FSB opens case against one of Crimea blockade coordinators
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a case against one of Crimea's blockade coordinators, Lenur Islyamov, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported referring to the Investigative Department of Russia's FSB Office in Crimea and Sevastopol. "On October 22, 2015, the Investigative Department of...
ATO Headquarters: militants fire rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns in Pisky
Positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone are attacked again, the ATO press center reported on Facebook. "Russian-backed mercenaries opened fire on the village of Pisky, just like a day earlier, using rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns," a statement reads. The...
Reuters: Al Qaeda chief urges militant unity against Russia in Syria
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslim supporters to band together to confront the threat from the West and Russia in Syria and Iraq, the latest recording suggesting greater unity between al Qaeda and Islamic State, according to Reuters. "The Americans, Russians, Iranians, Alawites, and Hezbollah are...
Korea Herald: Volkswagen to recall 28,000 cars due to possible air bag malfunction
Volkswagen Korea is expected to voluntarily recall about 28,000 cars earlier next year due to a defective part that could cause the air bags to malfunction, industry sources said Monday, according to The Korea Herald. The local unit of German auto giant Volkswagen recently submitted its recall plans to the transportation...
Victims of Egypt plane crash flown back to Russia
The bodies of 144 of those killed in Saturday's air crash in Egypt have been flown back to the Russian city of St Petersburg as an investigation into the cause continues, according to the BBC. A Russian government transport plane carrying the remains of the victims landed at St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport on Monday...
LIH issued a video of the last minutes of the Russian aircraft in Egypt flight (Video)
"Islamic State" promulgated the video which supposedly shows the ignition timing in the air Russian aircraft Airbus A321 in the sky over the Sinai Peninsula. Yesterday it crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board. According to Daily Mail, the terrorists claim that their fighters shoted down the...
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10 Hollywood Celebrities with Russian Roots
It's no secret that Americans of Russian descent have played an important role in the history of the United States, including politics, science, sports and the arts. And there are countless actors and actresses whose roots stem from either Russia or former Soviet republics. Here's a list of 10 Hollywood stars with...
Two black boxes found from crashed Russian plane
Both black boxes of the plane that crashed in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday with the loss of all 224 people on board, had been found, Mohamed Hossam Kemal, the civil aviation minister, told a news conference, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported. Russian Federal Air Transport Agency and the Interstate Aviation...
Islamic State takes over Syrian town in Homs province: monitor
Islamic State fighters took control of the Syrian town of Maheen in the southwest of Homs province on Sunday after an attack on government forces in the area, Reuters reported. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 50 fighters on the government side were killed or wounded, and that clashes...
ATO Headquarters: two Ukrainian servicemen blown on trip-wire
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Saturday after an explosive device detonated in the forest between Avdiyivka and Donetsk bypass road, Head of the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters, Colonel Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing, according to an UNIAN correspondent. At this, no Ukrainian...
Syria conflict: Russia’s scars from Afghanistan
It is more than 26 years since Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan. But today Russia, once again, is at war outside the former Soviet Union — in Syria. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow met some veterans of that Soviet war to find out what lessons were learnt. Modern Russia often claims it has learnt the lessons...