This New Year’s cartoon of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has caused a little stir in the Russian media because the media does not often lampoon political figures.
While it would be great with a translation, its fun to watch as it is.
The cartoon was broadcast after Medvedev’s official New Year’s address.
The [...]

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Those who want to improve Russian morals are expanding the campaign. Alcohol, smoking and violence and porn on television have been targets of past attempts to clean-up Russian society.
Now a group of Russian legislators want to put an end to public swearing.
Fines of $15 to $50 are proposed for those who curse in public with [...]

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Russia’s Interior Minister said that if a cop assaults you on the street for no reason, then its okay to fight back. Tell that to the judge.

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Weapons that once were intended to destroy the United States now supply 10% of its energy.
Salvaged nuclear material now provides 45% of the nuclear fuel to American nuclear reactors. That translates into about 10% of the energy provided in the country, which exceeds the 6% from hydropower and 3% from solar, wind, biomass and geothermal.
The [...]

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Moscow’s Mayor Yuri Luzhkov wants to ban snow from Moscow.
Really.
Since a Moscow blizzard can require 2,500 snow ploughs and a cleanup army of 50,000, a lot of rubles are spent every year on snow removal.
Luzhkov has a better idea. He wants to seed looming storms with silver iodide, liquid nitrogen and cement powder to encourage [...]

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The Russian media portrays Joachim “Vasily” Crima as the “Volgograd Obama.” Although a native of Guinea-Bissau, he is now a Russian citizen. Crima is also Russia’s first black candidate. He is running for mayor of the district of Srednyaya Akhtuba, part of the Volgograd Region. He promises to fix the roads and improve the water and gas [...]

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Russia has invaded Estonia.
No, this is not a repeat of 1940. Besides, it is not all of Russia invading Estonia, just an island.
A four-hectare island drifting in the Narva Reservoir has crossed political boundaries from Russia to Estonia.
The densely forested island has been floating for three weeks, and both Russian and Estonian officials concede that [...]

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, formerly the richest man in Russia, began a new trial in Moscow facing charges of money laundering and theft. Khodorkovsky, a former oil baron, has been serving an 8-year sentence for tax evasion and fraud.
His initial trial in 2005 is widely considered to have been unfair and punishment for becoming involved in politics [...]

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There have been some tacky products made in Barack Obama’s name within the U.S. However, the worst offenders are international and Russian.
Obama tanning salons.
Obama chocolate ice cream.
Obama tooth whitening services.
The sellers of these products and services say they aren’t racists. “For Russia, this is not racist. It is fun and that’s it,” said one proprietor.
Ha. [...]

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A Georgian woman claims that Vladimir Putin is her son. This conflicts with Putin’s official life story, but Vera Putina, 82, has a few interesting facts to back up her claim.
Putina claims that when she first saw Putin on television in 1999, she instantly recognized him as her estranged son.
In Mrs Putina’s account, Mr Putin’s [...]

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