Turkey and Russia agree on Syria ceasefire
Turkey and Russia have reached an agreement on the plan of a comprehensive ceasefire in Syria, the Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Dec. 28. The agreement envisages establishing...
View ArticleRussian armed forces 14% stronger in 2016 – Defense Minister Shoigu
The combat potential of the Russian armed forces increased by 14 percent in 2016, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin during the end-of-the year defense meeting...
View ArticleAnother flight recorder of Tu-154 recovered from seabed near Sochi
Another flight recorder of the ill-fortunate Tupolev-154 that crashed near Sochi has been recovered from the seabed. "The second flight recorder of the Tupolev-154 plane was spotted and recovered less...
View ArticleBrighter prospects lure international investors back to Russian market
Since the beginning of November international investors have been increasing their investments in the Russian stock market. According to Citibank (which has based its calculation on the Emerging...
View ArticleHired hands: The foreign artists the Romanovs lured to Russia
Architecture The custom of inviting foreign architects to Russia has existed for a long time. Italian Aristotele Fioravanti, for example, built the Dormition Cathedral in the Kremlin in 1475-77. But it...
View ArticleWhy has a Moscow restaurant been named after Stalin’s secret service?
There is a portrait of Stalin in dress uniform hanging above the electric fireplace. The menus are decorated with a hammer and sickle and the name of the place, NKVD. A waiter, dressed in a soldier’s...
View ArticleRussia ‘in contact’ with Turkey on possible Astana meeting on Syria
Russia and Turkey are in constant contact on the possible talks on the Syrian settlement in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Dec. 28. "Indeed, constant...
View ArticleKremlin doubts plausibility of RUSADA chief’s remarks with New York Times
Moscow believes that a recent statement by Anna Antselovich, the acting head of the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA), in her interview with the New York Times cannot be taken at face value, Russian...
View ArticleEuropean Court suspends EC ruling to expand Gazprom access to Opal pipeline
The European Court has suspended the European Commission's (EC) Oct. 28 decision to expand Gazprom's access to the Opal pipeline, which links its Nord Stream pipeline with the Czech Republic and...
View ArticleRussia signs cobalt isotope supply contract to Canada’s Nordion until 2034
Rosenergoatom affiliated with Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom signed a long-term contract for supply of cobalt-60 isotope with Canadian medical company Nordion until 2034, press service...
View ArticleGorky Park’s retro heritage
In her book Celebration is Always with Us, Gorky Park's first director Betti Glan writes that in 1931, the park became the first one in the world to have its attractions work through the winter. That...
View ArticleMoscow is ready for 2017: Holiday mood in photos and Russian songs
TASS Extravagant Christmas trees, lights, arches, decorated subway trains, New Year street shows, and the sparkling Red Square are all set for the coming New Year and Christmas, which in Russia is...
View ArticleKissinger could help Trump reconcile with Kremlin
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger could become a mediator between Moscow and Washington after the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, according to German newspaper Bild. The...
View ArticleSochi plane crash: Black box data indicates possible problems with flaps
New information is beginning to emerge about the fate of the Russian military aircraft that crashed into the Black Sea on Dec. 25, killing all 92 on board, following the recovery of one of the plane’s...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: Primorsky Aquarium
A walrus in a tank at the Primorsky Aquarium of the Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, on Russky Island, Vladivostok, Russia.
View ArticleGuests from space: 6 large meteorites that fell in Russia's Far East
On December 6, a meteorite fell in the Sayanogorsk district in the Republic of Khakassia. According to preliminary reports, the celestial body was about 32-50 feet in diameter and it had either a rocky...
View ArticleWhere to find the real Russian food in Moscow
Click on the map to check out our guide Restaurants and cafés Syrniki. Photo courtesy: Odesa-mama restaurant Our main tip for restaurants serving traditional Russian food applies to all kinds of...
View ArticleMajor search effort in Black Sea waters after Tu-154 crash completed
Read more: Tape of third black box from Tu-154 plane deformed The major search operation in the Black Sea waters after the crash of the Tu-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry has been completed,...
View ArticleTape of third black box from Tu-154 plane deformed
The tape of the third flight data recorder from the Tu-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry has been deformed but it may be partly deciphered, a law enforcement source told TASS on Dec. 29. "The...
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