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Moscow police have said they will not allow radical opposition leader Eduard Limonov to stage a banned anti-Kremlin rally on Triumfalnaya Square on Thursday. Limonov, who has faced off with fellow activists over the Strategy 31 cause, was denied approval even as Lyudmila Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, was given the go-ahead forContinue reading Moscow police say Limonov rally out of question

On April 12, 2011, Russia and the world will mark the 50th anniversary of the historic flight of Yury Gagarin, the first man in space. Yury Gagarin was born March 9, 1934 in Klushino, a village in the Gzhatsk (now Gagarin) District of Russia’s Smolensk Region. His parents, Alexei and Anna Gagarin, came from localContinue reading Yury Gagarin, Hero of the Soviet Union: Biography

Unbelievable – we have followed this for what seems like years now. This is big news in Russia and I hope it helps the situation. It has been a long process and I know it means a huge change in how America handles adoptions with Russia. There are a lot of Russian children that areContinue reading Russia, America Conclude Treaty on Adoption…

A number of HIV infected people in the Moscow Region rose by 64.5% in January and February in comparison to the same period in 2010, Russia’s sanitary watchdog said on Wednesday. The Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare said currently the number of the HIV infected people in the Moscow RegionContinue reading HIV on rise in Moscow Region by over 60% in Jan.-Feb. y-o-y

Russia’s heavyweight WBA champion Nikolai Valuyev may run in forthcoming elections to the State Duma, the Novgorod Vedomosti newspaper said on Wednesday. Valuyev, 37, has joined the United Russia party last year and received his party membership card from the head of the United Russia branch in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largestContinue reading Russian boxing champ Valuyev may run for parliament

Even though I have been in Russia 5 years now. I still reach for the light switch on the wrong side of the door. Every time… That is my thought this morning as I sip my cup of coffee… It seems that I will most likely never get use to a different placement of theContinue reading Coffee, Light Switches and Traffic Lights…

I have received a whole bunch of e-mails demanding to know why Libya is even being posted about on Windows to Russia… So here is the straight fact: In the high-profile debate surrounding the rights and wrongs of the Libyan revolution, Putin is largely winning at home, and Medvedev in the West. Putin put hisContinue reading Russians: 80%-90% are outraged by not being asked their opinion on bombing Libya…

I am going to tell you that I will be staying on this story. What a dream for us here and those coming to Russia. There seems to be a huge push in the Russian government to get this done. No visa visits under 90 days with America and Russia… Russia and the United StatesContinue reading Russia Visa Free With America?

The Levada Center has done a survey in Russia! The survey was conducted 18-21 March 2011 among 1,600 Russians in 45 regions of the country and published on the anniversary of the explosions in the Moscow subway… It basically said: 77% of Russians feel that another terrorist attack is eminent… 66% do not think thatContinue reading Worrisome Survey in Russia: Special Operations Cures it…