Outside of Russia, little is known of Roman Abramovich’s personal life and in Britain, his second wife Irina had kept a relatively low profile as far as the media were concerned. All that was to change however when she...
AndyRussia Canada hockey
In the history of Ice Hockey, there are few greater rivalries than the one between Canada and Russia. The history of this fierce competitiveness dates back to 1972 when the all conquering Canadian NHL stars came face to...
kazakhstan tourism
The fall of the Soviet Union some twenty years ago has opened up the former republics to tourism like never before. While many foreign visitors have been discovering the best that Russia has to offer, it’s sometimes sad...
Moscow Population 2012
Moscow is one of the most densely populated cities on earth and while some claims in 2012 state the population is reaching something like 17 million people, the last official census, taken in 2010, tells a rather...
Matt HarrisThe strange case of the Patriarch, some sand, and 20 million rouble lawsuit
I’m absolutely baffled by the story coming out of this week of a 20 million rouble ($660,000) lawsuit involving Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian church, and Yury Shevchenko, a former Russian health...
Georgia cruise past abject Russia
As expected, Georgia brushed past a rather inept Russia in their latest European Nations Cup game and with just a re-arranged match against the Ukraine to play, the Georgians now head the table in group 1a. The result...
Russia and Georgia both win in Rugby ENC
In the latest round of European Nations Cup games, Russia grabbed their opportunity to turn in a winning performance over the Ukraine as they attempt to climb the 2011 European Nations Cup table. However, the most...
10,000 protest in Moscow against Putin
Around 10,000 people attended a rally on Moscow’s Novy Arbat Street on March 10, demonstrating their opposition to Vladimir Putin, Russia’s President-elect. 9,100 attended, according to RIA Novosti’s...
Thoughts on Putin’s Win
After all the fuss, Putin actually won the Russian Presidential Election pretty comfortably. As I write this, 99.3% of the votes have been counted, and Putin got 63.75% of them and his nearest challenger (Gennady...
Russia capitulate while Georgia rally in latest European Nations Cup games
While Russia would have been buoyed by their performance against Portugal in the last round of European matches, coach Kingsley Jones will have been bitterly disappointed with the manner in which they surrendered to a...