Boris Pavlishev Nov 9, 2012 16:18 Moscow Time http://www.nasa.gov Life forms on Earth may fully disappear in 2,8 billion years, according to a survey conducted by British scientists earlier this year. The survey said that temperature increase depends both on… Read More ›
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Moscow enlists Russian expats in fight against historical revisionism
Published: 26 October, 2012, 14:35 Edited: 26 October, 2012, 14:35 Efforts to revise history and glorify fascism must be further resisted, and Russians living abroad can contribute to these crucial efforts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Decades… Read More ›
Putin says female punk band Pussy Riot ‘could be at home now doing the housework if they had not broken the law’
Putin said the bands three members deserved their fate because they threatened the moral foundations of Russia Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, have been sentenced to two years in jail after bursting into a cathedral to protest against… Read More ›
Russia not renewing weapons agreement with US
Thursday, 11 October 2012 Russia will not renew a decades-old agreement with Washington on dismantling nuclear and chemical weapons when it expires next year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Wednesday. The death of the 1991… Read More ›
Russian beacon to track menacing asteroid Apophis
Monday, 08 October 2012 Russia’s space agency wants to send a mission to Apophis, the notorious asteroid which may change its course and eventually collide with Earth. It will plant a radio beacon, which will help track… Read More ›
Outcry over jailed Russian chemist
Narcotics expert Olga Zelenina falsely accused of aiding drug trafficking, say supporters. Quirin Schiermeier 21 September 2012 For Olga Nikolaevna Zelenina, a Kafkaesque nightmare has come true. The Russian chemist stands accused of complicity in organized drug trafficking, and is currently… Read More ›
USAid ordered out of Moscow as Putin’s protest crackdown continues
American agency for international development has until 1 October to shut its office in Moscow Miriam Elder in Moscow and Chris McGreal in Washingtn guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 September 2012 16.43 EDT Vladimir Putin has drawn on stereotypes and conspiracy theories to… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin admits stage managing animal stunts
Vladimir Putin has admitted to staging some of his most famous stunts, including meeting endangered big cats and the “discovery” of ancient Greek amphorae in the Black sea, a Russian journalist has claimed. Vladimir Putin has acknowledged many of his… Read More ›
Russian channel to censor ‘The Simpsons’
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:21 EDT A Russian national channel said Thursday it would censor “The Simpsons” cartoon series to comply with a new law banning scenes of violence, drinking and smoking before a late evening watershed…. Read More ›
Russia jailed three members of punk band Pussy Riot for criticising President Vladimir Putin: Britain: Sentencing is a ‘disproportionate response’
By Agence France-Presse Friday, August 17, 2012 16:12 EDT Britain added its voice to the international chorus of criticism of Russia on Friday after a court jailed three members of punk band Pussy Riot for criticising President Vladimir Putin Alistair… Read More ›