Since last week, the world has been reeling from tragic loss Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. According to major news outlets, the civilian airliner was shot down by Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine while en route to Malaysia from the Netherlands. In this time of grief, photographer Dietmar Eckell’s latest series shows us that not every plane […]
It’s been a year since Ukraine’s former president was toppled from power — and these Putin loyalists aren’t happy about it. As Ukrainians prepared to mark one year since former president Viktor Yanukovych was toppled from power, thousands of Russians gathered in Moscow Saturday to decry the uprising. View this image › REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Moscow’s […]
In 2014, the world was shocked following the arrest of 47-year-old Russian Anatoly Moskvin. Moskvin was a prolific grave robber, and he specifically targeted the graves of little girls. Over the course of several years, Moskvin took dozens of corpses back to his apartment. What’s worse is that he dressed the bodies up to make […]
Cheers. It’s common knowledge that Russia gets really cold in the winter — in parts of the country, it plunges down to -50 Celsius. -30 Celsius isn’t even a big deal. So there are things you learn to survive. View this image › Igor Sokalski/Igor Sokalski 1. Top of the list: Hats and hoods are […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTBT_ATF’); }); Ball lightning is one of the rarest atmospheric phenomena known to man. Throughout history, there have been stories of researchers and ordinary folk encountering ball-shaped lightning. However, we still don’t know how it happens, and despite years of research, scientists have been unable to recreate it in a controlled environment. New […]
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DTAT_ATF’); }); By this point in 2016, it’s very clear that global warming (perhaps more accurately referred to as climate change) is real, and it’s changing our planet in terrifying ways. The latest victim of climate change? The permafrost of Siberia. Siberia is an area of Russia that’s heavily encased in snow for […]
Are you having a bad day? Did you mess up at work or make your significant other mad? Hey, it happens. I know that’s cold comfort right now, but at least you’re not the guy who failed to properly secure thousands of dollars’ worth of cargo to the deck of this ship. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘VN_PG_DCBP_ATF’); […]