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Coronavirus Russia: Cases Jump to 840 has negative impact on Stock Market

Russia has registered just three coronavirus-related deaths so far.Dmitry Rogulin / TASS Russia confirmed 182 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases up to 840 and marking the largest one-day increase in cases so far. Russia’s officially reported numbers — which are still smaller than those in European countriesContinue reading “Coronavirus Russia: Cases Jump to 840 has negative impact on Stock Market”

russia WINNING

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” (DT: 7/26/16) If Russia’s mission was to disrupt the United States and Europe they have succeeded. In response to a Washington Post report that the CIA had concludedContinue reading “russia WINNING”

Russia Destroys More Than 700 Tons of Food in Less Than 2 Months

Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance in Belgorod region / Reuters A total of 738 tons of illegally imported food has been destroyed since the introduction of a decree in August ordering the disposal of banned Western imports, Russia’s agricultural watchdog said Monday. In an online statement, Rosselkhoznadzor said 676 tons of contraband agricultural produce had been confiscated and destroyed. Another 318 tons of products of animalContinue reading “Russia Destroys More Than 700 Tons of Food in Less Than 2 Months”

Russia Plans $3.6 Billion Food Stamp Program as Poverty Rises

State statistics agency Rosstat said in July that 22.9 million people — about 16 percent of the population — were below the poverty line at the end of March. Moscow Times The Russian government may spend 240 billion rubles ($3.6 billion) on a national food stamp program to support an estimated 15-16 million Russian citizens whose poverty has deepenedContinue reading “Russia Plans $3.6 Billion Food Stamp Program as Poverty Rises”

The Very Idea!

О́чень: very, really, incredibly Очень (very) is one of those handy little words you learn in Russian 101 and then use every day. Add it to any verb to jack up the intensity and emotion. For example: Я тебя люблю (I love you) is a summer fling; я тебя очень люблю (I love you very much) is maybe we should think about a mortgage. SayContinue reading “The Very Idea!”

Russia: Jewish School Probed for Extremism While Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Rare Russian Victory

This is not the first time the Ohr Avner school has ended up in hot water with the Russian authorities. It has been a week of ups and downs for religious freedom in Russia, with a Jewish school having become the target of an extremism investigation, and the beleaguered Jehovah’s Witnesses having gained an improbable boost at the Justice Ministry’s hand. Prosecutors in the city of Yekaterinburg haveContinue reading “Russia: Jewish School Probed for Extremism While Jehovah’s Witnesses Win Rare Russian Victory”

Twerking Scandal in Russia

By:Peter Spinella/Moscow Times In the second twerking scandal to rock Russia in recent weeks, several women who were filmed dancing in front of a World War II monument in southern Russia have been put in jail for up to 15 days, local authorities said Saturday. A video of the performance posted on YouTube shows six women shaking their butts near the city of Novorossiisk’s Minor Land monument, dedicated to aContinue reading “Twerking Scandal in Russia”