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New video of prisoner beating in Yaroslavl colony appears  https://en.crimerussia.com/

Novaya Gazeta has posted another video with tortures in the Yaroslavl colony No. 1. The footage from a colony guard's bodycam was provided by rights ...

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 ...

New Videos Emerge That Appear To Show More Torture At Notorious Russian Prison  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta has published more videos purportedly showing inmates at a notorious prison colony being tortured and abused by ...

Flames Top 25 Under 25: #21 - Alexander Yelesin  Matchsticks and Gasoline

There's a lot of defenceman in front of Yelesin as he begins his trek to the NHL.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Bernie Sanders Denies Honeymooning in the Soviet Union  Breitbart

Sanders switched up the story of his "very strange" honeymoon location, telling Rebel Media that he did not honeymoon in the Soviet Union.

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 ...

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 ...

2019-20 Top 10 Edmonton Oilers Prospects  MyNHLTradeRumors.com

2019-20 Top 10 Edmonton Oilers propsects: Lookin at the top prospects in the Edmonton Oilers system after the 2019 draft and heading into next season.

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 ...

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, ...

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% ...

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.

FC Nizhny Novgorod v FC Shinnik Yaroslavl ⇔ Football Match Review ≡ Predictions, results, odds  nantllegazette

What a cool football game is gonna start right now! Today is 19 July and we are gonna see the opposition between FC Nizhny Novgorod and FC Shinnik ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Russia's prison dilemma  Meduza

On July 16, Russia's Council on Human Rights reported that pretrial detention centers in Moscow, the Moscow suburbs, and St. Petersburg currently house twice ...

TRAIKOS: Grading the Canadian teams on their NHL draft picks | canada.com  Canada.com

According to Mark Seidel, chief scout for North American Central Scouting, none of the seven Canadian teams were in the top-3 when it came to his ranking of ...

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.

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

The Washington Post hosted Bernie Sanders for a 2020 candidate forum where he called out Joe Biden for voting in favor of the Iraq War. Sanders said that ...

RFE/RL: More video emerges of Russian prison abuse  Kyiv Post

More video has emerged appearing to show violent abuse in a Russian prison. The video, published by the Novaya Gazeta news website, raises new questions ...

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 ...

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 ...

Calgary Flames Draft For Skill Over Size  The Hockey Writers

The Calgary Flames made five picks at the 2019 NHL Draft, emphasizing skill and competiveness over height. Nobody they drafted was taller than six feet.

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 ...

Historic draft for Rockets - WHL  Castanet.net

The Kelowna Rockets made history of sorts during Thursday's CHL import draft, dipping for the first time into the Russian hockey market.

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 ...

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Cities to Visit in 2018  The Moscow Times

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

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 ...

Thieves-in-law take the blow after the enactment of amendments targeting them  https://en.crimerussia.com/

Article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation of a criminal community (criminal organization) and participation therein) has been ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Russian outcry over prison brutality video  BBC News

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

'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 ...

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.

Once Russian Opposition’s Hope, Ex-Yaroslavl Mayor Gets Lengthy Jail Sentence  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Yevgeny Urlashov -- a former mayor of Yaroslavl and rare example of a Russian opposition politician in public office -- has been sentenced to 12 1/2 years in ...

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 ...

Second Torture Video Leaked From Notorious Russian Prison  The Moscow Times

A prison in Yaroslavl has become the focal point of torture allegations yet again following the publication of a second video in which guards are seen beating ...

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.

As public support for Syrian war wanes, Russia hopes 'trophy train' inspires patriotism  CBC News

A travelling exhibition in Russia is meant to demonstrate that the country's military engagement in Syria has been well spent, even as independent polling ...

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 ...

Say You're Sorry 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.

Another side of Yaroslavl: Where locals dine, drink and relax  Russia Beyond the Headlines

Learn how to find a secret hookah parlor, what to expect at a chic restaurant with a dress code and where to try dishes baked in a traditional Russian oven.

Letter from abroad: Yaroslavl  Cherwell Online

Stop the bus: a Brit is about to not just praise, but celebrate public transport. Maybe it's different in the North, not just because we wash in gravy as I once heard a ...

You should watch every goal Vasili Podkolzin scored last season  Vancouver Courier

Vasili Podkolzin didn't post eye-popping numbers before he was drafted 10th overall by the Vancouver Canucks, but the goals he scored certainly were.

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers  The Guardian

Ruslan Vakhapov says his 'desire for revenge in a legal way' led him to describe the brutal prison torture in Russia.

The former mayor of Yaroslavl says, yes, Russia's prison system is awash in torture and rape  Meduza

Evgeny Urlashov, the former mayor of Yaroslavl now imprisoned on controversial bribery charges, wrote in a letter published on August 3 by the local website ...

Russian-carbon-black-producer-raises-prices  RubberNews.com

YAROSLAVL, Russia—Russian carbon black manufacturer JSC Yaroslavskiy Tekhnicheskiy Uglerod (Yaroslavl Carbon Black Plant) is increasing prices on all ...

Equipment stolen from Avtovaz used to make parts for Russian market  Automotive Logistics

Russian vehicle maker AvtoVaz has said the level of theft at its plant complex in Togliatti has reached an unprecedented scale, with employees now stealing not ...

The Low Price of Torture in Russia  OCCRP

Torture is widespread in police cells and prisons across Russia. A new analysis of court rulings shows what the perpetrators pay — if they pay at all. Credit: Edin ...

Slavneft commissions new unit at Yaroslavl refinery  Oil & Gas Journal

OAO NGK Slavneft subsidiary JSC Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (Slavneft-Yanos) has started a new unit for production of group III base oils at its 15 ...

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.

Check out the monument blending Soviet nostalgia with space age aesthetics  The Calvert Journal

Russian officials are celebrating 100 years of the Soviet Union's idealistic Communist youth group with an abstract monument that puts a futuristic twist on ...

Craig MacTavish's coaching train leaves Oilers station for Lokomotiv  Edmonton Sun

Before Craig MacTavish took this flight of fancy to go back to full-time coaching in Russia, he did his homework and perhaps got on the blower to Dave King, who ...

FC Shinnik YaroslavlvFC Mordovia Saransk ⇔ Football Match Review ≡  nantllegazette

What a awesome football game will start right now! This day is 13 July and we will behold the opposition between FC Shinnik Yaroslavl and FC Mordovia ...

FSIN sends special commission to Yaroslavl colony after video with torture  https://en.crimerussia.com/

The head of the Federal Penitentiary *Service* (FSIN), Gennady Kornienko, ordered to send an inspection commission to Yaroslavl's penal colony IK-1 to check ...

Protest The Kremlin's Final Warning: Why Yaroslavl's Ex-Mayor Is Serving 12.5 Years in Jail Yevgeny  The Moscow Times

Yevgeny Urlashov, the one-time mayor of Yaroslavl, yelled as he was pulled from the court room. “This is a political set-up,” he shouted. “All revolutionaries were ...

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.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: The team that disappeared  Sportsnet.ca

How a plane crash in Russia shattered the lives of people from across the globe and shook the hockey world. AT 4:05 IN THE AFTERNOON all but one of the ...

Besins Healthcare to start production of progesterone in Russia  The Pharma Letter

Bangkok, Thailand-basedBesins Healthcare has officially announced the completion of construction of a new pharmaceutical factory in the Russian Yaroslavl ...

No Legislative Seat For Poisoned Spy Skripal's Niece In Russian Regional Vote  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Viktoria Skripal, a close relative of the father and daughter who were poisoned with a Soviet-designed nerve agent in England, has failed to win a seat in a ...

Shocking Video Prompts Mass Torture Crackdown in Russian Prisons  The Moscow Times

Russia's prison *service* has announced plans to launch a nationwide inspection of correctional facilities following public outrage over a leaked video of a ...

Russia takes steps to punish prison torture after brutal beating captured on video  Los Angeles Times

When a video of guards violently beating a prisoner went viral after it was leaked to the press, Russia reacted by arresting six of the abusers. Then more cases ...

Cargo train derails in Russia but keeps going WITHOUT tracks (VIDEO)  RT

Do trains always need tracks? Apparently not in Russia, where a heavy cargo train continued its journey despite being derailed. The stunning moment was ...

Defendant In Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Plane Crash Sentenced To Prison, Amnestied  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

The only defendant in the case involving the 2011 crash of a plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey team has been sentenced to prison and ...