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Both Pilots Of The Plane In The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Crash Should Not Have Been Allowed To Fly
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed 36 members of the Russian hockey club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, including former NHLers Ruslan Salei, Kārlis Skrastiņš, and Pavol Demitra. Today Russian officials announced that they were charging Vadim Timofeyev, the deputy head of the ...
Vladimir Putin Dressed Like A Bird And Flew With Endangered Cranes
Manliest of world leaders, Vladimir Putin has never met a sporting photo op he didn't like. So it's precisely zero surprise to see the Russian president flying an ultralight aircraft, leading a flock of endangered birds on their first migration....
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Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov Arrested, Allegedly Beaten Outside Pussy Riot Trial [UPDATE: With Video]
Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov, in attendance at the Pussy Riot trial in Moscow, ran afoul of police and was assaulted today according to his Facebook page, which includes this image and the update:...
This Is The Most Intense Racewalking Clip You'll See All Day
With two kilometers to go in today's 20k race walk, 2008 gold medalist Valeriy Borchin was in second place. That is, until he crumpled to the pavement in exhaustion. According to the Wall Street Journal, Borchin was later placed on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance. Racewalking: pushing t...
The Russia/Brazil Basketball Game Ended On This Wild Three-Pointer
The Russians led by 11 at one point in the third quarter, but they blew it. Enter Alexey Shved and Vitaliy Fridzon. Trailing 72-67 with 26 seconds to go, Shved scored five straight points to tie the game. But Brazil went back in front when Marcelinho Huertas scored on a layup with 6.1 seconds left...
Female Russian Skydiving Team Sets World Record With 88-Member Jump
Apparently, there's a women's skydiving team based in Russia called "Pearls of Russia," and each of them seems to be incapable of processing normal human emotions, including fear, tension, or sound judgment. Even more astonishing is that this wasn't their first or second attempt, but rather a thir...
Evgeni Malkin Tweet Fish Catch Best
A couple of weeks back, Phoenix Coyotes enforcer Paul "Biz Nasty" Bissonnette turned us on to the Twitter charms of Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin, who knows best because he's best....
Russian And Polish Fans May Kill Each Other Before Their Match Starts
Here are some of the videos that have surfaced from this morning's clashes between Russian and Polish soccer fans, before their teams' match later today at Euro 2012. According to one (biased) account, a Russian fan march was set upon by Polish supporters, and broken up by police firing tear gas a...
Evgeni Malkin Is Best
Penguins center Evgeni Malkin might have been the best player in the NHL this year, playoffs aside. He knows what it's like to be the best. Best recognize best. So, keep in mind, when he exchanges messages with Phoenix Coyotes enforcer and Twitter superstar Paul "Biz Nasty" Bissonnette, Malkin is pr...
Vladimir Putin's Game-Winning Goal Against The "Legends Of Russia" Was So Obvious
Here's a sporting feat that even Kim Jong Il would've appreciated. Just hours after his presidential inauguration Monday, Vladimir Putin led a team of amateur hockey players against a squad known as the Legends of Russia, which included such former professionals as Slava Fetisov, who just happens ...
Russian Soccer Fans Taunt Opponents With Blowjobby Tifo
Spartak Moscow supporters, with an ingenuity far surpassing their maturity, rigged up a penis banner to mouth-sodomize the mascot of rival Zenit Saint Petersburg. I think the fact that it's bestiality precludes any accusations of homophobia. [Off The Post]...
Andrei Kirilenko's Wife, For Unknown Reasons, Wore A <em>Scream</em> Mask
Look, we're no experts on Russia, and no one wants to be culturally insensitive. But according to the official Twitter feed of CSKA Moscow, the top team in the Russian Basketball SuperLeague, former NBAer Andrei Kirilenko got an elbow to the eye in the third quarter of last night's game and Masha Lo...
Nets Owner Loses Russian Presidential Election Thanks To "Fucking Fuckwits"
It was a long cold Sunday for New Jersey Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who decided a few months ago to challenge Vladimir Putin in the 2012 Russian presidential election. Nyet, Prokhorov! Nyet! As we've noted before, Putin is not only strong leader who crush enemy like Black Sea mosquito but also ma...
Mikhail Prokhorov Rapping? Mikhail Prokhorov Rapping.
via The New Yorker(!)...
Vladimir Putin Goes Bobsledding, <i>Almost</i> Makes It To The End
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is a manly sort, who's never met a sporting photo op he didn't like. Yesterday he visited a training complex outside Moscow to watch the Russian national team train, but couldn't resist hopping in the two-man sled for a ride, despite his fur-lined parka and complete...
Mikhail Prokhorov Wants To Be The Next Russian Strongman
Mikhail Prokhorov promised to be a hands-on owner of the Nets, but that was before he committed to running a country of 142 million people. Prokhorov today announced he intends to run for President in next year's elections, challenging former President and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. No w...
Is Time For Soviet Badminton With Putin And Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted a video to the official Kremlin blog yesterday, in which he extols the virtues of badminton and urges the youth of the nation to take up the sport. Even better, he calls in Vladimir Putin for a friendly game. We have taken the liberty of translating the vid...
When I Dance They Call Me Kirilenko
CSKA Moscow, Andrei Kirilenko's new professional team in Russia, had its Media Day recently. Naturally, this involved the players breaking into three groups and dancing to Muzak and outdated pop songs on a stage in a giant banquet hall somewhere in Moscow....
This Evening: Andrei Kirilenko Joins His Old Team In Russia, Poses With An AK-47
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 6, the day some really hung squirrel ruined a bake off. Photo via That NBA Lottery Pick. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Doomed Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Plane Was Banned In Europe Due To Safety Concerns
The charter plane carrying almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team took off in perfect weather this morning, had trouble gaining altitude, clipped a radar tower and crashed 1.5 miles from the airport. It's the exact same plane that had been banned two years ago by aviation authorities from flying...