News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

The consequenses could be dramatic, with heavy fall-out over Northern Europe, and for Norway the impact could be greater than that of the Chernobyl melt-down in 1986, says Bellona's Aleksandr Nikitin. picked by suebe 1 year ago

An amazing photo expedition inside Stalin's abandoned potassium mines. Totally remarkable photography.

It's seriously worth using Google site translation (The sites in Russian) and looking at "photo's of expeditions" as some of them are amazing. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

Gorby, as do many others, point to a shelling of Russian citizens as the onset of the conflict. picked by fugazi 3 weeks ago

Russian designers have started this “Your Personal Moon” project, which uses a big moon-shaped light-box. picked by onion 1 year ago

Internet chatroom romantics beware: your next chat may be with a clinical computer, not a passionate person, trying to win your personal data and not your heart. picked by maxriter 9 months ago

They Spare no rubles on these tombstones. picked by Hoosker 1 year ago

As a followup to this story, we now have a very small new moon. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Remember the highly praised Faberge eggs from the courts of Russian tzar? Modern masters of eggshell filigree carving make similarly detailed works, using only the nature-given material: eggshell itself, cut in creative patterns with a high intensity precision laser beam. picked by deepcleanfun 11 months ago

"Волшебный фонарь", лет ит би.(It's pretty cool) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A Russian tried to buy a B-52 bomber from American pilots at an airshow near Moscow. picked by buddha 1 year ago

27th January 2008 marks the 63rd anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps at Auschwitz in Poland by the Russian Army.


The USHMM provides further commentary. picked by Pocksucket 7 months ago

Don't be surprised if you're roughed up by security when you're gambling in Vegas. Winners should know their rights before rolling the dice. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Said "she was being held there against her will because she had blown the whistle on abuse in mental health care." picked by deepchill 1 year ago

Leo Tolstoy [1828-1910] Russian Author gave away entire fortune, froze to death in a railroad station on a cold winter night.
Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849] American Author Died of "acute congestion of the brain" several days after he was discovered lying unconscious in a Baltimore street, wearing someone else’s tattered clothes. picked by maxriter 9 months ago

After being rejected by the U.S. Olympic team, Becky Hammon found another way in, Russia. The only problem? She has no Russian ancestry. picked by carguy4life 3 months ago

I love how the Russian soccer team can still play soccer at below absolute 0 in this. It just hit me as absurd and funny. picked by narfpie 1 year ago

Strange russian musicvideo picked by kairo 11 months ago

Old Russian documentary from the 1940s where they attempt to revive dead dogs. They cut off a dog's head and keep it alive for hours. Then they drain a dog of all its blood, wait ten minutes, and then fill it back up again. Scary thing is, it works!

There is much controversy over whether or not these experiments are real. See for yourself and decide. picked by tvirus 5 months ago

Poisonous or dangerous food is considered a special delicacy by some cultures in several parts of the world. In most cases, a nice feast may turn into a deadly game of Russian roulette. picked by DemureArt 7 months ago