Eduard Khil, a well-known singer of the Soviet past, has received enormous attention recently. One of his hits of 40 years, a song without words called “I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home” has become hugely popular on the Internet. The video with the song received over 2 million views; hundreds of people posted delightful comments of the song

10.03.2010
Safety for passengers of the Moscow metro is a very serious issue. The biggest problem is a possibility to fall down on railway tracks, especially during rush hours. About 150 people fall off the metro platforms every year. Suicides make a half of such incidents. Over 1,500 people were injured in the Moscow underground in 2008

09.03.2010
Over 95 per cent of stories about Russia in the Western media are at least intrusive and at worst, fraught with insolence. Yesterday, it was absurd lies about the “DePutinization” of Russia, while the fact that Unified Russia (Government Party) enjoys well over three times the popularity of the entire opposition combined went untold. The flavour of the moment today is “pundits” predicting Russia’s marginalization in the world when exactly the opposite is happening.

08.03.2010
Much is made in the western press about a demonstration in Kaliningrad and something increasingly referred to as a “DePutinization” of Russia, yet nothing whatsoever is reported about the fact that Russian opinion polls, conducted openly and without an iota of manipulation, point towards massive popularity rates for the Government.