On Thursday, the new Russian fighter jet called the T-50 performed a test flight (not the first one) and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was on hand and even sat in the cockpit of the aircraft. This plane is said to be the first warplane Russia has made since the Soviet Union collapsed about 20 years ago. The [...]
For people in Russia, May 9th is an important date on the calendar. It is Victory Day, the day that Nazi Germany capitulated to the then Soviet Union. It is celebrated every year in Russia and for the last two years Vladimir Putin has re-started the Soviet era tradition of parading tanks, missiles and low [...]
Ukraine had an election about two weeks ago and now it appears as though the losing candidate has agreed to concede defeat to the winner, Viktor Yanukovych. If his name sounds familiar it is because he is the same candidate that lost in 2004 to the “Orange Revolution” candidate, Viktor Yushchenko. Yanukovych is set to [...]
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