The 2002 census statistics show that up to 50% of Russian women and men living in Moscow are single and not in a committed relationship. That does not mean that they are not looking. Out of 1,000 Russian women, 175 had never married, 110 were divorced and 180 were widows. Moscow women faired slightly better [...]

After disrupting the delivery of oil to Poland and Germany, Belarus has opened the flow of oil to western Europe. The shutdown of oil supplies was affecting five EU countries. The pipeline was opened because of a reported deal between Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin, ending the dispute. The two leaders [...]

Russia was shut down over the holidays – the government stopped working, newspapers have not been published and television stations have been showing lots of repeats. Not everyone thinks that is a good thing. From an economic and business standpoint, factories have been closed and FedEx was not delivering. Statistics since the beginning of the [...]

The birthrate in Russia has fallen dramatically since the end of the Soviet era – it was at 2.08 per woman back in 1990 and was at 1.17 by 2004. Some experts feel that a birthrate of 2.4 children in needed to maintain the current population in Russia, so this past spring President Putin raised [...]

Many Russian women and men celebrated Christmas today. Christmas is celebrated later in Russia because the Russian Orthodox Church, following the custom of some other Orthodox churches, retained the Julian calendar for use in calculating its liturgical schedule. President Vladimir Putin started his Christmas day at The New Jerusalem monastery located outside of Moscow, while [...]