How to travel from visa-free Belarus to Russia?
Belarus is introducing visa-free entry for citizens from 80 countries, including the U.S. and all European Union nations. It will be possible to remain in the country without a visa for five days. The...
View ArticleWhy Russia built the Trans-Siberian Railway
RBTH have compiled a list of the most popular online search queries related to Russia. In a series of articles titled ‘Why Russia’ we'll answer each and every question. By 1890, the European part of...
View ArticleIPC declines Russia naming Paralympians mentioned in McLaren report
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) declined the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) naming the country’s athletes, who have been mentioned in the infamous McLaren report, a statement from the...
View ArticleThe number of travelers to St. Petersburg surpasses residents
The number of permanent residents in St. Petersburg in 2016 was less than the annual number of tourists, writes the daily newspaper, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, citing the City Committee of Tourism. In 2016,...
View ArticleDiscovering the port city of Murmansk
Source: Maria Stambler Murmansk, or “Monamourmansk” as the locals affectionately refer to it, was the last city to be founded by the Russian Empire but, nonetheless, it has a very turbulent and...
View ArticleRussian-born scientist awarded world's most prestigious prize in medicine
Immunologist Alexander Rudensky, a Moscow University professor who now lives in New York City, has won the 2017 Crafoord Prize. He shares this honor with Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University in Japan,...
View ArticleRussia to develop precision-guided conventional weapons forces
Maintaining current levels of military security is Russia's primary goal, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu during a lecture at the Army and Society training seminar in Moscow on Jan. 12. Shoygu...
View ArticleHow I became a shaman: Stories from the lives of Khakassian khams
Due to their beliefs, the heroes of this story cannot be photographed. Pictured here are other Siberian shamans. I am personally acquainted with a few Khakassian shamans who live in Abakan, the...
View ArticleTillerson to pass Senate without Russian policy commitment, says analyst
During the confirmation hearing on Jan. 11 for the U.S. Secretary of State, members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for...
View ArticleOver 70 Tu-154 crash victims identified
DNA testing experts have identified more than 70 victims of the crash of Tu-154 aircraft operated by the Russian Defense Ministry over the Black Sea, some sources in the Forensic Medical Examination...
View ArticleDoubt over U.S. access to Turkish air base threatens NATO's power
U.S.-Turkish relations now face their most difficult period in years, and it seems Ankara and Washington have exhausted their strategic partnership in the form of efforts to contain Russia, and to...
View ArticleWhy China launched a freight train to London via Kazakhstan and Russia
In the beginning of 2017, China launched yet another railway freight route to Europe. The new route connects the city of Yiwu in eastern Zhejiang province with London, making it the longest railway...
View ArticleVolunteers in Moscow save stray animals from a frosty fate
Natalia Chekina, a volunteer at the Shcherbinka shelter in Moscow, answers yet another phone call from residents of the Novye Cheremushki district. "They don't want to leave a dog freezing in the...
View ArticleRussian historical blockbuster Viking sold to over 60 countries
Distribution rights to the Russian historical blockbuster ‘Viking’ have been sold to more than 60 countries, the press service of Channel One TV told TASS on Jan. 13. The $20 million film will be...
View ArticleDiplomat: Time for ‘reset’ in Russia-NATO relations
The relations between Russia and NATO need a ‘joint review’ of approaches to countering present-day threats, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov told TASS on Jan. 13. "In my view, three...
View ArticleWhat the Russian Orthodox Church can teach the West
Talking in his study - a book-lined room dotted with gold-backed icons in Cambridge University's medieval Magdalene College, where he is currently Master, Williams speaks of the influence Russia has...
View ArticleRussian astronomer discovers new comet with telescope in Australia
Russian astronomer and researcher at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics Leonid Elenin has discovered a new comet with a telescope in Australia and the automated observatory remote control...
View ArticleTwo-day conference in the UK: Art Born in the Revolution
The Royal Academy of Arts, in association with the Courtauld Institute of Art, presents a two-day academic conference to coincide with the exhibition Revolution: Russian Art 1917–1932 for scholars,...
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