Tag: Russia
Cybercrime explored: Journalist documents DarkMarket
A new book out this month takes you inside the shadowy world of online crime and DarkMarket, a now-shutdown hangout for global cybercriminals....
Hollywood stars hawking products in Russian ads
Hollywood celebrities are making a splash in Russia — and it's not for their blockbuster movies....
Russia's underground artists have new target: Putin
Russia's protest artists are pioneering new forms of risky, highly public dissent, aimed at mocking Putin, Medvedev and the political class....
Russian billionaire politician challenges Kremlin
Mikhail Prokhorov, a Russian billionaire, has announced that he will create his own political movement that wasn't what he called a 'puppet of the Kremlin.'...
Nearly entire Russian ice hockey team dies in plane crash
Russian hockey team loses 37 players and coaches in plane crash -- roster included former NHL all-stars and Olympic champions....
Russian company to launch hotel in space by 2016
Travelers will be shot into space on a Soyuz rocket and will orbit 217 miles above earth in a hotel with massive windows for expansive, intergalactic views....
More oil becoming available as Arctic ice recedes
Exxon makes deal with Russia to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean, which due to global warming, is more accessible than it was 10 years ago....
Russian conspiracy theories and Roswell UFO
Roswell UFO was actually a Russian spy plane flown by Nazi mutants -- this and other conspiracy theories that Russians don't find so far-fetched....
Sexy females, superheroes and Russia's presidential race
Presidential election campaigns feature incumbent Dmitry Medvedev as a superhero and challenger Vladimir Putin with an army of sexy females....
It's still sexy to smoke in Russia
Russia is one of the smokiest nations in the world, and tobacco companies are using every trick in the book to keep it that way....
