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Massive River Discovered on Sea Floor

Black Sea river world's sixth mightiest

(Newser) - Scientists have discovered a river whose flow is 10 times mightier than the largest river in Europe on the floor of the Black Sea, proving that previously mysterious channels visible on ocean floors are in fact formed by underwater rivers.The Black Sea river, the first-ever still-flowing underground channel to...

Space Station Cooling System Malfunctions

Spacewalks may be necessary to perform repairs

(Newser) - Half of the International Space Station's cooling system has suddenly shut down, forcing the astronauts on board to power down equipment and face the likelihood of urgent spacewalking repairs. After huddling today, NASA managers gave preliminary approval for a pair of spacewalks, the first of which would take place later...

Texas Beautician Busted in Spy Probe

She's accused of smuggling high-tech scopes

(Newser) - A beautician who splits her time between Russia and Texas has emerged as America's latest sexy spy since she was busted for trying to smuggle high-tech night vision scopes to Moscow, according to the FBI. Federal officials acting on a tip confiscated the scopes from Anna Fermanova, 24, at New...

Parasailing Donkey's Owner Won't Face Charges

Russian officials say animal is OK

(Newser) - The owner of a donkey that went parasailing over a Russian beach , terrifying both the animal and onlookers, will not face animal cruelty charges, the Moscow News reports. The donkey, a female, "is clinically healthy," a local official tells AFP , adding that the owner didn't see any problem...

Flying Donkey Sparks Animal Cruelty Probe

Terrified animal goes parasailing, scaring Russian beachgoers

(Newser) - Russian police are investigating a possible case of animal cruelty after a donkey was forced to parasail over a beach resort, terrifying not only the animal but sunbathing families who watched from below. "The donkey screamed and children cried," a police rep tells AFP . "No-one had the...

Scores of Drunk Russians Drown Amid Heat Wave

Hundreds try to swim, fail

(Newser) - With temperatures in Moscow flirting with a 98.6F record, a staggering number of Russians, most of them drunk, are drowning in their attempts to cool off in the city’s lakes and ponds. Just yesterday, 49 people in the country drowned, including two children, a government official tells Reuters...

12th Russian Spy, a Microsoft Employee, Busted

Moscow grills returned spy ring

(Newser) - As the busted Russian spy ring is interrogated back in Moscow, US authorities deported a 12th alleged member of the group: Alexey Karetnikov, a 23-year-old who was working as a software tester at Microsoft's Washington state headquarters. Karetnikov's Facebook page shows he was married and worked not only for Microsoft...

Spy Swap Talks Started Weeks Before Arrests

Agents' kids sent to Russia or planning to go

(Newser) - The 14-person spy swap executed today at an airport in Vienna grew out of talks that started in June—weeks before the Russian spies living in the US were arrested—and the White House knew about the sleeper agents in February, reports the Washington Post . Meanwhile, the Russian agents' kids...

Deal Could Swiftly End Russian Spy Case

Will get off with little to no jail time, deportation

(Newser) - The Russian spy ring case appears to be hurtling towards some kind of conclusion. The spies will strike a simple plea deal, get off with little or no jail time, and be deported back to Russia, according to New York Times sources. But there could be more intrigue afoot. Over...

Twitter Imposter Mocks Medvedev
Twitter Imposter Mocks Medvedev
Jul 6, 2010 10:32 AM CDT

Twitter Imposter Mocks Medvedev

'Kermlin Russia' dodges country's media crackdown

(Newser) - Dmitri Medvedev has discovered one of the great joys of Twitter: the satirical impersonator account. Just days after the Russian president sent his first dispatch from his @KremlinRussia page, another account—called @KermlinRussia —is delivering mocking responses to his dispatches. One, for example, poked fun at his attempts to...

Accused Spies: Yes, We're Russian

Virginia couple appear in court, want kids sent to Russia

(Newser) - Two suspects in an alleged spy ring have admitted they are Russian citizens living in the US under false identities, prosecutors said today. The defendants known as Michael Zottoli and Patricia Mills told authorities after their arrest their real names are Mikhail Kutzik and Natalia Pereverzeva, prosecutors said in a...

Spacecraft Spins Out Approaching Space Station

Russian cargo ship is stocked with fresh food and clothes for ISS crew

(Newser) - A Russian spacecraft lost control and missed docking with the International Space Station today, floating past the station and into space. Progress 38 is an unstaffed cargo ship filled with stores of fresh food, clothes, and equipment for the ISS crew. Progress' autopilot somehow lost its navigational lock on the...

Beauty Spy's Dad 'Was KGB Agent'

Ex-hubby not surprised by Anna Chapman's bust

(Newser) - Alleged deep-cover Russian spy Anna Chapman may have been following in her father's footsteps, says her British ex-husband. The Russian-born beauty "told me her father had been high up in the ranks of the KGB," Alex Chapman tells the Telegraph . "She said he had been an agent...

US, Russian Experts Chuckle at Feckless 'Spies'

Operation viewed as 'nutty' throwback

(Newser) - To espionage experts, the 11 alleged secret agents busted as members of a Russian spy ring look like something straight out of the spy spoof Burn After Reading: inept amateurs relying on outdated, cliched methods and delivering very little useful intelligence. One former CIA boss called the operation "nutty"...

Earth to Russia: Skip the Spies, Surf the Internet

Agents were after info any student could find

(Newser) - The most baffling thing about the arrest of 11 alleged Russian deep-cover spies is why Moscow went to all that trouble in the first place. The coded messages, bag drops, and the rest of the Boris-and-Natasha schtick appears to have been part of an effort to gather information about American...

Alleged Russian Spies Made Dumb Mistakes

Overt 'spy' behavior, ineptitude made FBI's job easy

(Newser) - News that 11 alleged Russian spies were arrested for "long-term, deep cover assignments" in the US might make you feel like you woke up in a spy novel. If it helps, court documents reveal that these folks didn't exactly measure up to old KGB standards, New York notes. Ignore...

Feds Nab 11th Suspect in Russian Spy Ring

Russia, meanwhile, complains about arrests

(Newser) - An 11th person has been arrested in the alleged Russian spy ring today. Robert Christopher Metsos, 55, was nabbed in Cyprus, trying to hop a flight to Budapest, MSNBC reports. He has been released on bail on the island.

Alleged Russian Spies Hid in Plain Sight: FBI

Secret agents lived as couples, had kids: feds

(Newser) - The charges against 11 people who were allegedly spying for the Russian government sound like something out of a James Bond novel—one that involves suburban couples living under deep cover as the Russian government funds their "education, bank accounts, car, house, etc.," reports the New York Times ...

Feds Charge 10 With Spying for Russia

Agents were carrying out long-term, undercover assignments

(Newser) - Ten people have been arrested for allegedly serving as secret agents of the Russian government with the goal of penetrating the US government, the Justice Department said today. According to court papers in the case, the US government intercepted a message from Russian intelligence headquarters in Moscow to two of...

US Buys Russian to Beef Up Afghan Forces

Pentagon has spent $650 million on Moscow's helicopters

(Newser) - Funny how the geopolitical world turns. Back in the day, the CIA gave Afghan rebels missiles to shoot down Soviet helicopters, notes the Washington Post . Now that the US is fighting its own war there, the Pentagon is beefing up the Afghan air corps—by buying Russian helicopters. The US...

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