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Russian plane crash kills 31
[China Post]- A passenger plane has crashed about a thousand miles east of Moscow in Siberia. The death toll stands at 31. The other twelve people has been taken to…
Russian city passes anti-gay bill
[St. Petersburg Times]- St. Petersburg, Russia has passed an anti-gay bill despite of world wide protests. The bill will make illegal “the promotion of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgenderism.” Protests…
Russian Police Chief sacked, HQ sealed off
[St. Petersburg Times]- St. Petersburg’s Chief of Police Mikhail Sukhodolsky was removed from his position by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Special task force officers had surrounded police headquarters prior to…
Moscow rallies for and against Putin
[CNN]- Large rallies took place in Moscow to show support for Vladimir Putin’s reelection bid and to protest Russian election fraud. Putin is slated to be the United Russia party…
U.N. resolve on Syria brutality blocked by Russia and China
[LA Times]- Russia and China stopped the United Nations Security Council’s resolution for the violent attacks in Syria. The resolve was supporting an Arab League idea which might have quickened…
UN resolution on Syria could cause civil war
[Voice of America]- According to Russia, a Western and Arab exertion for the UN to find a resolution on Syria will inevitably lead to civil war. Russia’s foreign minister, Gennady Gatilov…
PM Putin calls for stiffer penalties for employing illegals
[St. Petersburg Times]- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has asked for those responsible for employing illegal aliens to be subject to criminal charges. Currently the penalties for such actions are…
Medvedev sacks another governor due to poor election results
[The Moscow Times]- President Medvedev of Russia took action against a third governor Tuesday. Anatoly Brovko has been removed as governor of Volgograd Oblast. Officially Brovko has resigned, but the…
Putin is asked not to run for presidential campaign
[Washington Post]- Vladimir Putin, the Russian Prime Minister recently released a website displaying his presidential campaign. Statements from skeptics overflowed the website with complaints about Putins decision to run. The website is currently…
Kremlin Keeps Silent on New Massive Protest
This comes from the sptimes.ru. “Between 29,000 and 120,000, by various estimates, rallied on Prospekt Akademika Sakharova on Saturday to protest alleged violations at the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections, won by the ruling United Russia party, as…
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