Siren’s Song – Anna Netrebko

Anna Netrebko – cover from her album, Sempre Libra

Stunning soprano and actress Anna Netrebko is currently hitting all the right notes while taking her career to euphoric new levels. The raven haired chanteuse can be seen as the female lead in the international smash hit feature film La Boheme as well as a star in the opening night slot of the new Fall season at St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre. Having consistently swept opera awards ceremonies worldwide, the smoldering Russian goddess with a golden voice is a true life Cinderella story, having come light years away from cleaning floors at the Mariinsky to performing there as a major star.

Fatal Beauty: Women in Russia’s Military

By Rollo Tomasi

Russia’s Military has during this century been on the cutting edge in the development and implementation of secret weapons little realized until today. These are armaments so deadly they played major parts in the overthrow of several oppressive regimes within Russia and were instrumental in twice bringing Germany to it’s knees.