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Bernie Sanders’ Trip To The Soviet Union Exposes Socialism’s Blind Spots  BuzzFeed News

Bernie Sanders went all the way to the USSR but didn't meet with the world-famous Soviet dissident living in his state — the history too many people are ...

Senators deal forward Zack Smith to Blackhawks for centre Artem Anisimov  Kamloops Matters

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators traded forward Zack Smith to the Chicago Blackhawks for centre Artem Anisimov on Tuesday. Smith, 31, had been the current ...

Alexei Kudashov to take charge of Russian national hockey team as new coach, says source  TASS

Kudashov served as the head coach of the Moscow Region's hockey club Atlant between September 2013 and April 2015 and was also the head coach of the ...

Russian Culture Ministry fires CEO of major theater following ‘unprecedented’ internal conflict  Meduza

The Russian Culture Ministry has fired Alexey Turkalov, the CEO of Yaroslavl's Volkov Theater. Turkalov's appointment in December 2018 escalated a ...

Russian Factory Workers Beg U.S. to Lift Sanctions in Rap Video  Newsweek

Workers at an automotive factory in Russia have released a rap video pleading with the U.S. government to lift its sanctions on their country because they are ...

Kremlin's new law against ‘online disrespect’ proves hard to implement  Global Voices

On 31 March, Yuri Kartyzhev logged onto the Russian social media network VKontakte and called President Vladimir Putin an “unbelievable f***wit.” It was the ...

Bruins Pick 5 Players At 2019 NHL Draft, Highlighted By First-Round Pick John Beecher  CBS Boston

BOSTON (CBS) — The Boston Bruins added five new players over the weekend, drafting a quintet of 18-year-olds at the 2019 NHL Draft. The group is ...

Bernie Sanders Attacks Joe Biden's Voting Record, Discusses Foreign Policy  The Federalist

Bernie Sanders says that presidential primaries are the opportunity to evaluate candidates' voting records, before jumping all over Biden's.

Having added top KHL stopper Ilya Konovalov, how will the Oilers handle a crowded goalie pipeline?  The Athletic

Edmonton added to their goalie logjam, drafting KHL stopper Ilya Konovalov with a third-round selection, No. 85 overall.

Ty Rattie: Heads to KHL  CBSSports.com

Rattie agreed Tuesday to a one-year contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, Igor Eronko of Sport-Express reports. After failing to receiving a qualifying ...

Edmonton Oilers depth centre prospects have one thing in common -- they are a few years away at best | canada.com  Canada.com

One of the perils and pitfalls of doing our annual. Cult of Hockey. prospect series from the bottom up is the inevitable initial commentary from some quarters ...

Bruins draft D Roman Bychkov with 154th pick in 2019 NHL Draft  98.5 The Sports Hub

The Boston Bruins added a left-shot defenseman to the farm, drafting defenseman Roman Bychkov of Yaroslavl, Russia with the 154th pick in the fifth round.

Azimut Airlines launches Krasnodar-Yaroslavl service  CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Azimut Airlines launched (14-Jun-2019) twice weekly Krasnodar-Yaroslavl *service* on 13-Jun-2019. The *service* marks the carrier's first Yaroslavl *service* and ...

2019 NHL Draft: Devils Picked Daniil Misyul at 70th Overall  All About The Jersey

In the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the New Jersey Devils drafted defenseman Daniil Misyul at 70th overall. This is a quick post with a reaction to the ...

Edmonton Oilers take Halifax sniper Raphael Lavoie in 2nd round of 2019 NHL Draft  Global News

The Edmonton Oilers added more prospects on Day 2 of the NHL Draft in Vancouver on Saturday. In the second round, at 38th overall, the team grabbed right ...

Daniil Misyul Scouting Report: 2019 NHL Draft #78  Last Word on Hockey

Daniil Misyul got his first taste of KHL action this year appearing in three games for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and picking up an assist.

Wild add Russian playmaker, big-bodied goaltender, winger on Day 2 of NHL Draft  Grand Forks Herald

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After sticking to the status quo on Friday night of the NHL Draft, selecting left winger Matt Boldy with the No. 12 pick and ...

Police finds child tied to pole by neck in large fostering family  https://en.crimerussia.com/

On July 5, employees of the juvenile affairs department of the city of Myshkin (Yaroslavl region) discovered during an unscheduled inspection of the Schavelevs ...

Iran's “Sara and Aida” competing in Russian film festival  Tehran Times

TEHRAN – Iranian director Maziar Miri's drama “Sara and Aida” has been selected to be screened in the official competition of the 14th In Family Circle, ...

RusLine to increase Yaroslavl-Simferopol frequency from Jul-2019  CAPA - Centre for Aviation

RusLine announced (01-Jul-2019) plans to increase Yaroslavl-Simferopol frequency from weekly to twice weekly, effective 13-Jul-2019, in response to demand.

Artwork from National Gallery of Armenia displayed at Union of Youth exhibition in St. Petersburg  Panorama.am

An exhibition named Union of Youth opened at St. Petersburg Russian State Museum. The National Gallery of Armenia reports, the Petersburg-based society of ...

Former Warden Of Yaroslavl Prison Detained In High-Profile Investigations  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The former warden of an infamous prison in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, some 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow, has been arrested in high-profile torture ...

The Democratic differences on foreign policy that no one’s talking about  The Washington Post

Champions of foreign policy calamities shouldn't get a pass at the debates.

Slavneft-Yanos boosts crude throughputs at Yaroslavl refinery  Oil & Gas Journal

Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (Slavneft-Yanos), part of NGK Slavneft—a joint venture of Gazprom Neft and Rosneft—ramped up crude oil throughputs by 1.5% ...

NSJ's 2019 NHL Draft Top 100 Prospects  North State Journal

The Carolina Hurricanes will have 10 picks in this weekend's NHL Draft, which kickoffs Friday night with the first round. Unlike last year when Carolina picked ...

Russian Sberbank to build fountain with lights, music in Minsk by next Independence Day  Belarus News (BelTA)

MINSK, 16 July (BelTA) – By the next Independence Day Sberbank will build an educational water fountain with lights and music in Minsk. President, Chairman ...

Carbon-black-maker-Yaroslavl-expands-production-in-Russia  RubberNews.com

YAROSLAVL, Russia—Russian carbon black manufacturer JSC Yaroslavskiy Tekhnicheskiy Uglerod has increased production volume at its plant in Yaroslavl.

Moscow's lone climate protester: 'We need to talk about it now'  Al Jazeera English

Arshak Makichyan raises awareness with a demonstration featuring just himself and a cardboard sign in Pushkin Square.

Two more videos showing tortures of prisoners in Yaroslavl colony  https://en.crimerussia.com/

New videos showing the tortures of prisoners in the correctional camp No. 1, Yaroslavl region, have been posted. The videos had been discovered by lawyers of ...

Remembering Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's hockey team  Edmonton Sun

It's been almost eight years since the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash took the lives of the entire team, its coach, Brad McCrimmon, and his two former NHL ...

2019 NHL Draft prospect: Ilya Nikolaev has raw talent but lacks speed  Habs Eyes on the Prize

Ilya Nikolaev is an interesting prospect because of how divided scouts are regarding his potential. Some peg him as a first-round talent, others see him more as ...

FC Shinnik Yaroslavl - FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo team news, preview and predictions  SeeandSay

Today is 21 June and we have to see the football play between FC Shinnik Yaroslavl and FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo! The football play is playing from ...

Who are the best players who weren't selected at the 2019 NHL draft?  The Hockey News

When it comes to those not chosen at the NHL draft, hindsight can sometimes be 20/20. So let's have some fun and look at 10 of the best players who didn't hear ...

2019 NHL Draft: Results, tracker, rounds 2-7 as U.S. star Jack Hughes is picked No. 1 overall by the New Jersey Devils  CBS Sports

Jack Hughes was the first, but he most certainly was not the last. The 2019 NHL Draft saw 217 different prospects find homes in the NHL, and while the first day ...

Three Incoming UConn Men’s Hockey Players Taken in 2019 NHL Draft  The UConn Blog

The Huskies are bringing in yet another talented freshman class.

Locust resident studies abroad - The Stanly News & Press  Stanly News & Press

Valerian Growcock of Locust participated in the Bates College Junior Year Abroad program. Growcock, a 2016 graduate of Piedmont High School, studied in ...

Skripal's niece and her husband beaten in Yaroslavl  https://en.crimerussia.com/

British spy Sergei Skripal's niece Viktoria and her husband Arseny suffered as a result of an attack in Yaroslavl. The incident occurred in the building of the ...

Chaika Jr's garbage company might receive $31 million worth of state support  https://en.crimerussia.com/

The son of Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yuri Chaika, Igor, told Vedomosti that his company Khartiya was preparing to submit bids for two ...

Police Yaroslavl Prison Torture Victim Placed in Solitary Confinement Makarov's case spurred a series of abuse  The Moscow Times

A convict whose violent beating by prison guards was caught on video and led to a mass outcry over prison torture in Russia has been placed in solitary ...

Bernie's mystery Soviet tapes revealed  POLITICO

BURLINGTON, Vt. — It's 1988 and newlywed Bernie Sanders is in the Soviet Union with his wife, Jane, handing out gifts to the mayor of a midsized city they've ...

Major Fire Breaks out at Power Station in Moscow Region: TASS  NTD

MOSCOW—A major fire broke out at an electricity generating power station near the capital Moscow on Thursday, July 11, the TASS news agency cited a source ...

Canes obtain 2020 first-round pick, Marleau from Maple Leafs  Raleigh News & Observer

The Carolina Hurricanes obtained a first-round pick in the 2020 or 2021 NHL Draft and veteran hockey player forward Patrick Marleau from the Toronto Maple ...

Russian Police Detain Man Suspected Of Painting Offensive Putin Graffiti  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russian police have detained a man suspected of spray-painting offensive graffiti about President Vladimir Putin on the Interior Ministry building in the city of ...

Preview FC Shinnik Yaroslavl vs FC Torpedo Vladimir livescore, odds  Positively Scottish

Actually, hola! The beautiful football scramble is gonna be today 20 June! 150EUR in BONUSES. PLAY AND WIN NOW - here. International Clubs is the country, ...

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv plane crash: Remembering former Hurricanes center Josef Vasicek | Raleigh  The Island Packet

On Sept. 7, 2011, a plane carrying the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Russian hockey team crashed during takeoff, killing 44 people, including former Carolina Hurricanes ...

Another Inmate Severely Beaten In Russian Prison, Rights Defenders Say  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A rights group in Russia has brought to attention another alleged case of violence by guards against an inmate in a prison in Yaroslavl, the city that made ...

Flames Select Five Players in NHL Draft  Caravan News

Vancouver, BC – The Calgary Flames selected five players at the 2019 NHL Draft in Vancouver during the seven-round selection process. The Flames...

2019 NHL Draft tracker: Rounds 2-7  NBC Sports

Follow along for all of the picks in rounds 2-7 of the 2019 NHL draft.

A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma: my discovery of Russia  Oxford Student

Image description: The Volga Embankment, Yaroslavl. Four years ago, I sat looking through some testimonials in Oxford Modern Languages leaflets at an open ...

Alex Ovechkin's remembrance of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl goes beyond social media  Russian Machine Never Breaks

The relentlessly fun hockey site, hopelessly devoted to the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin. Our goal is to make hockey as fun about as it is to watch.

Flames Select C Ilya Nikolaev with Pick 88  Matchsticks and Gasoline

The Calgary Flames have picked C Ilya Nikolaev with the 88th pick of the NHL draft. He recently played with Loko Yaroslavl of the MHL. He had 25 points in 41 ...

Inside Bernie Sanders’s 1988 10-day ‘honeymoon’ in the Soviet Union  The Washington Post

Bernie Sanders was bare-chested, towel-draped, sitting at a table lined with vodka bottles, as he sang “This Land Is Your Land” to his hosts in the Soviet Union ...

The order to torture a Russian inmate in Yaroslavl allegedly came from his warden  Meduza

The decision to torture inmate Evgeny Makarov at a prison in Yaroslavl on June 29, 2017, apparently came straight from the top. According to preliminary ...

Sixth Russian Prison Guard Arrested In Yaroslavl Torture-Video Case  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A court in Russia has ordered pretrial detention for a sixth prison guard accused of involvement in the severe beating of an inmate in the Yaroslavl region.

FC Ska-KhabarovskvFC Shinnik Yaroslavl ⇔ Football Match Review ≡  nantllegazette

What a breathtaking football standoff will start right now! This day is 7 July and we are gonna see the football play between FC Ska-Khabarovsk and FC Shinnik ...

Russian refinery news roundup: Refineries largely back from maintenance works  S&P Global

Russian refineries have mostly returned from maintenance works.

Russian Academy of Sciences archive reopens after debts forced it to close in March  Meduza

On June 19, the reading rooms of the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ARAN) reopened after months of inactivity. The archive's director, Alexander ...

New case over beating of prisoner Yevgeny Makarov in Yaroslavl colony initiated  https://en.crimerussia.com/

This time, a criminal case was initiated over the beating of the prisoner after transferring of the prisoner from IK-1 to IK-8 in December 2017. A new criminal case ...

Pass the lilac jam, please. Russian foodies explore tastes from the pre-Soviet past.  The Washington Post

The homemade hooch was 110 proof. And the grilled pork with green garlic and Russian-made halloumi were grilled to perfection on an open fire. In a rural ...

Russian forward, defenceman selected by Guelph Storm in CHL Import draft  GuelphMercury.com

The Guelph Storm selected a Russian forward and a Russian defenceman at the 2019 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft on Thursday.

‘We'll have to play this guessing game again’  Meduza

For several days in April, Russia's federal censor, Roskomnadzor, blocked two of the most popular local media outlets in Yaroslavl: Yarcube and 76.ru.

Yaroslavl resident who photographed and shared anti-Putin graffiti gets hit with 30,000-ruble fine  Meduza

A Yaroslavl court fined Kirill Poputnikov 30000 rubles ($461.55) under a 2019 law that bans insulting the government online, 76.ru reported. Poputnikov posted ...

Russian centre Nikolaev headlines Flames’ haul on Day 2 of NHL Draft  Calgary Sun

VANCOUVER — Most young forwards are fixated on filling the net.Calgary Flames' third-rounder Ilya Nikolaev would sooner ensure a shutout.“From the very ...

Russian censorship agency blocks news site that refused to delete story about graffiti insulting Putin  Meduza

Representatives for the Yaroslavl-based news site Yarcube wrote on the site's Telegram channel that the site has been blocked in Russia. The country's ...

Fighting for Iowa Voters, Bernie Sanders Leads in Yaroslavl  Wall Street Journal

A trip to the Soviet Union in 1988 gave rise in Yaroslavl to a small but ardent Russian outpost of enthusiastic Bernie Sanders fans.

What We Learned From Watching Long-Lost Footage of Bernie Sanders in the USSR  Mother Jones

In the spring of 1988, in the middle of a bruising campaign for Congress and one day after tying the knot at a park on Lake Champlain, Bernie Sanders and his ...

Meet the Devils' 2019 NHL Draft class | Jack Hughes, Nikita Okhotyuk, Graeme Clarke headline 11 picks  NJ.com

The Devils finished the 2019 NHL Draft on Saturday, adding a plethora of prospects behind No. 1 overall pick Jack Hughes.

Man Or Machine? Story On 'Robot' At Russian Youth Forum Breaks Down  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russian state TV has come in for ridicule after failing to report that a robot at a high-tech career forum was nothing more than a man in costume.

Graffiti about Putin triggers first enforcement of Russia's new law banning online anti-government insults  Meduza

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has reportedly applied a new law that penalizes disrespecting the Russian government online for the first time.

2019 NHL Mock Drafts Revisited: Pick By Pick Results  The Hockey Writers

Here is a pick-by-pick comparison for all seven rounds of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft in relation to my final rankings and two mocks.

Blackhawks prospect Artur Kayumov, Loko Yaroslavl win MHL’s Kharlamov Cup  Second City Hockey

Blackhawks prospect Artur Kayumov and Loko Yaroslavl defeated Avto 1-0 in Game 7 of Russia's Junior Hockey League (MHL) Final to win the Kharlamov Cup ...

Sanders’ shirtless vodka video from 1988 Soviet trip goes viral  vtdigger.org

A supporter trying to encourage Texas politician Beto O'Rourke to run for president has posted online a 1988 video of Sen. Bernie Sanders, shirtless and singing ...

Recapping the Coyotes Draft Day 2  Five for Howling

On the second day of the NHL Entry Draft the Arizona Coyotes went in on forwards.

Guelph Storm adds two more Russians in CHL Import Draft  GuelphToday

The Guelph Storm stuck with its recent trend of drafting Russian players Thursday when it took two more in the annual CHL Import Draft. WIth its first pick, 38th ...

Russian sites delete Putin graffiti articles under law against 'disrespecting' government  The Telegraph

Russian news websites have been forced to delete articles about graffiti insulting Vladimir Putin under new legislation against “disrespect” of the government.

Inmate Dies in Russia After Being Tortured in 'De Facto Murder,' Activists Say  The Moscow Times

Prison *service* employees tried to hide this emergency for fear of inspections and new media scandals,” a prisoners' rights activist said.

Video leaks showing Russian prison guards torturing an inmate in Yaroslavl  Meduza

On Friday, the newspaper Novaya Gazeta published a video recorded by a Federal Penitentiary *Service* employee, showing the torture of inmate Evgeny ...

Draft gold for Maple Leafs in second round?  Canada.com

You've heard of Nicklas Lidstrom, but how about Anton Rodin? Or Brad Ralph? Three players chosen 53rd overall in the NHL draft, each separated by 10 years, ...

Russian outcry over prison brutality video  BBC News

A leaked video showed Russian prison guards viciously beating an inmate in handcuffs.

Seven U.S.-born players go in top 15 of NHL draft  ESPN

Led by No. 1 overall pick Jack Hughes, seven U.S.-born players were taken within the first 15 picks of the NHL draft on Friday. That's the most Americans taken ...

Russian Authorities Probe Alleged Abuses In Prisons After Torture Video Emerges  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Russian federal authorities are cracking down against prison guards and local police in a series of abuse cases after video emerged on social media showing ...

Russia Needs More Prisons For Convicted Police Officers, Official Says  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A top official of Russia's Federal Penitentiary *Service* (FSIN) says the country needs more prisons to hold police officers and other law enforcement agents who ...

Police Nationwide Inspection Finds Dozens of Prison Abuse Cases in Russia An investigation by the Federal  The Moscow Times

Russia's prison *service* has uncovered dozens of abuse cases behind bars after a leaked video showing a prisoner being tortured by guards prompted a ...

The drama behind the drama  Meduza

In late March, Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky announced that two of Russia's oldest and most respected theaters would merge. What had ...

Cities to Visit in 2018  The Moscow Times

Visit Russian cities that combine their fascinating pasts with a vibrant, delicious, artistic and fun present.

Havoc on the Hudson: Hughes and Kakko ready to reignite Rangers-Devils rivalry  The Ticker

It has become a tradition as old as time — the Metropolitan Division of the National Hockey League spending another offseason getting dangerously stronger.

The Week In Russia: The Torture Problem And The Second-Summit Dilemma  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A harrowing video of an inmate's beating shone a bare-bulb spotlight on Russia's prison-torture problem. And a second summit meeting between Donald Trump ...

Five Russian Prison Guards Sent To Pretrial Jail In Inmate Beating Case  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A court in Russia has ordered two months of pretrial detention for five prison guards suspected of involvement in the severe beating of an inmate.

Russia's Quest to Lead the World in AI Is Doomed  Defense One

In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin famously stated that whoever becomes the leader in artificial intelligence “will become the ruler of the world.

Russian Whose Prison-Torture Claim Caused Outcry Is Freed, Says He Is 'Damaged'  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A Russian man whose videotaped abuse by prison guards caused a public outcry has been released from prison after serving his nearly seven-year prison term.

Deadly plane crash created Ilya Lyubushkin’s NHL opportunity  The Athletic

The plane crash in Russia, seven years ago Friday that took the lives of 37 players, coaches and staff from a Kontinental Hockey League team, opened a path ...

Russia blocks news site for showing anti-Putin graffiti  New York Post

Russian authorities blocked a regional news website over the weekend over a report about graffiti insulting Vladimir Putin, its chief editor said, under a new ban ...

Outcry in Russia over video of brutal prison torture  ABC News

The video is brutal. It shows guards at a Russian prison colony torturing an inmate. In it around a dozen guards in uniform pin down the prisoner, Yevgeny ...

'There was only one': Rangers pay tribute to fallen friend  New York Post

One member of the 1993-94 New York Rangers was sadly missed at the team's 25th anniversary celebration of the franchise's most recent Stanley Cup ...

Allegations Of 'Systematic' Torture At Russian Prison Under Investigation  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

A rights group in Russia says that authorities are investigating allegations of "systematic" beatings and torture at a second prison in the Yaroslavl region.

Russian Authorities Probe Alleged Abuse In Psychiatric Clinic  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Authorities in Russia's Chelyabinsk region have launched separate investigations into the alleged "mistreatment" of an elderly patient at a psychiatric clinic.

Soviets joked with Sanders about exile in Siberia during cozy Cold War trip  Washington Examiner

Bernie Sanders partied with Soviet officials during the Cold War, praising the Soviet Union's culture and telling officials that he wished more people in Vermont ...

Confirmit Honoured with 2019 CUSTOMER Magazine Product of the Year Award  RealWire

Confirmit Horizons™ recognised for advancing the CX industry through innovation and qualityLONDON, UK, NEW YORK, NY, and OSLO, Norway, 11 July 2019 ...

Russia's Prison Service Wants Guards to Apologize to Inmates for Rights Violations  The Moscow Times

Russian prison guards may soon be required to apologize to inmates for violating their rights, new regulations drafted by the federal penitentiary system show.

Yaroslavl: Jewel of the Volga  Russia and India Report

The ancient city of Yaroslavl is famous for its ornate churches and tree-lined riverfront. Join RIR on a small tour of the capital of Russia's golden ring.