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