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 [...]
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Hollywood Stars Help Chechen Leader Celebrate Birthday
WATCH: Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov pulls out all the stops in celebrating his birthday in Grozny. (Reuters video) A number of Hollywood film stars have attended celebrations in honor of the 35th birthday of Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed leader of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya. Two-time Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank and action-movie star Jean-Claude [...]
September 12, 2011
Ballet stars take on modern classics
Ballet Stars of the 21st Century Sept. 17 and 18, 6 pm, State Kremlin Palace, the Kremlin, m. Alexandrovsky Sad Dance lovers, breathe deeply: the Kremlin Gala “Ballet Stars of the 21st Century” features an international premiere, five Russianstage debuts and some of the world’s most beloved ballerinas. But viewers expecting pirouettes and pointe shoes [...]