Tag: Russia
Last Day of Maslenitsa Festival
Russians play with snow during Maslenitsa in Gatchina, Leningrad Region, Russia, Feb. 26, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia
Russia Celebrates Defenders of the Fatherland Day
Performers attend the reenactment of battles during celebration of Defenders of the Fatherland Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 23, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Lu Jinbo> news@theasian.asia
Paper Lantern With Love Wish
Couples fly floating paper lanterns to mark the Valentine’s Day in Moscow, Feb. 14, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Kehong> news@theasian.asia
Russia to suspend children adoption by U.S. citizens
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Saturday signaled that Moscow may temporarily suspend adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens following a series of mistreatment allegedly committed by American adoptive parents. […]
Flower Consoles Casualties’ Grief
A flower is seen on the ground at the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 27, 2012, marking the end of the Siege of […]
Spring Festival Celebration With Diving
Russian and Chinese winter swimmers show their diving skills in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 25, 2012. A joint performance of winter swimming was given by Chinese […]
Russia Opposes Iran Sanction
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference in Moscow, capital of Russia, Jan. 18, 2012. Russia opposes any military strikes or unilateral sanctions against Iran, Lavrov said […]
Fire Works Celebrates New Year in Russia
Fire works are seen over the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 1, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Zeng Jianguo> news@theasian.asia
Russia Blastoff Soyuz with 3 Astronauts
Photo released by NASA shows astronauts waving goodbye from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Dec. 21, 2011. A Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station […]
Drilling Ship Overturned···Two Dead
A snapshot of a computer screen, taken on Dec. 18, 2011, shows the location of an overturned drilling platform, in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia’s Far East. Two people […]