Photo of the day

Photo of the day: Pozdniakova jumps

18.05.2012 20:58  

Russia Anastasia Podzniakova dives during the women's 1m springboard preliminary of the 31st LEN European Swimming Championships, on May 18, 2012 in...

Iniquities

Train factory boss and Putin Supporter appointed Envoy to Urals

18.05.2012 16:45   News dept

Igor Kholmanskikh became famous after the live phone session with Vladimir Putin in December 2011

Vladimir Putin has offered the post of Envoy to the Ural Federal District to Igor Kholmanskikh, head of the shop floor in "Uralvagonzavod", a large factory...

Iniquities

LGBT flashmob in St. Petersburg attacked by anti-gay activists

18.05.2012 15:26   Nikita Zeya, edited by Karina Ayvazova

The meeting gathered 150 people

On Thursday, the Saint Petersburg homosexual community held a flashmob and meeting in the Petrovskiy garden to mark the International day against...

Discussion of '$50 000 fine for protest violation' law postponed

18.05.2012 11:22   News dept

Sergey Naryshkin said the law is too "significant" and needs a detailed discussion

The Russian parliament has postponed the discussion of a law draft increasing fines for violating protest rules from 1000 rubles (some $33) to 1.5 mln...

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Photo of the day: say "no" to caviar

17.05.2012 21:13  

The border guard releases the Russian sturgeon caught by the poachers arrested during an operation in Volga delta and Caspian see.

Russian officials urge G8 leaders to be responsible

17.05.2012 20:36   Olga Tanas, edited by Semyon Kvasha

The European crisis will be the main topic for discussion at the upcoming G8 summit. Russia wants the European governments to be more

Occupy!

Communists and United Russia deputies interrupt meeting on legalizing protest movement in Moscow

17.05.2012 19:51   News dept

The meeting to decide the fate of the newest protest camp has been ajourned without result. At the Presnenskiy municipal assembly meeting, there was a...

New nobility

Museum director detained after buying stolen icon worth $1 mln

17.05.2012 14:10   Darya Zagvozdina, Alexandra Koshkina, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Nikolay Zadorozhniy is the director of a private Russian icon museum.

The director of one of Moscow's museums has been detained in Moscow with a XVII century icon that was being looked for internationally, reported Interior...

Occupy!

Moscow opposition moves to new site, talks with authorities bring no results

17.05.2012 12:51   Ekaterina Savina, edited by Karina Ayvazova

The first evening on the new protesting site was peaceful until the police arrived.

After Moscow police shut down the protest camp in Chistoprudny boulevard, opposition activists created a new one. This time at Kudrinskaya square, also in...

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 victims during an annual rescuer and firefighter competition among school teams...