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Russian military will carry out on Thursday the third night rehearsal of the May 9 parade on Moscow’s Red Square, the Defense Ministry said. “The first rehearsal was carried out on Red Square on April 26, the second took place on May 3, and we still have the third on May 5 and the finalContinue reading Russian military to hold night rehearsal of Victory Day parade…

I found this article interesting because I can tell you that being from America that this is a worthless report that should be abolished. It is American based and American backed… Russian media experts disputed on Tuesday the accuracy of the 2011 Freedom of the Press report which ranks Russia 173rd out of 196 countries.Continue reading Experts disagree with Russia’s press freedom ranking…

A former Russian intelligence officer who helped the U.S. authorities uncover a Russian spy ring last summer has been charged with high treason and desertion, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday. Ten Russians, including media star Anna Chapman, were arrested in the United States in June 2010 on suspicion of espionage. They pleadContinue reading FSB charges Russian who betrayed U.S. spy ring…

The daughter of an executive at Russia’s second largest oil producer has been found dead in the Moscow region, a police source said on Tuesday. He said the body of Viktoria Teslyuk, daughter of Robert Teslyuk, was found by the roadside near the town of Taldom, about 100 km north of Moscow “when the snowContinue reading Lukoil executive’s daughter found dead near Moscow

I sat in my room this morning sipping that cup of coffee and realized that in the last week TV here in Kiev, Ukraine has really sucked. I mean really… First literally every station that I can get in the hotel room had nothing but 24 hours a day “Royal Wedding”, then when the weddingContinue reading Coffee and Royal Wedding and Osama bin Laden…

A criminal case has been opened into the beating of a Russian journalist in Moscow, police reported. Dmitry Andryushchenko, a journalist working for  Russian business radio station Kommersant FM, was attacked and beaten in northern Moscow late on Saturday following an argument with one of the attackers. Andryushchenko said the attacker, who was drunk, firstContinue reading Criminal case opened into journalist beating in Moscow

Russia celebrates a national holiday, Spring and Labor Day, on May 1, with trade unions and political parties set to hold rallies across the country. In Soviet times May 1 was celebrated in Russia as International Workers’ Day and saw massive Communist Party rallies. In 1992, the name was changed to Spring and Labor DayContinue reading Russia celebrates Spring and Labor Day…

Moscow is aware of the coalition’s plans about the ground military campaign in Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. “The information shows that both NATO and EU work on the similar plans. EU develops these plans to secure humanitarian convoys, though it is being stressed that it would take place after theContinue reading Russia aware of allies’ ground campaign plans in Libya