NATO highlights importance of contacts with Russia ‘when tensions are high’
Contacts of NATO and Russia are even more important at the time when tensions are high, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Washington where he arrived for a meeting of the countries...
View ArticleIt’s a dog’s right to life
Galina Makarova and Arbat Maria Ionova-Gribina We took Arbat from a shelter in 2011. We already had a dog and didn't really need another one. But his story caught my eye. Arbat used to be a domestic...
View ArticleFormer member of Russia’s State Duma gunned down in Kiev - police
Former member of Russia’s State Duma Denis Voronenkov has been killed in a shootout in Kiev, the head of the city’s police force, Andrey Krishchenko, has said. "There was a fire exchange in front of...
View ArticleKremlin: Rumors Trump election team had contacts with Russia not serious
Rumors saying Donald Trump’s election team coordinated actions during the 2016 presidential election in the United States with Russia has no trustworthy evidence to rely upon and cannot be perceived...
View ArticleRussia: Tips, Tricks and Travel on suburban trains
Many people in Russia, both natives and foreigners, live outside the big cities. Bearing in mind the exhausting rhythm of the modern metropolis life and awful Russian traffic jams, it is extremely...
View ArticleOffbeat Russian entrepreneurs see their bizarre services go viral
Flowers for hire Clients are mostly young girls, but there were also young men wishing to be photographed with branded carrier bags. Source: Press Photo Every girl's dream is to get a million red roses...
View ArticleRussia, India to expand defense cooperation in 2017 - experts
Russia and India are likely to expand defense cooperation in 2017, leading experts told RBTH. “We have huge cooperation and many joint projects,” Russian International Affairs Council expert Vasiliy...
View ArticleNovels of Strugatsky brothers published online
A full collection of works by renowned sci-fi writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is now available to view free online, reports Afisha Daily. The children of the writing brothers, Arkady's daughter...
View ArticleRussia calls Voronenkov's murder in Kiev ‘staged incident’
Moscow is shocked by a brazen murder in Kiev of former Russian State Duma member Denis Voronenkov that has all signs of a staged incident, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told...
View ArticleKremlin dismisses as absurd claims about ‘Russian connection’ in Voronenkov
Moscow believes that any claims about a "Russian connection" in the killing of Russia’s former State Duma member Denis Voronenkov in Kiev are absurd and hopes that all those responsible for the crime...
View ArticlePutin offers condolences to UK on London terrorist attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his condolences to UK Prime Minister Theresa May in connection with the tragic consequences of the terrorist attack in central London, the Kremlin press...
View ArticleRussia: Tips, Tricks and Travel on suburban trains
Many people in Russia, both natives and foreigners, live outside the big cities. Bearing in mind the exhausting rhythm of the modern metropolis life and awful Russian traffic jams, it is extremely...
View ArticleKiller of Russian legislator dies in Kiev hospital
The killer of former Russian State Duma member Denis Voronenkov has died of wounds in a Kiev hospital, Public Television has said. Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed at the entrance to Premier-Palace...
View ArticleEurovision suggests contestant Yulia Samoilova to sing live from Russia
The European Broadcasting Union has invited Russia’s national television broadcaster Chanel 1 to arrange for a live video link-up with the Eurovision 2017 contest in Kiev to let Russia’s participant,...
View ArticleWhy was a fugitive Russian MP murdered in Ukraine?
At around noon on March 23, Denis Voronenkov, a former member of the Russian State Duma (Parliament’s lower house), was walking past Hotel Premier Palace in central Kiev when a lone gunman opened fire....
View ArticleWhy did the Soviet Union develop its own atomic bomb?
Washington demonstrated the power of the devastating nuclear weapons when it dropped two bombs on Japan. Photo: View of the radioactive plume from the bomb dropped on Nagasaki City, as seen from 9.6 km...
View ArticleIranian President Rouhani to discuss Syria in Moscow in the end of March
The latest developments in war-torn Syria will be on the agenda when Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits Moscow on March 27-28, a leading Iran expert in Moscow told RBTH. Russia and Iran are...
View ArticleLive longer! Putin calls for improving life expectancy
Today, Russia has all the potential to increase average life expectancy to 76 years by 2025, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 21 during a session of the Council of Strategic Development...
View ArticleExiled in Moscow: When the USSR hosted Asian dissidents
Moscow was a popular destination for Indonesian students in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the Soekarno regime pursued both socialism and close ties with the Soviet Union. By mid-1965 when...
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