1 March, 2012
The list of Russia's "golden hundred" cartoons was announced at the opening of the 17th Open Animation Festival in Suzdal and was to mark 100 years of Russia's cartoon industry, the Moscow News informs.
Alexander Nazarov's work "Once Upon a Dog" took the 1st place, according to Russian experts. Yury Norshtein's masterpiece "Hedgehog in the Fog" which was named No.1 in the All Time Animation Best 150 in Japan and Worldwide in 2003 came second. The Russian version of "Winnie-the-Pooh" was named the third greatest cartoon.
29 February, 2012
A 27-year-old Renata Shamrakova of Russia hijacked the identity of her boss, Nicky Hilton's ex-husband Todd Meister and used his elite AmEx card to rip him off to the tune of $1.6 million going on shopping sprees and taking trips to exotic international destinations, New York Post informs.
29 February, 2012
Russian tennis player Alisa Kleybanova has successfully completed a course of treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma and now plans to return to action at the Miami tournament in March.
Kleybanova has so far won two WTA Tour singles titles, with her best performances in Grand Slams being fourth round exits at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. She, however, hasn't played a single match since being diagnosed a cancer originating in May last year, Russia Today writes.
28 February, 2012
A resident of the Far Eastern Khabarovsk region was arrested after attempting to sell her five year old son for 300,000 rubles ($10,345).
Investigators filed a criminal case against the woman for human trafficking and if found guilty, she could face up to ten years in prison. The boy is in now in social care in a hospital in the city of Bikin.
Source: ria.ru
28 February, 2012
Ria Novosti writes that a street in Milan will be named after the slain Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who, according to Milan council "represented the journalism of courage, justice and the search for truth."
The proposal was initiated by the rights group AnnaViva (Anna is Alive) which petitioned Milan City Council to follow other European cities where streets named after Anna Politkovskaya had already appeared.
27 February, 2012
The sociological poll recently conducted by Russia's Public Opinion Research Center showed that the number of people visiting churches, mosques and synagogues has increased 20% during the last 16 years. 7% of people go to church at least once a month, 30% visit it from time to time and 34% are rare church visitors. Only 26% of Russians never go to church as opposed to previous figure - 46 % of country's nationals.
Most of the visitors to church talk to God (38% of people), 31% read prayers, 27% venerate the relics. While 11% of people coming to the church just look around observe what's going.
Source: news.ru
27 February, 2012
Photos of Russian Maslenitsa celebration held in Moscow oblast would be interesting to view on www.bbc.co.uk/blogs. The festival was arranged by "Rozhdestvenka" club and included the all the traditional outdoor festive activities like eating Russian pancakes, climbing a greased pole, feasting and drinking, storming the snow fortress, burning the Lady Maslenitsa figurine, rope pulling contests and others.
27 February, 2012
As Kyiv Post imforms a jailed opposition leader and former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year among other 230 candidates.
26 February, 2012
European Athletics writes that Olga Golovkina produced the best indoor 5000m time in the world this year on a conventional track, clocking 15:39.61 during last day of Russian indoor championships in Moscow on Friday.
26 February, 2012
The "Most beautiful people of Ukraine 2011" prize was awarded to Ukrainian TV presenter and a host of popular Ukrainian programs "Ukraine's got talent" and "X Factor", Oksana Marchenko. Oksana is one of most nominated lead in the history of Ukrainian TV. She is also a wife of a Ukrainian politician and a lawyer and a mother of 2 children.
Source: news.mail.ru
25 February, 2012
Congratulations to Tatyana Ivanova, who has become the first Russian woman in the country's modern history to win a luge World Cup stage. The 21-year-old won the season-ending event and also the European Luge Championships in Paramonovo, Moscow Region.
Source: rt.com
25 February, 2012
An interesting exhibition named "Fashion behind the Iron Curtain, From the Wardrobe of the Stars of the Soviet Era" is now hosted by Tsaritsyno State Museum-Reserve, Moscow, vesti.ru writes. The exhibition is dedicated to 1917-1991 period Soviet fashion and includes personal items of Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Olga Lepeshinskaya, Klara Luchko, Lyudmila Zykina, Natalia Fateeva, Lyudmila Gurchenko and many other favorite starts of the Soviet epoch.
25 February, 2012
The Voice of Russia informs of the recent victory of Russian women team at the Bandy World Championship in Irkutsk, Siberia. Russian girls have defeated the Norwegian team in a group stage match with a score of 4:0. Earlier on Friday the Russian team also defeated the Americans (8:0).
Irkutsk is centre of women's bandy in Russia, like other Siberian cities where this sport enjoys high popularity.
25 February, 2012
Legendary Russian ballerina Maya Plisetskaya has been honored with the highest decoration of France - the Legion of Honor medal. A 85-year-old artist has long had close ties to France, worked with the leading light of choreography, including French luminaries Maurice Béjart and Roland Petit.
Plisetskaya is now one of 150 Russian Officers of the Legion of Honor, prized for being the embodiment of grace, talent and courage, Russia Today writes.
24 February, 2012
Russian opera siren Anna Netrebko is to launch the next season at New York's Metropolitan Opera for the second year in a row, and again with a Donizetti opera. The 2012-2013 season will open on 24 September with a premiere of L'Elisir d'Amore. Last year, the soprano hailed a new season at the Met with a premiere of Donizetti's Anna Bolena, Russia Today informs.
24 February, 2012
While Russian women are often considered to be most beautuful in the world, only 3% of nation's females appear to be happy with their appearance, the poll reveals. Most content women live in Saudi Arabia, as 16 % of them are content with their looks. Then go Brazil women (14%) and women from Turkey (13%).
