The majority of the world’s most influential Russians seem to have long ago fled their mother country. This is according to the list of the 50 most successful Russians abroad published by Forbes magazine. In the list, the “big bosses” are divided into various categories, including business, science, sport and culture. Access Industries head Leo [...]
Archives: 24 October 2011
October 24, 2011
October 24, 2011
Russia slams doors in immigrants’ face
President Medvedev has signed a new law imposing more stringent conditions on obtaining Russian citizenship. Those applying now need to present a permanent residence-permit – the document that entitles you to stay in the country without restrictions. Previously, foreigners could present migration cards or temporary-residence permits instead. Experts link the new law to the migration flow. [...]
October 24, 2011
French whine about Russian wine
In ten years’ time, Russia will stop producing champagne, instead switching to “sparkling wine.” The move is part of an agreement between Russian producers and French ones from the Champagne region, Interfax reports citing sources in Abrau-Dyurso winery. The deadline is currently scheduled for 2022, but it may be extended if re-branding Russian bubbly proves [...]
October 24, 2011
Gorbachev wants perestroika for America
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has recognized the Occupy Wall Street movement, and he says the uprising sweeping America is like something he’s seen before himself. Speaking at Lafayette College last week, Gorbachev likened the current unrest in the US to what he witnessed before the dissolution of the USSR. The solution, says Gorbachev, [...]
October 24, 2011
‘Don’t romanticize pure politics’
The world has ended up romanticizing situations that are purely political. But events in Libya are not even a political conflict – this is war, says blogger Karl Sharro in his interview with RT. According to Sharro, Gaddafi’s killing has been cynically exploited by all sides. “On the one hand we have the “cheerleaders” from [...]
October 24, 2011
October 24, 2011
No camping: 130 ‘Occupy Chicago’ activists arrested
Some 130 activists of the ‘Occupy Chicago movement’ have been arrested for camping out in a city park after closing time. They’ve been inspired by the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests against corporate greed and the influence of the rich in government. The movement has existed for over a month and has now spread across five [...]
October 24, 2011
Americans line up for free healthcare
Healthcare reform has been one of the most divisive issues in Washington. But the lack of healthcare is also the common problem, which connects millions of Americans. As poverty and unemployment increases, the problem only grows worse. Long lines at a free healthcare clinic in Los Angeles show there is a great need in the [...]
October 24, 2011
Family sues cops over 19 Taser blasts
On November 16, 2009, police were dispatched to an East Grand Rapids, Michigan residence following a 911 call in which the dialer said a man broke through a glass window. Stephen Bolick called the police following a scuffle with his 30-year-old son. According to Bolick his son, Matthew Bolick, “just freaked out completely.” East Grand [...]
October 24, 2011
Popular vote favored over Electoral College by 2-1
Could your vote come election time mean a little bit more? Most Americans today are favoring the abolishing of the Electoral College, reveals a new Gallup poll, which could usher in the installation of a popular vote system. The results of the survey released today by Gallup show that 62 percent of Americans currently prefer [...]
October 24, 2011
Search Engine War: Yandex and Baidu Taking on Google…
This morning over coffee I just had to express what I use for search engines in the last few months. I decided that Google was just to big and controlling. That Google has too much information on everyone in the world and it is monopolized. It just does not seem right… I have silently switched [...]
October 24, 2011
Moscow’s Population Will Grow…
Many residents of the Moscow region will receive an unexpected boost in their social status on January 1, when City Hall legally incorporates huge chunks of land as part of the Greater Moscow expansion project. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Moscow Region Governor Boris Gromov will formally sign legal documents on January 1 that will [...]
October 24, 2011
Russian Dove: Pigeon!
In The former CCCP (Soviet Union), They had Dove houses. These Dove houses have survived mostly intact. These houses are all over Russia, from the center of Moscow to the Villages. They are still being used for mostly white Doves. Though interracial seems to be the future. I find it interesting that the Humans lived [...]
October 24, 2011
Prominent Russian surgeon arrested on pedophilia charges
A prominent Russian plastic surgeon has been arrested on suspiction of child sexual abuse, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Monday. Police sources earlier said that the wife of Vladimir Tapiya-Fernandes, a 57-year-old former employee of the Russian Presidential Administration’s Clinical Hospital, turned to police late last week, accusing her husband of sexually abusing their [...]