December 28, 12:00 AM

How Some KGB Oldtimers Tried to Bump Off a Visa Business

by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
Retired secret service agents attempt raid on VFS Global. Raid attempt is foiled.
December 20, 9:40 PM

Luxury Prison Cells Are Illegal, Apparently

by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
May 31, 6:00 PM

The Un-Oligarchical Alexander Lebedev

by Russia! Staff
June 1, 2:00 PM

Unfortunate Road Situation, Slavic Style

by Russia! Staff
Recently
This country has a knack for luxury. Several corrections officers were discharged in the Russian city if Volgograd for allegedly setting up 'VIP prison cells' — a five-star accommodation for wealthy mugs and senior mafia bosses.
Alexander Lebedev – the billionaire owner of Russia’s Novaya Gazeta and Britain’s The Independent – is leaving business for politics because he has grown tired of battling corrupt officials.
Most of those who drove in Russia know that the quality of roads in this country is so terrible that it’s not even funny. But you, the reader, should review the following images — and next time you hear your cab driver speaking Russian — just sit back and relax: the driver knows what he is doing.
November 2, 6:00 AM

Ecological Activist Yevgenia Chirikova Seeks Support in the US, Unable to Find It in Russia

by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
June 1, 9:00 AM

Russia’s Supply of iPad 2 Sells Out in Two Days

by Russia! Staff
April 20, 11:10 AM

Russian President Medvedev Dances Like A School Girl (Video)

by Russia! Staff
Unable to find support at home, well-known Russian human rights and ecological activist Yevgenia Chirikova, who led the revolt in Moscow against the clear-cutting of the Khimki forest, is trying to get help in the U.S.
Two days — that’s how long it took to sell out the 10,000-unit supply of the newest Apple tablets in Russia after the iPad 2 went on sale here, several months after it became available in the US.
We have discovered a video on Youtube today which features Russian President Dmitry A. Medvedev showing of his dance moves. Mr. Medvedev obviously has not danced much since the 1980s. We won’t even try to make satirical comments -- just add that the song in the video is called “American boy”.
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