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Russian Tanks use Controllers Similar to PlayStation Gamepad

By Joseph Randazzo | May 15, 2015 11:42 AM EDT

There's a new platform out there using controllers similar to the one PlayStation has. Of course this platform isn't very fun and doesn't have the ability to have friendly online competition with other players. As a matter of fact, it isn't a gaming system at all, but a part of a set of new Russian Kurganets-25 IFV tanks that are specifically built for tearing things up and blowing buildings down. Read More »

Actor Mickey Rourke Stiffing Homeless Boxing Opponent on Bout Payment? Eliot Seymour Says 'I Wanna Get Paid' [WATCH]

By Jaymz Clements | Dec 04, 2014 09:28 PM EST

When actor Mickey Rourke returned to boxing in spectacularly dubious circumstances last week, the 62 year old fought in a exhibition match in Russia against a former Golden Glove champion less than half his age. The fighter -- the allegedly homeless and mentally unstable Eliot Seymour -- also refuted claims he took a dive, but is demanding to be paid the last $5k of his agreed upon fee. Is Mickey Rourke stiffing the fighter? Read More »

Actor Mickey Rourke TKOs Guy Half HIs Age In Russian Return To Boxing! Look At His Amazing Transformation Here!

By Jaymz Clements | Nov 28, 2014 07:17 PM EST

Actor Mickey Rourke has wound back the clock and sent a man less than half his age to the canvas with a TKO in an exhibition boxing match in Russia! The 62 year old The Wrestler star knocked out 29 year old Elliot Seymour - a former Gold Gloves champion with a 1-9 pro record - in under two rounds. Read More »

Russia Launches Its Own Fashion Council To Support Local Talent

By Elena Lopez | Oct 26, 2014 12:53 PM EDT

Russian Fashion Week has been held biannually in Moscow for the past 15 years, yet many Russian designers have struggled to grow their businesses. The reason for this is lack of support. According to "Fashionista," Moscow has never had programs, funds, scholarships or mentorship for emerging designers like New York and London do. On Friday, Oct. 24, the president and co-founder of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, Alexander Shumsky, announced the launch of the Russian Fashion Council. A press statement described it as "national fashion councils" in "key fashion markets." Read More »

World Cup predictions

By Kenneth Brown | Jun 11, 2014 02:15 PM EDT

Who will progress past the group stage of the World Cup? Read More »

What Do Lady Gaga, Madonna and Eric Snowden Have in Common? Travel Issues in Russia!

By Ryan Book, Mstars News | Aug 02, 2013 11:45 AM EDT

Lady Gaga and Madonna are both looking at criminal charges from Russia because neither had a proper visa when they came to perform in the country during 2012. Read More »

Pussy Riot Member Yekaterina Samutsevich Freed: Two Year Sentence Suspended

By Mereb Gebremariam, Mstars Reporter | Oct 10, 2012 12:43 PM EDT

Pussy Riot Member, Yekaterina Samutsevich is freed from a two year sentence. After filing an appeal, a Moscow appeals court freed the Pussy Riot member, but the prior decision is upheld for the two other members. Read More »

Madonna Supports Gay Rights in Russia Concert

By Liza Dobkina | Aug 10, 2012 05:06 AM EDT

Pop star Madonna spoke out for gay rights at a concert on Thursday in St Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin's home town, where activists say a law adopted this year to curb homosexual "propaganda" is discriminatory. Read More »

Madonna Urges Russia to Free Pussy Riot at Moscow Concert

By Alissa de Carbonnel | Aug 08, 2012 08:25 AM EDT

Pop singer Madonna donned the trademark balaclava worn by punk band Pussy Riot during a concert in Moscow to demand Russia free three group members on trial for bursting into a Russian Orthodox church and singing a protest against Vladimir Putin. Read More »

Prosecutors Demand Jail Time for Feminist Punk Rockers

By Danica Bellini | Aug 07, 2012 11:15 AM EDT

Prosecutors have asked for a three-year sentence against the three members of the feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot who were charged with hooliganism after promoting an anti-Vladimir Putin riot outside of Moscow's Christ Savior Cathedral. Read More »

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