Russia

Kournikova Pregnant by Iglesias Friends Say

Russian Tennis star Anna Kournikova and her longtime boyfriend Enrique Iglesias are awaiting their first child, Kournikova’s unnamed friend was quoted as saying by Russian tabloid Zhizn (Life).

Popularity: 7% [?]

June 20, 2007

Moscow Ranks as World’s Priciest City

Moscow is the world’s most expensive city for the second year in a row, thanks to an appreciating ruble and rising housing costs, a new survey reports.

Popularity: 5% [?]

June 19, 2007

Russia Backs Abbas in Palestine

Russia on Monday voiced support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, urging the emergency government to take necessary steps to normalize the current situation, Xinhua reported on June 19.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Russian Men Drink Themselves To The Grave

Nearly half of Russia’s working-age men who die are drinking themselves to the grave with almost anything they can get their hands on.

Popularity: 2% [?]

June 17, 2007

Russia to Showcase Super-Fighter in Paris

Russia is using the Paris Air Show to showcase its breathtaking super-manoeuvrable MiG-29 OVT. The multi-role warplane uses three-dimensional thrust vectoring to perform jaw-dropping aerobatics, the likes of which have never been seen before.

Popularity: 8% [?]

New Zealand Tourist Found Dead in Moscow

Russian police have started a homicide investigation after the discovery of a body, believed to be that of an Auckland woman last seen in a Moscow hotel more than two weeks ago, The New Zealand Herald reported on Monday, June 18.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Russia Fail to Fix Space Station Computers

Russian engineers failed on Friday to fix malfunctioning navigational computers on the orbiting International Space Station but said they did not foresee having to evacuate the three crew.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Russia May Block US Missile Defense Plan

Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia’s president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the US to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Teheran.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Cognac Sales to Russia Have Been Multiplied by Seven in Seven Years

The Cognac industry of southwest France yesterday reported record exports, thanks to an explosion of sales to Russia and China.

Popularity: 5% [?]

June 15, 2007

Venezuela to Buy Russian Submarines

Venezuela is studying buying Russian submarines that would transform the South American country into the top naval force in the region, a military adviser to President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.

Popularity: 5% [?]