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Don't smile in Russia!

May 27, 2010 11:22Updated May 27, 2010 11:22
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 Top News: Two explosions at Russia’s biggest coalmine killed 67 people, including miners and rescuers. Twenty-three miners are still missing, three weeks after the May 9 accident.

Car bomb kills 6, injures 40 near volatile Russian region

May 26, 2010 15:48
A car exploded in the center of Stravropol, a southern Russian city neighboring the volatile North Caucasus, killing six people and injuring around 40. The car was parked outside a cafe near the city's cultural center, and exploded at 6:45 Wednesday — 15 minutes before the night's peformance by a Chechen dance troupe was set to begin. Most of the injured have suffered shrapnel wounds.

Latest threat to Russia: J-Lo

May 24, 2010 05:59
I promise not to turn this into a Hollywood gossip blog, but I can't let this one slide.

NATO contemplates a broader mission

May 18, 2010 07:35Updated May 30, 2010 13:34
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Eleven years ago, few people other than south-Asia watchers had any idea what the Taliban was, much less could have imagined why more than 100,000 soldiers would be needed to fight it. At that time, the world’s premier military alliance, NATO, had never fought a ground war, operated outside of Europe, or invoked its Article 5 collective-defense clause.  But Sept. 11, 2001 changed everything for the alliance. Well, almost everything.

How do you say Jay-Z in Russian?

May 14, 2010 05:35
As of Wednesday, Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov is an official owner of the NJ Nets. Prokhorov bid for the team in September, and it's taken this long to vet him — by all accounts, a difficult process.

Welcoming Central Asia's latest (official) dictator

May 13, 2010 08:57
Let's have a round of applause for Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan. Today, the country's parliament approved constitutional amendments that will give him lifetime immunity from prosecution and the title of "leader of the nation," so that even after (if?) he retires, he'll still have the right to approve policy. 

Russia's Victory Day parade bolsters nationalism

May 9, 2010 16:26Updated May 30, 2010 13:32
MOSCOW, Russia — The 9-year-old boy craned his neck and shot a finger into the sky. “Here they come, here they come!” he shouted, as four supersonic Blackjack bombers shot through the skies above. “Yes, my golden one,” his grandmother replied. “Now you’ll never forget.” That, arguably, is the mission of Russia’s annual Victory Day parade, held with increasing fanfare each May 9 to mark the end of World War II.

As Russia releases Somalis, other "pirates" languish in jail

May 7, 2010 22:52Updated May 30, 2010 13:32
MOSCOW, Russia — When the Moscow University, an oil tanker owned by the Russian government, sent out a distress signal from the Gulf of Aden early Wednesday, a rescue plan emerged like clockwork.  The ship’s crew cut the power and hid in a saferoom as Somali pirates boarded the vessel, loaded with $52 million worth of oil destined for China. A nearby Russian warship, the Marshall Shaposhnikov, changed course and headed for the distressed tanker.

A supermodel's life in Russia

May 6, 2010 06:16
Naomi Campbell went on "Oprah" this week to talk about life in the Russian capital, which she has called home since her relationship with real estate tycoon Vladislav "Vlad" Doronin took off a couple of years ago.

Essay: Two Russian lives diverge

May 4, 2010 07:22Updated May 30, 2010 13:31
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Natasha lives in a small two-room apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Coats and slippers clutter the cramped entryway. From the kitchen waft smells of boiling potatoes and freshly cut vegetables. Natasha is the main reason I try visit St. Petersburg regularly. She was my mother’s best friend at university, the Herzen Pedagogical Institute, where they studied languages like English and German in hope of becoming translators, or writers.
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