Russian team at Universiade faces most high tasks - Mutko
The Russian national team at the Universiade in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) will be solving most high tasks, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko told TASS on Jan. 29. The Universiade opening is due...
View ArticleRussian women’s hockey team defeats U.S. in Universiade starting game
The Russian team of women’s ice hockey defeated the U.S. with the score 7:1 at the Universiade in Kazakhstan’s Almaty on Sunday. The Russian and U.S. teams are in Group B along with the Japanese team....
View ArticleNational Anti-Terror Committee confirms three militants killed in Dagestan
Russia's National Anti-Terror Committee confirmed three militants were killed in the North Caucasus' Dagestan during a special operation on Jan. 29. "Security authorities have received information - in...
View ArticleGorbachev asks UN to pass resolution on inadmissibility of nuclear warfare
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls on the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution on the inadmissibility of nuclear warfare which is to be initiated by the Russian and U.S....
View ArticleMoscow authorities to name square after Cuba’s Fidel Castro
A square in northwestern Moscow will be named after late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, a source in the city mayor’s office told TASS on Jan. 30. The decision was taken by the city’s...
View ArticleEmergency workers in eastern Russia rescue dog from ice floe
Emergency workers in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s Far East have rescued a dog who found itself on an ice floe cut from the fixed ice layer by a tug-boat, the regional branch of the...
View ArticleRussian plane arrives in Chile to help extinguish wildfires
An Ilyushin Il-76 plane has arrived in Chile to help extinguish raging wildfires and protect local communities, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry told TASS on Jan. 30. "An Il-76 fire-extinguishing plane...
View ArticlePutin and Trump may meet before July G20 summit in Hamburg
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not rule out that Russian and U.S. presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may meet before G20 summit in German Hamburg on July 7-8. "Quite likely (Putin and...
View ArticleFollow the bear: A Russian man is touring the world in a polar bear mask
Elnar Mansurov is traveling the world posting pictures of himself on Instagram dressed as a polar bear. He is also sharing life hacks from his travels in different countries. From time to time, the...
View ArticleRussia’s MiG-35 fighter jet will challenge U.S. supremacy in the sky
A new multi-role Russian MiG-35 fighter is displayed during its international presentation at the MiG plant in Lukhovitsy outside Moscow, Russia. Source: Reuters Russia's new jet fighter, the MiG-35 is...
View ArticleRussians win 9 medals as Winter Universiade kicks off in Kazakhstan
Russian athletes grabbed nine medals on the first day of competitions at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Russia currently ranks first in the Universiade medal standings, with four...
View ArticleSiberian scientists discover the depression gene in Europeans
According to the World Health Organization, about 350 million people suffer from depression, and about 30-40 percent of these become ill due to genetic factors. Scientists from the Institute of...
View ArticleMariinsky and Maly Drama theaters to perform in Washington
Russia’s two theater companies from St. Petersburg are beginning a series of performances in Washington, DC. While the local audience is familiar with the former, the latter will visit the United...
View ArticleRussians weather the crisis by sharing beds, rides and jobs
The sharing economy is growing in Russia as people look for alternative ways to make money during the crisis, and the likes of Uber, BlaBlaCar and AirBnB are cashing in. AirBnB's inbound guest growth...
View Article'Swan Lake' ballet of the Bolshoi Theater in cinemas worldwide
Svetlana Zakharova, the Bolshoi prima ballerina assoluta, will star in the double role of white swan Odette and black swan Odile in Swan Lake, shown in cinemas on Feb. 5. The 5th out of the 7 ballets...
View ArticleRussian military choir takes on new members after Christmas flight tragedy
The 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, the official choir of the Russian Armed Forces, who died in the Dec. 25 plane crash outside Sochi are to be replaced by a new intake. The newcomers will take...
View ArticleWhy is the Russian language so difficult?
The first thing that stood out to Japanese translator Mayu Okamoto the first time she saw written Russian was that there were a lot of unfamiliar characters. From the very beginning, foreign students...
View ArticlePutin mourns victims of Quebec City mosque shooting
In a telegram of condolences to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Jan. 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the terrorist attack in Quebec City cruel and cynical. "The killing of people...
View Article5 of the best events in the 2017 UK-Russia Year of Science and Education
Outside of politics, it seems that Russia and the UK are enjoying their warmest relations ever, Mikhail Shvydkoy, the Russian president’s special envoy for international cultural cooperation, has said....
View ArticleIndex of fear: What are Russians most afraid of?
Russians’ main fears remain the threat of war and inflation, while family troubles are the least worry. These findings are the results of a survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research...
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