Russian public to turn Big Brother during election
In an unprecedented move, the watchful eyes of webcams are being set up across Russia ahead of next month's presidential elections. Streaming online from polling booths on March 4, they are meant to add transparency to...

Washington Republicans want to repeal NDAA
With opponents on Capitol Hill unable to keep President Obama from signing the controversial National Defense Authorization Act, lawmakers in Washington State are proposing a bill that would block its dangerous...

Pentagon: Early exit for combat troops in Afghanistan
The United States has made the surprise announcement that it will end combat operations in Afghanistan earlier than expected. Many believe the Obama Administration has finally given in to political pressure ahead of...

ACLU sues US over extrajudicial killings of Americans
The American Civil Liberties Union is taking the FBI, Department of Justice and CIA to court over information relating to a US-conducted killing of three of its own citizens abroad last year, including one 16-year-old...

US "No Fly" list doubles in just a year
As the US prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, domestically the government feels that threats are increasing. Despite taking down no fewer than three key al-Qaeda members in the last year, the US has doubled the size...

Police fire tear gas at outraged Cairo protesters
New clashes broke out in Cairo over a row that killed dozens following a football match this week. Security forces responded with tear gas to protesters, who blame the country's police and military leadership for not...

Google starting to censor blogs
Following Twitter’s decision last month to begin censoring the messages of users based on restrictions of their respective countries, Google has followed suit and announced that it will begin a similar practice with its...

‘I’m tough because of my background’ – action star
A French actor of Israeli origin with Russian and Yemenite ancestors, Tomer Sisley has learned to live by the rule “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” His latest thriller, just released in Russia, has him...

Moscow's ad-venture: commercials to seduce Europeans
The City of Moscow is going on an advertising offensive in Western Europe – television commercials in five languages will talk tourists into coming to visit.

Pentagon pushes to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible
Barely a month after the last US combat troops walked out of Iraq, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that they would be altering already established plans in Afghanistan and doing the same there in a matter of months.

UN resolution drops demands for Assad’s resignation, arms embargo - reports
Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council have reportedly agreed to drop demands for an arms embargo against Syria and the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. Russia had vocally opposed both points.

Hedgehog day: groundhog’s cousin predicts long winter for Russia
It seems that Russian frosts are not likely to let up in the near future. Ekaterinburg's resident hedgehog – the Russian relative of the American groundhog - has forecast a cold spring ahead.

Moscow's other side: exhibitions open doors to architecture lovers
Two exhibitions dedicated to the Russian capital are bringing Muscovites and visitors staggering bird’s eye views of the city, with landmarks that were meant to define the city's skyline - but were never built.

Russian biathlete takes sprint gold at Holmenkollen
Russia’s Evgeny Garanichev has scored his first World Cup victory, winning a 10-kilometer sprint at Holmenkollen, in Oslo.

PM pushes VTB into share buy-back
VTB bank is considering a share-buy back scheme after its shares tanked in the years following its IPO in 2007. The bank has been levered into the decision after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin brought up the subject at...

Litvinenko’s father: I was sure he was no traitor
The father of late Russian security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko believed grief drove his son to pursue a smear campaign against the Russian government. But he changed his mind after his widow revealed he had been...

The Obamas in LA: See no evil, hear no evil
Over the next couple of weeks, President Obama and the first lady will be escaping DC to spend some time in sunny Los Angeles. They are not traveling there to enjoy the sun, though. They’re going on some very important...

Putin’s HQ offer monitoring mandates to Voters’ League
Vladimir Putin’s election headquarters have announced they are ready to work with the recently founded grassroots organization Voters’ League on the forthcoming presidential poll.

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