Six new events officially approved for Sochi Olympics: New sports programs will be introduced into the next Winter Olympics that are scheduled for 2014. In total there are six new sporting events or variations of news sports that will be introduced to the lineup and we have already given you some detail about a few […]
While it seems that Russia is trying to switch gears away from Libya and get the peoples minds on things like, “Who will run for president.” It is not working. Russian media and news is deluged with the fact that the situation in Libya is exactly what was told would happen and that is unfair […]
While sipping that cup of coffee this morning in Moscow, Russia. I was doing some thinking’s. It dawned on me that we (The world) have come full circle… April 11, 2011 saw the value of the US dollar dip below 28 rubles for the first time in over two years. The lowest it was traded […]
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hailed Yury Gagarin’s flight into space 50 years as a symbolic, revolutionary event, adding that his country still dreams about “conquering” other planets and flying to distant stars. The first manned space flight remains a landmark for humankind, he said in an interview with China Central Television CCTV. “I believe it […]
On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1). His call sign was Siberian Pine (Russian: Кедр). In his post-flight report, Gagarin recalled his experience of spaceflight, having been the first human in space: “The feeling of weightlessness was somewhat unfamiliar compared […]
Rescuers, ambulances and police are heading to Oktyabrskaya metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk. Seven people (10 reported as of this post) are reportedly dead and at least fifty others injured… The administration of the Belarusian President, Aleksandr Lukashenko, has confirmed the blast has claimed lives and wounded several people… Igor Tumash, 52, said […]
A few days ago I was waking the dog and saw this dad trying to push his child in the stroller through the snow. It was Saturday, so that is why I was able to find a dad doing what the mothers usually do. Saturday is dads day to take the kids out while mom […]
Statement of income, property, bank accounts, securities, and liabilities of President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev for the 2010 calendar year: March 10, 2011, Income for 2010: 3,378,673.63 rubles. (approximately $113,000 American dollars.) Joint ownership with Svetlana Medvedeva of a 367.8-square meter apartment in the Russian Federation. (This is worth a huge amount of […]