Mayor of New York appreciated the contribution of Russian-speaking US Jews
New York Mayor Bill Di Blasio opened America's Russian Heritage Month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the evening of June 11. At a colorful ceremony, the newly elected mayor of the largest US metropolis presented five awards for his contribution to strengthening the connection between American society and Russian-speaking immigrants, and ...
The last of the Navajo military coders died
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Wednesday at the age of 93, Chester Nez is the last surviving Navajo code talker. This was reported by The Los Angeles Times. Nez was part of a group of 29 Indians who were engaged in...
12 May in US history. Ironing board. The first president on video. Keyboard Dvorak. Emilio Estevez and Stephen Baldwin.
Today is Windmill Day, Nonsense Day and Reception Secretary Day. Read today about how the odometer was invented, who came to the aid of American alcoholics, and how women influenced the names of hurricanes. 1 Traveling through the plains of the state ...
"The Case of the Sachkhere Jews"
About forty years ago I got a book - a collection of court speeches by famous Russian lawyers, delivered by them in the last third of the 19th century. Boris Akunin had not yet appeared on the horizon, or perhaps even been born at all. Soviet literature somehow avoided this...
Petition to “return” Alaska reaches 20 signatures
A petition demanding the return of Alaska to Russia, posted on the White House website by a man with the initials SV, who introduced himself as a resident of the city of Anchorage, gained more than 20 signatures in four days. As reported by the Russian media, the author of the petition is the Volgograd activist Sergei Voropaev. ...
US lawmakers and administration officials are not too concerned about the ban on entry to Russia
American officials and lawmakers have not taken seriously the travel bans and other retaliatory measures taken by the Russian leadership shortly after President Barack Obama announced tougher sanctions against Russia in connection with ...
Solomon's parable about the dollar
One of the wisdoms that the Israeli king Solomon commanded us in his parables says that "the rich rule over the poor, and the debtor becomes the slave of the lender." It should be understood this way: you can borrow, but it is not good to remain a debtor. This Solomon's wisdom was challenged by commodity-money ...
Election-2012 in the USA: a deal for Obama and Romney
After winning the “primaries” in Texas on May 29, Mitt Romney became the de facto presidential candidate of the Republican Party, having secured the support of the required number of delegates to the future party convention. The progress of the election campaign is analyzed for Radio Liberty by international observers from Radio Liberty...
Climbing
In the letters of admirals, commanders and colleagues of Glory, the words "duty", "feat" and "patriotism" are mentioned many times. What do these words mean? Ending. Start at # 390 ... The first four and a half hours went according to plan. For pilots, the most important part of the mission is ...
The trial of the organizers of the attacks 9-11
On Saturday, at the American base of Guantanamo in Cuba, the trial of the 9-11 terrorist attacks began. The defendants tried to do everything to disrupt the first hearing of the military tribunal. In total, there were five terrorists in the dock, led by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. By…