More on the story about a British MP’s Russian aide being investigated by MI5 as it’s reported that the MP is regarded as the most pro-Russian MP in the UK.
Russian working in UK parliament thought spy by MI5?
August 29, 2010 By
British newspaper The Times is today reporting that a Russian citizen who works as an aide to a British MP is being investigated by intelligence agency MI5.
Aeroflot Virtual
August 10, 2010 By
Aeroflot Virtual is a Flight Simulator airline that mimics the real world Aeroflot.
Why is Russia selling diamonds to Guinea?
August 3, 2010 By
Why would Guinea, a country that has no diamond cutting or polishing facility, want to buy $50 million worth of Russian diamonds?
I'm singin' in Ukraine…
April 27, 2010 By
British Troops March in Red Square
March 19, 2010 By
British troops to march through Red Square for the first time. Or are they?
Rugby: Georgia vs Russia Preview
March 18, 2010 By
Why so little internet in Ukraine?
March 11, 2010 By
Why do only 10% of Ukrainians have internet access when more than 33% of their Belarussian neighbours have access?
Sukhoi Pak-FA T50 (aka Russian Stealth Fighter) makes its first test flight
January 31, 2010 By
The long awaited 5th generation Russian Stealth Fighter, classified as the Sukhoi Pak-FA T50, flew its first test flight on 29 January 2010.
Russia Today steals my blog titles :-)
December 20, 2009 By
How Russia Today steals its titles from blogs. Or, more to the point, steals them from this blog 
Billy Joel's historic Soviet concert tour
December 1, 2009 By
1987. Billy Joel becomes the first US rock megastar to tour the Soviet Union.
snob.ru – Adverts appearing across London
November 18, 2009 By
Adverts in Russian for online magazine snob.ru are popping up all over London.
Killer Siberian Chipmunks rampage across Britain!
August 3, 2009 By
Killer Siberian Chipmunks have escaped from a zoo and are terrorising English housewives and cats.
A Siberian Tiger in Pakistan?
July 31, 2009 By
Don’t import a Siberian Tiger to a hot country. Things are bound to go wrong.
Sukhoi Pak FA concept designs
July 21, 2009 By
While the airplane geeks among us wait for the first flight of the Sukhoi Pak FA, Russia’s long awaited 5th generation jet fighter, that is supposed to have its first test flight later this year, take a look at these stunning concept designs from Russian industrial design artist Aleksander Dultsev:
The PAK… Read the rest
Moldovan Protesters Storm Parliament in Orangey, Twittery Revolution
April 7, 2009 By
A 10,000 strong demonstration by (mostly) pro-Western, pro-Liberal protestors in Moldova has turned into an opportunistic storming of the Parliament building in Chisnau and the whiff of revolution is in the air.
The demonstrators were upset that the Communist Party appear to have just scraped past the 50% required to take complete control of… Read the rest
Did Putin meet Reagan?
March 17, 2009 By
Speculation is whizzing around the internet that a photo from the 1980s shows a KGB-era Vladimir Putin standing next to US President Ronald Reagan in Red Square, pretending to be a tourist.
Here’s the picture, discovered in the Reagan archives. Apparently, Putin’s the guy on the left in the stripy t-shirt, camera hanging nonchalantly round… Read the rest
Russian Eurovision – Mamo song creates controversy
March 10, 2009 By
In a move sure to delight conspiracy theorists and bloggers everywhere, Mamu by Anastasia Prikhodko was picked to represent Russia at this year’s Eurovision.
The controversy? Well, Prikhodko is Ukrainian, and Mamo is sung partly in Russian and partly in – gasp – Ukrainian. Oh yes, and Prikhodko only entered the Russian qualification contest after… Read the rest
"We don't wanna put in" – Georgia's Eurovision video
February 20, 2009 By
The Russia-Georgia conflict has moved to the disco dancefloor after Georgia’s decision to pick the none-too-subtle “We don’t wanna put in” as their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Performed by Stephane and 3G, the provocative song will no doubt wind Russia’s Prime Minister no end if it makes it to the final in… Read the rest
Russia-Ukraine gas dispute – endgame?
January 8, 2009 By
In the New Year’s spirit, I’m going to stick my neck out and predict that the current annual Russo-Ukrainian gas dispute will be resolved by the weekend.
Why? Because there’s nowhere else for either side to go. They’ve both pushed all of their bargaining chips into the middle of the table.
Depending on which… Read the rest
