­Peter Schiff is one of the few non-biased investment advisors (not committed solely to the short side of the market) to have correctly called the current bear market before it began and to have positioned his clients accordingly. As a result of his accurate forecasts on the US stock market, economy, real estate, the mortgage meltdown, credit crunch, subprime debacle, commodities, gold and the dollar, he has become increasingly more renowned.

What’s happening five minutes before the correspondent goes live on air? What’s going on at top-level gatherings when the camera light turns off? What’s the biggest challenge journos have to face when at work? RT correspondents unveil the mystery of news journalism from behind-the-scenes in their shared blog.

He's called NameNotFound for a reason.

It's because he does not have a name.

Come to think of it, he does not have a physical body…

…therefore becoming non-eligible for gender denomination.

Oh, cut the c*@#!!!

NameNotFound is a collective op-ed page run by several veteran news reporters who, between themselves, have covered pretty much every big news story there’s been in the last twenty-something years – from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Obama election.

It's edgy and a bit condescending, just like you would expect from news veterans.

But unlike many couch-potato theoreticians, NameNotFound have seen the world change with their own eyes – and are not shy about share their musings with you…

Mr. Strokan hosts “Red Line”, a weekly analytical program broadcast by The Voice of Russia in New York City.

He is the author of three poetry collections, a winner of the Maximilian Voloshin International Literary Award (2010) and a member of Union of Russian Writers.

Ilana Mercer is a classical liberal writer, based in the United States. She pens WND.COM's longest-standing, exclusive paleolibertarian column, "Return to Reason." Ilana is a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies. She is the author of "Into the Cannibal's Pot: Lessons For America From Post-Apartheid South Africa.""The titular tease," she explains in the book, "is meant as a metaphor and is inspired by Ayn Rand's wise counsel against prostrating civilization to savagery." ILANA has written for many publications, among them TheFinancial Post, TheGlobe and Mail (Canada's National Newspapers), TheCalgary Herald, TheVancouver Sun, The Ottawa Citizen,London's Jewish Chronicle and Quarterly Review, The American Spectator, The American Conservative, The New Individualist, TheOrange County Register, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, LewRockwell.com, Antiwar.com, and others. Ilana's website is www.IlanaMercer.com. She blogs at www.barelyablog.com

A Sydneysider missing the beach, Sandy Higgs performed comedy in more than 3 living rooms before being exiled to Moscow for crimes against humor.

There's no particular point to this column, except hopefully to add a little levity to some otherwise serious subjects. The title "The Lowest Form" is supposed to be completed as "the lowest form of wit", referring to sarcasm. However, the reader may elect to change the last words to "of life", or whatever takes his/her fancy.

Oleg Dmitriev is a Training Director with RT and a Professor at Moscow State Linguistic University. Prior to RT he has done a great number of projects with Russian journalists in the regions – from Kaliningrad in the west to Vladivostok in the Far East. He shares the unforgettable moments of his trips with RT readers.

Before joining RT’s Internet team in 2007, Dmitry Gorshkov used to be one of the leading authors of the Russian version of Total Film magazine.

He never washes his right hand after it was shaken by the likes of James Cameron and Danny Boyle.

He got movie addicted in his early childhood after experiencing Star Wars, Predator and Robocop and is still unable to handle the disease.

Besides watching two or three films a day, he can boast some inside knowledge of moviemaking, being the author of several scripts for feature and short films (and even acting in some of them).

It’s hard to believe, but he’s also a Ph.D., after undertaking massive research on the history of the antiquarian and second-hand book trade in Great Britain.

If he’s not in the cinema, he may be spotted reading some modern authors, listening to alternative music, playing football, supporting second division side Torpedo Moscow or sleeping.

Dmitry Gorshkov’s Column is aimed at providing a Russian look at Hollywood movies, as well as revealing some facts about how films are made here in Russia.

Born in one of the most controversial places on Earth into the family of architects, I've always been attracted to the beauty of urban life in all aspects, including art, entertainment and fashion. 

My personal interest in the history of the 20th century, its art, cinema, literature and style is now finding an outlet in the form of a blog, in which I’ll try to bring the most interesting facts about the evolution of forms, tastes and style during the Soviet period in the history of Russia.Since joining RT, I’ve been covering art and culture events, which appealed most to my personal interests. These include music, painting, photography, theater and even extreme sports (snowboarding and wakeboarding). Living in a crazy place like Moscow, only irony and sarcasm help me survive with some sanity.

Nadezhda Kevorkova managed to break through the Gaza blockade. She entered the Strip through the Rafah Crossing from Egypt, and returned. She was quick too; it only took her two trips from Cairo to Rafah. Hundreds of Palestinians, doctors from Jordan couldn’t make it to Gaza during the same days.

She spent nine days in Gaza. She traveled the entire Palestinian enclave and met with representatives of various professions, political groups and ages. The lives of doctors, teachers, fishermen, tunnel diggers, salesmen, widows, orphans, farmers, students, unemployed, builders and Christians in Gaza – this is what these Gaza Strip notes are about.Nadezhda Kevorkova has worked in the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan as a reporter for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the Novaya Gazeta and the Gazeta. She has also worked for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta as a reporter in the US.

­Russian, and especially Cold War Soviet, stereotypes are alive and well in the English-language media. Often, in order to be published, stories about Russia need one or all of the following elements: beautiful women, alcohol, spies, corruption, Putin’s machismo, the weather and bears. There are occasional stories involving particularly bizarre crimes, and sometimes even politics, but the other elements are far more commonly addressed.

From the biggest country in the world (and in Europe and in Asia), based in the biggest city in Europe, Sandy Higgs takes a light-hearted look at how Russia is being portrayed in various international media, many of which do not even have a correspondent in this region.

Since joining RT’s Internet Site Group in 2006, Aleksey Kiselev-Romanov has tried many times to get away, but RT has always drawn him back like a magnet. The latest attempt went wrong when the master in international relations tried to dedicate his life to working in the Russian Foreign Ministry. However, he didn’t feel aggrieved long, as a Western African country he had been meant to go to was ridden with a civil war, and only France’s and the UN’s “humanitarian invasion” could put an end to the crisis. Well, at least the smarty pants in Paris and New York thought so. After all the wanderings, Aleksey quite reasonably decided that there is no safer place in the world, than RT’s Sports team.

The author genuinely believes that his column, dubbed “In search of scapegoats”, will become the pinnacle of his RT career. It aims to shed more light on the issues worth mentioning in the world of balls, pucks, seconds and points, but which, for some reason, are left unnoticed by other media.

Attention! When reading it, remember – the author may be harsh in judging, which is sometimes at odds with his own opinion.