Pat Buchanan Tells The Truth About Vladimir Putin That American Conservatives...
"Is Vladimir Putin a paleo-conservative?" right wing commentator Pat Buchanan wrote in a column for Townhall yesterday. "In the culture war for mankind's future, is he one of us?"With that simple...
View ArticleMikhail Khodorkovsky's Son Speaks Of Meeting His Father After A Decade Of...
The son of the pardoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky told yesterday of the tearful moment when he was reunited with his father, ending a decade-long separation that has defined his adult...
View ArticleKhodorkovsky Says He Will Not Go Into Politics Or Seek Oil Assets
BERLIN (Reuters) - Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin after 10 years in jail, said in remarks published on Sunday that he would not go into politics or...
View ArticleFreed Khodorkovsky Says He'll Fight For Other Political Prisoners
BERLIN/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Sunday he would not seek power in Russiabut fight for the freedom of political prisoners, challenging Vladimir Putintwo days...
View ArticlePussy Riot's Maria Alekhina: 'This Is Not An Amnesty. This Is A Hoax And A PR...
KRASNOYARSK/NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Two members of Russian punk protest band Pussy Riot were freed from prison on Monday, deriding President Vladimir Putin's amnesty that led to their early...
View ArticlePussy Riot Continue To Make Vladimir Putin Look Stupid
Today, Maria Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, two members of Russian art troupe Pussy Riot, were released from prison. The pair were pardoned under an amnesty signed into law last week by Russian...
View ArticleThe Man Who Invented The AK-47 Has Died — Here's His Greatest Regret
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the creator of the famous AK-47 assault rifle, has died at the age of 94, according to Russia Today. He had reportedly been suffering from heart problems and was in intensive care...
View Article17 Works Of Art Made From AK-47s
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the AK-47 designer who died today, has expressed regret at creating something that causes so much death."I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that...
View ArticleRussia Drops Charges Against Greenpeace Activists
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest against Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday and was expected to shortly do the...
View ArticleRescue Underway For Russian Ship Trapped By Antarctic Ice
Three icebreaking ships were Thursday hurrying to reach a Russian vessel carrying 74 people on a scientific expedition which is trapped by ice off Antarctica, with Australian authorities coordinating...
View ArticleThe Value Of The Pussy Riot 'Brand' Is Now A Huge Question
"How much is the Pussy Riot brand worth?"That's the question Masha Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, two members of the Russian art group Pussy Riot, were asked in their first joint TV interview after...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Kills At Least 16 In Russia
15 die in suicide bombing at railway station in southern Russia, scores woundedMOSCOW (AP) — Sixteen people died and scores were wounded Sunday as a female suicide bomber struck at a railway station in...
View ArticleVideo Of The Moment A Suicide Bomb Went Off In A Russian Train Station
A suicide bomber in a train station in Volgograd, Russia has killed at least 16.Via RT, here's video of the moment of the explosion.Join the conversation about this story »
View Article14 Killed After Second Deadly Blast In The Russian City Of Volgograd
At least 14 people have been killed in an explosion on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd.The blast occurred less than 24 hours after at least 17 people were killed when a suicide bomber...
View ArticleRussian Blasts Ignite Fears Surrounding Sochi Olympics
MOSCOW (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 14 people aboard an electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd during the Monday morning rush hour, and authorities believe it was the work of the same...
View ArticleThe White House Just Passive-Aggressively Offered Russia More Help Ahead Of...
The White House issued a statement early Monday afternoon condemning the two terrorist attacks that have claimed at least 31 lives in Russia over the past two days. And it strongly suggested that, six...
View ArticleHow Stalin Defeated Christmas And Forever Changed The Day When Russians Get...
On December 26, my Belarusian friend gleefully told me that he had spent the day shopping for presents in New York, scooping up incredible post-Christmas deals.He could do this because his family, like...
View ArticlePutin’s Methods Won’t Work On The Suicide Bombers, And That Should Worry...
The horror of the attacks in the city of Volgograd is shocking, even by Russia's grim standards. We have become accustomed to terrorists' indiscriminate choice of victims and locations. We have even...
View ArticlePutin Vows To Annihilate 'Terrorists' After Suicide Bombings Kill 33
VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to annihilate "terrorists" following two deadly bomb attacks in less than 24 hours in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that...
View ArticleIt's A Mistake To Say Chinese Personal Consumption Is Weak
If I asked you to name the biggest online shopping day of the year, what would you guess? Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Free Shipping Day in mid-December?Guess again.Even though Cyber Monday sales were...
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