Kasparov, still the highest ranking player in the World Chess Federation, was arrested for participating in an anitgovernment protest. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Some Russian girls had a bear as a pet, but this one has a real seal as her home animal. She feeds it, goes for a walk with it and gives it to swim in her bath to feel like home. picked by MissWinkle 8 months ago

The crew of the International space station finishes preparations for “Vsplesk” (“Burst”) experiment, results of which are expected to help in developing methods for real-time forecasting of earthquakes. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Russia's oldest theater has installed equipment to block cell phone signals picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

An expert has called the posioning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, 'stupid'. The polonium-210 used means that a well-organised state operation, possibly involving the military is likely, and that there is an easily followed trail to those involved. picked by sparky 2 years ago

Anton Chekhov was a Russian short story writer and playwright.Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor. Between 1888 and his death he single-handedly revolutionized both the drama and the short story. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

Russian Communist Party members condemned the new "Indiana Jones" film on Friday as crude, anti-Soviet propaganda that distorts history and called for it to be banned from Russian screens. picked by lunasol 5 months ago

A shepherd is suing Russia's space agency for compensation after he said a 3-metre-long chunk of metal from a space rocket fell into his yard, just missing his outdoor toilet. picked by topofall 7 months ago

Must've been buying it for a communist party. picked by ReBoot 2 years ago

Couples get a day off work to go home and engage in procreative activities. Successful couples are awarded prizes if they “give birth to a patriot”. Their message to patriotic citizens: Get busy. picked by suebe 1 year ago

This Russian calendar gives a light hearted but interesting look at some Russian stereotypes of other nations.

Now that I've posted it, I'm going back to drinking tea and living football. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

Russia's launch of Sputnik 50 years ago ignited a dangerous game of one-upmanship between the world's two superpowers, but also heralded a new age of discovery that would take humans, or at least their robotic emissaries, to the farthest reaches of the solar system. What have we learned? Here are the Top Ten... picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

The Foton-M3 satellite, with mice, butterflies, lizards, snails and cockroaches on board, will land in the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan after 12 days of experiments, including the one in which scientists cut off some body parts of 20 lizards to find out how gravity and ionic radiation can affect the ability of the tissue to regenerate. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Last week's hijacking of the Ukrainian ship MV Faina – carrying 33 Soviet-made T-72 tanks, rifles, and heavy weapons – was the highest profile act of piracy in the dangerous waters off Somalia this year. The ship is surrounded by several US warships
and American helicopters are buzzing overhead. picked by tragluk 2 weeks ago

Returning home after an absence can mean unpleasant surprises - a leaky roof, a pet's mess, even a break-in. But a Russian woman got a nastier surprise when she returned from her country house: her home was gone, torn down mistakenly by construction workers clearing a site, according to a report Thursday on NTV television. picked by muppet 9 months ago

I’ve recently found this “masterpiece” on the web and decided to translate it from Russian. That's just damn gorgeous! A Russian girl writing about how wrong the life in USA is. Haven’t read anything that ridiculous for years! Enjoy… :) picked by foxygirl 2 years ago

Manga diary of the Japanese WWII prisoner in the USSR. Interestingly, descriptions in languages other than English are a lot more detailed. picked by MissWinkle 3 months ago

On April 26, 1986 at 1:23 AM, reactor crew at Chernobyl-4 moved to shut down the reactor in its low power mode and a domino effect of previous errors caused a sharp power surge, triggering a tremendous steam explosion which blew the 1000 ton cap on the nuclear containment vessel to smithereens.

Elena gives us an unprecedented first person view of the place now. picked by Moe 6 months ago

I know that Russian cars probably don't have those child door locks on them. This video just makes me all the happier that "we" do! This poor kid came amazingly close to being roadkill. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Andrei Lugovoi, the former Russian agent wanted by Britain over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, is running for election as a candidate for the ultra-nationalist party led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago