Russian owners of dangerous dogs may soon be required to get sanity tests if a recently introduced bill by a Federation Council Senator is passed. Initially the breed that President Putin owns, a black Labrador, was on the list, but 15 breeds are still on. The breeds include pit bulls and Staffordshire terriers and those [...]

An exhibit of “Forbidden Art” on display at the Andrei Sakharov Museum and Public Center has the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church up in arms. The painting show Jesus Christ as Mickey Mouse and Vladimir Lenin which has prompted accusations of abuse of religious symbols from the church.
Officials from the museum have countered that [...]

There’s a new name to an old St Petersburg hangout. Propaganda, which was a Soviet themed bar and restaurant known for being the first bar in town to serve good bar sandwiches has opened under new management with a new menu and name.
Lenin@Zhiv is the new name and it now features computers and internet access [...]

Russian football fans will be able to watch their favorite sport on television without having to buy a satellite dish. NTV Plus and the Russian Premier Football League have come to an agreement in which the RTR-Sport channel will carry part of the games on regular TV for no charge.
RTR is being awarded a [...]

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has admitted that his 16-year marriage to his Russian wife Irina is over. The admission comes after five months of denial of an imminent split. The divorce looks to be one of the costly in history.
The former couple has issued a statement confirming that the divorce will not affect Abramovich’s corporate [...]