RUSSIA NEWS - Last Generation Network News for Sunday April 30 2017

RUSSIA NEWS - Last Generation Network News for Sunday  April 30 2017

Is the GOP getting serious about the Russia investigation?

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
Last week, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, a loyal Republican, disclosed that President Trump's former national security advisor probably broke the law when he accepted money from an arm of the Russian government. That's a big deal ...

Six key questions ahead of the race in Russia

Formula 1 - ‎7 hours ago‎
Can Ferrari make it a one-two in the race as well? Will Hamilton bounce back to conquer Bottas? And who will win Ricciardo's Monaco apartment bet?

Russia's New Spaceship Could Be Crewed by Robots

Madison.com - ‎53 minutes ago‎
Ever since the United States retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011, NASA astronauts have had to hitch rides to the International Space Station (ISS) in Russian Soyuz spaceships -- paying Russian space agency Roscosmos for the privilege. The plan is ...

Investments in Russia Become Focus in Congressional Race

U.S. News & World Report - ‎15 hours ago‎
Investments in Russia Become Focus in Congressional Race. Financial disclosures filed by Republican Greg Gianforte in his bid for congress show $240,000 in investments in Russian firms under sanction by the U.S. government. | April 30, 2017, at 12:33 ...

Russia from Above: A Glimpse at a Vast Landscape

Live Science - ‎Apr 29, 2017‎
Stephanie interned as a science writer at Stanford University Medical School, and also interned at ScienceNow magazine and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Dozens arrested at unauthorized protests in Russia urging Vladimir Putin not to seek fourth term

Los Angeles Times - ‎21 hours ago‎
Under the slogan "I'm fed up," demonstrators urging Vladimir Putin not to run for a fourth term as president rallied in cities across Russia on Saturday. Dozens were arrested in St. Petersburg and elsewhere. The centerpiece rally in Moscow was held ...

More misery for Indy-bound Alonso in Russia

WHTC - ‎1 hour ago‎
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Double world champion Fernando Alonso failed to start Sunday's Russian Grand Prix due to an engine problem, the second race in a row that his struggling McLaren team have had just one car competing.

Russia: a land power hungry for the sea

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - ‎10 hours ago‎
When Tsar Peter the Great embarked on building a navy 330 years ago, he did so to defend the homeland from Swedish and Turkish enemies, north and south, while at the same time buying Russia a seat at the “great power” diplomatic table. Serendipitously ...

A man played 'Pokémon Go' in a Russian church. He may spend 3 1/2 years in prison for it.

Washington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
Last summer, Ruslan Sokolovsky entered the imposing Church of All Saints in Yekaterinburg, a city about 1,000 miles east of Moscow.

US commission: Russia a major violator of religious freedom

Crux: Covering all things Catholic - ‎9 hours ago‎
The State Department should add Russia to its list of the worst violators of religious freedom, a U.S. commission declared in its annual report.

Russian tech dominated by women

Independent Online - ‎8 hours ago‎
A report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation recently found that, in Russia , 41 percent of people in scientific research are women.

High alert: Russia on standby after North Korean missile launch

Daily Star - ‎8 hours ago‎
Russian chairman of defence and security Victor Ozerov explained the decision was due to growing tensions in the Korea peninsula.

Russia flaunts Arctic expansion with new military bases

ABC News - ‎Apr 29, 2017‎
Russia has launched a push to show off its growing military presence in the Arctic in the past two months, even inviting foreign journalists on a rare tour of one of its bases in the region.

Russia can't tell the difference between Jehovah's Witnesses and al-Qaeda

Washington Post - ‎Apr 28, 2017‎
ARTICLE 28 of the Russian Federation Constitution declares: “Everyone shall be guaranteed the freedom of conscience, the freedom of religion, including the right to profess individually or together with other any religion or to profess no religion at ...

FIA post-qualifying press conference - Russia

Formula 1 - ‎21 hours ago‎
Q: Sebastian, it was an incredibly tight battle at the front and a last-minute, do-or-die effort from you seemed to make the difference.

Russia rules out night race switch

Motorsport.com, Edition: Global - ‎5 hours ago‎
Deputy prime minister Dmitry Kozak has ruled out the possibility of the Russian Grand Prix becoming a night race in the future.

White House Correspondents' dinner jokes about Trump and Russia: 'The leader of our country is not here. And that's ...

Washington Examiner - ‎10 hours ago‎
White House Correspondents' dinner host Hasan Minhaj hit the connection between President Trump and Russia hard during his set Saturday night.

'Blue Whale': The online suicide game terrorising Russia

Newshub - ‎13 hours ago‎
A terrifying new online craze in Russia is believed to have led to the deaths of several teenagers - and experts are concerned that it could soon spread to the rest of the world.

For Russia And US, Uneasy Cooperation On Cybercrime Is Now A Mess

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - ‎18 hours ago‎
"Russia sees those who cooperated as traitors," explained Pavel Vrublevsky, a prominent e-payment entrepreneur who was imprisoned in Russia for ordering a cyberattack against a competitor. "Now America sees the very same people as cybercriminals ...

UK Government was handed dossier on Donald Trump links to Russia last year, court papers reveal

The Independent - ‎18 hours ago‎
The British Government was passed the dossier detailing alleged collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump back in December, it has emerged.

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