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Too much, the magic Stalin Bus?

Too much, the magic Stalin Bus? ­Brutal tyrant or effective manager? Regardless, Joseph Stalin is again moving...

New age colonialism: West buying up Third World?

New age colonialism: West buying up Third World? Multinational corporations are buying up swathes of land in underdeveloped...

NATO vulture culture: Aliens in the windy city

NATO vulture culture: Aliens in the windy city ­The Russian Aurora has discharged a preemptive salvo against the Atlantic...

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How long will Russian foreign policy be based on consensus?

How long will Russian foreign policy be based on consensus? ­The reshuffle in the Russian government and Kremlin administration didn’t...

An ageing giant

An ageing giant ­This week’s NATO summit in President Obama’s hometown Chicago evokes mixed...

New government: will expectations come true?

New government: will expectations come true? ­Russia has finally got a new cabinet. Months of consultations between...

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Image from kinopoisk.ru 25.05, 15:07 4 comments

Cohen's Dictator gets scissored in Asia

Certain movies are destined to be censured before they get released. Sacha Baron Cohen's latest stunt The Dictator, which features the actor as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, a fusion of Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, has been cut in Asia.

Spanish pop singer Pastora Soler performs during a rehearsal for the Eurovision 2012 song contest in the Azerbaijan's capital Baku, on May 20, 2012. (AFP Photo / Vyacheslav Oseledko) 25.05, 13:29 5 comments

Spain sings out it can't afford Eurovision bubblegum

The winner takes it all, they say, including the cost of winning. So, Spain's Eurovision contestant has been politely advised not to win because the country simply can't afford to stage next year's extravaganza.

Indonesian Islamic hardliners chanting "go to hell Lady Gaga" stage a protest against US pop diva Lady Gaga's upcoming Jakarta concert, outside the US embassy in Jakarta on May 25, 2012. (AFP Photo / Oscar Siagian) 25.05, 19:22 4 comments

Gaga goes for girl's best friend fake Rolex

Some like it hot. Others just want it cheap. Poker Face songstress Lady Gaga has revealed on her Twitter page that the number one item on her wish list in the Thai capital is a fake Rolex. Her remark provoked a storm of criticism.

In the Fog (image from kinopoisk.ru) 25.05, 20:51 1 comment

Russian war drama covers Cannes with Fog

Film buffs on the glamorous French Riviera have finally found themselves in the thick of action set during WWII, orchestrated by Russian director Sergey Loznitsa, whose dark latest feature is a hot candidate for the coveted Golden Palm.

Russia's football squad (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Pesnya) Today: 00:43

Russia’s Euro 2012 squad finalized

Following Russia’s friendly with Uruguay, the national team’s coach, Dick Advocaat, has named the 23 players who will represent the country at Euro 2012.

Russia's Yuru Zhirkov vies for the ball with Luis Suarez of Uruguay (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Pesnya) 25.05, 23:42

Russia draw Uruguay in friendly

Russia’s first rehearsal for the Euro 2012 turned out a tough affair, with Dick Advocaat’s men playing a 1-1 draw against Uruguay in Moscow.

RIA Novosti/Aleksey Druzhinin 25.05, 14:19 1 comment

Last Emperor turns president

Mixed fight legend, Fedor ‘The Last Emperor’ Emelianenko has become the president of the newly established Russian MMA Union.

Russian midfielder Igor Denisov (IA Novosti/Alexey Kudenko) 25.05, 13:04

Russia’s Euro 2012 squad: Igor Denisov

Football is sometimes called ‘chess in action,’ and nobody on Russia’s Euro 2012 squad knows more about how the two sports intervene than the team’s harshest player, Igor Denisov.

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November 27, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the United Russia party's 12th pre-election convention at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. (RIA Novosti/Sergey Mamontov) 25.05, 15:52 3 comments

Medvedev urges universal primaries in UR

Three days after joining United Russia, Dmitry Medvedev told its leaders that they must introduce primaries on all levels in order to keep the party’s leading role in the country.

RIA Novosti/Yana Lapikova 25.05, 19:31 10 comments

Pundit frenzy as Putin prepares for European road trip

Fresh from approving the members of his government and presidential offices, President Vladimir Putin is ready to venture out on his first foreign trip, a tour that will see him visit three European capitals and trigger lots of speculation.

A bus crosses Waterloo bridge in front of the Houses of Parliament during a misty morning in London (REUTERS/Luke MacGregor) 25.05, 15:11 5 comments

Moscow wants London to lift fog on Litvinenko case

It has been almost six years since the mysterious death of Alexander Litvinenko blew a cold wind through Russia-UK relations. Now, Moscow is requesting that Scotland Yard establish the real facts surrounding the Russian’s death as soon as possible.

Kiev : Deputies of the Ukrainian opposition fight with deputies of the pro-presidential majority during a session of parliament in Kiev, as opposition parties protest a bill proposed by the ruling party which would make Russian an official state language along with Ukrainian. (AFP Photo/Stringer) 25.05, 14:18 18 comments

Ukrainian democracy crashes in fistfight

The head of the Ukrainian parliament has admitted that the legislative power system in the country has failed after several MPs started a fistfight over the status of the Russian language.

Image from nasa.gov 25.05, 19:46 8 comments

'A Dragon by the tail!' 1st private space capsule docks with ISS (VIDEO)

Dragon, the first commercial unmanned space vessel has successfully docked with the International Space Station, loaded with half a ton of provisions. The historic operation puts Dragon owner SpaceX in line with world’s four mighty space agencies.

Heavy machinery removes March 11 tsunami debris covering rice fields at the Otomo area in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture on April 15, 2011. (AFP Photo / Toshifumi Kitamura) 25.05, 18:39 9 comments

Japanese tsunami victim remains to wash up on US coasts

North American beach-goers could soon be finding human bones washed up in the wake of the March 2011 Japanese tsunami, experts say. For some in Japan, these could be the only traces they ever find of their missing relatives.

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Artists impression of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project (REUTERS/Handout) 25.05, 19:06 1 comment

ET spotting goggle-plex goes to Oz & S. Africa

A battle for the world's largest radio telescope has ended in a draw, with both Australia and South Africa winning the right to host the unique project. When completed in 2024, it could allow scientists to detect signs of extraterrestrial life.

President Obama  (AFP Photo / Saul Loeb) 25.05, 12:44 9 comments

Way to Obama’s heart: Russian cook turns long pen-pal of US president

The way to an American man’s heart indeed lies through his stomach. While Russian and US diplomats struggle to forge closer ties, a Russian cook has established a close diplomatic connection with the US President himself!

Image from mobilmusic.ru 25.05, 19:53 4 comments

$10 million a year: the average salary of an American CEO

If you weren’t sold on the whole Occupy Wall Street thing before, then listen up — despite the United States still in the process of picking itself out of a major recession, the average corporate CEO raked in nearly $10 million apiece in 2011.

Pentagon contractor admits to propaganda smear campaign aimed at journalists 25.05, 22:04 8 comments

Army propagandist admits to smear campaign against journalists

The co-owner of an information operations firm hired by the US government to flood foreign nations with pro-American propaganda has admitted to orchestrating a smear campaign aimed at journalists critical of the company.

A woman is detained by police while taking part in a march in protest of NATO Summit in Chicago May 21, 2012 (Reuters/Adrees Latif) 25.05, 23:58 4 comments

Chicago police want their money for working during NATO Summit

Regardless of if you condemn or condone the Chicago Police Department’s handling of last week’s NATO Summit protests, there’s no denying that the Windy City cops were indeed on the job. Why then, ask the officers, aren’t they being properly paid?

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Bill Clinton caught surrounded by porn stars

Former President Bill Clinton has been caught once again getting close with a woman in a blue dress, but this incident involves neither Oval Office sexcapades nor a White House intern. No, no, no — the ex-chief exec has graduated to porn stars.

Sberbank's Chairman of the Board German Gref  (RIA Novosti/Ruslan Krivobok) 25.05, 17:33 4 comments

‘Russia’s been 10 years late to WTO’

With less than three weeks left until June 15 – the deadline before which the Russian parliament will have to ratify the deal on the country’s WTO membership, the CEO of Russia’s number one bank says Moscow should have joined the organization long ago.

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Norwegian energy giant Statoil shows its Huldra oil rig in the North Sea. (AFP Photo / Statoil / Kjetil Alsvik) 25.05, 19:29 1 comment

Gazprom seeking new partners to spur Shtokman

Gazprom might be looking for new partners in the Shtokman gas project as reports suggest Norway’s Statoil has decided to leave the joint venture. Shell may take its place, according to a Kommersant daily report.

Spanish bank Bankia's headquarters in Madrid. (AFP Photo / Pierre-Philippe Marcou) 25.05, 15:23 1 comment

Bankia suspends shares, asks for 15 billion euro

Shares of Spain's fourth largest lender Bankia SA were suspended on the Madrid stock exchange on Friday as the bank is expected to ask for financial help from the Spanish Government totaling 15 billion euros.

Stockholm : People walk by Nordea Bank headquarters in central Stockholm. (AFP Photo / Scanpix-Sweden / Jessica Gow) 25.05, 12:41 6 comments

Moody’s downgrades three Scandinavian banks

Something is rotten in the state of Sweden, as Moody’s has downgraded the country’s Nordea Bank and Svenska Handelsbanken, while Norway’s DNB Bank has also seen its debt rating cut.

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