The stunt by founder of the social network Vkontakte Pavel Durov caused chaos among revelers celebrating St. Petersburg's 309th birthday Sunday. Founder of social media site Vkontakte Pavel Durov and colleagues threw paper airplanes with 5,000-ruble notes ($155) out the window of their St. Petersburg office, causing chaos among revelers celebrating the city's 309th birthday Sunday. Bloggers described the event online: "Just now Durov was throwing 5,000-ruble notes...

... Prokuror, RIA-Novosti reported. Russia ranked as the most dangerous country in the world in which to fly in 2011, with nine crashes claiming 140 lives, surpassing even the Democratic Republic of Congo for aircraft-related fatalities. The top reason for airplane crashes in Russia is errors made by airline personnel, which are to blame in 80 percent of cases, Glebova said. She said an investigation showed that pilots were flying who had not had the necessary training and that flight schools do not have...

... the licentiousness of modern-day pop culture. Though he lacks Murakami's name recognition, the work of Hiraki Sawa was the one that attracted the most interest on a recent visit. Sawa's dream-like video installation, "Dwelling," shows model airplanes taking flight in the most ordinary of household settings. Shot in black and white with a backdrop of doorknobs and dishwashers, it is an incredibly simple but visually enticing piece — whimsical but also unsettling because it seems so...

... Abramovich ditched the last manger, Andre Villas-Boas, in March. So is Chelsea the luckiest team in football? There are those who will argue that it is. Chelsea was the underdog and played like it, too. To borrow a phrase from Mourinho, Chelsea parked the airplane, letting the Germans come at them in waves and waiting for opportunities to counterattack. The victory may well have been the last big European hurrah for the nucleus of the team upon which Chelsea built a remarkable decade of success, with...

...," said Tom Chruszcz, a director at the ratings agency Fitch. President Vladimir Putin, who completed a job swap with former President Dmitry Medvedev to start a new six-year term last Monday, championed the development of the Superjet regional airplane during a previous stint as president. Analysts say Putin wants to revive the aerospace sector to demonstrate Moscow's industrial clout abroad and help project the Kremlin's authority to voters. Built by the former Soviet Union's largest warplane...