MCHS.GOV.RU: 18 and 19 June charitable hockey matches “Battles on ice” took place in New York sports complex Aviator Sports and Event Center. read more

IIHF: NEW YORK – Valery Kamensky was undergoing a pre-season physical at the Dallas Stars training camp on Sept. 11, 2001 when he heard the shocking news that two planes had crashed into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Centre. read more

RIA NOVOSTI: Russia’s preeminent fashion designer Slava Zaitsev has brought his winter 2011-2012 collection to New York. The public was overwhelmed by a riot of color a la Russe with a Tartar hint, kaftans, valenki felt boots and dresses made from Pavlovo-Posad shawls. read more

NEW YORK NEAR SAY.COM: The National Arts Club is holding a special exhibit featuring quilts from two separte cultures called  Pieced Together; Moscow Meets Harlem, the New York Daily News reports. read more

MEET RAF’S NLSI-Y Russian American Heritage Experience participant Anna, NYC Brooklyn (Stuyvesant High School). Video.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Skating in a game against the Russians at age 60 is a risk, but it’s still safer than skating in the NHL today. read more

THE BROOKLYN PAPER: Dem fightin’ words will be flying across the ice like a runaway Zamboni this weekend when New York smoke-eaters and their counterparts from Russia lace up their skates for a friendlier version of the Cold War at the Aviator Sports and Events Center, where the “Battles On Ice” exhibition ice hockey tournament will usher in Russian Heritage Week. read more

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: The hockey match 31 years ago between Russia and the United States in Lake Placid was played amid great international tension. This weekend the rivalry will be renewed with much different national and personal implications. These Battles on Ice are all about friendship, charity and coming together to remember those lost 10 years ago on 9/11. read more

THE HOLLYWOOD STORY.COM: Irina Shayk is honored at the 2011 Russian Heritage Festival at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday (June 9) in New York City. read more

NEW YORK POST: Irina Shayk attends the 9th annual Russian Heritage Festival at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. read more