Topic: Komsomolskaya Pravda

Russian president's son 'starred in television show'

AFP Global Edition - 122 days ago
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's teenage son, who is now shielded from the public and never photographed, starred just four years ago in a children's televison show before his father became Kremlin chief, the programme's makers said.Ilya Medvedev, now ...

Muscovites protest film director's plan for hotel

AFP Global Edition - 475 days ago
The film company owned by Oscar-winning director Nikita Mikhalkov, TRITE, plans to build a seven-storey hotel on a site it owns on Maly Kozikhinsky Pereulok street in central Moscow.On Tuesday, left-wing activists protested at the site and four were detained by ...

Komsomolskaya Pravda

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 920 days ago
"Young Communist League Truth"), morning daily newspaper published in Moscow that was the official voice of the Central Council of the Komsomol, or Communist youth league for young people aged 14 to 28. Founded in 1925, Komsomolskaya Pravda historically had its main ...

Angry Russian boss pays workers in coins

AFP Global Edition - 958 days ago
Two Russian women got an unpleasant surprise when their former boss paid them more than 1,000 dollars to settle a labour dispute -- in dozens of heavy bags full of tiny coins.The women, Anfisa Sizhuk and Anzhelika Shemyakina, were laid off ...