Russia hopes to negotiate Arctic continental shelf with Trump
Russia plans to have negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump regarding its application for expanding of the Arctic continental shelf, which the U.S. has not ratified...
View ArticleRussian male biathlon team won bronze at World Cup stage in Anterselva
The Russian male biathlon team finished in the third place of the 4x7.5 km relay during the 2017 IBU (International Biathlon Union) World Cup stage, currently held in Anterselva, Italy. The Russian...
View ArticleIBU calls on IOC to retest biathletes’ samples taken since 2014 Olympics
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to retest doping samples collected by still active biathletes since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the IBU said...
View ArticleBolshoi's Sleeping Beauty to be showed in movie theaters of 50 countries
The Sleeping Beauty ballet of Pyotr Tchaikovsky with choreography by Yuri Grigorovich will be broadcast on Jan. 22 from the Bolshoi Theater in movie theaters of 50 countries of the world, press service...
View ArticleRussian consulate general opens in Egypt’s Hurghada
Russia’s consulate general opened in Hurghada on Jan. 22. "This is the first consulate general in Hurghada, and the only one in the Red Sea province," Russia’s Consul General Dzhamshed Boltayev told...
View ArticleARAF to check information from new ARD film on doping in Russian sport
The All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) will check allegations on doping in Russian sport made public in a new documentary aired by Germany’s ARD television channel, ARAF President Dmitry Shlyakhtin...
View ArticleWhy did Soviet Union's most notorious would-be-assassin shoot at Brezhnev?
One would never guess that this friendly and gaunt old man walking a mongrel dog named Khazar that he adopted and saved from the -30 degrees Celsius cold, is a former terrorist.“If a 70-year-old man...
View ArticleWhen in Russia, do as the Russians. Foreigners take the icy plunge
Eric Groza(California, Hawaii), Ostankino. / Source: Asya Cho A wooden ladder is placed into a hole cut in the form of a cross. Behind the ladder is a half-mile line of people waiting their turn....
View ArticleLeading powers meet today in Kazakhstan for Syrian peace talks
On Jan. 23 Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, will host the first talks in almost a year between the Syrian government and the armed opposition. The Astana talks were convened by Russia and the two other...
View ArticleTalks on Syria begin in Astana
Talks on the Syrian crisis have begun in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana on Jan. 23. The meeting is being held at the Rixos Hotel. The issues topping the meeting’s agenda include strengthening the...
View ArticleRussia to build full-fledged naval base in Syria
On Jan. 20 Moscow and Damascus signed a 49-year old agreement to modernize the repair and docking facility in the Syrian port of Tartus. Upon the agreement’s expiration, a 25-year extension will be...
View ArticleMoscow uses controversial fairy tales to integrate migrants into society
"It contains rules of conduct and laws that must be known and followed!" a girl in a red traditional Russian headdress and a thick braid tells the migrants arriving in Moscow. Vasilisa Premudraya, a...
View ArticleRussia’s military will modernize civilian air fleet after deadly crash
After the Tu-154 tragedy on Dec. 25 over the Black Sea, which resulted in the death of 92 people, the Russian Defense Ministry decided to decommission the old Tu-154, Tu-134 and Il-62M planes, reported...
View Article'Speaking to strangers is forbidden': Peculiar traffic signs in Russia
Evgeny Biyatov/RIA Novosti A sign reading "Caution, walruses" was placed in the "Chukotka" Pavilion during the 2016 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. Pacific Ocean walruses are native to the...
View ArticleKremlin: Phone conversation between Putin and Trump under consideration
A telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump is currently under consideration but there are no plans for their personal meeting yet, Russian...
View ArticleTax-free system may be introduced in nearest future
Russia’s Industry and Trade Ministry has submitted proposals on tax-free system to be introduced in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi to the Finance Ministry, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov...
View ArticlePutin won’t attend 2017 Munich Security Conference
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Jan. 23 that President Vladimir Putin is not planning to take part in the Munich Security Conference this year. "Attending this conference is not on the...
View ArticleConquering St.Petersburg in two days: The revolutionary atmosphere in 1917
100 years ago, the Russian Empire gave way to Soviet Russia, a state which was hastily invented by the people who called themselves "Bolsheviks." The epicenter of the events was St. Petersburg,...
View ArticleMoscow metro riders get welcome relief, public toilets soon to appear
The Moscow Metropolitan, which is the world’s second-busiest with 2.5 billion riders every year, will soon get several dozen permanent public lavatories. Passengers have requested them for years,...
View ArticleGrisha Bruskin and Sasha Pirogova will represent Russia at Venice Biennale
Artists Grisha Bruskin and Sasha Pirogova, together with Georgy Kuznetsov and Andrey Blokhin of the Recycle Group, will represent Russia at the 57th Venice Biennale, which officially opens on May 13,...
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