Russia’s Ilona Korstin and Maria Stepanova with the European champions’ trophy (RIA Novosti / Anton Denisov) Russian women’s basketball team have returned home after being crowned European champions. ­They touched down in Moscow bearing flowers and the trophy after beating Turkey... [Read More]

Russia’s basketball team (RIA Novosti / STF) The Men’s European Basketball Championships gets going next month with Team Russia in the hunt for a second crown in four years. The squad is now all together in Moscow to begin a training camp. Russia’s most recent Eurobasket triumph was... [Read More]

Fans vote for Russias hockey uniform design Russian hockey fans have chosen a new outfit for the country’s national hockey team. ­The vote on the uniform took place over the last week on the official website of the Russian Hockey Federation. The winning design beat its closest rival by a margin... [Read More]

RIA Novosti / Vitaly Belousov Salavat Yulaev have beaten Atlant, 3-2, at home to win the Gagarin Cup for the first time. The regular season runners-up were the favorites to win the trophy. They came into this match as hosts and needing just one more victory, holding a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Andrey... [Read More]

Fans vs Police debates over football supporters law Supporters of Spartak Moscow during the latest durby with Lokomotiv (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Pesnya) Why do Russian football fans boycott the national team’s games? What is behind Moscow fans’ reluctance to travel to the Caucasus? Who is to blame... [Read More]

Barcelona best in Europe Barcelona’s players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the UEFA Champions League final (AFP Photo / Lluis Gene) Barcelona grabbed the well-deserved UEFA Champions League title, outplaying Manchester United 3-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium in London. ­United... [Read More]

The problem of hooliganism on the sadiums is wide open in Russia The president of the Russian Football Union, Sergey Fursenko, has announced the release of a document meant to ease tension between football fans and the police, and also to get rid of football hooligans. Russia is preparing to host football’s... [Read More]

Politics is playing a vital role in investigation Poland’s final report on last year’s plane crash suggests both the Polish flight crew and the Russian air traffic controllers were at fault.Mark Weiss believes politics is playing a vital role in the dissemination of information from the report. ­“This... [Read More]

Spain’s unemployment rate, despite being lowered to 20.9 per cent in the second quarter, remains the highest in the eurozone (Photo from daylife.com) Moody’s credit rating agency has put Spain’s sovereign bonds under review with a prospect to knock down its favorable Aa2 grade. Moody’s has... [Read More]

US House passes Republican debt plan The Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed a vote to raise America’s debt ceiling and to cut spending, only for the Democrat-controlled Senate to block it almost immediately. Meanwhile the clock ticks toward the deadline. The Republicans pushed... [Read More]

An Egyptian shouts slogans during a protest of Islamist groups at Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, July 29, 2011 (photo from daylife.com) In Egypt, the crowds are back in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, five months after the ousting of President Mubarak. Thousands... [Read More]

Tea Party screws Boehner collateral damage for Obama Days away from default, no solution for the US debt ceiling has been reached. On Tuesday, the United States government is planning on running out of the more than $14 trillion that DC lawmakers say the country can borrow from abroad. As Democrats... [Read More]

Government turns eyes to youth for raising tolerance The concept is supposed to be implemented through several special-purpose programs on the federal and regional level A draft concept for the state youth policy in the North Caucasus up to 2025 will soon be submitted to the government. The measures... [Read More]

“House Republicans wary of the Obama administration’s Aug. 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling think they have support for their skepticism from a surprising source — former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,” Roll Call writes. “Greenspan met with a small group of House Republican... [Read More]

Migrant workers might provoke a crisis opposition leaderMigrant workers in Russia (RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov) Labor immigration to Russia should be banned from states where the birth rate is not restricted by law, the Liberal Democratic Party has stated. ­Russia should set a condition to other... [Read More]

Police ignored neighbors concerns over Breivik The farm house of Anders Behring Breivik at Aamot in Hedmark, eastern Norway (AFP Photo / Scanpix Norway / Jo E. Brenden) Reports are emerging that people living near Breivik’s farm tried to alert the police long before the events in Oslo and Utoya.... [Read More]

Russian court makes foreign donations to NGOs tax freeImage by RT The Russian Supreme Arbitration Court has freed non-governmental organizations from paying a tax on the donations they receive from foreign foundations. The tax officials wanted to levy a 24 percent profit tax on such donations. ­The... [Read More]

Evgeny Nadorshin, chief economist at Sistema Financial Corporation talks to Business RT about the implications of a stronger rouble for Russian economy With the rouble reaching a 3 year high against the Euro-dollar basket on fears over prospects for the U.S. and European economies Business RT spoke with... [Read More]

Alrosa posts 1Q 2011 net income of 12 040 billion roublesPhoto from www.alrosa.ru Russian diamond producer, Alrosa, has posted a 1Q 2011 net income of 12.040 billion roubles under IFRS. The net result is up 42% year on year from the 1Q 2010 net income of 8.465 billion roubles, with 1Q adjusted EBITDA... [Read More]

Young art against academism Moscow Modern Art Museum opens Workshop-2011 The Moscow Modern Art Museum is once again showing the results of its school’s fight against conformism. The next exhibition of young art from the museum’s Free Workshops is set to reveal the progress. ­The display titled... [Read More]

The FBI and Anders Breivik read the same booksThe FBI and Anders Breivik read the same books Is the FBI putting complete idiots in charge of their counterrrorism initiatives? A recent slideshow obtained from the Bureau by the American Civil Liberties Union would lead one to believe so. The ACLU has... [Read More]

US targets missile defense against Russia NATO envoy US politicians do not conceal fact that missile defense system will be aimed against Russia The US-sponsored European missile defense system will be aimed at Russia, and some American politicians openly state that, the Russian permanent representative... [Read More]

Organic farmers sue Monsanto Organic farmers are taking on corporate America. Nearly 300,000 organic farmers are filing suit against corporate agriculture giant Monsanto, who have in recent years squashed independent organic farms from coast to coast. 270,000 organic farmers filed a lawsuit in March... [Read More]

Where should money be going? All eyes are on Congress as the threat of default seems closer to becoming a reality each day. While members from both sides of the aisle are struggling to find common ground, a compromise is yet to be reached. With Congress fighting for a compromise, down to every last... [Read More]