Sports / Putin hopes clubs from central and western Europe join KHL 
21 Jul, 03:56 PM 54 comments
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Kontinental Hockey League will expand to include clubs in central and western Europe.
Culture / Unpiloted aircraft to save Muscovites from drowning 
21 Jul, 03:43 PM 62 comments
Death by drowning is a major problem in Moscow this year, as more people spend their vacations on the banks of local rivers instead of traveling to more exotic destinations.
Society / Azerbaijani court rules to keep anti-governmental bloggers in jail 
21 Jul, 03:26 PM 54 comments
A Baku court has rejected appeals by jailed bloggers Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli and ruled that they will remain in detention.
Money / Car market plummeting in Russia 
21 Jul, 03:23 PM 41 comments
Russia has not lived up to earlier expectations that it would become Europe's largest auto market this year - one more way in which the global economic crisis is being felt.
Russia in the World / 2 former cops detained in Israel for passing secrets to Russian tycoons 
21 Jul, 02:14 PM 50 comments
Two former Israeli policemen have been arrested on suspicion of transmitting secret data to a Russian oligarch.
Weird news / French pilots turn to passenger’s aide to land in Moscow 
21 Jul, 02:07 PM 69 comments
Pilots of a Paris-Moscow flight had to ask a passenger to help them communicate with Russian air traffic controllers because of the latter’s extremely poor English.
Society / Poker no longer sport in Russia 
21 Jul, 01:35 PM 54 comments
The Russian Ministry of Sports and Tourism has officially excluded poker from the list of sports.
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