According to press reports (Izvestia newspaper) Georgia has the ''best equipped' army in the former Soviet Union.  It appears that a lot of equipment came from the US.  If you look at the canteen of the second soldier in the front row you can see the ''US'' mark.  The video from the CNN page (my prev. ...

Russians are taking a piece of the actions by purchaing 8 islands on Second Life. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2yq6npsuF8] (Source: RenTV, Russian TV)

A Russian woman has given birth to a baby weighing 7.75kg (17.5lbs), more than twice the average newborn weight. The ''little'' girl, Nadia, was delivered by Caesarean section at a hospital in the Altai region of Siberia, joining eight sisters and three brothers. ''We were all simply in shock,'' reports quoted Nadia's mother, Tatyana ...