Russia is home to many of today’s heavyweight martial arts superstars. Fedor Emelianenko is one of the best and well-known. RT went to his sports school to see the “factory of champions” and meet future stars.
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The bodies of many victims of the Srebrenica massacre still remain unidentified and unburied even though it has been 14 years since the incident.
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One of the most highly-anticipated premieres of the season, “Wozzeck” – by innovative Austrian composer Alban Berg – has been staged at the Bolshoi Theatre. The opera marks a turning point in music composition.
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The number of extraditions from the European Union to Russia has grown significantly in recent years, as a result of improved cooperation in international criminal investigations.
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Russia may sell up to $3.5 billion of state assets each year under its latest privatisation plan. Starting in 2010, airports, shipyards, freight shippers and an insurer will be sold to private investors.
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Israel is uncertain of its own nuclear capabilities. Investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says that while Iran might acquire nukes, Israel may not be in a position to respond with its degrading atomic arsenal.
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American star Whitney Houston has been clearly "saving all her love” for her Russian fans. Otherwise she wouldn’t have chosen Russia as the first stop on her world tour to promote her latest album “I Look to You”.
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Hackers have tried to prove that global warming researchers are manipulating their data, after stealing sensitive e-mails from one of the UK’s leading climate research centers.
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Roger Federer’s win over Andy Murray in the group stages of the ATP Tour Finals has made sure the Swiss star finishes the year as World No. 1 for the fifth time in a row.
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Sexy, beautiful and…married. A Russian Venus Victoria Radochinskaya has won the title of “Mrs. World 2009” which took place in the city of Vung Tau, Vietnam.
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The factory of Russian fighting machines
