Airplane bomber targeted in-laws in Soviet attack
30 Jul, 03:26 PM 189 comments
Russian security services have declassified information concerning an incident in the 1970-s, when a Soviet pilot crashed his plane into an apartment block, seeking to kill his in-laws, but killing three neighbors instead.
Russian cops to pass their driver’s tests again
29 Jul, 05:02 PM 106 comments
The high rate of traffic accidents in Russia has drawn the attention of the country's top policeman, who plans to ameliorate the situation by checking up on the skills of his subordinates.
Notorious Russian godfather shot in Moscow
29 Jul, 11:29 PM 125 comments
Doctors are attempting to save the life of the notorious Russian mafia boss, Yaponchik, after he was shot leaving a Moscow restaurant.
Communists urge Madonna to change outfit, repertoire for Russian concert
28 Jul, 06:31 PM 90 comments
Russian Communists are asking Madonna, who is soon giving a concert on the central square in St. Petersburg, to respect the historic spot: wear a military outfit and wave a red flag, skip sexy dance movements and sing a couple of revolutionary songs.
German millionaire detained in Moscow over knife attack on Russian girlfriend
28 Jul, 02:23 PM 91 comments
Russian police have arrested a German businessman, who cut up his Russian mistress Elena with a kitchen knife and threw her out of the window from their rented Moscow apartment.
Top Russian sanitary inspector bans student trips to Britain over swine flu
28 Jul, 12:20 PM 91 comments
Russia’s chief sanitary inspector Gennady Onishchenko has forbidden groups of Russian children from traveling to Britain because of the flu outbreak. It was not clear though, how he was going to implement this ban.
11 killed in car crash in south Russia's Dagestan
28 Jul, 10:53 PM 80 comments
Eleven people, including two children, have been killed in a road accident in the Nogai district of Dagestan in south Russia, days after President Medvedev demanded that order be restored to Russian roads.
Opposition activist shot in the mouth near Moscow
28 Jul, 10:40 PM 82 comments
A Russian anti-corruption activist has been attacked by a group of men who shot him in the mouth with a stun gun.
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