Russian Oil Giants Set To Spearhead Sharp Rise In Private Paramilitary Armies
I’ve just written a short piece for Blouin News on the news that already-relaxed restrictions on the security forces of gas giant Gazprom and oil pipeline corporation Transneft are to be lifted,...
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The Sochi Winter Olympics Are Drowning In Corruption — And It's Way Too Warm
Boris Nemtsov has occupied many roles in post-Soviet Russia, both in government and in the parallel polis that is oppositional politics.He was first elected governor of Nizhny Novgorod, whose...
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Forget The F-22 And F-35, Russia's New Su-35 Fighter Jet Blows Them Away
The Su-35 (NATO designation Flanker E), Russia’s latest version of the famous super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet has demonstrated its stunning capabilities during the first day of the 50th Paris...
View ArticleLarge Explosion At Russian Ammunition Depot
A technical fault is believed to have caused a large explosion at an ammunition depot in Russia’s Samara region, Ria Novosti reports. The blast is near the small town of Chapaevsk, and occured around...
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WHITE HOUSE TELLS PUTIN: 'Expel Mr. Snowden Without Delay'
The White House delivered a terse warning to Russia and President Vladimir Putin Tuesday afternoon, saying it had a "clear legal basis" to expel National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden from...
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Journalists Scoured The Airport Transit Area And Found No Sign Of Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin may say Edward Snowden is a "free man," but he's nowhere to be seen in the Sheremetyevo International Airport transit center, at least according to the reporters who...
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Edward Snowden Is Still Hiding In Moscow Airport, No Flight Booked
(Reuters) - A former U.S. spy agency contractor sought by Washington on espionage charges appeared on Wednesday to be still in hiding at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and the national airline said he...
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It's Naive Of America To Demand Russia Extradite Snowden
While the White House orders the Kremlin to arrest and extradite Edward Snowden, the 30-year-old government contractor who leaked secrets from the National Security Agency, it seems unlikely that...
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In 2009 Edward Snowden Said People Who Leak To Journalists 'Should Be Shot In...
In 2009 National Security Agency whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden (aka TheTrueHOOHA) told a chat room that anonymous sources who leak information to journalists "should be shot in the balls," Joe...
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European Police Demolish Georgian Gang With Arrest Blitz
On 18 June, police in six European countries carried out coordinated operations, arresting 18 alleged members of the Georgian organized crime group known as the Kutaisi clan. Coordinated by the Italian...
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How NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden May Have Botched His Getaway
Edward Snowden is a legitimate whistleblower — he published the first concrete evidence of the NSA's domestic surveillance apparatus, corroborating claims made by previous whistleblowers and raising...
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Does This Map Reveal One Of Russia's Secret Stealth Fighter Jets?
Satellite mapping services, like those powered by Google and the search engine Bing, can be somewhat non-discriminatory in what they post online, showing in the past potential military secrets and even...
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Russian Lawmaker: 'Morally Impermissible' To Hand Over Snowden
A top Russian lawmaker on Sunday declared it was "morally impermissible" to hand over to the United States fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who remains in a political limbo at a Moscow...
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Russia Officially Makes It Illegal To Talk To Kids About Gays
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill Sunday criminalizing "propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation,"the Associated Press reports.Putin's okay was the last step in making the...
View ArticleRussian Rocket Crashes In Spectacular Fashion Just Seconds After Takeoff [VIDEO]
Gorgeous piece of video here of an unmanned Russian rocket crashing mere seconds after takeoff.Per The Times of London:Russian media reported no injuries but the value of the loss of the three Glonass...
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Russian Couple Sentenced To Prison For Spying In Germany Over 25 Years
Spying seems to be all the rage these days. Same goes for getting caught doing it.An accused Russian spy couple has been sentenced to a few years in prison for conducting espionage operations in...
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Kremlin Has No Idea If Former Spy Anna Chapman's Marriage Proposal To Edward...
In a strange twist to the case of Edward Snowden this week, Anna Chapman, a former Russian spy who went on to model in lingerie for men's magazines, tweeted a marriage proposal to the...
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The Most Impressive Aircraft From The 2013 Paris Air Show
The following images were taken at Le Bourget, by Erwan Malgras.They show just a selection of the most interesting aircraft that have attended the Paris Air Show 2013.The Piaggio P.1HH HammerHead, a...
View ArticleProsecuted Activist Slams Russia's 'Feudal Order' In Dramatic Closing Statement
Last week the Kirov-based trial of Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny began to wind up.Navalny, a lawyer who became famous for an anti-corruption blog and his role at anti-Putin...
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Two Americans Take A 10,000-Mile Bike Ride Across Russia
On April 15, 2009, my friend Ellery Althaus and I left Vladivostok, Russia, on bicycles and started riding toward Portugal.Our goal was to cross all of Russia on bike and continue through Europe.For...
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