WINNIPEG, Alberta — The Winnipeg Jets claimed forward Antti Miettinen off waivers Tuesday from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay signed the 31-year-old free agent to a two-year, $3 million deal Monday, but had to wait for Miettinen to clear waivers. Miettinen began the season in Russia’s KHL with the Kazan Ak-Bars, registering two goals [...]
Tag: career
December 16, 2011
November 5, 2011
Russian ice dancers shine at Cup of China
The Russian duo of Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Soloviev have won the ice dancing contest at the Cup of China. The European silver medalists performed a flawless free dance to take the title with 163.52 points, claiming the career record in line. They finished well ahead of Maia and Alex Shibutani of the United States [...]
November 5, 2011
Lebedev overwhelms Toney to clinch WBA cruiserweight belt
Denis Lebedev didn’t sent James ‘Lights Out’ Toney to canvas, as he had pledged to do, but that didn’t stop him from winning the WBA cruiserweight belt in a one-sided bout in Moscow. The Russian dominated throughout the whole fight against the decorated American fighter and was close to finishing it before time. But the [...]
November 3, 2011
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout found guilty of selling weapons to Farc rebels
Former Soviet military officer and international arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the ‘Merchant of Death’ and whose colourful life partly inspired a Hollywood movie, has been found guilty of trying to sell heavy weapons to Colombian rebels. The verdict brings a dramatic end to one of New York’s most high-profile trials in recent years. It [...]
October 30, 2011
October 23, 2011
Tipsarevic, Cibulkova win Kremlin Cup
Serbian top seed Janko Tipsarevic won the Kremlin Cup on Sunday, while the women’s title went to Czech eighth seed Dominika Cibulkova. Tipsarevic, who lost the 2009 final to Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny, went one better on Sunday, beating compatriot and No. 2 seed Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-2 in a one-sided encounter for his second ATP [...]
October 18, 2011
Romney-backer is biggest Occupy Wall Street donor
Ex-banker Robert S Halper says he is “a little A.D.D.” with his philanthropy. Though he’s reached the cap on contributions to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, that hasn’t stopped the giving — he pledged $20,000 to start Occupy Wall Street. Halper tells The New York Times that he initially rolled his eyes at the idea of [...]
October 12, 2011
Velikaya crowned best fencer in the world
Russian sabre fencer Sofiya Velikaya fought her way to gold at the World Championships in Catania, Italy. The Russian was trailing by five points to Olympic champ Mariel Zagunis of the US in the women’s individual final, but managed to cut the deficit and win by a 15-14 scoreline. It is Velikaya’s third career world [...]
October 11, 2011
‘I felt like I could have won my latest bouts’
Russia’s Fedor Emelianenko is preparing for an encounter with one of the best American mixed martial artists. The Last Emperor is set to face American Jeff Monson in Moscow on November 20, knowing defeat could spell the end of his fighting career. “Who never falls never stands up” – the words of a man who [...]
September 23, 2011
Supply and Demand on the Local Labor Market
Supply and Demand on the Local Labor Market By Olga Khrustaleva The St. Petersburg Times Published: September 21, 2011 (Issue # 1675) ALEXANDER BELENKY / SPT Assembly line workers in St. Petersburg earn an average of 20,000 to 25,000 rubles ($640 to $800) per month. It’s a sad fact of life that what one loves [...]
September 12, 2011
Russian ice-hockey plane crash survivor dies in hospital
One of the only two survivors of last week’s plane crash that wiped out almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey team died in hospital on Monday, hospital officials said. Alexander Galimov, a Yaroslavl native, began his career in 2004 and was a member of the silver-medal winning Russian U20 team at the 2005 World [...]