Christmas magic: Russian musician plays untouchable music
Have you ever imagined playing music without actually touching the musical instrument? Seems futuristic, but in fact an instrument like that was invented almost 100 years ago by Russian physicist Leon...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: Ice Fantasy in St. Petersburg
A man attends the Ice Fantasy annual festival of ice sculptures at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
View ArticleThe Nutcracker: 10 facts about Russia’s most magical ballet
1. A government bureaucrat had the idea of making The Nutcracker into a ballet at the end of the 19th Century Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the director of the Imperial Theaters in St. Petersburg, first thought...
View ArticleRussian sailor posts photos of fantastic beasts caught in the sea
Russian sailor Roman Fedortsov from Murmansk works on a fishing trawler. Bizarre fish caught in the Barents Sea are captured in photos and tweeted by Roman. Roman often replies to comments and posts...
View ArticlePM: Questions on global matters to Putin dispel myths of Russia’s isolation
Multiple questions on the situation in the world addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual news conference demonstrates increasing attention to Russia’s role in resolving global...
View ArticleRussian Airborne Troops to get 30 new infantry fighting vehicles
Russian Airborne Troops will receive a battalion set of modern infantry fighting vehicles (BMDs), the Russian Defense Ministry's press service said on Dec. 24. "A battalion set of modern BMD-4M will be...
View ArticleRussia returns lost positions by expanding Navy base in Syria - source
Russia returns lost positions and ensures presence in the Middle East by expanding the Navy base in Syria’s Tartus, Andrey Krasov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma’s Defense Committee, told...
View ArticleHow the Votes survive: A disappearing ethnic group in the Leningrad Region
The festival is held on a clearing in the woods near the village of Luzhitsy in the Leningrad Region. The locals put on traditional costumes: Women put wreaths on their heads and wear red sarafans...
View ArticleRussia calls 'cynicism' taking down of the Soviet monument in Poland
Russia's Foreign Ministry called "another act of demonstrative cynicism" the taking down of the Gratitude Monument in Poland's Lancut, commemorating heroism of the Soviet military, who liberated Poland...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: Father Frost in Siberia
A man dressed as Ded Moroz (Father Frost, Russian equivalent of Santa Claus), sits by the fire with a reindeer Yakut, marking winter solstice at the Royev Ruchey Park of Flora and Fauna in the Siberian...
View ArticleNo survivors in Tu-154 plane crash near Sochi - Defense Ministry
A Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 aircraft en route to Syria crashed into the Black Sea early on Dec. 25. Reports on the number of passengers vary. At the moment all is known is that there were 68...
View ArticleMonday declared day of mourning following Tu-154 crash near Sochi
20:04 Moscow time: 'We never know whether we come back alive, because the war is hell on earth' Revered Dr. Liza listed on fatal flight https://t.co/1xpwqq3Pth pic.twitter.com/SAQ3LcO53s — RT...
View ArticleWhat caused the Tu-154 crash?
A Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 aircraft en route to Syria crashed into the Black Sea early on Dec. 25 some one mile off the coast near Sochi. Reports on the number and identity of passengers vary....
View ArticleWhy the Philippines is moving into Russia’s arms
One of the weakest military forces in Southeast Asia is looking towards Russia to beef up its defense. After being denied weapons – and criticized in the U.S. media – for his take-no-prisoners policy...
View ArticleFour possible consequences of the McLaren Report
1. Federations are free to impose any sanctions Richard McLaren, who headed the WADA independent commission, did not name any of the more than 1,000 Russian athletes who according to his research were...
View ArticleKadyrov names children’s hospital in Grozny after late Dr. Lisa
A republican hospital for children in Chechnya’s capital of Grozny has been named after late Elizaveta Glinka, known as Dr. Liza, who died in a plane crash near Russia’s Sochi on Dec. 25, Chechen...
View ArticleAmericans lay flowers expressing condolences over Russia’s Tu-154 tragedy
Citizens of the United States bring flowers to the Russian Embassy in Washington expressing their condolences for victims of Tu-154 passenger aircraft crash near the resort city of Sochi on Dec. 25....
View ArticleRussia mourns 92 victims of Tu-154 passenger jet tragedy near Sochi
Russia is observing on Dec. 26 a nationwide day of mourning in remembrance of 92 people, who died in a passenger aircraft crash near the resort city of Sochi in the early hours of Dec. 25. All national...
View ArticleSochi plane crash: What is the Alexandrov Military Ensemble?
The members of the Alexandrov military choir that were killed in the Dec. 25 plane crash near Sochi were on their way to Syria to give a New Year performance for residents of Aleppo following the...
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