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MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Lower House of Parliament, the State Duma, ratified on Tuesday adoption deals with the United States and France, stipulating that a Russian child can only be adopted by a foreign family if no Russian parents can be found at home. The need for such an agreement became particularly […]

Russia has sent a naval flotilla of warships led by an anti-submarine destroyer to its naval base at the Syrian port of Tartus, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. The Admiral Chabanenko and three landing craft have left their home port of Severomorsk in the Arctic Circle on their way to the Mediterranean where […]

Communists are holding a protest in front of the State Duma while the lower house considers the ratification of the protocol on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). About 50 activists of the Communist Party (KPRF) gathered in downtown Moscow waving banners reading “WTO accession – a road to abyss!” and “WTO is […]

MPs of the Kemerovo Region in South Siberia have passed a bill/law according to which Americans have no right to adopt children anymore on the territory of the region. Exceptions from America are allowed only for very close relatives who have documents proving kinship to people living in the Kemerovo Region in South Siberia… The […]

Russia is Very Quiet this Sunday and Monday is a day of National Mourning… Flags will fly at half mast, TV will not show light entertainment programs, and Orthodox services throughout the country will commemorate the several hundred victims of the floods in the Krasnodar region… The last national day of mourning happened almost exactly […]

When force seems to be the only solution to ending the unrest in Syria, according to the West the only concern for all parties is who will take control of the country. Who cares about the Syrian people? No voices can be heard from the outside world expressing concern for them. The gunpowder smoke shields […]

“Their [Western] position is most likely to exacerbate the situation, lead to further violence and ultimately a very big war,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. If America wants war then I guess it will happen and I guess the world will find out who is on what side… Don’t be stupid and ignore the […]

Being rich has its points and once I was very wealthy! Or at least wealthy according to the times and era. It is hard for me to understand how in a few short years that the world went from a millionaire being rich, to a millionaire being upper middle class. Having millions in dollars is […]

We live in a brand new complex and the building is still going on. It is in its final few months though and something has become clear, that puts a new light on things in Russia… I receive so many e-mails about how Russia is a terrible place and no one has rights and how […]