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Blog Post Archive
Russia’s Birth Rate up 30% Since 2007 - Minister
The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said on Wednesday.
Russian Man Films Own Death in Demolition Accident
A man filmed his own death while recording demolition works in Lipetsk, Central Russia, regional broadcaster Most TV reported on Wednesday.
Long-Lost Soviet Holocaust Films Under New Spotlight
Nearly a dozen long-lost, rarely seen Soviet films and scores of screenplays that were never produced about the persecution of Jews during World War II have been revived to offer decades-old evidence of a side of the Holocaust few people recognize today.
Russian Opposition Figures Charged with Plotting Mass Riots
Russian prosecutors have charged opposition activists Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on Wednesday.
US Scrambles to Keep Afghan Taliban Plan on Track, Russia Backs Karzai
The United States scrambled Wednesday to salvage plans to bring the Taliban into Afghan peace talks while Russia threw its support squarely behind President Hamid Karzai after he angrily cancelled crucial security talks with Washing...
Berlin, Brandenburg Gate Become Icons for US Presidents
Summertime in Germany has become a popular time and place for several American presidents over the past 50 years, ever since John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963.
Body of Todashev, Shot During Questioning in US, Flown to Russia
The body of Ibragim Todashev, who was shot to death in Florida last month while being questioned about his ties to a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, was flown to Moscow on Wednesday.
Europol Cracks Down on ‘Russian-Speaking’ Mafia
In one of the most significant blows to “Russian-speaking” organized crime, Europol has supported the arrest of 18 suspects from the Georgian Kutaisi criminal clan across several European countries, the EU crime fighting agency said Wednesday in statement.
The World’s Most Notorious Prisons
On June 18, the US Departments of Justice and Defense released a 15-page list of the names of the prisoners being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba on January 22, 2010. Today, the prison holds 166 inmates.
Transmissions from a Lone Star: Kim Jong-Un Declares Admiration for Hitler: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The North Korean dissident website New Focus International carried an interesting story on Monday. According to insiders, Kim Jong-un is getting into Hitler. In fact, the tubby tyrant digs the Nazi dictator so much that he’s started gifting copies of “Mein Kampf” to his inner circle. Having emulated Stalin for decades, it’s time for the regime to embrace a new villain.