STOCKS TO WATCH: The Russians are coming – with travel firm Tui in their sights By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2021 The picture for travel firms finally appears to be improving as restrictions ease and families are tempted to make a … Read more
Snow risk of being cold? Hundreds of brave Russians hit ski slopes in bikinis and underwear for annual BoogelWoogel carnival Hundreds brave freezing temperatures to hit the slopes at the BoogelWoogel alpine festival in Sochi, Russia The annual event, which takes place at Rosa Khutor resort, started on Wednesday and will run until Sunday Despite the … Read more
Russians have been warned to limit their vodka consumption after receiving the Sputnik V jab, as the country registered the world’s first vaccine for animals. The head of the Gamaleya Research Institute, which created Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, has said Russians should not drink more than one and a half shots of vodka a day if … Read more
Declassified CIA file reveals that US spies believed that Soviet doctors had ‘perfected’ Extra-Sensory Perception in the 1980s and could transmit thoughts and feelings to subjects An April 1991 memo detailing Soviet ESP experiments has been declassified The memo was released in November and published online on Monday It shows how CIA agents believed Soviet … Read more
The site of a fort inhabited by native Alaskans has been discovered more than 200 years after it was built to fend off Russian invaders. Using ground-penetrating radar and other non-invasive techniques, researchers confirmed the location of the last holdout of the Tlingit people in modern-day Sitka, on Alaska’s Baranof Island. Known as Shiskinoow or … Read more
Drunk Russian’s nose is bitten off by a HORSE after he ‘made a pass’ at the female rider and then tried to kiss the animal when his advances failed The man, 25, had tried to romance the woman on horseback in St Petersburg He is then said to have gone to kiss the animal despite … Read more
Good luck with that! Russians are told to lay off alcohol for nearly two months when having Covid jabs Consumer safety watchdog head Anna Popova issued the advice on Tuesday Sputnik V vaccine recipients should avoid alcohol for two weeks before jab, she said, then for 42 days after the first injection The drug’s developer … Read more
Tory MP David Morris is ordered to apologise after lobbying for Russian’s company after £10k donation Tory MP David Morris accepted £10k donation from energy firm Aquind last year Shortly after, he asked a question in the Commons that ‘sought to benefit’ the company Inquiry ruled the MP had inadvertently breached the code of conduct By John … Read more
The release of the long-awaited Russia report this week revealed the grip the country has on the UK, from PR firms, charities, political interests, academia and cultural institutions. The Intelligence and Security Committee of MPs warned that ‘Russian influence in the UK is the new normal’, claiming that oligarchs and their money were welcomed into British … Read more
Putin raises income tax from 13% to 15% for wealthy Russians on more than £58,000 to pay for coronavirus measures Putin said the tax increase would bring in 60billion roubles (£700million) It is the first tax hike on wealthy Russians since flat tax was introduced in 2001 Russia faces its worst economic crisis since 2009 … Read more