On International Women's Day, the Women's Documentary Film Festival "March 8" starts. Films can be viewed online on the festival website from March 8 to 21. Russian language. Some paintings are only available for viewing for a few days. On March 16 in New York at the Interart theater there will be a presentation...
Vladimir Putin signed a decree on salary cuts for Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and employees of the presidential administration. Their salaries will decrease by 10 percent. The salaries of employees of the presidential administration are traditionally higher than those of other officials. According to Rosstat, in 2014, employees of the presidential administration received the highest average ...
The weekly magazine Bloomberg Businessweek placed Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the cover of its latest issue, signing their portraits with the phrase “Putin against the Accountant.” “She's from Chicago. Her last job was at a private equity fund. And the future of Ukraine...
“On Monday, Forbes released its annual list of the world's richest people. The 29th ranking included 1826 billionaires, whose wealth totaled $7,05 trillion, but what was striking was the absence of one person, whose wealth many have known for a long time...
Russian-speaking New Yorkers organized on Facebook and gathered outside the Russian consulate to honor the memory of Boris Nemtsov, who was killed in central Moscow. The most active came with posters and candles. Some of those present personally knew Nemtsov. He inspired others to engage in social activity, which in Russia is becoming more and more dangerous. ...
Prominent opposition leader and Putin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot from a white car in the center of the Russian capital, on the Bolshoy Zamoskvoretsky Bridge. Nemtsov died on the spot from his wounds, the car disappeared. According to RIA Novosti, a 23-year-old girl was with the politician. It was produced from the car ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview with Reuters on Thursday expressed hope that Vladimir Putin will not try to use the strategy he applied in Ukraine towards Moldova. The German leader said she supports Chisinau's efforts to establish closer relations with...
The head of the US National Intelligence, James Clapper, believes that in the spring Russia will try to seize the strategic port city of Ukraine Donbass - Mariupol. According to him, at the moment, Putin is not seeking to capture all of Ukraine. Its goal is to break through the land corridor that will connect Russia ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Plans to cut his salary by 10%. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the country's leader, writes about this. According to him, this can be done as part of measures to optimize federal budget expenditures. Peskov also stressed that this decision will be ...
Another embarrassment happened on the air of the CNN television channel. During the story about the fact that British journalists identified the Islamic State militant nicknamed Jihadi John, instead of the image of the terrorist, a photograph of Vladimir Putin appeared on the screen. Portrait of Vladimir Putin instead of a member of the largest terrorist group ...