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Every year thousands of Russian Christians take an icy plunge to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany. Last January about 60,000 people have dived into freezing Moscow waters with outside temperature reaching - 15 C (32 F). A festive liturgy was conducted in the Moscow Cathedral by the head of the … [Read more...]
While the world is back at work since early January, Russian New Year holidays are still under way until the Russian Old New Year, celebrated in the night from January 13th to January 14th. Though Soviet Russia has officially followed the Gregorian calendar as far back as 1918, the Russian Orthodox … [Read more...]
Former IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of rape attempt and now released without bail in New-York, has claimed that he had become the target of a plot organized by Russian PM Vladimir Putin. The former world finance chief believes that Russia and France have hatched the … [Read more...]
Moscow police has enhanced security all around the US Moscow Embassy after President Obama’s official announcement that Osama bin Laden is dead. According to Moscow police official, “additional police forces around the Embassy of the United States of America in Moscow have been brought … [Read more...]
April 12 is a huge day in space history. On that day fifty years ago, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space after the first cosmonaut Russian dog, Laika. His epic flight aboard Vostok 1 spacecraft was the man's first encounter with the outer space. Gagarin proved that human … [Read more...]
Russia has commemorated the 80th anniversary of birth of its first president, Boris Yeltsin (Boris Eltsin). This anniversary was marked with a series of tributes, programs, and exhibits. Russia’s current president Dmitry Medvedev unveiled a monument to Boris Yeltsin in former leader's home city of … [Read more...]
The Christmas weekend in Moscow saw an unusually heavy cloudburst of the rare freezing rain. The freezing rain, or the ice rain, becomes overcooled when passing through a sub-freezing layer of air and then freezes upon impact with any object it encounters. While sub-zero temperatures and snow are … [Read more...]
Russia has entered the club of green cars producers unveiling its own prototypes of hybrid vehicles. Second richest Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, also known as the owner of the New Jersey Nets NBA franchise, has presented his new Yo-mobile to Moscow public saying that the hybrid car should … [Read more...]
April 12 is a huge day in space history. On that day fifty
