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They Took Out The Infamous Double Toilets At The Sochi Olympics
Earlier this week a photo of a bathroom stall with two toilets in it at the Sochi Olympics went viral and caused a firestorm, becoming the symbol of money wasted in creating the Winter Olympics.Today,...
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An Abandoned Russian Cruise Ship Infested With 'Cannibal Rats' Could Soon...
An abandoned Russian cruise ship, the Lyubov Orlova, has been drifting aimlessly in the north Atlantic for nearly a year, after breaking free from its towing line last January. But the empty vessel may...
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Three Questions About Russia Everyone Should #AskSnowden
While many folks rush to thank fugitive leaker Edward Snowden for "starting a conversation" around surveillance, they seem to forget that the U.S. isn't the only state which keeps an eye on people.This...
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Russia Admits It Needs US Military Experience To Secure Sochi From Bombs
The 2014 Sochi Olympics are two weeks away and the Russian government is looking to the U.S. for guidance in detecting and disarming Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), reports Military.com.Russia...
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Olympics Athletes Are Telling Their Families To Stay Home Because They're...
American speed skater Tucker Fredricks’ parents were on hand in Turin, Italy, in 2006 and Vancouver in 2010 to root for their Olympian son. But when Fredricks skates in the Sochi Gamesnext month in...
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Industry Leaders Can Do Little To Avoid The Next Wave Of Cyber Espionage
US cyber security firm Crowdstrike recently released its 2013 Global Threat Report on state and non-state sponsored cyber espionage campaigns, and it has some interesting implications.In short, if the...
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Here's What Emerging-Market Leaders Are Saying And Doing As Their Currencies...
DAVOS/LONDON (Reuters) - Top emerging market policymakers moved to allay concerns about their economies on Friday after investors sold off their currencies, raising fears of a broad market rout.The...
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The Snowden Operation: Did The American Whistleblower Act Alone?
A new book looks at the damage the fugitive American whistleblower and his Snowdenistas are doing to Western interestsEdward Snowden is, in the eyes of many, a secular saint. The fugitive NSA...
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Founder Of 'Russia's Facebook' Sells His Stake In The Company
Pavel Durov, the founder of VKontakte, has sold his stake in the company, which hails itself as Russia’s largest social network. Durov wrote on his VKontakte page that he had sold 12 percent of the...
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Ukraine Is The Center Of The Most Serious Crisis Since The Fall Of The Soviet...
As I write this, Ukraine’s crisis continues to worsen, with the threat of serious violence rising, and today the justice minister hinted that martial law may be imminent. If the Yanukovych regime...
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If There Are No Gays In Sochi, Then Who Goes To The Gay Cabaret Club?
This weekend, Anatoly Pakhomov, the Mayor of Olympic Host City Sochi, told reporters that there were no gays in his city. Asked if gay people should hide their sexuality in the city, Pakhomov told the...
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A Guided Tour Of Sochi's Allegedly Colossal Corruption
The Sochi Winter Olympics, due to start Feb. 7, are already the most expensive Olympics ever. Their estimated cost, at a cool $51 billion, is even more than Beijing's enormous 2008 Olympics, previously...
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70 Years After The Siege Of Leningrad, Russia Looks Back With Horror
Non-Russians may not appreciate the significance of the Siege of Leningrad, which ended 70 years ago today, but Michael McFaul, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, hopes to change that."As an ambassador and as...
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Kiev Expects $2 Billion Payment From Russia's Whopping $15 Billion Promise
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's acting prime minister said on Wednesday he expected the disbursement of the second tranche of $2 billion from a Russian $15 billion aid package "very soon".Ukraine has been...
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Photos Show Sochi Looking Half-Built And Covered In Trash Two Weeks Before...
The Sochi Olympics have been plagued by accusations of corruption, waste, and overspending.It's the most expensive Olympics of all-time at $51 billion, a figure that's $39 billion over the original...
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Author Of New Snowden Book Explains How Russia Would Exploit A Disgruntled...
As the international press continues to publish disclosures on the National Security Agency, attention has begun to shift slightly to the figure who stole 1.7 million national security documents.Edward...
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Pretty Soon We'll Have To Talk About Russia
Emerging market currencies have been in turmoil lately. And mostly attention has been paid to countries like Turkey and South Africa.But the dynamics affecting those countries are also affectng a much...
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'You May Have A Storm, A Twister, And Even A 9-Richter-Scale Earthquake;...
Press freedom in Russia is notoriously poor, but in the run-up to the Olympics, censorship has become widespread and blatant, especially when it comes to Sochi, according to a recent report by the...
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Vodka Is Killing Russian Men By The Thousands
LONDON (Reuters) - A quarter of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-fifties and their passion for alcohol - particularly vodka - is largely to blame, according to research published on...
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Russian Arms Sales Rose 28% Last Year
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Russian firms increased weapons sales sharply in 2012 helped largely by a Kremlin armaments program, while global sales of arms and military services by private companies fell for...
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