Olympic champions to be awarded BMW luxury crossovers
Russia’s gold, silver and bronze medal winners of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be presented with BMW sports utility vehicles, TASS correspondent reported. All 19 Olympic gold winners...
View ArticleCould Russia-Turkey relations deteriorate again over Syria?
Russian-Turkish relations appear to be on the mend following the crisis sparked by the Turkish air force’s downing of a Russian jet in November 2015, but new developments in Syria have led some to...
View ArticleRussian handicrafts: Kazakovo filigree metalwork
Vintage USSR-style tea cup holders, caskets, cigarette cases, icon frames and even hockey helmets made out of wafer-thin silver-plated wire are what foreign tourists hunt for in souvenir shops when in...
View ArticleRussian Paralympic Committee may appeal CAS ruling with Geneva court
Russia may file an appeal with the Swiss Federal Court against the ruling passed this week by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which upheld the suspension of the Russian Paralympic Team from...
View ArticleRussia to hold special competitions for Paralympians
Russia will hold special competitions for Paralympians and the prizes will be equal to those at the Olympic Games, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a ceremony to award the country’s Olympic team...
View ArticleThe Skoptsy: The story of the Russian sect that maimed for its beliefs
"I am not the father of sin: Accept my act and I will recognize you as my son." According to legend, this is what founder of the mystical Skoptsy sect, the peasant Kondraty Selivanov, said to Russian...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: Prime minister meets with Russian Olympic team
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a ceremony to present BMW cars to Russian athletes, medalists of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
View ArticleArsenal museum opens in Tsarskoye Selo for the first time since WWII
The Arsenal museum opened on Aug. 24 in the state museum-reserve of Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg. The inaugural exhibition "The Arsenal of Tsarskoye Selo: The Imperial Arms Collection" was...
View ArticleKirill Serebrennikov's new movie nominated for 2016 European Film Awards
The European Film Academy has announced the longlist of nominees for the prestigious European Film Awards. The only Russian film in the list was film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov's The...
View ArticleCzech president calls for lifting anti-Russian sanctions
The Czech Republic should put in more effort to seek the lifting of the EU’s anti-Russian sanctions, Czech President Milos Zeman said in his opening speech at the annual agricultural "Mother Earth"...
View ArticleTwo ways to adapt global corporate functions to local Russian realities
In today’s difficult economic circumstances, Russian branches of foreign companies can be successful only if they are able to demonstrate good business performance against a background of high risk. To...
View ArticleRussia sends batch of Tigr armored vehicles to Slovakia
Russia’s Military Industrial Company (VPK) has delivered to Slovakia a batch of Tigr armored vehicles, Director General Alexander Krasovitsky said in an interview with TASS on Aug. 26. "I can say that...
View ArticleNumber of the week: How many movies will be shown during Cinema Night?
The Cinema Night event will be held in Moscow on Aug. 27 as part of the Year of Russian Cinema. From 12 noon to midnight, dozens of cinemas, libraries, cultural centers, concert halls and city parks...
View ArticleEgypt promises new air terminal for Russian tourists
The Egyptian side is ready to provide to Russians a separate terminal at Cairo International Airport, if the influx of tourists from Russia reaches significant levels, press attache of the Egyptian...
View ArticleRussian pilots put out 17 wildfires endangering Portugal
Seventeen blazes, charring a total area of 2,000 hectares in Portugal, have been extinguished by the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s aircraft over the past two weeks, the ministry’s press service has...
View ArticleBusinessman takes hostages in Moscow bank in desperate plea to Putin
When a middle-aged man entered a Citibank branch on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in central Moscow in the evening of Aug. 24, none of the six people inside the bank at the time – two staff members, three...
View ArticleTop 5 mistakes foreign tourists make in Moscow
The adage goes, ‘when in Rome do as the Romans do.’ Why shouldn’t this apply to Moscow? RBTH asked around to find out what kinds of mistakes foreign tourists typically make – and how to avoid them....
View ArticleThe best 100 works of world literature, according to Russian writer Bykov
“This choice is personal, like any choice,” Dmitry Bykov writes on his Facebook page. The author hasn’t attempted to make a list of the best books in human history; rather, he has just chosen his...
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