All stories for May, 2007

Interesting Video Twist in the Case of the Murdered Spy

Friday, May 25th, 2007

In April of 1998 a video was made by three Federal Security agents claiming that they had been given orders to kidnap, kill and frame some prominent Russians. They said they were making the tape to insure that if something happened to them the truth would be known.

Category: Politics

Russian Women and Men Tennis Players Fire Up for French Open

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

It’s almost time for the French Open; a tournament that has elevated the careers of quite a few Russian tennis players. In 1996 Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the French open and became the first Russian Grand Slam titlist. Eight years later, in 2004, two Russian women players battled it out in the finals with Anastasia Myskina [...]

Category: Sports

Russian Government to Sue Bank of New York of Money Laundering

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Russia has filed a $22.5 billion lawsuit against the Bank of New York through its Federal Customs Service last Thursday. The lawsuit alleges that the Bank of New York participated in a money laundering scheme that eventually caused the Russian Federation 22.5 billion dollars of loss.

Category: Business

Communist Victory in Volgograd Mayoral Election

Monday, May 21st, 2007

This past weekend in the Volgograd mayor’s election the Communist candidate, Roman Grebennikov won in a decisive victory over the United Russia candidate, Vasily Galushkin. That makes Grebennikov the first Communist mayor of a major city for the first time in a long time, as well as being the youngest mayor of a regional capital [...]

Category: Politics

80 Year Split Between Russian Orthodox Churches On the Mend

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

In Moscow, Russian Orthodox leaders have signed an agreement to start to patch up an 80-year split between the Russian Orthodox Church and the offshoot formed after the 1917 Revolution, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. The split occurred because the Russian church refused to defy the Communist government.

Category: Politics