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Four years ago, the Russian town of Valiky Ustyug was in a state of financial crisis. However, its saviour came in the unlikely figure of Russia's Santa Claus, Grandfather Frost ...
Vladimir Putin has worked hard to create an image of an open, forward-thinking Russia. But the policy of religious discrimination currently being pursued by his government is more akin with the Tsarist regime of old than a new, modern Russian state.
The Russian government's handling of the sinking of the Kursk was widely criticised. This report exposes a series of state cover-ups that signed the death warrant for 118 sailors.
The UN estimates 2 ½ million Russians use drugs intravenously, and as a result, the AIDS rate has doubled in the past year. The authorities are doing little to help or warn addicts of the dangers.
Russians seeking a cure for their maladies are turning in droves to an ancient fix – leeches!
In 2002, 28-year old internet tycoon Mark Shuttleworth became the first man to blast off in a spaceship as a paying guest. The price tag? A cool 20 million US dollars. With both America and Russia suffering drastic cuts in funding for their space programs, enterprising Russians have taken the lead in the latest space race - the race for tourists.
Russia's metro stations have become home to a generation of street children, who survive by begging or prostitution.
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