Tag: Russia
Canada to face Russia for World Hockey Gold
Canada defeated Sweden 5-4 after a back and forth game in Quebec City at the IIHF World Hockey Championships. Canada ran its undefeated streak to 19 games in the competition and will now try to defend the Gold they won last year in Moscow Against a strong Russian team. Russia...
Volgodonsk nuclear stafff win bronze in combat to...
At the all-Russia hand-to-hand combat tournament a team from the Volgodonsk nuclear power plant got the third place, behind winners from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Russia's main nuclear corporation said nuclear plants are "specific facilities requiring enhanced...
Putin Confirmed as Russian PM
Update: Vladimir Putin has been confirmed as Russia's new Prime Minister under President-elect (and Putin Protege) Dmitry Medvedev."A day after the new Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev was sworn in, his predecessor...
Georgia says "very close" to war with Russia
This is the kind of story that makes the crazy guy with the bomb shelter in his basement seem like he's not so crazy. Let's hope cooler heads prevail here."BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's deployment of extra...
Russia Parades Military Might
It was an eerie sight, I'm sure; Nuclear missile launchers, columns of tanks and thousands of troops marched through Red Square in Russia today. The occasion was to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the victory overy...
Russia Expels Two US Embassy Staff
Another indication of the deepening chill between Washington and Moscow is the expulsion order for two American military attachés from the US embassy in Moscow, the latest in a round of what appears to be tit for...
Study ranks Canadians second-last on environment
Canada has been ranked second to last, only beating the US in a new study of consumer habits and how they affect the environment.Out of 14 countries, Canada scored a very low rating from the National Geographic...
Canadian consumers rank second-last in green survey
Huge homes, widespread car culture push Canada to back of the pack
Medvedev to become Russian President
Russia is going to get a New President today. A protege of outgoing President Vladimir Putin, new incumbent Dmitry Medvedev will take oath today in the historic Kremlin Palace. He doesn't carry baggage of...
Gorbachev: US could start new Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev has accused the United States of mounting an imperialist conspiracy against Russia that could push the world into a new Cold War
Oops, my bad: thanks for returning my $4M violin
What's with people leaving expensive violins on public transit lately? At first I thought this story had to do with the 17th-century violin lost on a train a few a weeks ago, but apparently that was a different...
Russian peacekeepers heading for deployment site ...
"MOSCOW, May 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian peacekeepers who recently arrived in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone are heading for areas where they will be stationed, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. Moscow has increased the number of Russian peacekeepers in...
Tony Blair makes list of world's 100 most influen...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influencial people.Current Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not make the list however."The former Prime Minister is one of the...
Underground Fires that Burn For Decades
" Sometimes a fire just won't go out. Uzbekistan is home to a place called Darvaz, nicknamed by locals "the door to hell." It's a semi-underground gas fire that's been burning nonstop for 35 years. Find out why, and see some close-up pictures of this hellmouth after the jump,...
Huge beaver ravages Russian store
The source article implies in its headline that the beaver was seeking vodka, but there's only evidence that the beast smashed up a few bottles. No word on if it consumed anything.""The saleswoman saw a large animal...
