On November 13, Kindness Day is celebrated all over the world. Kindness, or at least politeness, is what distinguishes Americans from residents of post-Soviet countries. It sounds banal, but it’s simply impossible not to note, writes one of the authors of Yandex Zen. Repeatedly I had to...
African-American Robert Robinson left the United States at the age of 23 for a well-paid job in the Soviet Union, as well as in order to avoid racial harassment. As a result, in the 1930s he was elected a member of the Moscow Council of Working People's Deputies (Mossovet), and later wrote a book about his ...
American journalists stood up for their Russian colleagues at a State Department briefing after department spokeswoman Heather Nauert refused to answer a question simply because it was asked by a Russian journalist. This is evidenced by the video of her press conference. During the briefing, a correspondent for the Rossiya-1 TV channel asked whether they were planning...
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky believes that the new US national security strategy indicates Washington’s intentions “to revive American hegemony and build a unipolar world,” writes TASS. “The new US national security strategy is aimed exclusively at reviving the American...
Russia's Foreign Ministry said the United States had deliberately cut the number of visa-issuing staff at its consulates general in Russia to "provoke public discontent." This is stated in a statement from the department's press service. “The American Embassy is complaining about a lack of staff that has been laid off...
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is preparing several scenarios for a large-scale US cyberattack against Russia. The intelligence officers received the instruction to prepare the operation from the Barack Obama Administration, who intends in this way to respond to Moscow's alleged interference in the American presidential elections in the United States, writes ...
The head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, advised Americans to vote for Republican Party nominee Donald Trump in the US presidential election, or they would face the threat of nuclear war from Russia. He made these statements in an interview with Reuters. “Relations between Russia...
Russian-language events are quite popular in the USA and attract a significant number of visitors. The Event Cartel event guide has identified 10 main types of people who can be met at any holiday, concert or party for Russian speakers. Read carefully - perhaps you will recognize yourself. Homesick…
Russia wants to change the established world order and poses a “long-term existential threat” to the United States and Europe. This was stated by the head of the NATO Supreme Command in Europe, General Philip Breedlove, writes The Hill. “Russia is not just challenging the agreed upon rules...
USM Holdings, owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and his partners, is on the list of investors in the American taxi service Uber. About this with reference to a source close to the investment holding, RBC reports. According to the source, in the summer of 2015, USM invested ...