From Russia With Pain VII

Mr. Smith has the morning off while he makes like Judge Dredd, so I am going to take this unwanted opportunity to fill you in on the latest bizarre news stories from our братья and сестры in northern Eurasia:

A Fake Tooth For an Eye
A fight between two medics in Moscow ended with a tragedy.  The dramatic scuffle [...]

From Russia With Pain VI

I still feel like hell, but I don’t want Mr. Smith to have to worry about carrying my sorry ass any more than he already does either.  So I decided to spend some time away from the friendly confines of my bed, and browsed the Internet in search of some stories from everyone’s favorite vodka-swilling, federal semi-presidential democratic republic.  [...]

From Russia With Pain V

As far as I can tell, there hasn’t been much in the way of crazy Russian news stories recently.  Since my go-to site (MosNews) hasn’t updated their content in a couple of months, I have been searching the news wires on Google and Yahoo! daily for anything remotely amusing and/or outrageous involving our kooky comrades.  I did manage to come [...]

From Russia With Pain IV

I’m happy to say that my favorite outlet for Russian current events (MosNews) has apparently paid their web host enough Rubles to get their site back up.  From what I can tell, they haven’t had enough time to add any new stories since their hiatus, but luckily there are plenty of stories from the recent past to fill the void.  Here are [...]