Why Russia will not write off Cambodia's $1.5 billion debt
It is not quite clear why Russia refrains from writing off the $1.5 billion in debt that it is owed by Cambodia, an informed source familiar with Moscow’s ASEAN policy-making told RBTH. The source...
View ArticlePutin offers condolences to Italian prime minister over deadly avalanche
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences to Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni over a deadly avalanche in the Abruzzo region. The condolence message has been published on the...
View ArticleThe 5 most anticipated Russian movies in 2017
1. Paradise This is the story of Helmut, a senior SS officer, who arrives at a concentration camp to investigate corruption allegations. There he runs into the love of his youth, an aristocratic...
View ArticleMoscow agrees with Trump struggle against Islamic State is priority
Russia agrees with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in that the struggle against the terrorist organization Islamic State is a priority and it hopes for effective international cooperation on the...
View ArticlePeskov: Big mistake to think Trump is 'our' man, he is 'America's'
Press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, considers it a big mistake to think the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is "our" man. "He is not our man, he is America's man," the press...
View ArticleSurviving on the streets: Stories from those that care for the homeless
A small minibus, a driver and doctor (both burly men in their 40s), two very young-looking girls (second-year students at Moscow State University), several warm jackets (donations from compassionate...
View ArticleKremlin: Syrian army keeps plans to liberate Palmyra from ISIS terrorists
The Syrian army is not abandoning plans to liberate Palmyra from terrorists of the Islamic State terrorist organization, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Jan. 20. "As far as we know, the Syrian...
View ArticleUkraine runs out of money to build wall on Russian border
The proposed Ukrainian border wall with Russia, which later was nicknamed the ‘European Wall,’ has been halted due to a lack of financing, reported (in Russian) the Ukrainian news agency, UNIAN, citing...
View ArticleAgreement: Russia may station 11 warships at Syria’s Tartus base
Russia may simultaneously station as many as 11 warships at the Tartus naval maintenance base in Syria, according to the relevant Russian-Syrian agreement posted on the official legal information web...
View ArticleRosturism to take part in The New York Times Travel Show 2017
Russian Federal Agency for Tourism to take part in The New York Times Travel Show 2017 and to showcase its travel destinations and FIFA World Cup 2018 host cities. Russia has always been an interesting...
View ArticleRussian experts ponder Trump's 'Superheroes squad' taking power
Who is Mr. Trump, and what does his presidency mean for Russian-American relations? These questions have been heatedly discussed by Russian experts of American affairs, as they scrutinize different...
View ArticleGetting to the bottom of Fleet Macaroni
In terms of popularity Fleet Macaroni gives way only to the acclaimed Olivier Salad or the holiday French-style Meat - pork or veal with potatoes and onions, covered by a think layer of cheese and...
View ArticleRussian expert: ISIS demolishes what is easiest to destroy in Palmyra
On Jan. 20, Syrian state television reported that militants from the Islamic State terrorist group had destroyed the facade of the Roman Theater and the Tetrapylon architecture complex in Palmyra. The...
View ArticleCIA declassifies archive that contains subversive Soviet humor
The CIA declassified a document containing a large collection of Soviet era jokes in English. The material was prepared for the CIA's deputy head of administration, but it’s not known why the jokes...
View ArticleFirefighters save 150 baby pigs from fiery death in Siberia
When a fire swept through a pig farm in the Tomsk Region, firefighters jumped into action and quickly rescued about 150 animals, reported the local Emergency Ministry office. Source: Ministry of...
View ArticleU.S. police release RT reporter detained during protests
Police in Washington, D.C. have released RT correspondent Alexander Rubinstein who was detained on Jan. 20 while covering protests amid the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, RT’s Alexey...
View ArticleHow Russia helped Indonesia annex Western New Guinea
Unlike the peaceful freedom struggles in British colonies that eventually gave way to the independence and the formation of new nation states, Indonesia had to fight the Netherlands in a four-year war...
View ArticlePutin to call Trump soon to greet him on taking office
Russia's President Vladimir Putin soon will make a call to the U.S. President Donald Trump to greet him on taking the office. "We expect, within a few days President Putin will make a call to President...
View ArticleSix facts about St. Petersburg's least-known cathedral
1. Built for the czar's elite guard In the mid-18th century the site now occupied by the cathedral had a small church built for the Izmailovsky regiment, the elite group of soldiers created in 1730 by...
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