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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange getting his own TV show

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently under house arrest in the UK, will be hosting an English-language talk show on RT, a Moscow-based channel formerly known as Russia Today. Called "The World Tomorrow", the TV show will have Assange ... continue

Russian Company Launches Twitter Alternative ‘Futubra’

Social networking is a hot sector and with that comes various Internet companies wanting to do it justice and roll out their own platform. More often than not, they tend to cone or take several cues from ... continue

Vladmir Putin: The Crooks You Know Are Better Than Those You Don’t

Vladmir Putin released a statement today on his website and in the Russian newspaper Izvestia. In it he claimed that he is the only Russian politician who can lead Russia at this time because he (and only ... continue

2011 In Review – A Planet In Crisis [Political Commentary]

"The only world I know is drowning in rage." Al Jourgensen, Front man for the band Ministry. There are no words I can think of that sum up 2011 better than Al Jourgensen's. Our planet, our world, our ... continue

Rare Asian hooded crane takes a wrong turn, ends up in Tennessee

An Asian hooded crane, a rare bird normally found China, Japan and Southeast Asia, was recently spotted in southeast Tennessee, at the Hiwassee Refuge. The Asian hooded crane, clearly quite a long ways from home, was spotted hanging ... continue

Phobos-Grunt, Toxic Russian Mars Probe To Crash to Earth in January

Russia's doomed Mars Probe, Phobos-Grunt is going to come crashing back into the Earth's atmosphere in late January, and it is entirely possible that dozens of pieces may survive the reentry according to scientists. Russian scientists are supposedly ... continue

Iran Admits That Sanctions Are Hurting The Country

Iran has always played the defiant country, claiming all along that Western economic sanctions have had little effect on the country however that tone changed this week when the countries oil minister acknowledged that a lack of ... continue

Russians Put New “Satan” Nuke Into Play

Russia, frustrated with anti-nuke talks with the United states has decided to put an end to the talks and move forward with its plans to upgrade its nuclear defensive and offensive systems, including the construction on a ... continue

Oil Rig Workers Dead, Others Missing After Russian Offshore Rig Sinks

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry revealed on Sunday that 49 people are missing and four bodies are believed to have perished after an offshore oil rig began sinking in the Russian far east Sea of Okhotsk. 14 people ... continue

Russian Team To Attempt First Successful Winter Climb Up K2

15 members of a Russian mountain climbing team will attempt a climb that no human has ever survived, a winter climb up the treacherous K2 mountain top. Along the way the climbers will experience 50 below zero temperatures ... continue

Russia Finally Joins World Trade Organization After Mediated Georgia Dispute

It took 18-years worth of requests but Russia finally managed to gain acceptance into the World Trade Organization (WTO). The vote of confidence by the organization is expected to help the countries economy and the economy of their ... continue

Russia’s Mars probe responds after week of silence

Yesterday, it was looking as if Russia's Phobos-Grunt probe was as good as dead. Ever since its launch on November 8, officials were having difficulties making contact with the craft after it failed to fire its engines ... continue

Russian Hacker Temporarily Shuts Down Water Supply In Illinois, FBI Probe Launched

An FBI and US homeland security probe has been launched after a cyber-attack suspected of originating in Russia caused a water utility pump outside of Springfield, Illinois to be shut down for a short period of time. The ... continue

Vladimir Putin Fakes Treasure Discovery To Talk Himself Up

Vladimir Putin loves to stage the most ridiculous promotional shots of himself and this time he's outdone himself. Putin on August 8, 2011 released footage in which he went "deep sea diving" and discovered treasure. There's just ... continue

Emerging Market Currencies Feel the Pinch as Euro-Zone Debt Crisis Takes Hold

Emerging market currencies are being hit hard by the jitters of global financial markets, with currencies and debt weakening in the face of an ongoing euro zone sovereign debt crisis. Concerns about the euro zone have resulted in ... continue

Russia Gives OK For Underwater Tunnel Connecting Country To Alaska

We've all heard the "bridge to Hawaii" jokes that leave some people believing they can actually drive to the island state, well now a connection is being made, but it's from Alaska to Russia. Russian officials this ... continue

International Space Station May Be Unmanned Following Russian Space Failure

For the first since 2001 the International Space Station may soon go unmanned. Last week a Russian spaceship crashed back to earth, leaving Russian engineers to determine what caused the crash with only a short term fix ... continue

The International Space Station to join the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean in 2020

First it was the last launch, and landing, of NASA's space shuttle and now we find out that our other bastion in space, the International Space Station will come to the end of its life in 2020 ... continue

Russian Cuts Part Of Belarus’ Power Over Debt Payments

The country of Belarus is currently experiencing their worst financial meltdown since the days of the USSR and now Russian has cut power to part of the country. Belarus officials confirmed that they currently owe Russian $54 million ... continue

Break out the champagne folks, the Space Station is officially done.

It's taken thirteen years and somewhere between $35 billion and $100 billion but today marks the day that the International Space Station has officially completed construction. The final official piece to the Space Station was the laser-equipped extension ... continue

No Gmail or Skype for Russians says country’s security service

Using words like "uncontrolled use" and "security threat" the Russian security service is proposing that the country ban the use of web services like Skype, Hotmail and Gmail. Due to the use of foreign made encryption technology the ... continue

Russian media pins blame for suicide bombing on Call of Duty game

In what is becoming International Blame Videogames For Everything Day, sections of the Russian media have linked Monday's terrorist attack at Domodedovo airport in Moscow to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The 2009 shooter famously featured a ... continue