He's got wheels: a Russian man narrowly escapes being hit by a bus. (via Buzzfeed)

A joint venture between Russian energy giant Gazprom and Nigeria's National Petroleum Corporation has sparked controversy over the new company's name: Nigaz.

In a sign of thawing relations, President Raul Castro has arrived in Moscow to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. It is the first time a Cuban leader visits Russia in 20 years.

The U.S. House of Representative has defeated the bill that would delay the national digital TV transition to June 12. The DTV transition will continue as scheduled on February 17 unless a new vote takes place in the coming weeks.

Russians is wildin': A week after an African-American teen was stabbed in a racially-motivated assault, an Asian migrant worker was decapitated in an attack by a Russian anti-immigration group. The Militant Organization of Russian Nationalists warned government officials the "same will happen to them if they do not stop the flow of immigration.”

Russian warships arrived in Venezuela to perform joint exercises with the South American country's navy. The exercises will begin today, the first day of Russian President Dimitry Medvedev's scheduled two-day visit with Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.

Russian government officials are reportedly "envious" of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who recently traveled to Cuba and South America to strengthen China's economic ties with the Latin American countries.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says he wants to develop a nuclear program with the help of Russia: "We certainly are interested in developing nuclear energy, for peaceful ends of course, for medical purposes and to generate electricity."

In an effort to protect Venezuela from what he calls the "North American empire," President Hugo Chávez proposed a military alliance with Russia: "If Russia's armed forces want to be present in Venezuela, they will be given a warm welcome."

At least 12 Russian concert-goers were blinded by a laser light show at an outdoor rave in Moscow. Russian newspaper Kommersant quoted a doctor as saying: "They all have retinal burns, scarring is visible on them. Loss of vision in individual cases is as high as 80 percent, and regaining it is already impossible."