Russian 4th and 8th grade students significantly improved their showing in the just released 2015 TIMSS international math rankings coming in at the seventh place, higher than any non-Asian nation with the exception of Northern Ireland. American students finished far behind in the 14th place, even though per student expenditure…
Ukraine has declared large swaths of airspace forbidden to civilian flight operations, reports the Russian news agency TASS. According to a representative of the Russian civilian aviation authority Rossaviatzia, Mr. Sergey Izvolsky, the restricted areas ĺie over international waters as well as Russian territorial waters to the southwest and southeast…
Putin: I Am Not Your Friend, I Am President Of Russia…
Faced with the possibility of losing his American colonies, King George III of England petitioned Catherine the Great of Russia for 20,000 of her crack troops to help squelch the rebellion. At the end of the 18th century, the Russian army under the command of the undefeated General en Chef…
The Hi-Tech Traditionalist: War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength.
Russian media is reporting that His Holiness the Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia Cyril (Kiril) is promoting the introduction of obligatory curriculum in Russian Orthodox Church studies in Grades 1 through 11 (last grade in Russian high schools). His Holiness noted that “no wholesome, synergetic education can take…