A controversial new website that started life in Europe is rapidly gaining popularity in the US. Fmylife.com allows users to share their awkward moments in life with the rest of the world, to get it off their chest.
Thousands of Russians die as a result of medical errors each year, but those responsible for giving poor treatment continue practicing because there is no law to punish them.
A communist group in St. Petersburg says it has received a letter from a local economic analyst who recently lost his job and wants their support in his claim for "economic and political asylum" in North Korea.
A communist group in St. Petersburg says it has received a letter from a local economic analyst who recently lost his job and wants their support in his claim for "economic and political asylum" in North Korea.
Russia`s Defense Ministry has decided to buy three types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from Israel for $50 million, a respected Russian business paper said on Tuesday.
Russia`s country code top-level domain .ru name celebrated its 15th anniversary on Tuesday.
Russian energy giant Gazprom will invest at least 68 billion rubles ($2 billion) in the construction of facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi by 2012, a business paper said on Monday.
People sneeze. They sneeze every day and there is nothing we could do about it. When a person sneezes, he or she spews 100,000 bacteria through the air at better than 100 mph. The manner of sneezing may also reveal certain aspects of a person’s inner world.
Women`s lies pale in comparison with men`s lies, when it comes to sex. One may even distinguish hackneyed lies in the field. Below you can find most common examples of men`s lies and specialists` comments about them.
Men are mysterious beings. There is no way women can ever understand men’s logic, just like men can never understand what women want from them. Women typically think of men as strange human beings, whose actions go beyond their understanding. For example, men do not want to meet a woman again after a very good date, they can suddenly disappear and leave phone calls and text messages unanswered, they say that they never want to get married, but then become faithful husbands.
Cellular communication subscribers in three Egyptian provinces complain of receiving life-threatening text messages to their phones.
The economic crisis may be putting an end to many a best-laid plan, but it would seem this does not include marriage plans. January saw a significant jump in the number of weddings in the capital.
The Imperial House of the Romanovs is to submit a request for the exoneration of the tsar`s family members, who were killed along with the Russian royal family, the Romanov chancellery director told reporters on Monday.
Around 10 major foreign firms are due to open plants in the Moscow Region in 2009, an official at the Moscow Region`s ministry for foreign economic relations said on Monday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Friday the Federal Security Service (FSB) chief to consider formally ending the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya.
The number of crimes committed in the Russian Armed Forces totaled 18,000 in 2008, a 9% increase on the previous year, the chief military investigator said on Thursday.
A 39-year-old Muscovite has given birth in one of the city`s metro stations, the Life.ru news website reported on Thursday.
Russian scientists have predicted possible consequences of global warming for Russia, 50 years from now. The first Evaluation Report on Climate Change and its Impact on Russia was presented in February by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Rosgidromet).
Banks have been checking personal data of their possible clients through credit buros for some years. It lessens risk of dealing with careless bank clients. Borrowers also turn to credit buros. Hardening credit rules make people more carefully estimate their money means and check their own past.
The Russian president and his wife, as well as all top state and government officials are to declare their incomes, real estate and assets, a Kremlin spokesperson said on Tuesday.
According to a survey published on Tuesday, the majority of Russian consumers prefer to cut their grocery spending and pay more for fruit, vegetables and dairy products.
Auto insurance rules stay the same so far. March amendments to law about MTPL haven’t come into force. Finance Ministry hasn’t signed the direct claim handling enactment. Changes don’t come into force without coordination with this administration.
Russia`s flagship air carrier Aeroflot has filed a bid for a tender to purchase a 91.5% stake in Czech Airlines (CSA), Aeroflot`s press office said on Monday.
Four people were arrested on Monday in the Indian resort of Goa on charges of assaulting police who tried to break up an unauthorized beach party, a police spokesman told RIA Novosti.
Russia will start reviewing its relations with the European Union should Moscow`s interests be ignored, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.