Twenty federations clear Russian athletes for 2018 Paralympics qualifiers
Twenty international sports federations have granted permission for Russian Paralympians to compete in the qualifying competitions for the 2018 Winter Paralympics in South Korea’s PyeongChang, a senior...
View ArticleIran’s missile launch gives the Russian-U.S. honeymoon its first crisis
While Trump's arrival in the White House has led to an improvement in Russian-American relations, there are certain issues where the countries have significantly different positions. The most obvious...
View ArticleThe locals know it best: Khakassian countrymen on finding food in the wild
In Khakassia, a region of Russia in the south of Siberia, one out of ten locals from age 18 to 80 makes his or her living by selling natural resources. Hunting and fishing, along with harvesting of...
View ArticleRussian cyborgs among us: technology that literally gets under your skin
During a visit to Russia last year, Dr. Patrick Kramer, a famous German biohacker and CEO of Digiwell, put 15 electronic implants under the skin of 10 Russian volunteers. He says the popularity of...
View ArticleRussia’s rank in global corruption index rating remains the same
Transparency International ranked 176 countries in its new Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, using a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (highly transparent). Over two-thirds of the 176 countries and...
View ArticlePutin arrives in Hungary for talks with Orban over economy and Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Hungary on a visit for talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told the media on Feb. 1 that first Putin and Orban...
View Article'White time' on Olkhon Island
Olkhon Island is a sacred place for Buddhists and shamans. It’s always sunny here, and there are only 30 cloudy days a year: from mid-December to mid-January. During this time Baikal slowly but surely...
View Article5 issues on which Putin and Trump might find common ground
1. The fight against radical Islamists and the overall situation in the Middle East The Kremlin and the Trump administration are aware of the common threat of radical Islamism in the Middle East,...
View ArticleRussia’s oldest actress Zoya Bulgakova dies at 102
Russia’s oldest actress Zoya Bulgakova, who held the title of the Honored Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, has died on Feb. 3 in the city of Novosibirsk at the age of 102,...
View ArticleLukashenko accuses Russia of violating border agreement
Russia has violated bilateral border agreement, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Feb. 3 at a meeting with representatives of the public and reporters. "We made agreements on...
View ArticleStartup Rate 2016
THE RUSSIAN STARTUP RATING COMING IN FEBRUARY, 2017 We have published the Russian Startup Rating since 2012 in order to focus attention on the country's 50 most promising young tech...
View ArticleWant to help conquer outer space? Russian universities can prepare you
Russia’s most famous and prestigious Russian university, Lomonosov Moscow State University, (MSU), has joined the ranks of higher education institutions where one can obtain credentials for space...
View ArticleWill Trump push China to form a military alliance with Russia?
For a correct assessment of the possible impact of the policies of the new American President Donald Trump on Chinese military planning it is necessary to get rid of two important misconceptions. The...
View ArticleKurnik: treat yourself to the ancient delights of the Ural Cossacks
Today’s descendants of the Cossacks are skeptical about a connection between their Ural pie known as курник (kurnik) and the dish of the same name eaten in the rest of Russia. They point out that the...
View ArticleBook Review: Andrei Gelasimov's new novel shows all shades of cold
Into the Thickening Fog often feels like a quintessential Russian novel: it starts with a bout of heavy drinking, is set in a frozen northern city, and features dogs, demons and existential angst....
View ArticleSeek and destroy: Russian sappers demine Aleppo
Russian Ministry of Defense Combat activity in the “old town” destroyed about 30% of the buildings listed as UNESCO heritage sites. Russian Ministry of Defense The Russian Ministry of Defense reports...
View ArticleKremlin says no border regime introduced between Russia and Belarus
No border regime has been introduced between Russia and Belarus, Moscow has just set up border zones in order to control other countries’ citizens travelling to these areas, the Kremlin press service...
View ArticleNumber of the week: Moscow’s arms wide open to embrace the world
The number of tourists to Moscow totaled 17.5 million in 2016, said Konstantin Goryainov, deputy head of the Moscow city government’s department for sports and tourism, reported TASS on Jan. 31. “I...
View ArticleSuzdal’s Nativity Cathedral: From Prokukdin-Gorsky to the present
Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky spent more than 11 years traveling across the Russian Empire, documenting the country and its people in photographs. His vision of photography as a form of education and...
View ArticleU.S. eases sanctions against Russia’s security services
On Feb. 2 the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the sanctions arm of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, published a document on its website titled, Cyber-related General License 1. The document eases...
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