Turkish top diplomat: Turkey and Russia restored ties and now work jointly
Turkey and Russia have restored their relations and are now working together to solve regional problems, Turkey’s top diplomat said during his visit to the United States. "We have overcome our...
View ArticleCan Russia become a vital global transport corridor?
A helicopter view of the "NS 50 Let Pobedy" nuclear-powered icebreaker sailing toward the North Pole. Source: Vladimir Astapkovich/RIA Novosti RBTH: During the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok,...
View ArticleAncient Greek artifact unearthed at Crimean bridge construction site
A part of a unique terracotta statue has been found at the Crimean bridge construction site during underwater diggings near the Ak-Burun Cape, Sergei Olkhovsky, head of the underwater unit of Russia’s...
View ArticleEurovision contestant Samoilova be banned from entering Ukraine for 3 years
Ukraine’s Security Service has drawn up documents on banning entry to the country to Yulia Samoilova, who was chosen to represent Russia at the Eurovision-2017 song contest in Ukraine, SBU’s chief of...
View ArticleUnknown Russian WWI soldier to be laid to rest with honors in France
An unknown member of the First World War-era Russian Expeditionary Force in France, whose remains were found earlier this year in France’s northeastern department of Marne, will be laid to rest with...
View ArticleMuscovite caught exporting WWII tank
A Russian court has given a man from Moscow a suspended sentence for attempting to move a T-34 tank out of the country from the Chelyabinsk region in 2015. This was reported by RIA Novosti with a link...
View ArticleMoscow's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts floats to the Moon in Venice
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine ArtsJourney of the Private Moon in the Urals by Leonid Tishkov. Source: The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts“Angel“ by Yuri...
View ArticleIs Crimea gearing up for a NATO invasion?
On March 21, the Novorossiysk mountain air assault division task force – equipped with weapons and military hardware – was airdropped into the Opuk training range in Crimea as part of an exercise by...
View ArticleEurope and U.S. await renowned Russian conductor
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra are set to tour both Germany and the U.S. The orchestra, directed by maestro Gergiev, will play four concerts from March 22 to 29...
View ArticleRussia paid off the final segment of its Soviet-era debt
Russia signed an agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina on the payment of the last outstanding Soviet-era debt, said Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak, RIA Novosti reports (in Russian). "Today, an...
View ArticleStalin-era Palekh propaganda desk set sold for $18,750 in New York
The paperweight. / Press photo On March 18, Shapiro Auctions in New York City sold a very rare Stalin-era desk set, made by Palekh and decorated with communist themes, for $18,750 to an anonymous...
View ArticleRussia’s Eurovision contestant banned from entering Ukraine for 3 years
The Ukrainian security service (SBU) has prohibited Russia’s Eurovision-2017 contestant, Yulia Samoilova, from entering the country’s territory for three years, SBU spokeswoman Yelena Gitlyanskaya said...
View ArticleWhy do Beijing and Moscow embrace cyber sovereignty?
The idea for an agreement on national cyber sovereignty was proposed by Beijing following its first ever white paper spelling out the view that governments are entitled to the right to control and...
View ArticleDo you really need to break your fast if everything is already delicious?
Fasting periods, especially during Lent, have long been a challenge for Russian cooks and diners. The period of fasting before Easter in the Orthodox Church means 48 days of abstinence from meat, dairy...
View ArticleForeign Ministry slams Kiev’s decision to deny entry to Russian Eurovision
Kiev’s decision to ban Russia’s wheelchair-bound Eurovision contestant Yulia Samoilova from entering Ukraine is a cynical and inhuman act, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told TASS....
View ArticleTake a page out of Siberian merchants' books: Read, play, travel
When you come to Krasnoyarsk (4000 kilometers from Moscow) on a train from the east, you see an array of two-story wooden houses with decoratively carved window frames on the bank of the Yenisei river...
View ArticleKiev's decision to ban Samoilova disappoints European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is deeply disappointed in Kiev’s decision to ban Russian Eurovision contestant Yulia Samoilova from entering Ukraine, the union said in a statement published on...
View ArticleRussia’s FSB cuts off weapons supplies from U.S. via postal services
Russia’s Federal Security Service said on March 23 it has curbed the activity of an inter-regional criminal group that organized weapons supplies from the United States via postal services. "The...
View ArticleMiG Alley: How the air war over Korea became a bloodbath for the West
The fog of war leads to all sorts of claims and counterclaims. Over time as military historians are able to get their hands on declassified war records from all sides involved, we get a more realistic...
View ArticleWho is trying to turn Russia and Israel against each other?
A new front has opened in the Middle East, with Syria and Israel shooting at each other. On March 17, Syrian defense forces shot at (according to Tel Aviv) and downed (according to Damascus) an Israeli...
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