Russia Herald news Russia Herald news Rss feed

  • Obama proposes further US Russian nuclear arms cut

    US President Barack Obama, currently on an official visit to Berlin, Wednesday proposed plans for America and Russia to further cut their strategic nuclear warheads. During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Obama renewed his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, and said the US would ultimately strive toward eliminating nuclear weapons, Xinhua reported. "After a ...

  • More Russian Oil Flows to China in Shift From Europe

    MOSCOW Russia is steeply ramping up oil deliveries to China, with Asia now importing almost a fifth of oil exports from the world's largest crude producer in a strategic shift meant by the Kremlin to end reliance on weak and saturated European markets. Russia will increase oil supplies to China by 13 percent in July-September from the previous three months, a shipping schedule obtained ...

  • Transmissions from a Lone Star Kim Jong-Un Declares Admiration for Hitler What Could Possibly Go Wrong

    New Focus International carried an interesting story on Monday. According to insiders, Kim Jong-un is getting into Hitler. In fact, the tubby tyrant digs the Nazi dictator so much that he’s started gifting copies of "Mein Kampf" to his inner circle. Having emulated Stalin for decades, it’s time for the regime to embrace a new ...

  • Former Investigators Urge New Review of TWA Flight 800 Crash

    WASHINGTON, June 19 (RIA Novosti) – Former investigators of the crash of TWA Flight 800, which exploded off the coast off Long Island in 1996 killing 230 people, say the original findings were false and are calling on the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to begin a new review. The former investigators from the NTSB, TWA and Airline Pilots Associations claim in a new ...

  • Russian official says statement on railway chief dismissal a hoax

    Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with CEO of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin (L), Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (2nd L) and Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov (R) inside a train in Moscow October 19, ...

Movie Review

Jawbreaker

Ten years after the release of Michael Lehmann's stinging teen satire "Heathers" (1989) comes "Jawbreaker," an inferior retread of the same material that is more outrageous, but less clever, acted with less charisma, and lacking in the former's biting sense of black humor. The events that transpire in "Jawbreaker" squeak out a strained laugh here and there, but overall it smells of something tryin ... ...

On Facebook

  • Mikhail Prokhorov turns his back on Moscow mayor election

    Civil Platform party has left the election race for the position of the mayor of Moscow, but it will fight for the seats in the City Council of the Russian capital, Mikhail Prokhorov said. The billionaire and businessman urged all opposition groups to unite for the elections to the Moscow ...

  • AIRSHOW-With Russian help Europe prepares to search for life on Mars

    Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:52pm EDT * First of two missions to launch in 2016 * First direct search for life since NASA's 1970s Viking probes * Russia to provide launchers, landing system By Irene Klotz PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - The European Space Agency signed final contracts with Thales Alenia Space Italy for work on a pair of missions to assess if the planet Mars has or ever had life, officials ...

  • Putin’s chess move in Syria with an eye on the region at large

    Brian M Downing Shortly after Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to seek a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war, the Russian president bolstered his support for the embattled Assad government. Putin announced an impending transfer of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian military. It was a bold move that signals his intent to restore his ...

  • Russia unsure what to make of Obamas nuclear proposal

    The Russian government has reacted skeptically to President Barack Obama's renewed call on Wednesday for a reduction in U.S. and Russian nuclear weapon ...

  • Obama calls for reduction of US Russian nukes

    BERLIN (AP) — In a wide-ranging speech in Berlin, President Barack Obama has renewed his call to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles -- and also to confront climate change, which he referred to as "the global threat of our time." Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of the city that was divided during the Cold War, Obama said he wanted to re-ignite the spirit that ...

More Russia Herald news