Where 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 ArticleMoscow resident hit with a $57,000 bill for parking
Moscow resident Andrey Villevald was shocked to get a 3,379,800 rubles bill ($57,000) for parking his car at Sheremetyevo Airport. He wrote about this incident on the VKontakte social network on Jan....
View ArticleResumption of flights from Russia to Egypt is 'matter of near future'
Resumption of charter flights from Russia to Egyptian resorts is a matter of near future, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov told reporters. "As for resumption of charter flights to the destinations...
View ArticleWas C-SPAN hacked by devious Russians?
Audiences tuning into C-SPAN, which provides live TV broadcasts of speeches by U.S. politicians, instead found themselves watching Russia Today (RT) for almost 10 minutes. C-SPAN called the problem an...
View ArticleNumber of the week: Visiting Vatican exhibition is huge hit in Moscow
The exhibition, "Roma Aeterna: Masterpieces of the Vatican Pinacotheca. Bellini, Raphael, Caravaggio," at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow is sold out for the remainder of its duration, said the...
View ArticleCurrent system of oil industry's taxation should not change - Minister
The current system of the oil industry's taxation should not change a lot, as it provides for the sector's stability, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin told the Gaidar Forum on Jan. 15....
View ArticleRussia's Kamaz-Master team wins trucks Dakar race
A crew of the Russian Kamaz-Master team led by Eduard Nikolayev won the trucks Dakar rally-marathon on Jan. 14. For Nikolayev, 32, this is the second Dakar victory after 2013. The team wins 14th...
View ArticleRussia: international organizations offer no assistance to Aleppo civilians
Russia’s Defense Ministry is surprised by a lack of assistance to civilians in Aleppo from international organizations, though the city has been liberated from militants for a month already, spokesman...
View ArticleRussians are among top 10 wealthiest buyers of property in Dubai
Russians are on the Top 10 list of citizens from the states outside the Middle East who made biggest investments in real estate in the Dubai Emirate, UAE, in 2016, according to a report released by the...
View ArticleRussian, British actors perform in Gift of Life charity concert in London
British movie star Ralph Fiennes and Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave together with Russian actresses Chulpan Khamatova and Dina Korzun performed in a charity concert at the Royal Festival Hall...
View ArticleRussian woman racer receives Dakar medal for 2nd position
Organizers of the Dakar Rally awarded Russian racer Anastasiya Nifontova with a medal for the second position among women in a category. The first Russian woman racer at Dakar told TASS on Jan. 15...
View ArticleRussia’s Pavlichenko wins luge World Cup in Latvia
Russia’s Semen Pavlichenko has won the World Cup in Latvia’s Sigulda with the result of 1 minute 35.715 seconds. Russia’s Roman Repilov was the second, and the third position is taken by Austria’s...
View ArticleRussian embassy in UK denies info that Putin to meet Trump in Reykjavik
A diplomatic source at the Russian embassy in the UK disavowed the information published on Jan. 15 in the UK’s Sunday Times announcing the desire of the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to have a...
View ArticleRussia's Security Council hopes for progress in Russia-U.S. cooperation
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev hopes for progress in cooperation between Russia and the U.S. in fighting terrorism in 2017. "Unfortunately, the Barack Obama administration...
View ArticleRussian and American pilots fly dangerously close in Syrian skies
Russian pilots pose a threat to the U.S. Air Force in Syria, said Brigadier General Charles Corcoran, commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing that flies stealth fighters, in an interview with The...
View ArticleWill 2017 be a revolutionary year for driverless technology?
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation introduced recommendations to accelerate the implementation of autonomous technologies. According to the Moscow-based International Center for Robotics...
View ArticleTrump calls for nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview with Bild and The Times newspapers he wants to reach a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia in return for easing the West’s sanctions against...
View ArticleAustrian ambassador: Cooperation with Russia necessary for peace in Europe
Peace in Europe is only possible if European countries cooperate with Russia instead of opposing it, Austrian Ambassador to Russia Emil Brix said ahead of Austria’s Foreign Minister and current OSCE...
View ArticleRussia and China vow action against U.S. ABM plans on Korean Peninsula
On Jan. 12, Russian and Chinese deputy foreign ministers agreed to maintain a strategic balance of forces in Northeast Asia and to jointly counter the U.S. missile defense system, THAAD, which will be...
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