Dutifully performing its role in a highly-choreographed display of political theatre, Russia’s highest court on Monday approved constitutional changes that opened the way for President Vladimir V. Putin to crash through term limits and stay in power through 2036. With a dense 52-page ruling clogged with legalese, the Constitutional Court removed one of the last, albeit very flimsy potential […]
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Confirmed: Russia using Ghanaians, Nigerians to meddle in US elections
The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year’s elections. But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track. And they have found an unlikely home, far from Russia itself. In 2016, much of the trolling […]
49 year old Russian billionaire killed by vehicle while walking his dog in England
A Russian billionaire was killed in a road collision while walking his dog in England last week, it has been confirmed. Surrey Police released a statement on Thursday confirming that Dmitry Obretetskiy, 49, died on November 30, following an incident in Oxshott, a village near London, on November 25. Obretetskiy, the latest in a series of […]
Wrong technical language to ground controller exposes fake Russian pilot
In 2018, a highly regarded Russian pilot Taras Shelest turned out to be a fraud. Despite having never attended aviation classes and instead faking his diploma, Shelest allegedly flew thousands of people all around the world for several years, until a bizarre incident finally exposed him. In August of 2015, Shelest was a co-pilot on […]