One Russian City In Early XXth Century

Today we are going to show you some more unique works of a great photographer Prokudin-Gorsky dated early twentieth century. The pictures you can see below depict the old Russian city of Zlatoust, its suburbs and people. There is a feeling we are losing so much through the years… Click here for all pictures on one pageLinks to explore:...

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That Merry Wedding

These wedding pictures were taken some two years in a park of Yekaterinburg, Russia. Nothing so much special. Just an ordinary Russian wedding and corresponding decorations… Location: Yekaterinburg Click here for all pictures on one pageLinks to explore: See even more of English Russia:...

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Tank Made By Airsoft Players

Such a cool tank Abrams M1A1 was made by Russian airsoft players. Inside the post you may see the process of its creation in photos and videos. Click here for all pictures on one pageLinks to explore: See even more of English Russia:...

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Nigerian Students Arrested in Moscow Embassy Violence

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) – Sixteen students from Nigeria studying in Moscow have been arrested for thrashing a conference hall in their country’s embassy in the Russian capital after an apparent dispute over financial aid issues, a Moscow police source said Tuesday.According to the source, police received a fax message late Monday...

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No ‘Power’ Job Offers for Opposition Leader Navalny – Kremlin

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) – The Kremlin is not considering the possibility of offering a position in the echelons of power to opposition leader Alexei Navalny until he proves himself as a capable politician, the head of the presidential administration said.“Why, on Earth, the authorities should discuss something like this? On what...

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Russia Gets Poor Marks for Wellbeing of its Elderly - Report

WASHINGTON, September 30 (by Karin Zeitvogel for RIA Novosti) - Russia earns low marks on a global index that rates countries by the quality of life and wellbeing of their old folk, ranking 78th out of 91 countries in the first-ever Global AgeWatch Index released Monday.The index, which lists Sweden at number one and Afghanistan at rock...

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Russia Gets Poor Marks for Wellbeing of its Elderly – Report

WASHINGTON, September 30 (by Karin Zeitvogel for RIA Novosti) - Russia earns low marks on a global index that rates countries by the quality of life and wellbeing of their old folk, ranking 78th out of 91 countries in the first-ever Global AgeWatch Index released Monday.The index, which lists Sweden at number one and Afghanistan at rock...

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33 Illegal Migrants Detained in Moscow – Migration Service

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Migration Service officials on Monday detained 20 illegal migrant workers at a construction site in northeast Moscow and 13 more at a market in the city’s south, the service told RIA Novosti.“Out of 20 nationals from former Soviet republics involved in construction and finishing work, none was...

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4 Vigilantes Busted Over Siege of Moscow Migrant Dorm

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Four people have been detained over a grassroots attempt to hunt for illegal migrants in Moscow and flush them out of a dormitory in a raid that ended in a shootout, city police said Monday.The suspects face hooliganism charges, punishable with up to seven years in prison, police said in an online statement....

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Top Official Sacked, Reportedly Flees Russia Amid Corruption Scandal

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – A senior Russian official suspected of involvement in a corruption scandal has been sacked, the federal land registration agency confirmed Monday, amid media reports that the man had already fled the country.Sergei Sapelnikov, former deputy head of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadaster...

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‘Rambo of the Taiga’ Busted in Siberia After 4 Months on the Run

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – A former paratrooper jailed for butchering Central Asian migrant workers in a gruesome vendetta was detained Monday after spending four months on the run from a maximum security prison in eastern Siberia, officials said.Though Vladimir Avdeyev was nicknamed “Rambo of the Taiga” by Russian media, the 38-year-old...

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Russia Denies Visa to Dutch Journalist Awarded for Sochi Project

MOSCOW, September 30 (Alexey Eremenko, RIA Novosti) – A Dutchman who was awarded the veritable Oscar of photojournalism for a compilation juxtaposing the construction of the most expensive Olympics with poverty and insurgency in the neighboring region said Monday that he been denied a Russian visa ahead of an exhibition in Moscow.Rob Hornstra,...

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Putin Signs Offshore Hydrocarbons Stimulus Bill Into Law

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law granting tax and customs benefits for oil and gas production on the country’s continental shelf, the Kremlin site said Monday.It sets out stimulus measures for companies involved in oil and gas production on Russia’s continental shelf of in the...

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Ex-spy Anna Chapman Halts US TV Interview Over Snowden Query

WASHINGTON, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Anna Chapman, the red-haired Russian secret agent expelled from the United States in 2010, abruptly walked out of an interview with NBC television after being asked her about her marriage proposal to fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the network reported Monday.“OK, the interview is...

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Russian Official Accused of Plotting to Kill Business Rivals

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian police have detained the head of a Urals city administration for his alleged role in the killings of business rivals carried out by local crime gang members, the Investigative Committee said in a statement Monday.Viktor Ardabievsky, head of the city administration in Miass, a city in the Chelyabinsk...

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Russia's Rosneft Approves TNK-BP Minority Shareholder Buyback Price

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Rosneft said Monday that its board of directors had approved a share buyback from former minority shareholders in TNK-BP, a transaction that is expected to cost the state-owned oil giant about $1.5 billion.Rosneft said in a statement on its website that it will offer 67 rubles ($2.07) per ordinary share...

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Russian Government Submits ‘Harsh’ Budget to Parliament

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – The government’s 2014 budget, which Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has described as “very harsh,” was submitted to Russia’s State Duma on Monday.According to the document, which also includes projections for 2015 and 2016, Russia is set to record a budget deficit of 391 billion rubles ($12 billion) in...

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Investigators: Greenpeace Actions Were ‘Real Threat’ to Oil Rig Staff

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Investigative Committee said Monday that Greenpeace’s attempt to scale a Russian oil rig in the Arctic in protest against drilling in the region earlier this month had posed a threat to the platform’s staff and constituted a crime.The environmental organization's icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise,...

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Uralkali CEO Says House Arrest Conditions OK – Consul

MINSK, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – The CEO of Russian fertilizer giant Uralkali has no complaints about the conditions of his house arrest in Belarus and will be able to meet with Russian foreign service officials every two months, the Russian consul in Minsk said Monday.Vladislav Baumgertner was arrested in Belarus in August and transferred...

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Hospitalized Pussy Riot Member Cut Off From World – Supporters

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – A jailed Pussy Riot rocker who was hospitalized Sunday amid a hunger strike over prison conditions is being held in isolation and not allowed to meet with lawyers or receive phone calls, her supporters said Monday.Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the anti-Kremlin punk group Pussy Riot, is undergoing...

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2 'Militants' Killed in Russia’s N.Caucasus

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Two militants believed to be members of an international terrorist organization were killed by security forces in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia’s National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) said Monday.Three people were traveling in a car when they were stopped for a check...

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Russian Proton Rocket Successfully Launches Telecom Satellite

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s first successful launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket since a July disaster has successfully put a European telecom satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) said.“The separation of the spacecraft from the Briz-M booster has taken place. Control of the satellite...

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Superhero Putin Battles Zombies in Upcoming Mobile Game

MOSCOW, September 30 (Kristen Blyth, RIA Novosti) – A roving horde of the living dead – followers of an evil cult headed by Russian mystic Rasputin – attack a press conference and target Russian President Vladimir Putin for termination. With the help of an American sidekick, alcoholic and aggressive American tough-guy Mike, the Russian politician...

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Russian Police Post $30,000 Reward for Wanted Drug Baron

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian police are offering a 1 million ruble ($30,000) reward for information on the whereabouts of a key member of an international drug ring suspected of smuggling “hundreds of kilograms of cocaine” from Colombia to Europe and Africa via Russia.“The Russian Interior Ministry is offering a 1 million...

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Eggs For a Hiker

Yes, we are going to cook eggs. And we are going to do it on the fifth highest point of the Crimea, Ukraine, on the improvised stove. What we need:- mountains, beautiful sky and many clouds;- backpack – 1 pc.- burner with a gas cylinder – 1 pc.- eggs – their amount depends on your appetite;- tomatoes, greens, salt and pepper to your taste;-...

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World Largest Radio Telescope

There is an interesting astrophysical observatory in Karachay-Cherkessia that owns the world’s largest radio telescope RATAN-600 (“600″ – means the diameter – 600 meters), and the largest in Eurasia reflecting telescope with the main mirror whose diameter is equal to six meters. We thought it could be a nice idea to visit this place. “RATAN-600″.In...

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