On photo: Scandalous photo of US President Bush with Russian war criminal Shamanov. After the publication of this photo the White House came up with an excuse of not being aware of accusations against that criminal.

A publication of Freedom House human rights organization says that Russia has become ‘the leading antidemocratic force’ in the region.   “Over time, we have seen rising oil prices correlate clearly with sharply falling democracy performance, especially in Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan,” the group’s director of studies, Christopher Walker, said …

Makers of portraits have found the way for the Russians who still cannot decide whether to take Putin’s portrait off the walls in their offices or not. Novy Region (“New Region”) reported that combined portraits of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev have been brought to a number of bookstores in …