Speaker's corner

• The dog barks and the caravan passes

  March 04, 2012

  Work goes on, even if some try to stop or talk against progress

• Sochi 2014 Olympic Games mascot prank

  February 24, 2011

  Nearly half a year ago the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee launched a public mascot contest. Since then there have been around ten tsd. entries and the frantic prank, I’m going to tell you about, was in that number

• Russia's epic Mutko. This killer pronunciation will make your day

  January 13, 2011

  Russia’s Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaliy Mutko turned out a ticking timebomb that exploded on December 2, 2010 before the FIFA Executive Committee. The video of his epic speech in English immediately became one of the most watched and eagerly commented YouTube memes

• Russian cryptanalyst to break through the Phaistos Disc riddle

  January 27, 2010

  Anatoliy SHERBAN, an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Magnitogorsk State University, claims to have deciphered the ancient writings