The United States asked Brazil to extradite a Russian to them: he is suspected of espionage

The United States has asked Brazil to extradite alleged Russian spy Sergei Cherkasov. In Brazil, he is serving a prison sentence for using false documents in the name of a Brazilian citizen. The Voice of America writes about it. According to The Washington Post, the request was sent...

Brazilian model and sniper killed in battles for Ukraine

A Brazilian model and sniper who fought in Ukraine died of asphyxiation after being trapped in a burning bunker. The Daily Mail reported in more detail. Talita do Valle, 39, was killed in a Russian army rocket attack on Kharkov on June 30. Theo Rodrigo Vieira, ...

Massive flooding in Brazil kills more than 100 people

At least 104 people have died as heavy rains, floods and landslides hit the Brazilian city of Petropolis, in a mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro. Writes about this edition of the BBC. In just three hours, a month's rainfall fell there. Homes on…

Parents believed the son was lost until he appeared at his funeral.

Relatives mourned the death of 20-year-old Juan Ramon Alfonso Peneio at his home when the man suddenly returned. According to Metro, relatives thought that Peneio was killed in the village of Santa Teresa, in the Amambay department of Paraguay. They even identified the burnt remains and buried them. It turned out ...

Our emigration: life and business in Brazil

Russian Alexey Dymov for six years (from 2009 to 2015) led the project for the creation and development of a terminal payment system in Brazil. He shared his impressions of life in this country in a column for the VC edition. It's now in ...

Our emigration: how Ukrainian emigrated with children to Brazil

Eight years ago, Oksana Kolesnikova from Zhitomir met love more than 10 thousand kilometers from home. The Ukrainian woman took a risk and emigrated to Brazil with her two children. About how she turned her specialty into a profitable hobby, learned a complex language in a few...

To give birth to a child and stay in the country: how Russians live in Brazil

ForumDaily continues to publish stories of Russian-speaking emigrants who have dispersed all over the world. More life stories can be read here. Russians Natalya Shalygina and Yaroslav Vlasov have a bizarre political and geographical fate. They left Russia for Ukraine, and from there to Brazil, for...

The church smuggled Brazilians to the United States for forced labor

When Andre Oliveira responded to an invitation to leave his church in Brazil to move to a church in North Carolina, he was 18 years old. Then his passport and money were taken away by church leaders, who told him that it was "for preservation." Oliveira had to work ...

The Russian national weightlifting team was removed from the Olympics in full force

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has suspended Russian weightlifters from participating in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The reason for this verdict was numerous cases of violation of anti-doping rules. “The reputation of weightlifting as a sport has been seriously damaged many times and on many levels by the actions of...

How criminals sell drugs and rare animals in social networks

Wildlife advocates said illegal animal traders are actively posting their offers on Facebook. This is not the first time that criminals have used the social network and its services. Brazil has been fighting the drug trade through WhatsApp for several years. Writes about this lenta.ru ...

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