Sberbank employees detained for fraud in Ferrari purchase
With help from Sberbank’s security service, police are investigating two of the bank’s employees who were detained while trying to purchase a Ferrari, reports RIA Novosti. "We’re providing law...
View ArticleMoscow’s oldest tram depot leased for $100 million
The Miusskoe tram depot on Lesnaya Street has been rented out to investment group Sigma for 49 years. As a condition of the lease, the company will have to restore the building and pay 120 million...
View ArticleSix National Guard’s forces killed in militants’ attack in Chechnya
Six servicemen of Russia’s National Guard were killed when repelling an attack of gunmen on a military unit in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a spokesman for the internal security corps told...
View ArticleMarine Le Pen: Russia and France should join efforts in war on terror
Russia and France should unite efforts in the fight against common challenges, primarily against Islamic fundamentalism, leader of France’s National Front political party and presidential hopeful,...
View ArticleSee Russia visa-free: Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok
Three days in Kaliningrad Photo credit: TASS/Ruslan Shamukov How to get there Foreign tourists can visit Kaliningrad in transit and spend up to 72 hours there without a visa if they’re on a cruise...
View ArticleNumber of the week: Russian cities will turn off lights for Earth Hour
A total of 125 cities across Russia from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Murmansk will take part in Earth Hour between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. on March 25. The lights in around 1,700 buildings will be turned...
View ArticleUkraine confirms Voronenkov’s killer had National Guard background
Ukraine's security service (SBU) has said that the killer of Russia’s former State Duma deputy Denis Voronenkov had served in the country’s National Guard in the past. "The man who killed Voronenkov...
View ArticleWhat military equipment will Asian countries buy from Russia in 2017?
Asian countries are planning to have “more contracts on military machinery in 2017 than in 2016,” Viktor Kladov, Head of Rostec’s Department of International Cooperation, told reporters on the...
View ArticleEffectiveness of fight against terrorism can be raised by 'joining efforts'
Joint international efforts are the main tool to raise the effectiveness of the fight against terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting with leader of France's National Front...
View Article4 Russian finalists to watch at the opera's ‘Oscars’
Russia has four finalists at the 2017 International Opera Awards: Singer Anna Netrebko, director Kirill Serebrennikov, Perm Theater’s MusicAeterna, and the Natalya Sats Children’s Opera. Over 20,000...
View ArticleThe day of the Jackals
The National Guard’s first snap combat readiness drills took place on March 13-17. Detachments of special forces were deployed in Chechnya for operational training involving buggy raids across hundreds...
View ArticleRussian Knights demonstrate their new Su-30SM at Malaysian trade fair
The plane can stop dramatically in mid-air, turn on a dime, and rapidly accelerate. The Russian Knights, the elite aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force, is showcasing the new Sukhoi...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg ranks among top 25 Trip Advisor destinations
Russia's second largest city ranked 14th on TripAdvisor’s list of 25 top worldwide destinations, according to the company’s website. The 13 other cities recommended to visit are: Bali, London, Paris,...
View ArticleRussia's Eminem: Oxxxymiron brings Russian rap to the world
Miron Fyodorov, better known by his stage name Oxxxymiron, rarely gives interviews. "I dislike almost everything written about me," he tells RBTH uneasily. This reclusive nature is not hindering his...
View ArticleRussia's most irresistible honey trap: Medovik
Honey Coating a Controversy: Tort MedovikMedovik, honey cake, has long been one of the most popular desserts in Russia, and this sweet story begins in the early 19th century in the Imperial Palace...
View ArticleNaked mole-rats help Russian scientists understand our possible future
Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) have very little in common with humans. Found in East Africa - in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia - naked mole-rats appear similar to mice, but they live an...
View ArticleData breaches in Russia soar as the country is increasingly online
In 2016, the frequency of confidential data breaches in Russia increased 80 percent compared to 2015, according to a report by the Moscow-based information security company, InfoWatch, founded by...
View ArticleRussia bans money transfers to Ukraine via U.S. cash transfer systems
On March 22, Russia’s State Duma (the lower house of Parliament) passed a law restricting money transfers from Russia if a country restricts the operation of Russian payment systems on its territory....
View ArticleFrom Peter the Great to Gagarin: 7 streets honoring famous Russians
Peter the Great Street, Paris (France) Rue Pierre le Grand, Paris. / Photo: Legion Media Tsar Peter the Great, who founded St. Petersburg and pivoted Russia toward Europe, spent more than a month in...
View ArticleAttack on Russian Guard in Chechnya unit might be coordinated from Syria
Actions of the armed gang that attacked a Russian Guard unit in Chechnya might have been coordinated from Syria, said on March 24. "Last night’s incident once again demonstrates that they were not...
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