Kremlin says it would welcome Kissinger’s role in Russia-U.S. discussions
The Kremlin considers former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as one of the wisest politicians possessing profound knowledge in Russia-U.S. relations, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry...
View ArticleThree more fragments of crashed Tu-154 found
Three more fragments of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Tu-154 plane that crashed in the Black Sea near Sochi have been found, the Russian defense ministry said on Dec. 27. "Bathyscaphes from the...
View ArticlePutin gives start to gas supplies to Crimea from continental Russia
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has given start to new gas supplies to Crimea from continental Russia on Tuesday, the President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Dec. 27. The launch of the...
View ArticleMonth in Russian kitchen: More Christmas fairs and sweet honey
Christmas fair on Moscow square Russian Kitchen: Christmas DinnerAs Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7 — and the country takes the first 10 days of the year off as official...
View ArticleProkofiev’s 'Romeo & Juliet' to be performed in London
The musicians from Perm orchestra MusicAeterna will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s iconic Romeo & Juliet under the direction of their renowned conductor Teodor Currentzis. The concert will be held on...
View ArticleU.S. Congress places Russia third in global arms trade
The U.S. Congress has named the 2015 leaders in the global arms trade: in first place is the U.S., which sold $40 billion worth of weapons; in second place is France, with total sales of $15 billion....
View ArticleSource: Tu-154 was trying to make a right turn seconds before the disaster
The Russian Defense Ministry’s Tu-154 plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Dec. 25 was trying to make a right turn seconds before the disaster. It was flying at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour...
View ArticleRussia ready to build relations with NATO on principle of equality
Russia is open for building relations with NATO but will take into account NATO’s readiness for equal partnership, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a report summing up the 2016 foreign policy...
View Article5 Russian films that captured the world's imagination
Battleship Potemkin (1925) It is hard to imagine that this recognized pinnacle not only of Soviet but of world cinema (on the leading film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the movie has the highest...
View ArticleHow could Russian-NATO relations break down in 2017?
The Council on Foreign Relations, a U.S. NGO and research center, has published a report naming a possible conflict between Russia and NATO as first in the category of threats for the coming year whose...
View ArticleSochi plane crash: Tu-154 descended immediately after take-off – witness
The flight recorder from the Tu-154 military plane that crashed into the Black Sea shortly after take-off on Dec. 25, killing all 92 on board, has been sent to Moscow for decryption, according to the...
View Article4 fashion tech startups from Russia to help you dress for tomorrow
The fashion-startup industry in Russia is less than a year old, but according to the accelerator GenerationS nearly 200 startups are already active in this sector. "This number is a lot for a market...
View ArticleTwo more bodies found at Tu-154 plane crash site in Black Sea
Divers have found and pulled from the water two more bodies of the victims killed in the Tu-154 plane crash in the Black Sea, the search operation headquarters told TASS on Dec. 28. "Two more bodies...
View ArticleRussian sappers demine nearly 1,000 hectares in east Aleppo
Russian sappers have cleared 966 hectares in eastern Aleppo from mines since the start of the humanitarian demining operation, the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria said in a...
View ArticleS7 Group becomes owner of Sea Launch platform
Russia’s S7 group of companies has signed final documents to become owner of the Sea Launch space platform, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Dec. 28 citing the launch site’s previous owner. "S7 has...
View Article'Crime and Punishment' 150 years on
In August 1865, Gerasim Chistov, a merchant’s son and schismatic, was accused of killing two old women in order to rob their mistress. The apartment was strewn with items, and gold jewelry had been...
View ArticleWhat do you need to know about the Russian winter?
It does get cold in winter here. In the European part of Russia, temperatures consistently remain at minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and in some parts of the country they plunge to far...
View ArticleA man of the city and tundra: A day in the life of Alyu, a Nganasan
The seven-decade experiment that was the USSR brought about drastic changes to the traditional way of life of the indigenous nations of northern Siberia. Today, modern descendants of the nomads live...
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