It finally has happened and it is possible to say Spring is here in Moscow. The birds are singing, the days are long and the weather is warm. Well warm as +1 or +2 Celsius can be. But it is Spring and the snow has finally started to melt faster than it comes out of […]
Orthodox Christians will begin celebrating the first week of Passover. On Monday (April 9th, 2012), the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will hold a liturgy in the Donskoy Monastery of the capital… During the holiday period it is traditional that churches will keep their doors open as a sign that through his death, […]
A 17-year-old student from Texas is to become the first American to graduate from the world’s leading ballet school, the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Joy Womack has lived by herself in Moscow, Russia, for three years, more than 6,000 miles away from her home in Austin, to attend the school. Now, after years of dancing for […]
It’s impossible! Six hours on the street. Hundreds of gorgeous pictures of deer, reindeer, chumrabotnits, people and animals. Then three hours at the computer. To select the most-most of the hundreds of pictures of deer, reindeer, chumrabotnits, people and animals. And then – a few more hours to put it all in ChUMoteku. How much […]
At one point during sentencing, which lasted for over an hour, the prosecutor said that Viktor Bout had agreed to sell weapons to kill Americans, to which Bout shouted out, “It’s a lie!” He told the judge he “never intended to kill anyone” and said, “God knows this truth.” Addressing the court for the first […]
China should be well aware that any of its measures to promote industrial upgrading, structural adjustment or increase incomes, if not suitable for its current national conditions, will possibly have unwanted economic results. The accelerated adoption of an impracticable industrial upgrading strategy is very likely to force young sectors to abandon industrial development and enter […]
2018 – Easter Sunday – April 8th 2019 – Easter Sunday – April 28th 2020 – Easter Sunday – April 19th 2021 – Easter Sunday – May 2nd 2022 – Easter Sunday – April 24th 2023 – Easter Sunday – April 16th 2024 – Easter Sunday – May 5th Sorry but this is not the […]
The Ministry of Transport wants to allow air passengers to keep their shoes on and has proposed changing security procedures at Russian airports. This is based on sole and heel thickness and they will allow people to keep belts on that are 4 centimeters or less wide. No this is not done by a new […]
As the old Nike footwear commercial once suggested, “Just Do It!” So let’s get to the global conflagration now while the USA is still the preeminent world power and before more nuke weapons and delivery platforms are built. It’ll start with a withering assault of conventional and nuclear weapons throughout North Korea, Pakistan and Iran. […]
Friends of Syria undermine peace process « Russian News From Russia. The actions of Friends of Syria group of states jeopardize realization of the UN peace plan for Syria, undermining international efforts to end violence in the country, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said.
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