'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is taking a harder stance on Russian President Vladimir Putin than his French and German colleagues.In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published early Friday,...
View ArticleRussia can't afford to pay state employees
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed three new decrees into law that will slash government salaries — including his own and that of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev — by 10% from 1 May.The government...
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