Virtual teams have the potential to be far more productive than teams that are located in the same physical office. But in order for that to happen, you have to get the fundamentals in order.…
The power in rejecting
One thing to which we can all relate as human beings is the pain we feel at being rejected. Whether this rejection comes from a person or an institution or organisation, the initial hurt can…
Alexei Navalny to repeat the fate of Mikhail…
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, as it appears, will be either convoyed to a remote Russian colony or kept in the detention center. Navalny is expecting a transfer to a remote colony, although it is…
Lubyanka monument controversy: Felix Dzerzhinsky or Alexander Nevsky?
The Russians are going to vote to decide the fate of the monument on Moscow's Lubyanka Square, opposite the former KGB headquarters (currently FSB). Felix Dzerzhinsky or Alexander Nevsky? From February 25 to March 5,…
The Great St. Valentine’s Day Mystery
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may... So said Robert Herrick concerning the virgins of his day and it is sound advice. Unfortunately, all too often rosebuds open for suitors distinctly unworthy of the honor. Between…
In Dagestan, woman substitutes her ‘newborn twins’ with…
In Dagestan, during the funeral of two newborn children, dolls were found in the shrouds. The story, that shocked so many, looked like a horror story, until it became known that the woman, whose babies…
Prison inmate who pierced his brain with a…
A 37-year-old man, a prisoner from SIZO-3 detention centre in the city of Novocherkassk, died at hospital of Rostov-on-Don from a ballpoint pen that pierced into his brain through the eye socket. According to spokespeople…
Russia’s biggest car maker launches new SUV styled…
Russia's automotive giant AvtoVaz has launched the sales of the upgraded Lada Niva Travel SUV.The vehicle used to be produced under the Chevrolet brand at the General Motors and AvtoVaz joint venture. At the end…
The crash of Tu-104 that killed all admirals…
Forty years ago, on February 7, 1981, the Tu-104 plane of the commander of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) of the USSR crashed during takeoff from the military airfield near Leningrad. The crash killed 16…