‘Most extravagant’ Starbucks coffee sold in Russia
Russia tops the international “latte index,” according to research by the U.S. ValuePenguin company. Researchers analysed recent market data (from Jan. 2016) on the cost of a small ("tall") hot latte...
View Article5 most off-the-wall stagings of Russian literary works
1. Open air rock-opera Crime and Punishment During the summer of 2016 Londoners were treated to a great show. The classic novel Crime and Punishment, written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 150 years ago, was...
View ArticleRussian bombers flew over neutral waters along Aleutian Islands
Russia’s nuclear capable Tu-95 bombers escorted by Su-35 "Flanker" fighter jets performed routine flights over neutral waters of the Pacific Ocean along the Aleutian Islands on May 4, the Defense...
View ArticleOver 440 companies from 28 countries apply for MAKS 2017 aerospace show
More than 440 companies from 28 countries have filed applications for participation in the MAKS 2017 aerospace show, the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on Thursday upon the...
View ArticleEifman Ballet set to tour North America
The Boris Eifman Ballet Theater kicks off a new tour in the U.S. and Canada on May 11, and will perform in seven cities to celebrate its 40th anniversary, RIA Novosti reports. The tour includes the...
View ArticleHow Nicholas II, Stalin and Brezhnev relied on the supernatural
From time immemorial people with ‘supernatural’ powers were perceived to be a source of divine knowledge and power. In Russia, like everywhere else, such people offered paying patrons a glance into...
View ArticleFrom crude to caciotta: How one Russian opened an Italian cheese factory
Airat Akhmadullin, who hails from the small settlement of Karmaskaly in the Republic of Bashkortostan near the Ural Mountains, never thought he would produce Italian cheese on a commercial scale. He...
View ArticleIs the Yak-141 the 'father' of the F-35B?
When it comes to vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) military aircraft, which were first developed in the 1960s, few fighters have as much in common as the Soviet Yak-141 and the American F-35B. The...
View ArticleWhat type of aircraft will fly over Red Square?
Drawing by Stepan Zharky, Alena Repkina First in line will be the Mi-26, the world’s largest helicopter. It will be followed by a group of Mi-28N, Mi-35 and Ka-52 combat helicopters. The choppers will...
View ArticleWhat vehicles will be on view during the May 9 parade?
Drawing by Stepan Zharky, Alena Repkina This year, more than 100 military vehicles will pass through central Moscow. Among them will be T-90 tanks and the latest T-14 Armata, plus Msta-S self-propelled...
View ArticleBlacksmiths are mostly ‘lost’ for their families
Russian blacksmith Georgy Baranov tells RBTH why businessmen and IT specialists quit their jobs to enter one of the oldest and most unique professions.
View ArticleDeliciously sky-high: How to create a culinary masterpiece in the air?
The first SKY DELIGHT AWARDS onboard catering competition took place in Moscow, with international culinary gurus creating menus for the world's leading airlines, including Russia's Aeroflot. Source:...
View ArticleRostov’s most colorful church: From Prokudin-Gorsky to the present
At the beginning of the 20th century the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky invented a complex process for vivid, detailed color photography (see box text below). Inspired to use...
View ArticleRussia to create its own equivalent of a green-card
The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media (Minkomsvyaz) is working on an equivalent of a U.S. green-card, Izvestia newspaper reported on May 4. It will give highly qualified Russian...
View ArticleRussia becomes the 3rd most expensive place to buy an iPhone - study
Russia has become the third most expensive place in the world to buy an iPhone, Deutsche Bank said in an annual report that was released on May 3. The report, which compares prices of a wide range of...
View ArticlePoll: 76 percent of Russians to celebrate Victory Day in 2017
A recent survey conducted by the Levada Center shows that 76 percent of Russians plan to celebrate Victory Day (May 9). Interest in the holiday commemorating the anniversary of the end of Great...
View ArticleIn order to stop the Syrian war, country 'will have to be divided'
During talks in Astana on May 3 and 4, Moscow and its partners proposed introducing "de-escalation zones" in Syria which will be monitored by foreign peace-keeping contingents. The truce in Syria,...
View ArticlePutin and Erdogan don't agree on tomatoes
During talks in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Erdogan agreed to lift almost the restrictions on bilateral trade between the two countries, reported the TASS news...
View ArticleFrench St. Petersburg: Where the Neva looks like the Seine
St. Petersburg is a very French city. French architects designed its signature cathedrals and bridges. Thousands of their not-so-famous compatriots – tailors, hairdressers, perfumers, actors and...
View ArticleRussia: 27 Syrian field commanders accept de-escalation memorandum
Twenty-seven filed commanders of opposition groups in Syria have agreed to accept the terms of the memorandum on de-escalation zones, Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, a deputy chief of the main operation...
View ArticleFire in apartment house in Moscow injures 30
More than 30 people have been injured in a fire in a 40-story apartment house in southwestern Moscow, 11 of them were taken to hospitals, a source in the ambulance service told TASS on May 6. "A total...
View ArticleHope springs eternal: How psychic abilities are put to the test in Moscow
A man in latex gloves is neatly placing photographs of famous people on a table. He covers each photograph with a thick sheet of white paper and then shines a flashlight on them, to ensure that the...
View ArticleNearly 400.000 personnel to provide security during Victory Day celebration
More than 378,000 employees of various government agencies and services are involved in efforts to ensure security during Victory Day celebrations in Russia, the press service of the Russian...
View ArticleWhen every pass is blind
Sergei’s life changed abruptly at the age of eight, when an accident in his home village deprived him of his sight. “My parents were very worried. I stopped playing outside with my friends. I wasn’t...
View ArticleMore than 1.000 people take part in opposition rally in central Moscow
More than 1,000 people are taking part in an authorized opposition rally in central Moscow, the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Moscow Department told TASS on May 6. "About 1,000...
View ArticleRussia, U.S. confirm readiness to reinstate memorandum on air safety
Russia’s Chief of Staff General Valery Gerasimov and Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford confirmed in their phone conversation the readiness to reinstate the memorandum of...
View ArticleThe festivals of indigenous peoples: 3 ways to have summer fun in Siberia
1. The Mir Sibiri Festival: See all the peoples of Russia in one day Photo credit: Matthew Traver We’re on the road from Krasnoyarsk to Shushenskoye. Outside the windows of the bus, the plains have...
View ArticleImmortal Regiment march held in nearly 20 US cities
The Immortal Regiment march was held in almost two dozen cities in the United States on Saturday, with more than 4,000 people taking part in it, member of the Coordinating Council of Russian...
View ArticleMarina Loshak: Pushkin Museum wants to work with contemporary art
RBTH: Why did you choose Venice for presenting your project? Marina Loshak: We decided that our Moscow audience is already aware of our intention to work with contemporary art and our plan to introduce...
View Article5 weird gifts shipped abroad from Russians
Tourists visiting Russia normally bring back matryoshka dolls, fur-lined hats, artisan shawls, traditional boots, vodka, and caviar. However, Russians prefer to send far more obscure gifts to...
View ArticleTrade turnover between Russia, China grows by 26 percent in four months
Trade turnover between Russia and China increased by 26.2 percent in the first four months of the current year, to reach $24.73 billion, China’s customs department said in a report published on Monday....
View ArticleMore than courage: Russian WWII veterans remember the heat of battle
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View ArticlePutin visits former KGB representative to GDR on his 90th birthday
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited former KGB representative to the Ministry for State Security of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) Lazar Matveyev, who used to be his chief when Putin...
View ArticleLavrov and Tillerson to hold talks in Washington on May 10
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will have a meeting in Washington on Wednesday, May 10, with Ukraine, Syria and US-Russian relations to head the agenda,...
View ArticleWhy Russians hold the Victory Day Parade every year?
When sociologists ask Russians what they are most proud of in their country’s history, the most popular response for the last twenty years has been the victory in the Great Patriotic Warm, 1941-1945....
View ArticlePutin urges world community to unite in war on terror
Consolidation of the entire international community is needed to effectively fight terrorism and other threats, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the Victory Day parade on Red Square on May 9,...
View ArticleRussia cancels Victory Day air parade over Red Square due to bad weather
Russia’s combat planes won’t take part in the Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square due to unfavorable weather conditions, the Russian Defense Ministry said on May 9, TASS reports. "Due to the...
View ArticleTrump says allegations of collusion with Russia 'total hoax'
The allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia are a "total hoax," President of the United States wrote on his Twitter account on May 8, TASS reports. "The...
View ArticleVictory Day Parade in Moscow 2017
Both the historical, modern, and international parts of the parade will be commentated on by RBTH's own Tim Kirby. He will provide insight and explanation as to the meaning of the event and the...
View ArticleNarrow window to enter Moscow's hidden mansions
During May, Muscovites and visitors have a unique chance to see the "secret room" in Kitay Gorod, the halls of the old city council clerk and other splendid old manors from the inside. Many of the...
View ArticleWhat’s life like in an elite Russian Defense Ministry school for girls?
Sixth-grade pupils of the Russian Defense Ministry Boarding School for Girls. On the far left is Stasya Starozhuk. / Photo: Olga Ivanova Can your boarding school be described as an elite educational...
View ArticlePutin takes part in ‘Immortal Regiment’ march
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the ‘Immortal Regiment’ march in Moscow to commemorate those who fought or died in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in...
View Article12 Russian monuments to world literary characters
1. The Invisible Man slab in Yekaterinburg Source: Pavel Lisitsyn/RIA Novosti This slab is a tribute to H.G. Wells’ most popular character. It was installed deliberately, but there is another ad-hoc...
View ArticleAdvanced Russian weaponry rolls through Red Square in Victory Day parade
The parade on Red Square began with a speech by Vladimir Putin. In it, the Russian president stated that disunity among nations had caused the Second World War, but that victory over the “terrible...
View ArticleOver 1,500 Toronto residents march in the Immortal Regiment
Press photo The Immortal Regiment marched in Toronto on May 7, with more than 1,500 locals participating, said the event’s organizers, the Russian Congress of Canada. Participants walked along the...
View ArticleEight million people take to streets in Russia for Immortal Regiment events
The ‘Immortal Regiment’ events commemorating those who fought during the Second World War have united eight million people across Russia, twice more than last year’s marches, Interior Ministry...
View ArticleGRU, Alpha and Vympel: Russia’s most famous covert operators
The Russian Special Forces were created right after the end of the Second World War and have most been involved in covert operations worldwide. What started off as the Spetsnaz GRU (a part of the Main...
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