Vladimir Putin To Commute To Work in Helicopter
Vladimir Putin will soon be commuting to work via helicopter, leaving his traditional Mercedes limousine at home.According to the Moscow Times, builders have completed the construction of a helipad at...
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Russia Defends Sale Of 'Ship Killer' Missiles To Syria
Russian foreign minister Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed criticism over reports that Moscow sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "I do not understand why...
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Russia Has Just Made Sure That Any US Deliveries Of Weapons To Syria Will Be...
Russia has deployed upwards of a dozen ships to its naval base in Syria over the past three months, and recently sent advanced anti-ship missiles to the embattled Syrian government, highlighting the...
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Russia Reveals Identity Of CIA Moscow Chief Following US Spy Debacle
The Federal Security Service in Russia has revealed the identity of the CIA's station chief in Moscow in a breach of protocol.The revelation, made by an FSB spokesman who accused the US agency of...
View ArticleCrazy Footage Of 737 On Fire, Tires Melting, People Running Off The Plane
Luckily there were no injuries in Moscow Saturday when a plane caught fire and burned on the tarmac at Vnukovo airportThere were 136 passengers on the flight, one of whom talked to Reuters."It turned...
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Russia's 'Zaslon' Military Operators Are So Shadowy They Make Ninjas Look...
There is quite a cult that has grown up around Russia’s Spetsnaz special forces, with books, movies and exposes both serious and farcical alike. Names such as Alpha and Vympel have become well known....
View ArticleRussian Dash Cam Catches Car Flipping 15 Feet In The Air
Russian dashboard cameras capture life at its most terrifying.The latest clip shows a car careening off the road, hitting an embankment and flipping about 15 feet in the air. One passenger died,...
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Russian Intelligence Kills Two Suspected Terrorists In Moscow Shootout
Two "militants" got in a shootout with special forces from Russia's intelligence service (FSB) today in Moscow, reports Ria Novosti.The FSB claimed the suspected terrorists had plans to attack targets...
View ArticleThe Eurovision Song Contest Is Tearing Russia And Azerbaijan Apart
This weekend was the 58th Eurovision song contest, a campy, nationalistic song contest that briefly united Europe (and places we wouldn't traditionally consider Europe) for one night of singing in...
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New Arms Bill In Congress Could Involve Major Sanctions On Russia
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Tuesday to pass a bill that will be highly unpopular in Moscow, not to mention Damascus.The bill heads first to the Senate, then to the House (where...
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Paul McCartney Calls Russian Authorities For Pussy Riot Release
In a letter to Russian officials, British star Paul McCartney expressed his support for Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Pussy Riot punk band who was sentenced to two years in jail after the...
View ArticleA New Astronaut Crew Just Successfully Blasted Off To The Space Station
The International Space Station will soon get three new crew members, who just launched their way off of Earth today, May 28, 4:31 p.m. EST.Russian Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, and NASA astronaut...
View ArticleRussian Makes Record-Breaking BASE Jump From Mount Everest
On the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, Russian daredevil Valery Rozov BASE jumped — i.e. a parachute jump from a fixed point — off the north face.At nearly 4.5 miles...
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The Global Showdown Over Syria Has Reached A Pivotal Point
The White House is considering a no-fly-zone in Syria.Russia plans to send the S-300 missile system to Syria, which could down aircraft attempting to enforce a no-fly zone.Someone has to blink — or...
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Assad: Syria Has Received Its First Russian S-300 Missile Shipment
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria has received the first shipment of an air defense system from Russia, President Bashar al-Assad was quoted as saying, sending a signal of military strength days before an EU...
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Russia Is Purging American 'Diplomats' From Moscow Like Bottles Of Bad Vodka
There seems to be an Americanskaya chistka, an American purge in Moscow.After January’s quiet expulsion of an alleged CIA agent, Benjamin Dillon, and this week’s rather less quiet PNGing of Ryan Fogle,...
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Up To $30 Billion Reportedly Stolen From Russian Winter Olympics Preparation
The 2014 Sochi Olympics are already expected to be amongst the most expensive in history, with reports that Russia will dwarf the $6 billion Vancouver spent in 2010 with an estimated final budget of...
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An Israeli Attack On New Syrian Missiles Would 'Kill A Lot Of Russians'
The S300 anti-aircraft missiles that Russia has reportedly started sending to Syria don't just pose a threat to Israeli or American pilots; they also pose a threat to Russians on the ground.If Israel...
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RUSSIA: The US Had Enough Information To Stop The Boston Bombings
Russian officials believe they provided the U.S. with enough information to prevent the Boston Marathon bombings, The Boston Globe reports.Russia warned the U.S. that Tamerlan Tsarnaev — the bombing...
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Russia Sending Air Defense Missile Systems To Syria Should Be Called...
Russian personnel have been on the ground in Syria for months.If Russia carries through with its weapons deals — S300 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) — there will be more Russian personnel on the ground...
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