In the Democratic Republic of the Congo it’s war again. But what does it mean again? She goes there for ten years, almost without ceasing. Just now, it flared up anew after a brief lull in the beginning of the year. In August the rebel General Laurent Nkunda with the Tutsi rebels launched an offensive on government forces of President Joseph Kabila of supporting Hutu militias. UN troops are in the country, to cope with the situation and can not defend themselves for the most part, not the civilian population, which is carved thugs on both sides. A quarter of a million refugees in the country is maturing extremely serious humanitarian catastrophe. To plunder, to shoot more joined on...

Before you report in Cuban, where we walk through the 45 th Special Forces Airborne Regiment. The Russian Airborne Troops or VDV  is an arm of service of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation, on a par with the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Russian Space Forces. First formed before World War II, the force undertook two significant airborne operations and a number of smaller jumps during the war and after 1945 for many years was the largest airborne force in the world The word desánt, as used in the Vozdushno-Desantnye Vojska, is a borrowing of the French descente (‘debarkation’ or ‘landing’). It is also used by the Russian Ground Forces for the desantno-shturmoviye batal′ony, the airmobile assault...

It’s summer time, and it’s beach time! Here is some drinks that you can drink, during hot summer days. 10.  Gin and Tonic, India Gin was first introduced to tonic to offset its bitter taste so the British, who were occupying India at the time, could stomach the stuff as an anti-malarial. The Brits ended up fancying the crisp combo, adding a wedge of lime, and it became a mainstay of the tropics long after the empire fell. Try it on the beach in Goa while watching the sun set. 9. Rosé, Côte d’Azur, France Drinking pink has just started to catch on stateside, but a glass of chilled dry rosé has long been de rigueur in the seaside...

To tell about the life of street children and raise money for them, “Fund to Fight AIDS” got in touch with the photographer David Gillanders. David visited Ukraine to make a photo essay on children homeless. It should be noted that David managed to earn the trust of children and enter into their circle. His work has deeply touched the Europeans and forced many funds to draw attention to the problems of children and their needs. In February-March 2010 by David Gillanders and broadcaster Rasmus Paulsen’s turned out a new opportunity to visit Ukraine and to assess the current situation. They spent 2 weeks in Odessa in the range of a small group of street children. David follows describes...

Strictly speaking the post is not about 10 best cosmonauts but about cosmonauts involved in the first 10 successful Soviet space flights. Starting from the seventh the flights were not more individual so you’ll find here more than 10 persons. Let’s start. 1. Yuri Gagarin First flight of a man into the space at the height of 327 kilometers lasting in total 108 minutes that have changed his life and life of our planet. 2. Gherman Titov was Gagarin’s substitute for any unforeseen circumstances and afterwards was chosen to be the second Soviet man in space in 1961. He still holds a record – he was a youngest man ever been in space. At the moment of the flight...

During World War II Soviet Union was tough on letting foreign, especially Western journalists entering Russian and especially Moscow. They all were meant to be spies and so on. And then only after the death of Stalin in 1953 first photographers were allowed to come to Moscow and make first shots of the Soviet State. This is from the first of the first, coming from France and letting the world see the people of Moscow for the first time for ten or so years.

In order to serve in Belarussian special forces people have to be champions in WTF sports. Just to name some: they need to be able play football (soccer) while playing solo on an electric guitar, or to run good result ski race on paved road without any ice or snow on its surface. Can you do that, soldier?!

Previously this was an object from the chain of military air defence stations. Then when USSR went down many objects went down too. Lack of funding, new military doctrines and concepts, then international disarmament initiatives – all this lead to thousand of those being left to stay in condition like this.

First days of invasion into Russia seemed to be a piece of cake for Nazi German army. According to the plans of the German chief commanders the whole deal with Russia would take just a few months. They were hoping to take over the Moscow until winter of 1941 (the operation has started early summer, 1941). The invitations were sent to the higher officers of the German army for the celebration of the victory on Russian army in the summer, a few month before the planned victory. And so there advancement into the Russian territory was really that easy for the first months. They moved fast, often leaving some pockets of resistance inside the conquered Russian land. Soon they...

Sunken British ferry Tistlgorm “(” Thistlegorm “) – the most famous ship, resting in Red sea. Etot cargo ship, built in 1940, sank on Oct. 6, 1941. He was attacked by German bombers Henkel 111. Two bombs struck the stern deck of the ship and detonated ammunition packed in the hold. As a result, the ship broke in two and sank to a depth of about 30 meters to the north-west of Ras Mohammed in the Strait of Guba.