| Russian craft blasts off for ISS |
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from a launch site in Kazakhstan on Tuesday to ferry three new crew members to the International Space Station.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pTc5KMhCtsQ:JmEQhbybge4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pTc5KMhCtsQ:JmEQhbybge4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pTc5KMhCtsQ:JmEQhbybge4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=pTc5KMhCtsQ:JmEQhbybge4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=pTc5KMhCtsQ:JmEQhbybge4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a&
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| 10 Super Hi-Res Photos That Will Blow Your Mind |
NASA's updated "Blue Marble" shot is a 121-megapixel single-shot taken from 22,369 miles away by Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No. 1.
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| Russian craft to carry new crew members to International Space Station |
A Soyuz spacecraft is expected to lift off from a launch site in Kazakhstan on Tuesday to ferry three new crew members to the International Space Station.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=Uq_bhcTtibA:nz76SFtY34E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=Uq_bhcTtibA:nz76SFtY34E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=Uq_bhcTtibA:nz76SFtY34E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=Uq_bhcTtibA:nz76SFtY34E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=Uq_bhcTtibA:nz76SFtY34E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&g
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| 8,000 contractors said eligible for U.S. cyber guard |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Up to 8,000 companies doing business with the Pentagon may be qualified to join a newly expanded U.S. effort to guard sensitive information on private networks, a senior Defense Department official said Monday. The Pentagon on Friday invited all of its eligible contractors to join the voluntary pact aimed at fighting what U.S. officials have described as growing cyber threats that allegedly originate, above all, in Russia and China. ...
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| You've Never Seen Earth Like This |
 This photo is highest resolution image of earth ever taken and it didn't come from NASA. The image was captured by Russian weather satellite, Electro-L, and unlike NASA's famous "blue marble" photo, it is a single shot, not a composite of different images. The 121 megapixel...
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| New crew ready to launch to the space station |
 Three astronauts are finally ready to blast off toward the International Space Station Monday night, after weeks of delay caused during testing of their Russian-built space capsule.
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| Microsoft-funded 'Pirate Pay' takes aim at P2P piracy |
 Russian startup Pirate Pay is taking aim at the growing popularity of illegal file-sharing as it looks to cooperate with music labels and movie studios to stem the distribution of copyrighted materials on the Internet. The company's technology launches attacks on "BitTorrent swarms," or groups of computers hosting pirated content, making it impossible for them to share copyrighted material, TorrentFreak reports. "After creating the prototype, we realized we could more generally prevent files from being downloaded, which meant that the program had great promise in combating the spread of pirated content," Pirate Pay CEO Andrei Klimenko said recently in an interview. Pirate Pay recently received a $100,000 investment from the Microsoft Seed fund, and it claims to have blocked nearly 45,000 attempts to download pirated copies
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| India Ink: In BRICS Nations, Journalists at Risk |
In Brazil, Russia and India, killers of journalists go free.
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| Moscow Journal: Russian Writers Demonstrate the Might of a March |
Without a permit, 12 prominent authors went on a “test stroll” between two Moscow parks, attracting thousands of supporters but no police interference.
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| Queen's cousin gifted cash from Russian oligarch |
Prince Michael, Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, received hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) in financial assistance from the self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky over several years, their representatives disclosed Sunday.
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| Debris spotted in search for Russian jet missing in Indonesia |
 A helicopter searching for a missing Russian-made airliner south of Indonesia has spotted debris, a senior rescue official said, Reuters reported early Thursday. An airport spokesman said the wreckage was found on the edge of a cliff in a mountainous area at 5,500 feet.
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| Russian plane goes missing in Indonesia |
 A Sukhoi Superjet 100 with 50 people aboard disappears during a promotional flight for prospective buyers. Search yields no clues so far.MOSCOW — A new Russian passenger plane with 50 people aboard went missing Wednesday during a demonstration flight over Indonesia, officials said.
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| White House Says Putin Will Skip G-8 Meeting at Camp David |
Russia’s newly inaugurated president, Vladimir V. Putin, will not attend a summit meeting of world leaders next week, the White House said on Wednesday.
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| Russian plane missing in Indonesia |
A Russian passenger airliner went missing Wednesday after it disappeared from radar screens in Indonesia, state-run RIA Novosti news service reported.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=kYpIuMHVZ_k:Y1gDHFsLohM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=kYpIuMHVZ_k:Y1gDHFsLohM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=kYpIuMHVZ_k:Y1gDHFsLohM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=kYpIuMHVZ_k:Y1gDHFsLohM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=kYpIuMHVZ_k:Y1gDHFsLohM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img&g
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| As Soldiers Strut and Tanks Roll, Putin Calls for Respect |
Speaking at Russia’s giant yearly parade of high-stepping cadets and heavy weaponry through Red Square, the newly inaugurated president, Vladimir V. Putin, said the country had “a great moral right” to the respect of other nations.
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| Russian plane missing in Indonesia |
A Russian passenger airliner went missing Wednesday after it disappeared from radar screens in Indonesia, state-run RIA Novosti news service reported.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=R3k87IUEeY0:OUnTBdHqfV8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=R3k87IUEeY0:OUnTBdHqfV8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=R3k87IUEeY0:OUnTBdHqfV8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?i=R3k87IUEeY0:OUnTBdHqfV8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?a=R3k87IUEeY0:OUnTBdHqfV8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0">&l
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| Second Obama term: What scares GOP? |
A gaffe is when a politician is caught telling the truth, the old saying goes. So it was in March when a hot microphone picked up President Obama telling his Russian counterpart that he will have "more flexibility" if he wins re-election in November.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=vZVvT6NgEeA:UrZi1NPbYTc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=vZVvT6NgEeA:UrZi1NPbYTc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=vZVvT6NgEeA:UrZi1NPbYTc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=vZVvT6NgEeA:UrZi1NPbYTc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitic
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| Putin hails Soviet victory, will promote Russia's might |
 Vladimir Putin said he would promote Russia's might on the world stage in a patriotic speech on Wednesday glorifying the Soviet victory over Germany in World War Two.
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| Russian Aircraft Vanishes From Radar During Promotional Flight |
Ground controllers lost contact on Wednesday with a demonstration airplane for a new model of Russian passenger jet that was said to have 46 people aboard in Indonesia.
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| Contact lost with Russian-made plane in Indonesia |
Air controllers lost contact Wednesday with a Russian-made plane carrying 46 people in western Indonesia, an official said.Air controllers lost contact Wednesday with a Russian-made plane carrying 46 people in western Indonesia, an official said.
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| Bulgarian President Snubs Yalta Summit over Tymoshenko Case |
Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev, has announced that he is canceling his participation in the meeting of Heads of State from Central Europe to be held in Yalta, Russia. The information was reported Friday by the Bulgarian "Trud" (Labor) daily, citing the Russian online edition "Svodka." ...
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Ukraine Rejects Putin’s Offer For Yulia V. Tymoshenko |
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday said Ukraine’s former prime minister, Yulia V. Tymoshenko, was welcome to receive medical treatment in Russia.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Dagestan Hit by Deadly Blasts |
Two powerful blasts near Makhachkala on Thursday killed as many as 20 people and wounded 30 others near a police post, news media reported.
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| Leaving Presidency, Russia’s Medvedev Fights for Relevance |
The announcement that Vladimir V. Putin would return as president dealt a heavy blow to Mr. Medvedev’s profile, suggesting that he meekly stepped away from a position he badly wanted.
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| Russia says preemptive strike on NATO missile system is possible |
A top Russian military official says that if the U.S.-led missile defense project in Europe continues as planned, Moscow would not rule out attacking it. MOSCOW — Russia may consider a preemptive strike on a missile defense system in Europe if the U.S.-led NATO project continues as planned, a top official said Thursday.
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| Russia says preemptive strike on NATO missile system is possible |
A top Russian military official says that if the U.S.-led missile defense project in Europe continues as planned, Moscow would not rule out attacking it. MOSCOW — Russia may consider a preemptive strike on a missile defense system in Europe if the U.S.-led NATO project continues as planned, a top official said Thursday.
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| Facebook's IPO: who gets rich? |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The rich are going to get richer when Silicon Valley's biggest IPO starts trading. Facebook is only getting about half -- or $5.6 billion -- of the roughly $10.6 billion it plans to raise via a mega IPO. The other half, or about $4.9 billon, is going to a handful of insiders -- many Silicon Valley notables. Chief among them are co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, venture firm Accel Partners, early investor and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, Russian tycoon Yuri Milner's DST, and investment bank Goldman Sachs. ...
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| Russia threatens preemptive strike over planned US missile shield |
Russia's chief of defense staff reportedly warned Thursday that his country was prepared to use "destructive force preemptively" to stop the United States from creating a missile-defense system in Europe.
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| Russian General Threatens ‘Pre-emptive’ Attacks |
Russian officials have said previously that the anti-missile sites could become targets in the event of war, but the threat of a pre-emptive attack on sites in Eastern Europe was new.
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| Nokia's 41-megapixel camera phone launches this month |
 Nokia on Wednesday announced that its 41-megapixel camera-equipped 808 PureView smartphone will begin rolling out later this month in Russia, India and additional unnamed markets. Nokia unveiled the impressive camera phone in February during the annual Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, and BGR took a hands-on look at the device during the show. While a 41-megapixel sensor coupled with Carl Zeiss optics place the handset in a league of its own, the 808 PureView is powered by the Symbian operating system, which Nokia is currently in the process of dumping in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone. "PureView has completely raised the bar on imaging performance for the whole smartphone industry â€" and Nokia is not stopping here," Nokia
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Swedish star Loreen beat off a challenge from dancing Russian pensioners to win a spectacular Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan that the host hoped would banish qualms over its rights record.
Sweden's Loreen has clinched the top spot at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her dance hit "Euphoria," pushing aside competition from a sextet of Russian grannies and a Serbian balladeer.
A smorgasbord of revealing outfits and onstage preening is expected at Saturday's final, but gray-haired acts from the U.K and Russia are stealing most of the attention.
Three Russian computer whizzes were crowned the world's top collegiate programmers Thursday, when they clobbered 111 other teams from across the globe to win the 36th annual "Battle of Brains" in Warsaw.
Every time a little boy in Russia tries to hug a little girl, she shoves him to the ground in a video that has already topped 1.2 million hits on YouTube. (TODAY)