Russian reading may be in decline but e-books are quickly gaining traction
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Checkout Counter Senses Your Mood, Makes Shopping Suggestions
You’re smiling. How about some red lipstick to make you look even happier?
Meet the Baby Liligers Born in a Russian Zoo
The cubs are three parts lion, one part tiger — and 100% adorable
Cat Bandit Smuggles Cellphones into Russian Prison
How far would you go to smuggle a clutch of cellphones into a prison?
Reading While Eating for May 7: More Impossible Missions
In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: Mission: Impossible 5 is a go, three women are freed after a decade-long abduction and we explore the possibility that “Cops” is enormously popular in Russia.
Czech Republic Forced to Remind the Internet That Chechnya Is in Different Country After Boston Bombing
Twitter and Facebook filled with false reports that Boston bombing suspects were Czech
Vicious Beaver Attacks and Kills Man in Belarus
And he only wanted a photo.
Reading While Eating for Apr. 11: The Russian Bear
Pick up some borscht and feast on these lunch links about Russia.
Watch This Russian Soldier Crash His Tank into a Lamp Post
Oops
Vladimir Putin Gives Topless Political Protest Two Thumbs Up
We think Roger Ebert would have been proud
New Report Ranks Iceland as Friendliest Country to Tourists
Bolivia, Venezuela and Russia are the most-unfriendly nations toward vacationers
Steven Seagal Helps Vladimir Putin Promote Fitness Plan
The unlikely pair opened a new martial arts center together