Until the moment Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev signed a bill that reclassified beer as an alcoholic beverage, any drink or “foodstuff” in beer’s case under 10% alcohol (beer is around 5% alcohol) was not considered alcoholic. The World Health Organization along with other health agencies have been scrutinizing Russian consumption of beer which...

The Volga River, situated 750 kilometers east of the Russian capital of Moscow saw to a boat sinking on Sunday at around 2:00 P.M. The cause of the boat, called the Bulgaria, sinking remains unclear at this time. The Bulgaria was commissioned and built in 1956. According to Associated Press interviews, the Bulgaria lacked modern safety features. According to the Itar-Tass...

The world’s attention momentairly shifted from the Western world’s attempts to punish Iran for pursuing an “unclear” nuclear program to the escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula on the other side of the globe. While the U.S and its allies in Asia continue to deal with North Korea, Russia and Iran snapped at each other causing perhaps an...