U.S. Investor Dispels “Seven Myths About Russia”

On Wednesday, April 20, U.S. investor William Browder who heads the investment fund Hermitage Capital Management spoke before the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and tried to dispel “the seven great myths about Russia”.

Banks or Piggy Banks? How Russians Save Money - COMMENTARY

There is a vast difference between Western and Russian attitudes toward savings. Everyone in the West knows you’re in trouble without a retirement savings account; no one in Russia plans that far ahead. So very often it’s splurge and starve.

Why don't Russians save money! Because they have nothing to save! According to statistics, more than twenty percent of Russians live below the poverty line. Some experts say that two thirds of Russia's population can be considered poor.

What can you save if you grow vegetables at your garden-plots because you cannot afford to buy them in the store? Of course, the vegetables and what you make of them, but not money...

That is why Russians don't plan that far ahead. They don't have extra money.

Rice in Moscow: The People Will Choose Democracy - INTERVIEW

During her visit to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State answered listeners’ questions as part of a live address on Moscow’s Ekho Moskvy radio. In the interview moderated by the station’s own Alexei Benediktov, Rice gave an upbeat view of relations between Russia and the United States – in particular where non-proliferation attempts were concerned.

Russia to Dispose of Its Chemical Weapons Stocks by 2012

Russia will see five new chemical weapons disposal plants built in the next two years under President Vladimir Putin’s weapons disposal program.

Condoleezza Rice Answers Radio Listeners’ Questions Ahead of Putin Meeting

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, gave an unusually upbeat account Wednesday of U.S.-Russian cooperation on international issues.

Russian Astrologist Plans to Crash NASA’s Independence Day

Imagine a twist to the plot of the movie Deep Impact: besides the comet, NASA is pitted against a Russian astrologist who wants to sue the agency because destroying a comet would irrevocably harm her “system of spiritual values”. A comet is not threatening Earth, but NASA’s Deep Impact is set to collide with the Tempel-1 comet on July 4 and that has really upset one Russian astrologist.

http://mosnews.com/feature/2005/04/19/deepimpact.shtml

Parents of Detained National Bolsheviks Demand Meeting With Putin

A group of parents of young National Bolshevik Party activists held for staging a protest in the premises of the Kremlin administration in December arrived at the same address on Tuesday and requested a meeting with Vladimir Putin.

Hope they know what they do...

Moscow Air Defense Chief Vows to Down Passenger Aircraft Captured by Terrorists

Colonel-General Solovyov announced that any aircraft captured by terrorists approaching Moscow will be destroyed. “I will not allow anything to fall in Moscow. I have decided for myself what decision I would take".

What will he do if a Russian official is flying in the captured aircraft? Or even an official's relative?

Russian MP Wants to Curb Media Coverage of Pope’s Death

Russian MP Wants to Curb Media Coverage of Pope’s Death
A senior Russian MP said on Wednesday that the Russian media are paying too much attention to the news of the Pope’s death. The parliament, however, refused to interfere in the matter.