Image by Gage Skidmore During his nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, newly appointed American ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, said there was no doubt that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Huntsman is slated to assume the ambassador position from Ambassador John Tefft this month….
Image by Classiccardinal An appeals court in the Czech Republic has upheld a ban on the hijab worn in a nursing school by a Somali student. Czech President Defends Burkini Ban “Ayan Jamaal Ahmednuur demanded an apology and 60,000 koruna ($2,750) in compensation but the Prague 10 district court ruled…
Screenshot from Youtube The Russian internet portal 66.ru posted video of two Russian attack helicopters firing on journalists during the Zapad military exercise reportedly at the Luzhsky range near St. Petersburg, Russia. The Moscow Times reports an unnamed military source said the incident was a mistake “and the missiles blasted…
Marina Tsvetaeva was, with Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam and Boris Pasternak, one of the four major Russian poets of the 20th century. Tsvetaeva was born in 1892, the daughter of a gifted amateur pianist and the founder of what is today the Pushkin Museum. She began writing poetry at the…
Russia And China Hold Joint Naval Drills Off Korean Coast.
The Zapad Military Exercise Reveals Putin’s Fear.
In the latest tit-for-tat retaliation in the ongoing diplomatic tension between the United States and Russia, the Kremlin has removed diplomatic parking rights for American and British diplomats in-country. Concrete protection barriers are also being removed, reported RIA Novosti news agency. The U.S. State Department confirmed the measures saying it…
After Losing Both Feet, Russian Farmer Works His Farm, Alone.