Apple pulled out of Russia in March, but Russians can still buy the new iPhone 14 — here’s how

An Apple reseller in Russia in 2021. Dimitar Dilkoff/AF/Getty Images Russian mobile network MTS has started taking preorders for the new iPhone 14. This is even though Apple exited Russia and halted product sales following the invasion of Ukraine. Russia's trade minister said consumers would still be able to buy iPhone 14 via parallel imports. […]

Mysterious blasts at a base in Crimea were missile strikes meant to bring the war closer to home for Russians, Ukrainian military chief says

An infrared overview of Saki Airbase showing the extent of fire after attack, in Novofedorivka, Crimea, on August 10, 2022. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS Questions have been swirling about explosions at a Russian base in Crimea since early August. Russia called them accidents, while others suggested Ukrainian special forces may have been involved. Ukrainian military […]

Stranger Things season 4: Hopper brainwashed by the Russians as fans spot promo clue?

Yet more fans speculated: What if he lost his memory, doesn’t remember his former family, El, and Joyce, is being brainwashed by the Russians, and is currently working for them?” One more fan joked: “Stranger Things is actually in the MCU. Hopper is captured by the Russians, they brainwash him and turn him into a […]

Russians again! Tourist storms bank on remote Norwegian island without any escape plan

A small Norwegian town on a remote archipelago near the North Pole, where polar bears outnumber residents, has been shaken by the first-ever bank robbery in its living memory. On Friday morning, a 29-year-old Russian tourist visited a bank in the town of Longyearbyen on Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. He threatened bank personnel […]

‘Fair report privilege’: Judge backs BuzzFeed in Russian’s lawsuit over Steele dossier

A federal judge in Florida ruled for BuzzFeed in a defamation lawsuit brought by a Russian internet entrepreneur accused of hacking the Democratic Party in the salacious Steele dossier that was published by the outlet. Because BuzzFeed did not attest to the truth of the allegations contained in the dossier and published the documents in […]

11 percent of Russians regularly watch porn, traffic researcher says

An internet traffic researcher in Russia says 10.7 million people visit adult websites at least once a month, spending, on average, 11 minutes per session. The audience may be much bigger however, according to PornHub data. The report on the preferences of Russian porn lovers was prepared by the firm Mediascope for the news website […]

‘Hanged’ child mannequins at shop front baffle Russians (PHOTO)

A photo, showing child mannequins hanging from a shop’s front in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, has caused a stir on social media, with some users deeming such “marketing” as extremely inappropriate. The picture, showing a bizarre installation at the front of a small clothing shop in Krasnoyarsk, went viral this week. The photo shows […]

Sec. Nielsen on 2016 US election interference: ‘It was the Russians’

Oliver de Ros/AP Photo Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen backed up US intelligence findings on interference in the 2016 US presidential election Tuesday, saying “it was the Russians.” Speaking at a cybersecurity conference, Nielsen offered a sharp condemnation of Russian hacking and cybersecurity threats as a chief concern of the department. Nielsen’s comments […]