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	Politics November 3, 9:00 AM Bond, Neutral Observer Bond by Julia Ioffe
	In Moscow, Halloween is celebrated by exactly 4% of Russians and is usually a holiday for going to clubs while dressed in a ridiculous fashion, which is basically a holiday for people who would spend their Saturday nights going to clubs while dressed in a ridiculous fashion anyway.
News November 12, 8:00 AM Video: Vitaly Ginzburg, Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Dies at 93 by Russia! Staff
Vitaly Ginzburg, a physics genius, whose career spanned 7 decades and included development of the hydrogen bomb warheads as well as the work on superconductivity, for which he shared a Nobel prize in 2003, died this week.
Media November 2, 9:00 AM Beautiful Naked Russian Girls Still Improve Magazine Sales by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
Successfully fighting the severe media recession, a popular magazine uses its glossy pages as God intended: to print photos of stunning naked Russian go-go dancers.
Food October 31, 2:00 PM Oligarchs Dine at Nello, Primarily by Tatyana Bokova-Foley
Not one, but two high profile Russian oligarchs, Mikhail Prokhorov and Roman Abramovich, dined at Nello Restaurant in New York City in the last week. Combined, they spent over $71,000 on two meals.
Film October 26, 8:00 AM Russian Film Week in New York by Marina Galperina
The Russian Film Week NYC is November 13th through 22nd. Highlights include: gulag town fool with a wooden gun, a disillusioned TV star, modern domestic and adolescent horrors, Anna Karenina, Ivan the Terrible, funny drunks, miracles, sailors, suicides, spiritual journeys and Somalian pirates.
News October 26, 12:00 AM Bloomberg Speaks Russian, Fails by Russia! Staff
In his advertisement on Russian radio, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg says in Russian: "I love this town and know how to make it better." Russian-speaking voters would appreciate Mr. Bloomberg's effort, if only the mayor did not say this phrase with the worst Russian accent of all time.
Space October 25, 10:00 PM Boris the Astronaut and Mars on Earth by Marina Galperina
As close to a space adventure as I'll ever get: RUSSIA! checks out the mighty fine Vincent Fournier photography exhibition "Space Project," at Clic Gallery through November 1st.
News October 26, 10:00 AM Updated: Latvian Meteorite Is A Hoax - Confirmed by Russia! Staff
Update: Latvian mobile operator Tele2 confessed that the meteorite was a hoax, but with good intentions. The company promised to pay the damages caused by the hoax, including fire department and police emergency costs.
News October 25, 5:00 PM Video: Meteorite Strikes Latvia by Russia! Staff
Large meteorite fell on a field near a small town in Latvia, creating a 20-meter crater. Nobody was hurt. Local farmers called 911 to let them know about "the flying fire." Scientists, dispatched to the scene, removed the meteorite to determine its composition.
Media October 20, 11:00 PM Dagestan's Baby Leg Holy Scribbles Miracle by Marina Galperina
The end is neigh, comrades. Here's Russia's own, brand new sign: a holy-words-producing baby leg.
Made in Russia October 20, 9:00 PM Scent of a [Socialist] Woman: Red Moscow Perfume by Russia! Staff
In the USSR, there was one floral scent which could be called the scent of success: the scent of Krasnaya Moskva - "Red Moscow," the perfume favored by the Kremlin wives and the country's lucrative Communist party elite. Let's take a whiff of its flowery past.
Art July 12, 12:00 AM Forbidden Art (Virtual Exhibition) by Russia! Staff
The complete list of Forbidden Art exhibition works is published by Russia! for your viewing pleasure. This Monday, Russian court found the curators responsible for the Forbidden Art exhibition that took place in 2007 guilty in inciting religious and ethnic hatred.
Business October 8, 12:00 PM Video: Saga of Corruption, $230 Million and The Country's Image by Russia! Staff
Hermitage Capital Management, one of the major Russian investment banks, was forced to shut down and relocate to London, with several employees accused of fraud and put in prison. The bank alleged that it became victim of corrupt government officials and competitors with links to the Russian secret service, who helped to fake evidence and steal $230 million in taxes, paid by Hermitage.
Media October 7, 10:00 AM Video: Mutants on Pulp TV by Marina Galperina
Our latest video segment is fished out of one Russia's most ridiculous tv-programs, Heartfelt Confessions. Meet Mr Shahov - prophet, alien worshipper, poet, family man. We've subtitled his rants/teachings for your viewing pleasure.
Books October 7, 7:00 AM Happy Birthday, Putin…NOT by Julia Ioffe
It’s Vladimir Putin’s 57th birthday today! The patriarch called to congratulate the prime minister, as did Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, affectionately known as “Europe’s last dictator.” Even dissidents marked the occasion. Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a mocking ode (“I love you so tenderly and so sincerely.") wishing the prime minister would trade up titles, from “prime minister” to “God.”