By: Mary Rose | 2011-10-16 | News and society Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine and one of the leaders of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, has been sentenced to seven years prison on charges of abuse of authority for signing gas contracts with Russia in January 2009. Yulia Tymoshenko was born on 27 November 1960 and she served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-10-12 | News and society On Tuesday, October 11, 2011, Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of authority for signing gas contracts with Russia in January 2009. read more
By: James Voigt | 2010-04-04 | Politics Russia is a misunderstood country. The majority of Russian people are free thinking and determined to make Russia an open and fair society. Russia will never become a little America; however, Russia can be a key trading partner and ally. read more
By: Terrence Aubrey | 2011-01-09 | Travel Tips You have met your beautiful Ukrainian woman and fallen in love online and now you are ready to visit and meet. Some useful information read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-01-13 | Politics The current Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is considered as one of the most powerful celebrities worldwide. People can know more about his intelligence, personality and passion through real-life photos, which capture normal but unforgettable moments of the former KGB man. Unlike many country’s leaders, Putin often makes appearance in wildlife reservations, in public and even in motor racing competition. He is also seen to go hunting or fishing, play with children, visit the research centers, ride high-speed vehicles and refuel a car at the petrol station. Now, let encode his images and find out why the prestigious politician has much positive impacts on others. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2010-11-02 | News and society Vladimir Putin, the junior co-leader of President Dmitry Medvedev, is one of the most famous and prestigious politicians in the world. During eight years as president and the past two years as prime minister, he has been beloved and trusted by Russians, not only because his talent and achievements for the country t also his daily-life images, which make people feel closer to their leader. Sometimes, the former KGB man was seen to go fishing with his bare-chested, shooting a tiger or tagging a polar bear. Recently, Putin visited the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Preserve where he observed the habitat of a snow leopard. read more
By: Anna Zelenskaya | 2010-03-29 | Security Steps for data protection are taken on a governance level - on December 20, 2006, the president of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko signed a law entitled "On Ratification of Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on the Security Procedures for the Exchange of classified information". The law entered into force on February 2007. (Law No. N499-V, source -"The Governmental Courier", No.3, January 10, 2007). read more
By: Sky Light | 2011-04-04 | Cars Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tested the Russia's first gasoline-electric Yo-mobile hybrid car by driving it ten kilometers from his residence to President Medvedev's country house outside Moscow on Friday, April 1, 2011. The vehicle is under mass production in the second half of 2012 with 3.5 liters of fuel per 100 km and will cost about 450,000 rubles ($15,860). However, Yo-mobile is not the first car Putin has test-driven. Besides his own Volga cars including a Russian four-wheel-drive Niva and a trailer car, he drove some kinds of car such as Lada Kalina, Nissan Teana, Mercedes and even a Formula one car. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2010-11-18 | Society Vladimir Putin is the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia after Boris Yeltsin. During his presidency, Vladimir Putin is considered to bring political stability and re-establishing the rule of law for the whole country. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-06-15 | News and society Russian President Dimitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had an informal meeting in the sunshine at the weekend at the presidential residence in Gorki, outside Moscow. read more
By: Brian John | 2011-04-09 | College As head of Ukraine's national bank Yushchenko was involved in a huge scandal involving falsification of the amount of foreign exchange reserves held by Ukraine in order to deceive the International Monetary Fund into loaning around a half a billion dollars in credit that they would otherwise not have received. Yushchenko survived the political scandal because he was not seen as a..... read more
By: Mary Rose | 2012-03-05 | News and society Vladimir Putin convincingly won Russia’s presidential election on Sunday, March 4, 2012, extending his hold on power for six more years. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-08-13 | News and society Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went diving at a Black Sea site on the Taman Peninsula in Krasnodar region Aug. 10, 2011. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2010-08-31 | Community News On Friday August 27th, automobile industry in Russia was specially supported by current Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin. He decided to drive a canary-yellow Lada Kalina Sport produced by the Avtovaz carmaker on the 2000-kilometer highway between the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk and Siberia's Chita. The road is scheduled to be opened for traffic in September. read more
By: World News | 2011-12-08 | Current Events Russian protesters have taken to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg for three straight nights despite a heavy police presence, outraged over observers reports of widespread ballot box stuffing and manipulations of the vote count. This week has seen some of the biggest and most sustained protests Russia has faced in years, and police have detained hundreds of protesters. read more