Учить, учить и еще учить.
Please excuse if show my noobness, but here are some of the sites I use a lot or have a thousand links that eventually lead to something worthwhile.
Google bucknell russian. That guide rocks. for more indepth buy the schaum's guide.
www.euronews.com has news items in a multitude of language with accompanying video. (ci, even in French)
:D
after a few years of struggling, I've realized that there is no easy way and you just have sit and write all those wacko things over and over again. To spice it and keep me from going insane with, I sit and make all the grammar ticks on stuff that I find interesting.
http://www.mn.ru/
has some whacko comments sometimes.
And if you want something a little risque'
www.removed-cause-people-didn't-like-it.com
Hope that wasn't a waste.
caio.