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Roman Vs Kremlin: On the Frontlines of Russia's Opposition Movement

Oliver Englehart | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Protest, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Documentary, Democracy, Pussy Riot, Dissent, Moscow, Slavic Spring, Roman Dobrokhotov, UK Politics News
Oliver Englehart

In December 2011 Russia began to witness its greatest wave of protests since the fall of the Soviet Union. Protesters took to the streets in response to widespread allegations of fraud in the parliamentary elections. The anti-government protests have not stopped.

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A Dark Day For Online Freedom?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Avaaz, Russia, Reporters Without Borders, Video, UK News, Internet Freedom, UK Technology News, Internet Censorship, Vladimir Putin, Poll, Duma, UK Tech News

A law that allows authorities to take websites offline and force them to close has come into effect in Russia. The legislation was passed by the Ru...

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Leaving London For a New Way Of Life in Goa

Sandy Dhaliwal | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK, Mandovi River, Old Goa, Educators' Trust India, Delhi, Christmas, Goa, Fort Aguada, Charity Work, Portuguese, Hindi, London, Travel, Scooter, Russia, Full Moon Party, Panaji, Chapora Fort, Hostel Bookers, Slum Children, Nine Days of Feast Festival, Dudhsagar Falls, Teaching, Ganesh Festival, Indian Kitchen, Teaching English, Tibetan Market, Scuba Diving, Beach Bars, Hotel Street, Our Lady of Piety Church, India, Fishing, Tourism, Humanitarian Work, Jaipur, Calangute, Candolim, Vagator, Mapusa, Goa Trance, Volunteering Abroad, Volunteer, UK Lifestyle News
Sandy Dhaliwal

This month I'm planning bus trips to a spice plantation, three historical Hindu temples, a famous waterfall called Dudhsagar Falls and the town of Old Goa; where I'm told I can join an excursion to see crocodiles.

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Moscow Police Discover Brothel On Monastery Premises

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Sretensky Monastery, Prostitution, Bordello, Vladimir Putin, Moscow, Pussy Riot, Sex, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), UK News

A brothel has been found operating on the premises of one of Moscow's oldest monasteries. It was located in a building rented by the Sretensky mon...

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The 21st Century With its Not-So-Ironic Veneration of Tyrants

Daniel M. Swain | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Russia, War Crimes, Communism, T-Shirts, The Hague, Left Wing, Cccp, World War Two, Genocide, Edinburgh, Marxism, Political Correctness, Britain, Soviet Union, Stalin, Trotsky, UK Politics, Fashion, Lenin, UK Universities & Education News
Daniel M. Swain

It's not acceptable to wear a t-shirt in general day-to-day wear that bears the name of a tyrannical regime that denied its people freedom for 80 years, and killed millions of its own and other countries citizens.

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The Art of Shopping

Christina Lindsay | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Russia, France, Paris, Audrey Hepburn, Fashion, Photographer, Art, Photograph, China, UK Culture, UK Lifestyle News
Christina Lindsay

I love fashion and I love shopping. I love timeless style and old school Hollywood glamour. I love plush interiors and quirky gardens and the latest beauty trends. With this in mind, you would think I would love art.

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Will Domestic Politics in the US and Russia Shape European Gas Markets?

Intelligence Squared | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Russia, Gas, Shale, US, Shell, Switched On, Intelligence Squared, Energy, UK Business, UK Energy, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Intelligence Squared

Lower gas prices could speed up the EU's economic recovery and facilitate the growth of European gas demand. This will also benefit Russian gas producers. Hence, political manoeuvrings in the Kremlin's corridors of power could determine whether Russia will choose gas volumes over prices.

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Castro Hired Former Nazi Officers To Train Cuban Troops

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 15.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Nuclear War, UK News, Fidel Castro, Hitler, Nazis, Nuclear Weapons, Cuban Missile Crisis, Germany, Bundesnachrichtendienst, Waffen Ss, Cold War, Cuba, UK News

Fidel Castro, communist revolutionary and leader of Cuba, hired former officers of the Nazi Waffen SS to train his troops during the Cuban missile, ne...

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'Russia Is Illegally Arming Syria'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 11.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Turkey, UK News, UK World, Turkey Plane Weapons, Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia Plane Intercepted, Bashar Assad, Syria Violence, Turkey Intercepts Plane, Syria, UK News

Turkey has accused Russia of directly supplying arms to Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government, after Turkish forces intercepted a Syrian plane en route ...

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Syrian Plane Carrying 'Illegal Cargo' Through Turkish Airspace

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 12.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Plane Downed, Arab Spring, UK News, Turkey, Turkish Plane, Souring Relations, Regime, Assad, Moscow, News, Syria, Ankara, Video, UK News

A Syrian plane intercepted by Turkey was carrying "illegal cargo" the country's foreign minister has said. Turkish authorities spent hours conducti...

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Pussy Riot Member Freed On Probation

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Jarvis Cocker, Russia, Video, UK News, Russian Orthodox Church, Kremlin, Madonna, Dimitri Medvedev, Pussy Riot, Russian Politics, Putin, Vladamir Putin, Dissidents, UK News

Pussy Riot member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, has been freed on probation by a Moscow court after an appeal by all three women against a charge of 'hooli...

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Pussy Riot Appeal Conviction Over 'Hooliganism'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, UK News, Pussy Riot, Russian Orthodox Church, Kremlin, Madonna, Dimitri Medvedev, Vladamir Putin, Jarvis Cocker, Putin, Russian Politics, Dissidents, UK News

Pussy Riot, the Russian all-girl, anti-Kremlin punk trio, have appeared in a Moscow court to appeal against their conviction for "hooliganism motivate...

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Putin's Bizarre Birthday Video Sees Macho Stunts Recreated By Russian Girls

Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Russian President, Lada, Video, UK News, Putin's 60th Birthday, Kremlin, Russias Youth Movement, Putin, News, UK News

In one of the most bizarre birthday videos ever produced, young (nubile) females from the pro-Kremlin movement Youth Guard have celebrated Putin's 60t...

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Russia's Ban On 'Homosexual Propaganda'

Sonia Zhuravlyova | Posted 05.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Gay Voices, UK Art, Arts, Russia, Photography, Lgbtqi, LGBT Art, Political Art, Russia Gay Laws, UK Lifestyle News
Sonia Zhuravlyova

The fight against homophobia is a global one. Russia, which, twenty years ago took one step forward by decriminalising homosexuality, recently took two leaps back. A law has been passed in eight major cities, including St Petersburg, that bans "public action aimed at propagandising sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism, and transgenderism among minors".

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A Georgian Dream - or Tumultuous Times Ahead?

Justin Crump | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: South Ossetia, Russia, Georgia, 2014 Sochi Olympics, Mikhail Saakashvili, Russia Georgia War, UK Politics News
Justin Crump

As the final Georgian ballots were cast on Monday evening a series of election polls predicted a momentous point for the South Caucasus state: potentially the first peaceful change of government in the country's modern independence. That point was confirmed this morning when President Saakashvili, leader of the incumbent United National Movement (UNM), conceded defeat in a televised address to the Georgian people.

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Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: 3rd October 2012

Posted 04.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Photography, Russia, Pictures of the Day Blog, Aleppo Bomb, Turner Prize, Striking Pictures, Syria Bombing, Lady GaGa, Obama, Sinking Ferry Hong Kong, Colorado, Culture, April Jones, Lightning Croatia, Cirque Du Soleil, Missing April Jones, Paris Fashion Week, Rain Room, Exhibition, Hugo Chavez, Funny Pictures, Picture Desk Live, Hugo Chavez Poster, Protest India, Nicole Hughes, Syria Bomb, Presidential Debate, Lightning, Mexico Protest, Naked Protestors, Art, Dia Mohamed, Find April, Zach Gonzales, Hong Kong Ferry, Cirque Du Soleil Sydney, UK News

Scroll down for some of the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures from around the world, brought to you by The Huffington Post's Pictu...

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Sealed With A Kiss: Gay Equality Campaign In Russia Shows Couples Kissing On Postcards

The Huffington Post UK | Alice E. Vincent | Posted 08.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Russia, UK Art, Arts, LGBT Art, Gay Voices, UK Photography, Lgbtqi, Russia Gay Laws, Political Art, Home News

When a law was recently passed in Russia to prevent displays of public affection between LBTQI couples across eight major cities, one website decided ...

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Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: 2nd October 2012

Posted 01.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Photography, Russia, Pictures of the Day Blog, Turner Prize, Striking Pictures, Funny Pictures, Picture Desk Live, Sinking Ferry Hong Kong, Train Derailed California, Breast Cancer Awareness, April Jones, Train Derailed, Find April, Hong Kong Ferry, Train Accident, Cancer, Missing April Jones, Train Derailment, UK News

Scroll down for some of the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures from around the world, brought to you by The Huffington Post's Pictu...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meets Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.12.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Russia, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Dimitri Medvedev, Social Network, UK News, Facebook, UK Tech News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met with the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zuckerberg shook hands with Medvedev at the Gorki residence n...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meets Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.12.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Russia, Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Dimitri Medvedev, UK News, Facebook, Social Network, UK Tech News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met with the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Zuckerberg shook hands with Medvedev at the Gorki residence n...

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Huffington Post Picture Desk Live: 1st October 2012

Posted 30.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Photography, Pictures of the Day Blog, Turner Prize, Funny Pictures, Striking Pictures, Afghanistan, Surfing, Live Picture Blog, Pictures of the Day, Pussy Riot, Facebook, Dmitry Medvedev, Mark Zuckerberg, China, Justin Bieber, UK News

Scroll down for some of the best news, entertainment, culture and sports pictures from around the world, brought to you by The Huffington Post's Pictu...

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Media Mogul 'Being Punished Like Pussy Riot' For TV Punch

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 27.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, Evgeny Lebedev, UK News, Alexander Lebedev, UK World, UK Politics, UK Media, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Pusyy Riot, Video, UK News

Charges brought against media mogul Alexander Lebedev for punching a fellow guest live on TV in 2011 are "politically motivated", he has claimed. L...

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United Nations 'Stained In Blood' Over Syria Atrocities

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Russia, UK News, David Cameron, United Nations, Cameron, Stained in Blood, Iran, Moscow, News, Humanitarian Aid, Syria, UK News

The hands of the United Nations are stained with blood over its failure to stop the atrocities in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron has told the int...

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Vulnerable

Diego Giolitti | Posted 22.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Russia, Women, Contemporary Art, London, Feminism, Home News
Diego Giolitti

Annouchka Brochet's new series of paintings, Vulnerable, focuses on the power of vulnerability in a woman's world. The artist repositions vulnerability within a contemporary context where inherent weakness does not mean giving up the responsibility of acting and engaging in history.

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'State-Sponsored Nuclear Terrorism On The Streets Of London'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.09.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Russia, UK News, UK Crime, Russian Spy Death, Alexander Litvinenko, Russian Spies, Alexander Litvinenko Poisoned, Inquest, Marina Litvinenko, UK News

The poisoning of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko would be "state-sponsored nuclear terrorism on the streets of London" if it were proved foreign agen...

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