$500 Million - "That is no problem. It is such a cool machine"

A Russian business man recently attempted to puschase a B-52 from it's American crew at an air show in Russia recently. Get the rest of the story from Reuters.

Driving in Russia

From Reuters Drunk halts cycle marathon


"MOSCOW (Reuters) - A man cycling from Taiwan to Moscow made it as far as Western Siberia only to be knocked off his bicycle by a drunk driver, Russian media reported Monday.

The 37-year-old Taiwan resident, who was not named, was nearly two-thirds of the way through his roughly 7,000 km (4,350 mile) trip when he was hit by a car in the Novosibirsk region, Interfax news agency reported.

"The victim is currently in a satisfactory condition ... The drunk driver fled from the scene of the accident," the agency quoted a police statement as saying."

Driving in Estonia

From Reuters Blind driver caught again


"TALLINN (Reuters) - An Estonian man who was caught driving a car even though he is blind has been at it again, police said on Monday, and this time he faces jail.

Police first arrested the man, 20, a week ago.

"We arrested the same blind man driving his car again on Saturday in the town of Torvandi, near Tartu (in southern Estonia)," said Marge Kohtla, a spokeswoman for Tartu police district.

"He was drunk. There were three people in the car with him giving him instructions."

She said police wanted the court to jail the man for 30 days and confiscate his car."

Russia the Greatest.

The mother country has again showed dominance in the far north...by planting a titanium flag on the sea-bed below the North Pole.