These anti-terrorism maneuvers were carried out in Vladivostok. According to the scenario,
terrorists captured the ferry Eastern Bosphorus with passengers and crew members.
Did you know that it is not easy to interview ladies of the night as they are ready to do
anything for money except for telling strangers about themselves and their lives?
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December 16th, 2011 will figure in history not only as the 20th anniversary of independent Kazakhstan, but as a beginning of tragic events which took place in Zhanaozen,
a small city located in the west of the country. This is the commentary by Dosym Satpaev, a political analyst, on what could trigger the disturbance.
Categories Law, Photos, Russian People, Society
FEMEN congratulated Prime Minister of Ukraine Azarov on his upcoming birthday with another protest demonstration. The
movement accused him of being a woman-hater and demanded his resignation. Five activists were arrested by police.
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This apartment house is located in Vladivostok, just 10 meters away from the famouse Golden Horn Bridge which recently was hit by fire. As soon as the fire
broke out, firefighters began to evacuate people from the dangerous house because chances that gas cylinders could explode were too high.
15 families (41 people) live in a military barrack called Noginsk-2 near the city of Noginsk. The building is literally falling into pieces and it is simply dangerous to live in. The story began in 1992 when in newspapers people read an advertisement, "Construction workers are wanted". Immigrants form Central Asia were promised apartments, registration and good wages but in fact they were lodged in Military Unit
55153 and didn't receive their salaries for months. Besides, the building belongs to the Ministry of Defense and after the military unit became disbanded, it became needless. An expertise found the barrack unlivable but the Ministry of Defense hasn't carried out the court decision on providing new accomodation to these people yet and today they have to live like this...
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About 50 thousand (according to different data the figure may vary) people have thronged on Bolotnaya Square, Moscow, to protest against alleged electoral
fraud and the rulling party. Demonstrators were demanding a rerun of the election, and freedom for anyone arrested in protests earlier this week.
Categories Funny, Law, Photos, Russian People, Society
This Friday, Femen activists stormed the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow screaming 'God Turn Tsar Out!' Guards who tried to cover the girls with clothes suppose
that the activists were under the influence of alcohol or drugs because they were, according to the guards, unnaturally furious. No arrests were made.
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In a forest of the Khabarovsk Territory, eleven young men are waiting to become soldiers of NATO. All of them came across an advertisement on the Internet, which told that NATO announced a levy, and
signed the contracts. Under the contract, they receive 500 rubles (about 15USD) a day and, moreover, the best of them is going to be presented with an iPad. Can you believe it's true?
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Summer is over and kids will be asked to write an essay about their summer holidays at school. But children from Chelyabinsk managed to gain 'invaluable experience' having a
rest at one of the modern and recently opened clubs of the city. The owner didn't mind them attend his club alongside with adults earning more money than usual.
