Homosexuality protector but Jesus defiant Moscow, Russia – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Wednesday that although the church views homosexuality as a sin, gays should not face discrimination. Patriarch Kirill said “those who sin” must not be punished and therefore the church opposes any discrimination. Same-sex unions, however, should not be considered equal to heterosexual... 

Stalin, the man who committed the largest genocide on Earth is promoted as a Hero in Eastern Europe Was the Soviet Union a force for good or ill during the Nazi years? That question is at the core of a controversy between and among some Jewish groups and former Soviet republics over the issue of Holocaust revisionism, and it erupted last week at a conference in Berlin organized by the World Congress... 

Muslims in Russia Every big city is international and it is impossible to avoid that. Once a city has peopled and population limit exceeded at least several millions, a sea of immigrants in the search of work and easy money start flooding the city out and it becomes hectic and busy. As soon as such a thing has already happened, it would be hardly possible to prevent the collision of different religions... 

The Russians were less likely to register marriages with foreigners. However, experts still managed to calculate who among the inhabitants of Earth like most Russians. It turned out that the palm went to residents of neighboring Ukraine. At least , evidenced by the RF Ministry of Justice data presented in the State Duma on Monday at a roundtable on international marriages. According to State Duma... 

In Moscow, Vladimir Putin has held his longest-ever question-and-answer session with the public. During the 4-hour conversation, the Prime Minister covered everything from the economy, jailed former Oligarchs to depression.  Read More »

On the eve of Copenhagen, senior scientist raises the stakes over stolen emails Are the Russians behind the leaked ‘Climategate’ emails, the awkward series of messages from scientists at the University of East Anglia’s world famous Climatic Research Unit (CRU) which threaten to undermine the already precarious global warming summit opening in Copenhagen today? That’s the theory... 

The Haaretz newspaper said on Friday that Moscow refused an American overture calling on the international quartet to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and give it the right to annex the major settlement outposts in the West Bank to its borders. The newspaper said that US secretary of state Hillary Clinton proposed during telephone calls a week ago with the quartet members to issue a joint statement... 

It was one of the deadliest tragedies to hit Russia in recent years. Investigators said the fire appeared to have started late on Friday night after an indoor fireworks display went wrong, setting light to wicker panels that decorated the packed venue’s walls and ceiling. There is no certainty about the cause of the explosion so maybe this could be another Muslim act of terrorism following... 

The armed forces are said to have carried out “war games” in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practised an amphibious landing on the country’s coast. Documents obtained by Wprost, one of Poland’s leading news magazines, said the exercise was carried out in conjunction with soldiers from Belarus. The manoeuvres are thought to have been held in September and involved... 

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made an outspoken attack on those seeking to rehabilitate former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Millions of Soviet citizens died under Stalin’s rule and Mr Medvedev said it was not possible to justify those who exterminated their own people. He also warned against efforts to falsify history and defend repression. Some Russian politicians have recently tried... 

Serbian and Russian delegations, led by their heads of state, Boris Tadic and Dmitry Medvedev, signed six agreements on bilateral cooperation at 1pm. The agreements cover the fields of culture, science and technology, security, education, air travel and parliamentary cooperation. The pacts are as follows: – An agreement on the establishment of a gas storage firm, Banatski Dvor, as a joint venture... 

Iran has agreed to a draft deal on shipping out most of its enriched uranium to Russia where it will be enriched but not to weapons’ grade. It comes on the final day of talks between Iran, Russia, France and the United States on Tehran’s nuclear programme. The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency says he hopes the deal will be finally approved on Friday.  Read More »

A new cemetery has been opened in central Russia, but this one is a bit different from others across the country: The site honors the German soldiers killed in Russia during World War II. Almost 25,000 Germans have already been buried in a cemetery near the village Besedino in Kursk Region, in a move Russia hopes will be viewed as a sign of reconciliation. However, the decision to build the cemetery... 

The biggest increase was noted in: Tula – 97.75% White (95.5% ethnic Russian, rest mostly Byelorussian, German & Ukrainian). Smolensk – 98.11% White ( 93.5% Russian, 1.6% Byelorussian, 1.7% Ukrainian). Magadan / Kolyma – 93.13% White (This is where Stalin set up most of the gulags. 80.2% Russian, 10.0% Ukrainian, 1.2% Byelorussian, 0.5% German & 0.3% Mordvin). From Goskomstat... 

Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama’s hopes for Moscow’s backing for fresh penalties against Tehran. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow believed such threats were ”counterproductive” and that only...