SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Smoke and mirrors? Russian state television aired footage Friday of five floating snowflakes turning into the Olympic rings and bursting into pyrotechnics at the Sochi Games opening ceremony. Problem is, that didn’t happen. The opening ceremony
NEW YORK (AP) — A Minnesota woman has gone on television in Russia with an emotional appeal for an exception to be made to that nation’s year-old ban on adoptions by Americans. She and her husband adopted a boy from
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Fast five, Friday edition: Things you’ll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics. ___ NO YOGURT: Chobani is the U.S. Olympic team’s official yogurt. It’s also hard to find here in Sochi. And therein lies
Russia wanted to vanquish the stereotype that women athletes are manly by having their female athletes pose in racy lingerie. But is anyone shocked? After all, President Vladimir Putin is obsessed with his physical image and often photographs himself shirtless.
President Barack Obama said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a “tough guy” schtick he uses to appeal to his native countrymen while on the world’s stage. In an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas, Obama said that he would not
After repeated terrorists threats that have caused even Olympic athletes to tell their families to not go to Sochi for the Winter Olympics, foreigners seem to be also staying away from Sochi, where the Games begin this weekend. The Associated
Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot are making the media rounds, with one saying the group is “proud” that singing in a church brought the ire of the Russian government down on them. Member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova told
How did an unknown summer resort with stray dogs roaming its streets, a civil war raging nearby, and hotels without heat, shower curtains, or clean water land the Winter Olympics? It’s not as though alternatives didn’t exist. Instead of squalor,
The woman Russian President Vladimir Putin may be dating could light the Olympic flame during Friday’s opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Alina Kabayeva, the 2004 Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion, “has long been rumored to be Putin’s lover,” but
Nearly seven years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin successfully won the bid to host this week’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. For Putin, this is an opportunity to show off Russia as a leader on an international stage. For others, this
If you thought Obamacare couldn’t get any more screwed up, there’s this news: According to the Washington Free Beacon’s ace national security correspondent Bill Gertz, the Obama administration has been warned by U.S. intelligence that some of the software used
Kremlin officials say the Sochi Olympic Games will be protected by a “ring of steel.” The extra caution is the result of Islamist threats to target the games, which will last from February 7 through February 23. Fox News says
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria’s Bashar al-Assad (and Vladimir Putin) guilty of more war crimes U.S. accuses Syria of not complying with chemical weapons agreement Diplomatic silence in North Korea raises military alarms Syria’s Bashar al-Assad (and Vladimir
The President of Ukraine is taking time off to nurse a cold. Viktor Yanukovych, one of the more prominent leaders of Eastern Europe but presiding over an increasingly volatile nation, announced on the presidential website this week that he has
Russia President Vladimir Putin stopped the $15 billion bailout to Ukraine until they have a functioning government as parliament passed amnesty to the protesters. That bailout is the reason why Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine’s capitol, has been packed with
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the West, including the United States, for eschewing Christian values and opting instead for a “path to degradation.” In his State of the Nation speech last month, Putin asserted that, “Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away
In light of the recent terrorist attack in Sochi and the continued threats against the Winter Olympic Games, could it be that Russia is our best ally against radical Muslims in any form? Is Russia with a different Constitution and
The Republican National Committee passed a resolution Friday demanding an investigation into what it called the “gross infringement” of Americans’ civil rights by the National Security Agency. The resolution states that “the mass collection and retention of personal data [by
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The prime minister of protest-torn Ukraine submitted his resignation on Tuesday, saying he hoped the move would help bring peaceful resolution to the crisis that has gripped the country for two months. Mykola Azarov’s resignation would
Sochi Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov told the media gays are not accepted in Sochi and claimed that the entire town is straight. “We do not have them in our city,” Pakhomov flatly told the BBC. Pressed further, the mayor backtracked a
In response to What Makes Hillary So ‘Inevitable’ in 2016?: I’ve been wondering the same thing, because even if you overlook the rather difficult-to-overlook-but-by-God-the-media-will-try matter of Benghazi, the State Department under Hillary was a mess. If memory serves correctly, there
Russia is denying any involvement in Ukraine as its capitol Kiev burns on a nightly basis due to government unrest. Protesters believe Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich is a puppet for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We do not feel it is
AUSTIN, Texas–Missing Texas Congressman Steve Stockman told an associate he was headed to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, according to an electronic communication reviewed by Breitbart News, and now says he is in London. The new information offers tantalizing
Comedian Bill Maher agrees that “thug” is the new “N-word.” On his HBO show Real Time on Friday, Maher said Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman made “a great point … that thug is now the ‘N-word.’” “I think it’s a very creative
Following three days and nights of clashes leading up to the January 22nd effective date of new Ukrainian anti-protest laws, Ukraine opposition leaders are meeting with President Viktor Yanukovych to demand “snap-elections” and “the annulment of anti-protest laws.” Yanukovych stirred
