Photo of the day

Photo of the day: firemen train to save Pinocchios

16.05.2012 19:14  

Dummies don't seem to be glad to hang on their ropes

Firemen take part in an evacuation exercise with wooden dummies simulating the victims during an annual rescuers' and firefighters' competition among...

SSJ-100

Crash Sukhoi Superjet 100 in Indonesia was reserve plane, the first broke down in Pakistan

16.05.2012 17:37   News dept., edted by Semyon Kvasha

The "black box" was damaged in fire, but the memory block was intact.

The SSJ-100 that crashed in Indonesia was one of two identical planes that went on demonstration tour through Asia. The first plane was grounded on her way...

New nobility

Cossacks sabotage contemporary art exhibition opening in Krasnodar

16.05.2012 17:03   Sergei Ladozhsky (Krasnodar), Alexei Volodin, edited by Semyon Kvasha

The exhibition entitled "Icons," organized by famous Russian contemporary art curator Marat Guelman, recently opened in Krasnodar. "Icons" features...

Customs Service cancels iPad 'duty free' import status

16.05.2012 16:51   News dept., edited by Robert Gally

Ipads will be even more expensive.

Russia's Federal Customs Service (FCS) has retracted an order classifying Apple's tablet, the iPad, as a computer, reports "Interfax."

Business as usual

Greek crises continues hurting Russian markets

16.05.2012 15:47   Petr Kanayev, edited by Robert Gally

The crisis in Greece has caused a drop in oil prices, Russian markets and the ruble. Investors are selling securities of Russian companies for fear of...

Occupy!

Chistiye prudy opposition camp taken down at 5am

16.05.2012 13:51   Sergei Smirnov, edited by Semyon Kvasha

Police didn't wait for noon to take down the opposition camp.

Moscow police took down the opposition camp at Chistoprudny blvd near thw monument to Kazakh poet Abai Kunanbayev. At 5am policemen appeared and ordered...

Picket against increase in fines for rally violations in Moscow

15.05.2012 23:12   News dept., edited by Semyon Kvasha

The picket started in Moscow on Teatralnaya square, close to Karl Marx monument right across from the State Duma. The protesters are rallying against the...

Occupy!

Сourt rules to take down Chistiye Prudy protester camp

15.05.2012 16:27   News dept., edited by Robert Gally

Good bye, Abai!

The Basmanny court of Moscow has ordered the Central Administrative District to take immediate action against the opposition camp along Chistoprudny...

Occupy!

Group of Russian artists decide to organize another "Control stroll"

15.05.2012 15:36   News dept., edited by Semyon Kvasha

Yuri Samodurov

"From 6pm to 9pm on May 19, during the citywide event 'Night at the Museum,' people will be able see the unusual, fascinating, and inspiring works of...

Occupy!

Father and son Just Russia Duma deputies may lose seats

15.05.2012 14:00   News dept., edited by Robert Gally

The First Secretary of the Presidium of the General Council of "United Russia" Sergei Zheleznyak has suggested taking away the mandates of father and son...