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Russia's display of heavy weapons in this year's Victory Day parade in Moscow is "not sabre-rattling", President Vladimir Putin insists. Tanks and intercontinental missiles are to be paraded for the first time since the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The outgoing Russian leader said that Friday's parade to mark the end of World War II would demonstrate Russia's growing defence capabilities. "We do not threaten anyone and do not intend to do so," he said. A dress rehearsal for the parade was conducted on Monday. Mr Putin is stepping down as president on 7 May to be replaced...

Moonbats are alive and well in Kenmore Square By Howie Carr Boston Herald Columnist Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Boston City Councilor Jerry McDermott, meet Moonbat Nation. All it takes is a press release saying that maybe the huge flashing sign in Kenmore Square advertising the Hugo Chavez-controlled CITGO oil company should be replaced by a giant American flag. Just send out that one little press release, and all of a sudden, you’re a tool of Halliburton, a capitalist-roader, a veritable . . . Chris Wallace. One night, you’re sipping a cold one at The Stockyard. The next, hundreds - thousands...

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that the U.S.-Russian arms race is not over and called for a strengthening of his nation's nuclear and conventional forces so Moscow can better resist foreign pressure.     The remarks, in his seventh state of the nation address since taking power in 2000, follow increasingly sharp criticism of Russia's democratic and foreign policy directions from the United States, including a harsh rebuke by Vice President Dick Cheney last week in Lithuania.     "It is premature to speak of the end of the arms race," said Mr. Putin, who pointed out in the nationally televised address...

MOSCOW (AP) - Former President Mikhail Gorbachev warned the Kremlin against quickly burying the embalmed body of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, saying the nation isn't ready yet such a move, a news agency reported Tuesday. Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union before its 1991 collapse, said that Lenin's body eventually should be laid to rest at a proper moment in line with his own will, but added that "this moment has not come yet," the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. In what appeared to be the Kremlin's attempt to gauge public reaction to the divisive issue, Georgy Poltavchenko, a...

May 6, 2005 The Return of the Soviet Union by David Satter When President Bush ascends the reviewing stand in Red Square on May 9 for ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, he may find that his presence is being used less to mark a historic anniversary than to rehabilitate the Soviet Union. The anniversary has unleashed a wave of nostalgia for the Soviet Union. A report by the RIA press agency said, "all the veterans agree that the great love that the Soviet people had for their country and their belief in the righteousness...

Fire Destroys Historic Moscow Building VOA News 14 Mar 2004, 20:40 UTC A massive fire has destroyed an historic Soviet-era exhibition hall just off Red Square in downtown Moscow. The blaze broke out late Sunday night in the Manezh building. The roof of the nearly 200 year old structure collapsed, killing two firefighters. Heat from the blaze also shattered windows in a nearby Moscow State University building. Russian news agencies quote an emergencies ministry official as saying an electrical short circuit may have caused the fire. Authorities have opened a criminal investigation. The 4,500 square meter building was built in...

Moscow Blaze Kills 2 Firefighters UPDATED: 5:07 p.m. EST March 14, 2004 MOSCOW -- Two Russian firefighters have been killed battling a blaze that swept through a 19th-century exhibition hall off Moscow's Red Square. The firefighters were killed when the attic fell in. Another was hurt after inhaling poisonous fumes. City fire officials said the blaze was in the most-serious category. The fire broke out just minutes after polls closed in Russia's presidential election. Moscow prosecutors have opened a criminal case on the possible violation of fire safety rules. The low, colonnaded building was originally an equestrian school for military...

Fox News reporting and showing pictures of a large fire in the vicinity of Red Square in Moscow. No other info yet, but reporter is on his way to the scene. Live picture shows large red glow and smoke.

The Today show's "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" sweeps month ratings gimmick brought Lauer to Moscow's Red Square on Thursday where he repeatedly pressed Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to trash the Bush administration's foreign policy. Lauer asked: "Was Russia right and were the Americans wrong?" on WMD in Iraq and, "Do you think the credibility of the United States and this particular administration has been damaged internationally in this last year?" Not all have succeeded in Russia's semi-free enterprise economy, but virtually all have more personal, political and religious freedom, yet Lauer suggested many were better off...

Russia Shuts Red Square Amid Security FearsThu July 31, 2003 01:32 PM ET By Oliver Bullough MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities have sealed off Moscow's Red Square, its most famous landmark, at the height of the tourist season -- apparently out of fear of bomb attacks by Chechen rebels. A hand-written sign taped to a metal barrier leading into the square, which runs along one side of the Kremlin -- the seat of Russian power -- said: "Red Square is closed until September." Police contacted Thursday refused to say why. "The square is closed, but we are not prepared to comment...

Hillary came to Hahvid square on monday and there were two FReepers there to greet her, myself and ElectricStrawberry. I knew the FReep would be a great before i got off the train. as i got on the train, i was wearing a t-shirt that said "peace through superior firepower" and had my flag and signs in hand. a goth chick saw me get on the train, she just got up walked to the other end of the train. i knew the FReep would be successful when i could even scare off the freaks. as i got off the train...