Cossacks News

Saint Petersburg - Donald Trump is not only president-elect of the United States but he has been made an honorary Russian Cossack. Trump and his entire family have been invited to attend a welcoming ceremony by Idris Cossack leader, Ataman Andrey Polyakov.

Sochi - Cossack militia attacked the Pussy Riot punk group with horsewhips as they staged a performance under an advertisement for the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Moscow - Famed Russian Cossacks are to be deployed on Moscow's city streets to patrol against illegal vendors. Their glamorous image will be somewhat tarnished by the necessity of hopping onto public buses rather than riding on horseback.