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  • police forcibly disperse protesters at anti-Putin camp

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    16 May 2012 | 12:23 pm
    Moscow police have detained 23 people for breaking up an eight-day occupy protest that sprung up on a scenic square following strongman Vladimir Putin's swearing in for a third Kremlin ...

  • Main Civil Code Amendments Concerning Real Estate

    The Moscow Times
    11 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    The Civil Code of the Russian Federation has not undergone major revisions for more than 15 years. In that time, there have been fundamental changes to the economy and laws governing commercial activities. The need for amendments and updates to "the second most important law after the Constitution" has become obvious. These amendments are intended to improve the economy and investment climate in Russia.

  • A Sceptic's Guide to the Nato Summit

    World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
    Richard Norton-Taylor
    16 May 2012 | 10:37 am
    A quick route through the Chicago agendaFour main issues: Afghanistan, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Burden-sharingThousands of words will be written about the many more thousand that will be spoken during the Nato summit on 20 and 21 May in Barack's adopted home city of Chicago.The test facing leaders of the 28 members of the world's most powerful military alliance, established in the early years of the cold war, is how they will make concrete progress on these important issues:1. Afghanistan.Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been invited. So, too, has the Pakistan president, Asif Ali Zardari.

  • Russian Automaker Builds 27 Millionth Car

    RIA Novosti
    16 May 2012 | 11:54 am
    The 27 millionth car on Wednesday came off the assembly line at the AvtoVAZ plant in Togliatti, the press service of Russia’s largest carmaker said.

  • Advocaat: Russia Have Outside Chance

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    16 May 2012 | 4:34 am
    Dick Advocaat names Russia squad for Euro 2012.
 
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    The Moscow Times

  • Main Civil Code Amendments Concerning Real Estate

    11 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    The Civil Code of the Russian Federation has not undergone major revisions for more than 15 years. In that time, there have been fundamental changes to the economy and laws governing commercial activities. The need for amendments and updates to "the second most important law after the Constitution" has become obvious. These amendments are intended to improve the economy and investment climate in Russia.

  • Who Is the Poet Looming Over the Protesters' Favorite Square?

    11 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    The ordinary Muscovite would find it hard to say who Abai Qunanbayuli is and where his statue can be found in the city.

  • Main Trends in the Moscow Elite Rental Market in Q1 2012

    11 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    Today we are facing an evident trend followed by almost all large companies: They seek to minimize their spending, irrevocably resulting in the reduction of expenses for employees' housing and a corresponding decrease of average demand budgets. This trend has led to the influx of young specialists without families. Thus the largest portion of requests is now concentrated in the segment of two-room apartments. In contrast, the demand for large apartments has decreased 50 percent.

  • Dissecting the Ministry That Shoigu Built

    11 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    The muscular firefighters in sharp uniforms chatted lightheartedly near a row of well-equipped Iveco firetrucks, ready at a moment's notice to drop the banter and race out to extinguish a blaze.

  • Putin's Pseudo-Patriotism

    11 May 2012 | 3:00 pm
    The true patriotism of Russians has been cheapened and disfigured by the Kremlin and its loyal court journalists and political analysts. They have tried to inculcate in Russians the notion that those who criticize the United States are "patriots," while those who praise the United States are "agents of Western influence."
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    World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk

  • A Sceptic's Guide to the Nato Summit

    Richard Norton-Taylor
    16 May 2012 | 10:37 am
    A quick route through the Chicago agendaFour main issues: Afghanistan, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Burden-sharingThousands of words will be written about the many more thousand that will be spoken during the Nato summit on 20 and 21 May in Barack's adopted home city of Chicago.The test facing leaders of the 28 members of the world's most powerful military alliance, established in the early years of the cold war, is how they will make concrete progress on these important issues:1. Afghanistan.Afghan president Hamid Karzai has been invited. So, too, has the Pakistan president, Asif Ali Zardari.

  • Russian police break up anti-Putin protest in Moscow park

    16 May 2012 | 2:50 am
    At least 14 people reportedly arrested as riot police carry out court order to clear Occupy-style demonstrationRussian riot police have broken up an Occupy-style protest against President Vladimir Putin, forcing dozens of people out of a central Moscow park where they had staged a sit-in for a week and detaining at least 15.The dispersal of the makeshift encampment is the latest step in a government crackdown on protests over Putin's return to the presidency on 7 May for a six-year term following four years as prime minister.Police converged on the site at Chistye Prudy park at about 5.30am…

  • Russian Superjet crash: Indonesian searchers find black box

    15 May 2012 | 10:39 pm
    Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed into Mount Salak during demonstration flight, killing all 45 people on boardIndonesian special forces have found the black box voice and data recorder of a new Russian passenger jet that crashed into a dormant volcano, killing all on board.The recorder could help explain the cause of the crash of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, which had been on a short demonstration flight for potential buyers. Indonesian search and rescue agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said it was found near the tail of the shattered wreck at the bottom of a 500-metre ravine.The device was delivered to…

  • Russian court orders removal of Putin protest camp from park

    15 May 2012 | 11:03 am
    Moscow police told to immediately break up Occupy-styled demonstration against Vladamir Putin's return to presidencyA Russian court has ordered police to break up an Occupy-style encampment in a Moscow park where people are protesting against Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency.The court ruling on Tuesday was the authorities' latest move against Russia's protest movement, a week after police detained hundreds of people at a rally that turned violent.The court order, in response to complaints by residents near the protest site at Chistye Prudy park, obliged police to "take measures to…

  • Russia's Occupy movement is not up to the task | Andrew Ryvkin

    15 May 2012 | 9:44 am
    It may be fun, but it's ultimately futile. Trying to copy New York under this authoritarian and repressive regime won't workAmerican cuisine is becoming more and more popular in Moscow, with burgers, cupcakes and New York-style pizza taking over the cosmopolitan restaurant scene. A good example of this Americanisation is Corner Burger on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya or CBBG, as it's known among the hip crowd. It's one of many venues that provide an "authentic" New York culinary experience – steaks, salads and, of course, burgers of all sorts, at $15-25 a piece. It is popular among the upper middle…
 
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    RIA Novosti

  • Russian Automaker Builds 27 Millionth Car

    16 May 2012 | 11:54 am
    The 27 millionth car on Wednesday came off the assembly line at the AvtoVAZ plant in Togliatti, the press service of Russia’s largest carmaker said.

  • B&N Buys Ivanishvili’s Moscow Developer Assets for $982 Mln

    16 May 2012 | 9:51 am
    B&N Group has signed a deal with Unicor management company to acquire the developer assets of Russian businessman Boris Ivanishvili for $982.5 million, Unicor said in a statement on Wednesday.

  • Facebook to Boost IPO by 25%

    16 May 2012 | 8:45 am
    The world's largest social network Facebook will increase the size of its Initial Public Offering by almost 25 percent, possibly raising up $16 billion, the company said on Wednesday.

  • Russia Doubles Canadian Dollar Holdings at Euro’s Expense

    16 May 2012 | 7:17 am
    The Central Bank of Russia has doubled its reserve holdings of Canadian dollars to 1.6 percent to further diversify its holdings amid global market volatility, according to the Bank of Russia’s annual report released on Wednesday.

  • Life Finance Denies Issuing Blogger Navalny Bank Cards

    16 May 2012 | 5:33 am
    A Russian bank has denied issuing debit cards branded with the name of Russian opposition blogger Alexei Navalny, refuting a report in GQ magazine on Wednesday, quoting unnamed sources.
 
 
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  • The Treasures of Myshkin

    CJ
    16 May 2012 | 1:59 am
    In Myshkino, the Yaroslavl region, there is an interesting museum under the open sky. Hardly you will find so much ancient stuff in any other place! A ticket costs a bit more than $2. Felucca Snow removal vehicle Mine sweeper … Read more...

  • When You Are Not Too Busy At Work

    CJ
    16 May 2012 | 1:37 am
    5 minutes of free time at work can be spent this way…

  • Presents For the Lonely

    CJ
    16 May 2012 | 1:29 am
    There are veterans in the Smolensk region who live without gas stoves, fridges and TV. In some flats of the veterans even floors are collapsing. A group of enthusiasts bought presents and went to visit the veterans and help them … Read more...

  • Abandoned Ropeway In Svetlogorsk

    CJ
    15 May 2012 | 10:48 pm
    Svetlogorsk, a city in the Kaliningrad region, has a relief natural for nearshore cities – high coast raises right at the sea. For the fast ascent and discent a ropeway was constructed in 1983. It was not huge, with cabins … Read more...

  • The Craziest Secret Military Project of the USSR

    CJ
    15 May 2012 | 10:24 pm
    The subterranean nuclear combat boat was probably the most fabulous secret military project of the USSR. They had been dreaming of creating a subterranean combat vehicle for long, similar projects were in Germany too. In 1934 a German genius Ritter made a … Read more...
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  • In Praise of the Dutch

    Tim Newman
    5 May 2012 | 4:58 am
    I’ve just got back from a very short trip to the Netherlands, which reminded me of how things can be run if not managed by utter fuckwits. I flew into Schiphol airport on the KLM flight from Lagos, arriving at 5:45am.  The KLM plane is miles newer and better than the Air France equivalent from Lagos to Paris, by the way.  And in business class you get one of those little alcohol-filled ceramic Dutch houses which line the shelves of Shell employees the world over.  Immigration in Schiphol took one minute, and my bag arrived in less than five.  And even while I was waiting I was able…

  • Snippets and Snapshots

    Tim Newman
    20 Apr 2012 | 9:16 am
    Firstly: The Rivers State police command said a loud blast heard in Port Harcourt earlier today was that of a missile accidentally fired from an airforce jet on routine maintenance at the Airforce mechanic hangar in Port Harcourt. Commissioner of Police Mohammed Indabawa told Saharareporters that the missile hit an uncompleted building three kilometers from the scene of the accidental discharge. He said no death or injuries were reported. Panicked residents had reported hearing a deafening explosion in Worji area of Port Harcourt around 7:30 AM. Then we have this, located just behind our…

  • A Frenchman Discovers Ukraine

    Tim Newman
    12 Apr 2012 | 3:08 pm
    One would think that if you are going to award a major sports tournament to a particular country, you would at least take the trouble to see what the place is like first. Unless you’re UEFA, that is: The president of Uefa has hit out at “bandits and crooks” for the escalation of Ukrainian hotel prices ahead of the Euro 2012 football championships. Bandits and crooks in Ukraine?  No!! Speaking in Lviv, one of the venues, Michel Platini said the rising cost of accommodation worried him, and called on the authorities to prevent it. Call on the Ukrainian authorities to prevent…

  • Who, me?

    Tim Newman
    1 Mar 2012 | 6:10 am
    This article in Upstream Online caught my eye: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is all but certain to become president again next month, has said non-state companies should be given access to the hydrocarbon-rich offshore Russian Arctic. Right, but back in December 2010 we were being told: Russia is working on a host of new legislation and framework changes to allow foreigners to more easily explore for oil and gas as Moscow moves to unlock its vast Arctic hydrocarbon resources. So what happened to that?  As usual, we’re hearing the same guff being repeated with no…

  • Reality Bites

    Tim Newman
    25 Feb 2012 | 2:30 am
    20th February, morning: Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, its oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state’s major export. 20th February, afternoon: Iran is “struggling” to find a buyer for its oil output surplus, according to a report, as UN weapons inspectors arrive back in the sanctions-hit country. 22nd February: Iran has said it may lift its ban on oil exports to France and the UK on the day UN nuclear weapons inspectors were reportedly blocked from visiting one military site. File under…
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    Russia Blog

  • "Kill Them All with Axes, Forks, and Chains!"

    23 Apr 2012 | 8:10 pm
    The Russian Orthodox Church's standoff with punk-rock musicians from the Pussy Riot band continues, and becomes more inflammatory by the day, thanks to the Kremlin. In Russia's month-long news vacuum, attention is paid to anything to do with corrupt church leader Father Kirill, fresh Putin's moves, and the political opposition's movements. Today, a private Russian citizen, Andrey Borodin, 36, became an unlikely folk hero by sneaking an axe through the Moscow's court security. The ostensible charge was that he was attempting to murder federal judge Elena Ivanova. On April 29 the judge had…

  • Russian Orthodox Church Abuses Its Power, Engages in Politics, Divides Russians

    21 Apr 2012 | 6:02 pm
    The elections in Russia are over, but the post-elections tensions are still high (if not higher) than during the February and March demonstrations. Now that Putin is officially the new president, society has clashed over the statements and direction of the Russian Orthodox Church. Russian society has actively split into haves and have-nots, liberals (anything but Putin) and conservatives (better Putin than unknown), and internationalists and nationalists. How did it happen? Two events have emerged into the spotlight simultaneously. The Russian Orthodox Church and its Patriarch Kirill have…

  • Russian Presidential Elections Aftermath

    6 Mar 2012 | 3:42 pm
    Russian presidential elections are over, but the hype around them is not. To figure out what really happened in Russia, I've talked to several friends in Moscow and St. Petersburg; some of them served as the elections observers on behalf of the opposition, others were just common voters. Here's what they said: Observer 1 (Moscow): "I was an election observer yesterday - we finished counting @5am and at my particular school [elections are hosted at public schools] Prokhorov won with 37% while Putin came in 2nd with 35%..... Putin "eighn't" that popular if one actually counts the votes..."…

  • Putin and the Russians: Who Else If Not "Him"

    2 Mar 2012 | 9:20 pm
    "Who else if not 'him'" is the perfect explanation of why Vladimir Putin will win the upcoming elections with just enough majority of the vote to feel "welcomed" by the Russian people, but not enough to deserve a "dictator" status on the international political scene. (Actually, the way U.S. presidential primaries are going, Obama may get reelected under the same circumstances...). One may argue that Vladimir himself created the system in Russia, where no young leadership has a chance to rise to the top, and that the brightest have left the country or work for Western companies. However,…

  • The U.S. Factor in Russia's Election

    2 Mar 2012 | 6:16 pm
    For a variety of moral and practical reasons, the United States would be well-advised to avoid getting overly involved in this weekend's election in Russia. MOSCOW, March 2 -- Judging by the statements of not a few U.S. politicians and journalists, the United States has a keen interest in the presidential election now under way in Russia. Moreover, many in Washington are loath to see Vladimir Putin return to the Kremlin. Nevertheless, for a variety of moral and practical reasons, the United States would be well-advised to avoid getting overly involved in this election. The word "moral" sounds…
 
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  • Want a Russian tidbit to stimulate your thinking’s?

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 7:52 am
    Above: Putin Travels Russia... Oh one thing that I really think you need to think about. Here is a huge difference between Russia and America on safety. I have  told you many times that traveling and walking around Russia is much much safer than doing the same in America… If you remember that Putin traveled and drove many of the kilometers himself all over Russia. He drove not in a bullet proof armored car but a regular LADA that he was given to test drive. It was nothing special and not altered in anyway for his trip. Putin drove 1300 miles at least that trip and did it in a regular…

  • Very Important First Visit by Russia’s Putin…

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 6:56 am
    Vladimir Putin will pay his first foreign visit as Russian President to the Belarus President on May 31, the Kremlin said on Wednesday the may 16th, 2012, followed to a visit to China soon after… The first visit by a president of a country with as much power as Russia has, is very important to watch and it lays a path for the future of the mainline of the Russian president that has just taken over… I put a lot of weight in who the president of any country or countries that they visit first, when they take over presidency of that country. A president has two ways to go… 1.

  • Greed: A World of Debt…

    admin
    16 May 2012 | 3:29 am
    I remember when I opened my first savings account! It was at a little savings and loan (Remember those?) in a little tiny town and all transactions were done in a little pass book that everything was hand written in. I could deposit a dollar one day and the next day go pull it out to buy candy or a book to read. I remember well  that I put every penny that I could into this account and I remember that I spent it as time went by on things that had importance to me. It all made sense to me as I used that little savings and loan as my piggy bank and every time once a month like clock work they…

  • Nabucco – a pipeline to nowhere?

    admin
    15 May 2012 | 5:23 pm
    The second largest investor in the Nabucco gas pipeline, German energy giant RWE, could withdraw from the project. The aim of the Nabucco project was deliver Caspian gas to Europe. Now the German company says that it is going to reassess whether it makes business sense for it to remain involved in the project. Earlier, a similar decision was announced by Hungarian company MOL. The skepticism of these two companies is shared by many experts, who add that the less popular Nabucco becomes, the more attractive becomes its alternative suggested by Russia, “The South Stream”. According to RWE,…

  • Germany’s RWE energy company has confirmed Germany’s RWE out of Nabucco…

    admin
    14 May 2012 | 10:01 am
    Ouch again: Not long ago I posted that Hungary said adios to the Nabucco pipeline! A pipeline that was invented to try to hurt Russia, by a very vindictive cold war Europe! Well guess what? When it rains, it pours… Germany’s RWE energy company has confirmed a report in Der Spiegel that it is withdrawing from the Nabucco project to pump Caspian natural gas to Europe across Turkey. It cited the doubling of cost estimates to $15bn and the uncertainty over gas supply contracts with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. A few weeks ago, Hungary said it was withdrawing from Nabucco. The Nabucco pipe…
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  • Not-Much-of-a Victory Day

    Vadim Nikitin
    9 May 2012 | 5:37 pm
    Crowds with banners amassed on red square, surrounded by thousands of military personnel and truck loads of heavy artillery. This was not a record anti-Putin protest but the annual Victory Day parade held every May 9th in honor of the Red Army’s victory over Nazi Germany. In a country that lost over 30 million during that war, it is traditionally the largest and most widely celebrated national holiday, what July 4th is to Americans and Bastille Day is to the French. Yet this year, the commemorations hardly made the front pages. The top story on liberal Internet daily Gazeta.ru announced…

  • Putin’s “Inauguration” Heats Up

    Vadim Nikitin
    6 May 2012 | 11:02 am
    It’s certainly not confetti and roses that are currently falling through the air on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s Monday inauguration. At the time of writing, thousands of protesters have been engaged in a street battle with Moscow police units. Russia’s three main opposition leaders – Alexei Navalny, Sergei Udaltsov and Boris Nemtsov – have all been arrested this afternoon. Navalny, famous as the man behind crowd-sourced anti-corruption website RosPil, also had his phone taken away. According to the liberal newspaper Gazeta.ru, the BBC, and tweets from…

  • Eurasian Union – ‘Work in Progress’

    Ania Viver
    30 Apr 2012 | 12:19 pm
    Source: Google Images In the beginning of April, Russia officially launched the ‘Eurasia dialogue’ that will serve as the groundwork for discussions on creating a Eurasian Union. Furthermore, in October 2011 then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin voiced a new integration project that invoked a controversial reaction form the West. Many talked about Russia showing its appetite for imperial domination over Post-Soviet states, likened to that of the old Soviet Union times. Nevertheless, Russia nowadays seems to be less interested in imperial unilateralism, but seeks more pragmatic goals and…

  • Russian Bloggers are Watching You!

    Vadim Nikitin
    5 Apr 2012 | 7:37 pm
    You can tell a lot about the guilty conscience of a nation’s elite by its photoshopping. During the 1930s, Communist leaders executed in Stalin’s purges were famously airbrushed out of official photographs to cover up the facts of their brutal demise, as well as ensure that they do not become magnets for opposition. An entire industry of skilled KGB artists and photographers sprung up as a result. On the other hand, in the 1980s, Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost, or openness, became obsessed with revisiting the memory of Stalinist crimes in order to rehabilitate the…

  • Romney’s Russia Rant: Not Just Stupid, But Also Bad Politics

    Vadim Nikitin
    28 Mar 2012 | 11:19 am
    (Getty Images via CNN) Poor Mitt Romney. He tried to play the All American tough guy, opportunistically seizing on Obama’s ‘hot mic’ moment with Medvedev to score some cheap Cold War points by calling Russia America’s “greatest geopolitical foe”. And he succeeded, at least in assuming the “John McCain” mantle in the presidential race. Bashing Russia has become an intrinsic part of Republican electoral campaigning etiquette. In fact, Romney is nowhere as good at it as his predecessor John McCain, who spent much of the 2008 looking into…
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    The Last Ditch

  • What is marriage?

    Tom Paine
    15 May 2012 | 11:24 am
    I am reluctant to join in the current brouhaha about the definition of marriage. Firstly, I regard it all as statist agitprop to trap us into conflicting positions that can only be 'resolved' by the very last thing we need; more state interference. Secondly, I suspect it is a ploy to flush out 'homophobia' so as to give a now entirely redundant 'gay rights' campaign a new lease of life. There is no good reason for the state to be involved in defining marriage legally. It should not be so much a civil right as a civil rite. It is essentially a personal relationship that can only meaningfully…

  • The Austerity Fairy

    Tom Paine
    11 May 2012 | 6:20 pm
    The Austerity Fairy. I have to draw your attention to the linked post over at Cafe Hayek, if only because I love the idea of the Austerity Fairy. Much as the BBC, The Guardian and the public sector unions are screwing up their eyes and believing her into life, this Tinkerbell doesn't exist in Britain either. Sorry. Year on year increases in public spending are not 'cuts' or 'austerity' except in Leftist Fairyland. At the risk of sounding like a British Marxist talking about Socialism, no-one can say austerity has failed, because it hasn't really been tried yet.
 
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  • thought for today...a birthday verse

    16 May 2012 | 2:28 am
    Have you ever been given a verse for your birthday?  One of the precious gifts that I received yesterday was Zephaniah 3:17.  What a treasure!  Just like the priceless young woman who gave it to me.  She wrote that she was praying these words over my life.  And I am blown away by her thoughtfulness.  Her message went on to say:"Praying you feel his celebration and delight over your life more and more."This present arrived the night before my birthday.  A gift from a country eleven and a half hours ahead of the time here in Belize.  I fell asleep…

  • Happy 49th Birthday to me!

    15 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    As it is after midnight and I just ate strawberry flavored frozen yogurt topped with bananas and chocolate syrup.I have a Spanish class today and a date with Tom.  And perhaps a bit more frozen yogurt...who knows?!! 

  • the gift of surprise and other blessings

    14 May 2012 | 11:05 am
    I have never been fond of surprises.  But, Tom keeps trying to change that...and he just might succeed!  He entered a contest with BelmopanCityOnline and won a Mather's Day gift for me.  Here is his winning entry:"Alida has been a great wife of 30 years, mother of two grown sons & now helps people who have been abused or rescued from sex trafficking. She has been giving to others all her life & deserves a month of receiving!"The prize is a month of free housecleaning...I am glad he entered and excited about the redeeming the prize! Gifts from the week:741.  Tom's…

  • Mothers...generous, resilient and tenacious

    11 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Have you ever set out to do something for someone but they ended up blessing you instead?I went to visit someone and took over some fruit from our yard.  She recognized them immediately and called them "bluggos".  Her husband explained that they are a cross between a banana and plantain. And he told me that if you have bluggos in your yard you will never go hungry.I left their house that day with all of this:Those little bananas, plantains, the mami fruit, plums, the cashew fruit, and the cactus were all growing in their yard.  The cassava and cocos were harder to come by.

  • Paul's thorn in the flesh?

    10 May 2012 | 7:00 am
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  • Zimmerman had fractured nose and black eyes, confirm medical records

    RT
    16 May 2012 | 1:16 pm
    New evidence in the case involving the death of Trayvon Martin reveals that admitted killer George Zimmerman may have incurred a pair of black eyes and several other injuries during his encounter with the teen.Read Full Article at RT.com

  • Famed adventurer takes school supplies to remote villages

    RT
    16 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    Having traveled around the world exploring far-flung corners, video blogger Vlad Minnin is setting off on a new journey aimed at helping the children of Russia. RT caught up with the adventurer.Read Full Article at RT.com

  • Top chef’s foie gras with caramelized apple

    RT
    16 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    One of Moscow's top expat chefs is teaching RT how to make one of his favourite dishes.Read Full Article at RT.com

  • Soldier killed saving others receives posthumous award

    RT
    16 May 2012 | 12:48 pm
    A young army sergeant who was killed shielding his fellow soldiers from an exploding grenade during a shoot-out in Dagestan has posthumously been made a Hero of Russia.Read Full Article at RT.com

  • FBI begins investigation of JPMorgan Chase

    RT
    16 May 2012 | 12:23 pm
    Executives at JPMorgan Chase might not be too up in arms over their recent $2 billion trading boner, but that doesn’t mean the FBI is ready to let the Wall Street giant walk away without reprimand.Read Full Article at RT.com
 
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  • The Treasures of Myshkin

    CJ
    16 May 2012 | 1:59 am
    In Myshkino, the Yaroslavl region, there is an interesting museum under the open sky. Hardly you will find so much ancient stuff in any other place! A ticket costs a bit more than $2. Felucca Snow removal vehicle Mine sweeper … Read more...

  • When You Are Not Too Busy At Work

    CJ
    16 May 2012 | 1:37 am
    5 minutes of free time at work can be spent this way…

  • Presents For the Lonely

    CJ
    16 May 2012 | 1:29 am
    There are veterans in the Smolensk region who live without gas stoves, fridges and TV. In some flats of the veterans even floors are collapsing. A group of enthusiasts bought presents and went to visit the veterans and help them … Read more...

  • Abandoned Ropeway In Svetlogorsk

    CJ
    15 May 2012 | 10:48 pm
    Svetlogorsk, a city in the Kaliningrad region, has a relief natural for nearshore cities – high coast raises right at the sea. For the fast ascent and discent a ropeway was constructed in 1983. It was not huge, with cabins … Read more...

  • The Craziest Secret Military Project of the USSR

    CJ
    15 May 2012 | 10:24 pm
    The subterranean nuclear combat boat was probably the most fabulous secret military project of the USSR. They had been dreaming of creating a subterranean combat vehicle for long, similar projects were in Germany too. In 1934 a German genius Ritter made a … Read more...
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  • Me, I love charts and Metallica

    12 May 2012 | 6:32 am
    Two young and handsome men, Jason Oberholtzer and Cody Westphal, have collected the most interesting charts placed on their blog "I love charts" and published in a book with unexpected and shocking title: "I love charts: the book"  One of my charts became part of the book so I've created a chart showing how it's changed my life

  • Demographic situation in Russia

    20 Apr 2012 | 4:45 am
    Rate of natural increase is the birth rate minus the death rate, expressed per 1000 inhabitants. A positive RNI number means that the population increases and a negative number means that the population decreases. RNI doesn't consist migration, so... ... later I have to add a visualization of changes in population...<a href="#"><img alt="Population Growth, Natural Increase rate per 1000 inhabitants "…

  • Housing market in the Netherlands

    16 Apr 2012 | 5:56 am
    Statistics Netherlands regularly publish price index purchase prices. If you have "few coins" to spend, it's worth checking...<a href="#"><img alt=" "…

  • Fixed and mobile broadband Internet

    12 Apr 2012 | 6:47 am
    The World Economic Forum has published The Global Information Technology Report 2012, the website consists many Internet data sets and also gives possibility to create visualizations.<a href="#"><img alt=" "…

  • Russian companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA

    3 Apr 2012 | 3:34 pm
    Source of data: Deloitte, Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2011 Winners Report and Ranking
 
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  • Schoolgirl’s Dress from Graduation Party Amuses Russian Netizens

    Augis
    15 May 2012 | 9:41 am
    These pictures from the graduation party of the secondary school No.15 in Pavlohrad, Ukraine went viral in Russian blogosphere. Source: http://ru-marazm.livejournal.com/3215694.html And here are comments of Russian netizens. faber_fortunae:  For a long time I’ve been amazed – why do the residents of Ukraine purposefully make their country look as the land of whores in the eyes of the whole world? And now schoolgirls are getting involved. mata1o (replying to faber_fortunae):  As if they don’t have whores in the USA. sahvolg (replying to mata1o):  Sure, they have. From Ukraine))…

  • Disabled Man Wasn’t Allowed into Restaurant; Russian Netizens Comment

    Augis
    14 May 2012 | 5:03 am
    Disabled man was not allowed to enter a restaurant just because he was in a wheelchair. Source: Young resident of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Mokin still cannot recover from the incident. Last Saturday [ed: by the time of the publishing it is not the last Saturday] he was forbidden to appear in a restaurant because of the fact that he was in a wheelchair … Alexander Mokin and his wife - On April 28 I was 27 years old, – said Alexander. - I wanted to celebrate it in the restaurant “Gallery” (which is at Furmanov Street) with my wife and friends. I called and ordered a…

  • “Aeroflot” Fired Stewardess for Mocking the SSJ-100 Crash

    Augis
    13 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    “Aeroflot” – Russia’s largest airline company – fired its flight attendant Ekaterina Solovyeva for the insensitive tweet in which she expressed joy about the crash of the plane Sukhoi Superjet-100 in Indonesia. Though she hurried to remove the tweet, one blogger made its snapshot and sent it to the company’s management. Here is translation of the post in which the whistle was blown for the first time. Tragedy in the sky of Indonesia is not complete yet. The black boxes haven’t been found, the wrecks haven’t been collected and the biomass (sorry for the…

  • Pictures from Russian Brides and Foreign Grooms Parties

    Augis
    12 May 2012 | 3:49 am
    The pictures below are from events organized by dating agencies which offer Russian brides for foreigners. These are not new photos, they have been circulating on internet for some time already. And from time to time they are popping out in different forums and blogs, each time sparking interesting discussions. Since this time the photos appeared in a very popular Russian blog “Самый сок!” – it’s not surprise that the post accumulated more than thousand comments. So, here are the pictures and some of translated comments (of Russian netizens). Russian brides and foreign…

  • In Russia Protesting Against Putin Is Harmful for Pregnancy

    Augis
    11 May 2012 | 9:20 am
    The fiercest battles between the supporters of Putin and oppositionists take place not in the streets of Russian cities, but in internet. Almost any topic in RuNet (Russian internet) – even if it is slightly related to politics – quickly sets the stage for hot debates. After the March of Millions (the demonstration of protest against Putin which took place in Moscow on May 6th) Russian blogs and forums are filled with the photo- and video-reports about the clashes between police and protesters. And this is the excellent opportunity to have a glimpse into the online battles. As a case…
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