Tag Archives: Russia

A Child Refugee Who Became President

Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1 December 1937) is a Latvian politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia and the first female President of Latvia. She was elected President of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected for the second term in 2003.

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Take a look at the Human Barbie!

Before Angelica was born, her mother Natalia was already obsessed with beauty. When she saw how lovely her daughter was, it gave her every reason to embrace and celebrate it.

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A Village in Russia disappears every night

The village of Shoina is spread over several tens of kilometres along the White Sea coast beyond the Arctic Circle and 1,400 kilometres north of Moscow. It was founded in 1930 as a huge base for the fishing industry, producing a variety of canned fish. The port hosted literally hundreds of cargo ships

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