ANKARA, TURKEY — In a stunning act of political violence, a gun-wielding man in a black suit and tie shot and killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Monday in what the assassin described as an act of revenge for Russia’s bombing of civilians in Aleppo, Syria.

TROYNOY, RUSSIA — Surrounded in the Arctic tundra. By polar bears.

PERM, RUSSIA — A robot escaped from a science lab and caused a traffic jam in one Russian city, it’s reported.

By DREW JOHNSON Senior Fellow, Taxpayers Protection Alliance WASHINGTON D.C. — Let’s be honest: the future of the U.S. economy is bleak. A new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts that the U.S. economy will grow only 2 percent this year; a downward revision of the already anemic 2.4 percent growth …read more.

By  DARLA MCCAMMON Lakeland Art Association Siberia is well known as a vast, cold and lonely place in Russia. In some circles, it is believed it was once connected to Alaska via a land bridge. Siberia is one of the most sparsely populated and rugged regions on earth and yet it takes up almost 10 …read more.