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Ninety-two years ago today on June 28th, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers during the first World War. continue reading...
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Every June 20th is dedicated to remembering and acknowledging that refugees still exist in the world today and that we should try to be more open towards their situation(s). continue reading...
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Russia may soon start replacing soldiers with carnival workers!
You may remember hearing about Russia’s use of inflatable decoys several years back, but that doesn’t mean that they have started using them as pool floats. In fact, they have been better upgraded to fool radar and arial surveillance! continue reading...
The high-profile court case of a Russian Police officer who went on a shooting rampage in a supermarket has finally come to a conclusion.
Officer Major Denis Yevsykov has been sentenced to life in prison for killing two people and injuring seven in a drunken shooting rampage at a supermarket last year. continue reading...
This is from Drudge Report and Matt Drudge is hosting it on his own site, so I am not sure about the accuracy, but regardless it’s an interesting read:
A leading Russian political analyst has said the economic turmoil in the United States has confirmed his long-held view that the country is heading for collapse, and will divide into separate parts. continue reading...
Current Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has proposed to increase the presidential term from four to six years. You’d think he’d be doing this so he could stay on as president longer, but no. He plans to step down and let former president and current prime minister Vladimir Putin resume as president - and this way serve a much longer term, until 2021. Read more… continue reading...
From Bloomberg:
Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 vowing to destroy Russia’s oligarchs “as a class.” Within two years, he’d driven two into exile and imprisoned another. continue reading...
