Putin and Abe agree on joint economic activities on Southern Kurils
On the first day of the Russia-Japan summit in the town of Nagato, Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin agreed on the text of a statement about joint economic activities on the Southern Kuril Islands, which...
View ArticleBattle for art: Crowds flock to Moscow gallery for Vatican exhibition
People lined the streets outside the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow on Dec. 15 to buy tickets for an art exhibition entitled "Roma Aeterna: Masterpieces of the Vatican Pinacotheca. Bellini, Raphael,...
View ArticleCourt arrests 10 land plots in Smolensk region of ex-economy minister
Moscow's Basmanny District Court imposed a conservatory attachment on 10 land plots and a house in Smolensk region that belong to ex-Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, the court’s...
View ArticleRussia, Japan consider 'co-residence' for citizens on Southern Kurils
Following a two-day summit in Japan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe elaborated on their new approach to solving the Southern Kurils territorial dispute. Putin...
View ArticleRepresentatives of 12 Russian companies to monitor oil production reduction
Representatives of 12 oil companies will form a working group to monitor implementation of agreements on oil production reduction in the first half of 2017, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak...
View ArticleMoscow court cancels seizure of WADA informer Rodchenkov’s property
The Moscow City Court has ruled to cancel the seizure of property belonging to former head of the Moscow Anti-Doping Laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov accused of power abuse, a TASS correspondent reports...
View ArticlePushkin Institute opens Russia center in U.S.
A dedicated center for popularizing the Russian language has been opened in Washington D.C., according to an agreement signed on Dec. 15 between Russia's Pushkin State Russian Language Institute and...
View Article10 little-known facts about Wassily Kandinsky
1. He trained as a lawyer Before devoting himself completely to art, Kandinsky complied with his parents’ wishes and studied law at Moscow State University. He graduated in 1893 and taught law at the...
View ArticleRussia's tech infrastructure scrutinized by international agency
"One of our students developed a material that produces toys twice cheaper than in China," said Oleg Revin, director of the Captain Russia business accelerator at Plekhanov University in Moscow....
View ArticleSberbank mulls launch of national e-commerce system in Russia
Sberbank of Russia, the country's largest banking institution,is planning to set up what it describes as a national e-commerce ecosystem with the use of its own resources and infrastructure. The system...
View ArticleReconciliation center completes evacuation from Aleppo
Russia’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria has completed the operation to pull out militants and their family members from eastern areas of Aleppo, all women and children have been...
View Article600 km on foot across Kamchatka: How to see what tourists aren't shown
Click on the map to check Kamchatka's gems off the beaten path Bystrinsky Park is the largest and the least visited sanctuary in Kamchatka. It is best known for its reindeer breeders, who live and work...
View ArticleThe future about the future: Russian children reimagine Moscow-2025
The first known plan of Moscow appeared in 1596-97 during the reign of Boris Godunov. Since then, Moscow has steadily increased in size, and not so long ago, in 2012, the city swallowed up a huge chunk...
View ArticleRussia to appeal as Dutch court orders return of Scythian gold to Ukraine
A court in Amsterdam has ruled that 500 Scythian gold artifacts loaned from a collection in Crimea to a Dutch museum prior to Russia’s takeover of the peninsula in 2014 should be returned to Ukraine,...
View ArticlePamela Anderson says will ‘gladly’ get Russian citizenship
Hollywood star and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson said on Dec. 16 she could be interested in obtaining Russian citizenship. "I have a Canadian passport and an American passport. I would gladly...
View ArticleWhy does the U.S. need Russian military digital cameras?
The United States has unexpectedly softened its sanctions against Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, but not in order to make life easier for Russian weapon producers. Washington apparently...
View ArticleWhat really happened at the Russia-Japan “no-tie” summit in Nagato
After a two-day summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to restore “2+2” consultations of foreign and defense ministers, executed a flurry of bilateral...
View ArticleAndrei Konchalovsky's 'Paradise' nominated for an Oscar
Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's film Paradise has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film is about World War II and the Holocaust. The plot...
View ArticleSt. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery: Resurrecting a great spiritual landmark
Photographs by William Brumfield Of the hundreds of revived monasteries in Russia, none has a more idyllic location than that associated with St. Nilus Stolobensky. Located on a small island in Lake...
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