‘US-downed’ Russia jet’s Flight Data Recorder found

ShareThis ‘US-downed’ Russia jet’s Flight Data Recorder found 31 May 2012 Indonesian villagers have found the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 passenger plane that Moscow claims was downed in southwestern Indonesia earlier in May by US “industrial sabotage,” killing all 45 people on board. Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency [...]

Russia tests new missile, in warning over U.S. shield

ShareThis Russia tests new missile, in warning over U.S. shield 23 May 2012 Russia tested a new long-range missile on Wednesday that should improve its ability to penetrate missile defense systems, the military said, in Moscow’s latest warning to Washington over deployment of a missile shield in Europe. The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was successfully [...]

‘West mulling military action against Iran’

ShareThis ‘West mulling military action against Iran’ 21 May 2012 Some Western countries are still considering a military operation against Iran as an option over its nuclear programme, a Russian minister said Sunday. “Russia is concerned that the possibility to try to solve the Iranian nuclear problem by military means is still viewed as real,” [...]

US pledges to go ahead with missile shield plan in Europe

ShareThis US pledges to go ahead with missile shield plan in Europe 11 May 2012 Objections from Russia notwithstanding, the US has said that it along with NATO would go ahead with a European missile defence programme. The United States and NATO have been wanting to launch a missile shield in Europe by 2020 to [...]

Could climate change make Canada a future superpower?

+ In Laurence C. Smith’s new book “The World in 2050,” which focuses on the effects of climate change over the next 40 years, it is theorized that Canada could become a global superpower. Mr. Smith believes that the warmer temperatures will bring out more natural resources such as water, oil and gas. This will [...]

Voting fraud allegations mar Putin’s presidential win

A few days before Russia’s presidential election, Sergei Smirnov received a phone call from a man who called himself Mikhail and told him the terms of the deal: you will vote for Vladimir Putin four times and receive 2,000 roubles ($70) in return. The sum was promised to dozens of other young men and women [...]

Radiation-Tainted Japanese Car Parts Confiscated At Russia’s Far Eastern Border

ShareThis Radiation-Tainted Japanese Car Parts Confiscated At Russia’s Far Eastern Border 11 Jan 2012 Russian police have confiscated dozens of car parts imported from Japan after they were found to be radiation-tainted. The Far Eastern customs service in Vladivostok said in a press release on Wednesday that customs officers detected 34 ‘hot’ automotive parts including [...]

Russia scolds United States for human rights abuse

ShareThis Russia scolds United States for human rights abuse 28 Dec 2011 Russia sought to undermine the authority of the United States as a global judge of human rights [Wow, what a horrendous choice!] on Wednesday with Moscow’s first report to detail allegations of torture, phone tapping and abuse by the U.S. government. Criticizing the [...]

La crisis financiera mundial podría ser planeada por el grupo Bilderberg

La crisis financiera mundial podría ser planeada por el grupo Bilderberg

Actualidad Russia Today: El consejo de directores del Banco Central Europeo se reúne este jueves para analizar las medidas anticrisis y dar su respaldo financiero a las entidades bancarias. La reunión se celebra un día antes de la crucial conferencia de la UE, donde se abordarán también los problemas del euro y el endeudamiento. Antes [...]

Russian scientists to attempt clone of woolly mammoth

17861woollymammoth

Scientists from Russia and Japan are undertaking a Jurassic Park-style experiment in an effort to bring the woolly mammoth out of extinction. The scientists claim that a thigh bone found in August contains remarkably well-preserved marrow cells, which could form the starting point of the experiment. The team claim that the cloning could be complete [...]