France has begun work on building the first of two Mistral class warships for Russia. French naval defence company DCNS confirmed that it had received initial payments from the Russian Government of $1.2 billion, which enabled it to begin construction. In a statement, DCNS said: “The advance payment was received several weeks ago and work [...]
Russia is Europe’s largest internet market
After a slow start, Russia has now officially got the largest number of web users in Europe. According to the latest Comscore report, 50.8 million Russians have access to the internet through either a home or work connection. This means that, for the first time, Russia has more internet users than Germany, which falls back [...]
European Nations Cup Rugby: Russia and Georgia march on
Wins for Russia and Georgia in this weekend’s round of European Nations Cup matches means that these two teams have all but secured their qualification to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Hammer and sickle over the Reichstag, 1945
On 30 April 1945, Mikhail Petrovich Minin scrambled to the top of the ruined Reichstag to raise the Soviet flag. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a photographer with him…
Merkel doesn’t say goodbye to Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel becomes the first head of state since the election to formally meet both Putin and Medvedev.