All articles tagged "women"
Russian rights activist gets international female leadership prize 
11 Mar, 12:23 PM 6 comments
Moscow human rights activist has become the first Russian woman to be awarded the International Women of Courage prize, handed out to nominees by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and America’s first lady Michelle Obama.
Asylum director charged with sterilizing patients 
11 Mar, 06:12 PM 16 comments
A criminal action has been launched against the director of a mental asylum who sterilized 14 severely patients without the necessary prior legal procedures
New Agriculture Minister becomes Russia's third woman in cabinet 
13 Mar, 11:25 PM 6 comments
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Elena Skrynnik as the new Minister of Agriculture. The decision, taken Thursday, boosts the number of women in the Russian cabinet to three
Muslim father orders daughter killed over short skirt 
13 Apr, 01:29 PM 36 comments
A Muslim resident of Russia’s St. Petersburg has hired killers to rid him of a daughter who disrespected Islamic laws by wearing short skirts.
Russian mother and kidnapped daughter detained in Hungary 
13 Apr, 04:41 PM 16 comments
The Russian consulate in Budapest has confirmed that the girl kidnapped in France by her Russian mother and the mother herself have been detained in Hungary. Local authorities plan to hand the girl over to her father.
Baby dies after breastfeeding on drunk mother’s milk 
17 Apr, 11:26 PM 25 comments
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the death of a four-month-old baby that allegedly died after being poisoned by the alcohol-loaded milk of his drunk mother.
Mothers swap children confused at birth 14 months ago 
20 Apr, 11:34 PM 14 comments
Following a recent court ruling, two Russian women have had to swap their toddler sons who were confused at the maternity clinic where they were born on the same day over a year ago.
Man jailed for 30 months for thrashing wife's dirty car 
23 Apr, 11:51 PM 19 comments
A Moscow man has been jailed two and a half years for smashing up his wife’s car that he had given her as a present. The man was infuriated that the car was dirty.
Man beheads wife over sex performance remark 
30 Apr, 03:37 PM 11 comments
Ukrainian police have detained a retired special forces officer who killed his wife. The man, whose mental health is being questioned, cut the woman’s head off after in bed she told him he was not her best ever.
World’s oldest woman dies at 130 
12 May, 11:21 PM 14 comments
The world’s oldest woman, 130-year-old Sakhan Dosova, died on May 9th in Kazakhstan.
Italian cop kills Ukrainian wife, her mother, himself 
13 May, 10:51 PM 2 comments
An Italian police officer has committed suicide after shooting dead his Ukrainian wife and his mother-in-law at his house in Rimini.
Woman attacks husband's member with power drill for excessive spending 
18 May, 12:03 PM 13 comments
A Russian woman attacked her husband with an electric drill after learning that he had spent his salary on alcohol.
Lithuania has a woman president 
18 May, 07:41 PM 7 comments
Lithuania has a new president. She joins the small ranks of female world leaders. Welcome, Dalia Grybauskaite.
Chainsaw murderer gets 11 years behind bars 
22 May, 01:18 PM 1 comment
A Russian man has been sentenced to eleven years behind bars for killing his partner with a chainsaw in a fit of jealousy.
Female Russian boxer takes on Big Brother show 
5 Jun, 11:58 PM 10 comments
A 35-year old female boxer and an ex-rock star from London who originally comes from Russia, Angel Mckenzie is one of the 16 new contestants who entered the famed Big Brother house.
Russian police introduce car sticker for pregnant drivers 
9 Jun, 12:12 PM 9 comments
Traffic police in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk have developed a special sticker that would let other drivers know when a pregnant woman is at the wheel.
Woman detained for selling 30 girls’ virginity online 
10 Jun, 01:48 PM 10 comments
A 27-year-old woman has been detained for selling the virginity of dozens of girls via the Internet. She kept a detailed diary of each of the deals, which will now be used as evidence against her in court.
Russian girl in intensive care after restoring virginity 6 times 
17 Jun, 02:08 PM 115 comments
A Russian woman ended up in reanimation after restoring her virginity for the sixth time.
Russian woman on trial for raping 10 men 
18 Jun, 01:40 PM 101 comments
A young Russian woman, a devoted collector of horror films and spiders, is on trial for sedating and raping ten men.
Man kills girlfriend of 2 years after learning she used to be a man 
23 Jun, 11:54 PM 89 comments
A Russian man has killed the girlfriend that he lived with for two years after finding out that she once was a man.
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