If you’re a fan of Russian football (yes, I mean Russian soccer!), then news can be hard to come by. Yes, if you speak a bit of Russian there are plenty of Russian language football news sites around, not to...
Archive - 2011
AndyLithuania Facts
Lithuania, in the Baltics, is one of Europe’s newer states, having gained independence from the Soviet Union on 11 March 1990. This article contains a number of useful Lithuania facts – from detail about its...
Russia Eurovision 2011
It’s May again, which means its time for Europe’s naff-tastic celebration of pop – Eurovision. And as usual on Siberian Light, we’ve got all the news on the Russia Eurovision 2011 entry for your...
BFI Kino: London goes crazy for Russian Films
2011 is possibly the best ever year for a Russian film lover to be in London. Why? Because the British Film Institute has just launched an epic seven month season of Russian films. Kino: Russian Film Pioneers Already up...
Royal Wedding Kate’s Russian Tiara
Oh yes, proof positive that, if you look hard enough, you can find a Russian connection to any story… As Royal Wedding mania grips the United Kingdom, British newspapers have exclusively revealed that Kate...
Microsoft Russia
Microsoft has, for a long time, had a troubled relationship with Russia. A fast developing country, with startling growth in not just its economy but in computer ownership, Russia is a perfect target market for the...
KHL Hockey
The KHL (Kontinental Hockey League) is the premier Russian Hockey League. It actually includes teams from four countries – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhistan and Latvia, although the last three countries only have one...
Lost Cosmonauts
The Soviet Union being a secretive place, it’s not surprising that many conspiracy theories have formed about the Soviet space programme. In particular, there are many claims that Soviet space accidents were covered up...
FSB or KGB?
Everyone who has ever seen a spy movie, or has even a passing knowledge of Russia and the Soviet Union has heard of the KGB. But a lot have people haven’t realised that, in today’s Russia, the KGB doesn’t exist. The KGB...
Medvedev Dancing
Putin might like to think he’s all manly and courageous with his topless fishing and hunting tigers and all that. But he’s got nothing on President Medvedev. Dancing on camera like a drunken and overly...