Image of the Russian Ambassador's Turkish assassin takes Photo of the Year
Turkish photographer Burhan Ozbilici won Photo of the Year in the World Press Photo Contest for his image of assassin Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş just after he shot the Russian ambassador at an art gallery in...
View ArticleRussian hacking was center stage at the 2017 BAFTA awards
British actor and writer Stephen Fry joked about Russian hacking at the opening ceremony of the 70th British Academy Film Awards. “Let’s crack on with the awards themselves and find out who the...
View ArticleWhen sparks fly - 5 legendary Russian couples of the past 100 years
1. Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya Pasternak Boris Russian writer. Photographed with his muse and life companion Olga Ivinskaya and their daughter Irina, late 1950s. / Photo: Getty Images The poet's...
View ArticleWill Pyongyang's latest missile launch reinforce a Korean arms race?
North Korea conducted the launch of an intermediate-range missile on Feb. 12. The missile flew about 500 kilometers and fell into the Sea of Japan. The United States condemned the launch and demanded...
View ArticleImperial love, Russian style: 3 amorous autocrats who changed history
1. Ivan the Terrible Tsar Ivan Vasilievich the Terrible, 1897 by Victor Vasnetsov. Source: State Tretyakov Gallery Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) is remembered in Russian history not only as a harsh...
View ArticleWill Russia deport civil liberties activist, Edward Snowden, to the U.S.?
The fate of Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence officer, was not discussed during Moscow’s first contact with the new U.S. administration, said Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov on Feb....
View ArticleAre Russian and U.S. militaries secretly coordinating operations in Syria?
Rumors of a coordinated Russian-U.S. military operation in Syria began to circulate in Jan. 23 when the Associated Press reported a joint strike against terrorist positions. The Pentagon denied the...
View ArticleRussians to spend about $20 million on candies for Valentine’s Day
Russians are expected to spend up to $20 million on candies for Valentine’s Day gifts this year, reported the Confectionery Market Research Center. “This will amount to 4-5 percent of the average...
View ArticleRussian government plans robot laws
Draft laws "regulating relations between robots and humans" could be adopted “across the board" as early as 2022, Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian parliament (Duma) speaker said Feb. 12. Volodin was on an...
View ArticleHollywood star Milla Jovovich wishes to spend several months in Russia
Soviet-born Hollywood star Milla Jovovich and her husband, U.S. film director Paul William Scott Anderson have presented their new movie, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, in Moscow. During a press...
View ArticleStoltenberg says plans to meet Lavrov during Munich Security Conference
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference ahead of a meeting of the alliance’s defense ministers, that he would meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the margins of...
View ArticleWhat if Twitter had been around at the time of the Russian Revolution?
The Twitter account bears the name of Ivan Sergeevich Zemtsov, privy counselor and a government official for special assignments at the office of Interior Minister Alexander Protopopov. By virtue of...
View ArticleKremlin: no Russian role in cyber attacks on Macron’s campaign
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has called absurd the accusations against Russia’s authorities of their alleged role in cyber attacks on the campaign headquarters of En Marche (Forward) movement of...
View ArticleAbe’s men: The new diplomats in charge of a peace treaty with Russia
2017 apparently began rather auspiciously for the ongoing Russo-Japanese rapprochement. At the beginning of the year the parties attempted to pick up exactly where they left off after the “hot spring...
View ArticleForeign airlines saw a modest rise in the number of Russian travelers
Foreign airlines are recovering positions on the Russian market that were lost after the economic crisis and imposition of economic sanctions. Air France-KLM and the Lufthansa Group recorded passenger...
View ArticleTroops in western Russia alerted in sudden combat readiness check
A snap combat readiness check has kicked off in Russia’s Western Military District, the District’s press office reported on Feb. 14. "By decision of Western Military District Acting Commander...
View Article10th Winter International Arts Festival in Sochi
The 10th Anniversary Winter International Arts Festival directed by the renowned musician Yuri Bashmet will take place from February 17 to February 26, 2017. This year’s anniversary event will showcase...
View ArticleRussian athletes return Olympic medals following doping retests
A number of Russian athletes have already returned their medals as it was required earlier by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after retests of their doping samples from the 2008 and 2012...
View ArticleThe untold story: Why Stalin created a cult of Alexander Pushkin
The 100th anniversary of Pushkin's death, Moscow, 1937. Source: Archive Photo A Soviet god This year we mark not only the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Revolution, but also the 80th anniversary of the...
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