Putin on Vice

  • Is the Russian Mormon Church an FBI Front?

    The Young Guard is the youth wing of President Putin’s ruling United Russia Party. Recently, those crazy kids have started picking on their country's Mormons, claiming they are "foreign agents" paid by the US to brainwash young Russians. They also claim many Mormon missionaries return to the States to join the FBI and CIA. The whole thing is so stupid I had to call the Russian press contact for the LDS to clear it up. Full story

    2012 Nov 14 Simon Childs News
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  • Pussy Riot Have Been Found Guilty

    Unsurprisingly, Pussy Riot were found guilty on charges of hooliganism today. People everywhere are expected to get angry. We went down to the Russian embassy in London last night to see what was going with the pro-Pussy Riot protest groups. Full story

    2012 Aug 17 Henry Langston News
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  • Ksenia Sobchak: The Jane Fonda of Russia's Dissident Movement

    At a protest in Moscow on December 24, a blond in a puffy white jacket and jeans approached the microphone as clouds rolled across the sky. Her face, among the most famous in Russia, flashed onto the giant screen behind her. “My name is Ksenia Sobchak,” she said. “And I have a lo… Full story

    2012 Jul 20 Sarah A. Topol News
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