Tag Archives: RIA Novosti
Come to my boo-doo-arrrrr
This Friday, faux gypsy cacophonist with windpipes of gold Peter Nalitch and his orchestra will play at Moscow’s B1 club. He was all the rage among the Moscow intelligentsia a couple years ago, but apparently the rage hasn’t passed: the … Continue reading
Putin on Kyrgyzstan Revolution: Wasn't me
While Putin was off commemorating the 70th anniversary of the massacre of 20,000 Polish officers by Russian secret police at Katyn, Kyrgyzstan was going up in the flames of revolution. By nightfall, the opposition — still unclear who they are … Continue reading
From the Counterintuitive Department: Russia takes lead in Vancouver Paralympics medal count
After a disappointing result at the Vancouver Olympics, the Russians had but one hope left: its disabled athletes. The X Paralympic Winter Games opened on Friday in Vancouver, and since then, the Russians have bounded into first place, gobbling up … Continue reading
Brown, pink snow 'not harmful to residents'
Though additional tests have yet to be done, the Russian state consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has come out and said that the brown and pink snow that has fallen in parts of the Russian south “is not harmful to residents.” Again, … Continue reading
Rhetorical question much? Russia's NATO envoy offers $1 million to anyone who will prove him wrong, bro
Russia’s fire-mouthed envoy to NATO has offered, via his increasingly insane Twitter feed, $1 million dollars to anyone “who will prove that NATO is not pursuing military planning against Russia.” Hilariously, RIA Novosti, one of the state news wires, ran … Continue reading
Porn hacker, traffic jam creator nabbed in Novorossiisk
On January 14, at precisely 11:05 pm, a giant digital billboard on one of the busiest streets in Moscow lit up with something highly unsual. The traffic jam was almost instantaneous as awed drivers craned to get a glimpse of … Continue reading
