Russia’s most effective anti-corruption campaigner and opposition leader was found guilty of embezzlement Thursday and sentenced to five years in prison in a verdict that sent shock waves throughout the country. The conviction of Alexei Navalny, 37, a leading critic of President Vladimir Putin with a penchant max white shoes […]
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Waves of Immigration from Russia to U.S.
Ellis Island in 1892 of immigrants waiting to be processed before they can board the ferry to lower Manhattan and America The first Russians on U. S. territory were part of Russia’s internal migration. During the eighteenth century, Russian traders and missionaries crossing Siberia reached Alaska, which became a colony […]
American views of Russia
The popular Soviet writer, critic and radio presenter Alexander Genis emigrated to the United States in 1977, neatly dividing his life into two chapters, Soviet and Western. Moskovskiye Novosti interviewed Genis about Russia and Moscow as seen from America: what’s changed and what’s stayed the same over the decades. America […]
Taste of Europe: Catering Service
Taste of Europe The Only Russian Restaurant in US featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”. Top 6 in Hot Restaurants of DFW: 2012 Edition by DFW.com. Come experience the feel of another place and time – it is not just the finest dining, but the whole store of Russian collectibles, […]
The New Face of Russian Arms Makers
Steven Seagal may be best known for his martial arts skills, but in recent journeys to Russia the action move star has expanded his repertoire into a number of unusual roles such as international statesman, gun lobbyist and now as a possible spokesman for a Soviet-era weapons factory. Deputy Prime […]
Russian President Putin, wife announce divorce
Vladimir Putin pulled off one of his most audacious pieces of stagecraft, attending a ballet with his rarely seen wife and then announcing their marriage is over. But how will it play to his audience of 143 million Russians? The end of the marriage of the Russian president and Lyudmila […]
Orphans, families in agonizing limbo
Lunchtime at Baby Home No. 13 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Timofey, front, has enjoyed his soup already Andy and Bethany Nagel left photos of themselves at the orphanage for the little boy with Down syndrome who was going to be their son. We’ll be back, they told 4-year-old Timofey, blowing […]
Russian Adoptee Thrives in Texas
[Dallas, Texas] Sophie snaps her fingers and, with her classmates, bounces, twirls and kicks to the tune of West Side Story’s “America” blaring through the dance studio sound system. The 10-year-old, adopted from Russia by U.S. parents nearly nine years ago, is a bright-eyed, carefree fourth-grader who wakes up with […]
Taste of Europe: “10% off on souvenirs and jewelry with the purchase of dinner”
Taste of Europe The Only Russian Restaurant in US featured on “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”. Top 6 in Hot Restaurants of DFW: 2012 Edition by DFW.com. Come experience the feel of another place and time – it is not just the finest dining, but the whole store of Russian collectibles, […]
Orthodox Easter in United States
Many Orthodox Christian churches, including the Greek Orthodox and the Russian Orthodox churches, celebrate the “miracle of Easter” on the Easter Sunday date in the Julian calendar. Pascha (or Paskha) is the highest celebration of the Orthodox Church. Russian Orthodox churches herald in the glorious event with a service, beginning […]
Russian immigrants in Dallas express shock at nationality of Boston bombing suspects
[Dallas, Texas] Russian immigrant Natasha Ksendzoff of Dallas said that terrorism has no nationality. She is a translator of the many cultures of the ex-Soviet Union, explaining religious differences and atheism under Communist rule and the many ethnic groups of the region. “People are devastated, and I am devastated, too,” […]
Russia: Are efforts to help thousands of “abandoned” children being resisted?
Ambitious plans to reduce the number of orphans in Russia are running into strong institutional resistance, child welfare campaigners have warned. The Kremlin has launched a programme to move tens of thousands of children out of institutions and into family homes. Most have been abandoned by their parents and receive […]