How the Mavrodi financial pyramid scheme operates in Asia and India
Sergei Mavrodi, founder of infamous Russian financial pyramid scheme called MMM (Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox), has launched subsidiaries in Asia, Africa and South America. RBTH answers questions about how...
View ArticleA hermit's life in a Russian forest
Yury used to live in Moscow and work as a lawyer, but for the past five years he has been living 60 miles outside the Russian capital in woods close to the highway to Yaroslavl in a dugout shelter he...
View ArticleHow Siberia plays its songs: Musical instruments of the indigenous nations
A Khakassian legend says that each of the indigenous peoples once received a gift from the spirits – a musical instrument, along with the talent to master it and preserve the traditional manner of...
View ArticleKremlin: Putin-Trump phone conversation being coordinated
A phone conversation between Russian and U.S. presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is being coordinated now, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Jan. 25. "He (Trump) has a very tight...
View ArticleRussian death caps: do you dare to prepare?
Four Russian dishes to amaze your childrenIn Soviet times mothers often used art when cooking for children – even if the recipes were simple. Moms realized that a bowl of porridge is more attractive...
View ArticleRussia has no illusions about possibility of new reset with U.S.
Moscow has no illusions about the possibility of a new reset in relations with the United States under President Donald Trump, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said addressing the State Duma...
View ArticleNew construction for military infrastructure is booming in Russia
In 2016 the Russian Defense Ministry was not only actively procuring new armaments and military hardware, but it also oversaw hundreds of construction projects throughout the country. The volume of...
View ArticlePutin surprises Moscow University students and sings along
Video by YouTube During a meeting with students of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the crowd and joined a guitar rendition of the song, "14 minutes before...
View ArticleBoisterous partying in Russia on Student's Day
The end of the frosty winter student session in Russia coincides with the Feast of St. Tatyana on Jan. 25, who is the patron saint of universities, and Student's Day just happens to fall on this day....
View ArticleArrests send shock waves through Russia’s cyber community
Kaspersky Laboratory confirmed the arrest of Ruslan Stoyanov, head of the Investigations of Computer Incidents Department. The company’s press office told Russia Today that the arrest is not related to...
View ArticleWho is China aiming its nuclear missiles at?
The Global Times, a Chinese daily newspaper, reported that photographs of the DF-41 ballistic missiles in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang appeared in the Hong Kong and Taiwanese press....
View ArticleKremlin urges U.S. to consider aftermath of setting up safe zones in Syria
The Kremlin calls on the United States to calculate all the possible risks of creating ‘safe’ zones for Syrian refugees not to deteriorate the situation, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
View ArticleFancy a glass of Russian cabernet or pinot noir with your steak?
The Russian Agriculture Ministry is considering an increase on custom duties for winemaking ingredients and a limit on their import for the next five to seven years, Minister Alexander Tkachev told (in...
View ArticleHow former Soviet republics can benefit from a stronger Russia
Over the last few months Russia and the former Soviet republics have witnessed some events that were perceived by many as a manifestation of a crisis. These include the arrests of ‘pro-Russian’...
View ArticleWhy China will remain Turkmenistan’s main gas buyer
In the first ten months of 2016, Turkmenistan was the largest supplier of natural gas to China, having exported 25.6 billion cubic meters in natural and other gases via the Central Asia–China gas...
View ArticlePoll: Russians support ban on selling cigarettes to those born after 2014
The majority of Russians (61 percent) support the proposal put forward by Russia’s Ministry of Health to impose a complete ban on tobacco sales to individuals born in 2015 or later, a poll conducted by...
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View ArticleAward-winning Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky to perform in London
Boris Berezovsky. / Press photo Russian virtuoso pianist, Boris Berezovsky, is to play at London's Royal Festival Hall, Feb. 28. Recordings of the acclaimed musician's classical recitals have won top...
View Article8 facts about Catherine the Great's Imperial Palace in Tver
Travel Palace in Tver (picture was taken in 2016) / Source: Georgiy Dolgopskiy 1. It was built on the "Tsarist" road In 1712 Peter the Great transferred the Russian capital from Moscow to the recently...
View ArticleRussian Admiral: British Navy 'right' to shadow the Admiral Kuznetsov
Admiral Kuznetsov and Pyotr Veliky passing The English Channel Source: YouTube / Alexander Yermakov Russian military experts were not surprised that the Royal Navy spent $1.7 million to follow Russian...
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