In the run-up to the Russian parliamentary elections held this past weekend –– in which the country’s authoritarian strongman, Vladimir Putin, and his United Russia Party suffered large losses –– the Putin forces made crass appeals to homophobia by introducing a spate of anti-gay legislation to outlaw almost any expression of pro-homosexual sentiment.

4 February in Moscow and other cities of Russia rallies dedicated, above all, the upcoming presidential election one month later.

The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, proud affiliates of the Florida Panthers and San Antonio Rampage, announced on Friday that forward Kirill Startsev has signed with the team. Startsev joins the Bees after playing in Russia.

Belarusian historian Alexander Kiselev. Illustration: zapadrus.su “In today’s environment, zapadnorusizm is not so much a concept as a political ideology, but rather how to think, ethnic identity, which is built on the basis of the recognition of the Russian culture and language as” their “,” told in the interview to the correspondent of the 1 February BakuToday Belarusian historian Alexander ...

Rory Young, Marcos De Leon and Salvador Villalpando combined for a no-hitter and struck out 18 alumni as the 2012 University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Scorpions waltzed to a 14-2 win over the alumni Friday at Scorpion Field.