Steve Rosenberg
When you gotta go in Sochi… take a friend to the twin toilets
Russian authorities have set up side by side toilets at a Olympic venue in Sochi. Yes, BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg tweeted a picture Wednesday with the caption: “Seeing double in the Gentlemen’s Loo at the Olympic Biathlon Centre.” The picture he snapped is of one stall with two toilets, no divider.
Two Prominent Russians to Challenge Putin
A week after allegations of election fraud sent thousands of Russians into the streets chanting “Russia without Putin,” two prominent men have stepped forward to challenge Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in next year’s presidential election. Mikhail Prokhorov, a billionaire oligarch best known to Americans as the owner of the New Jersey Nets, and Alexsei Kudrin, a […]
Top of the Hour: Putin Accuses Clinton of Instigating Protests, Morning Headlines
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday of encouraging and supporting protests over alleged fraud in last weekend’s parliamentary elections. Putin claimed Clinton “set the tone for some opposition activists,” and warned of a wider crackdown on the demonstrations. BBC correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports on the latest from Moscow.
Russia Seeks to Avoid Arab Spring-Style Protests
Protesters amassed for a second night on Tuesday in Moscow to denounce the results of last weekend’s parliamentary elections, which are widely believed to have been rigged. Chanting “Russia without Putin,” several hundred demonstrators gathered in the same square where over 5,000 people protested the alleged electoral fraud on Monday. Riot police officers arrested 250 […]