Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on Russians in Chechnya
The Islamic State terrorist grouping has claimed responsibility for an attack on a base of the Federal National Guard Troops Service (Russian Guards) in the township of Naurskaya in Chechnya, a...
View ArticleRussia suggests setting up international coalition for demining Syria
Russia suggests that an international coalition should be set up for demining operations in Syria, Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Yevgeny Zagainov said at a meeting of...
View ArticleUS-Russian relations worst in over half-century - Kissinger
U.S. veteran diplomat and political expert Henry Kissinger believes the U.S.-Russian relations are in the worst shape in half-a-century now, Russian diplomat and scholar Vladimir Lukin, who is a member...
View ArticleEruption of Kamchatka's volcano surprises scientists
The eruption of the Kambalny volcano in southern Kamchatka on Saturday has surprised scientists of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) of the Russian Academy of Scientists. "KVERT’s...
View ArticleRussia cuts oil production by 185,000 barrels per day
Russia has cut oil production by 185,000 barrels per day, as of today, under the agreement with OPEC, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on March 25. "Now by 185,000," he said, answering a...
View ArticleRussia's Foreign Ministry surprised by new U.S. sanctions
Russia’s Foreign Ministry expresses disappointment over the U.S. authorities’ decision to introduce sanctions against 8 more Russian companies, the ministry’s official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote...
View ArticlePolice warns Muscovites against unauthorized rallies
The police are asking Muscovites and guests of the city to refrain from taking part in the unauthorized rallies planned for March 26. Participants in the opposition’s protest in central Moscow may face...
View ArticleUp to 8,000 people take part in unauthorized opposition rally in Moscow
Up to 8,000 people are taking part in an unauthorized opposition rally in central Moscow, a police spokesman told TASS on March 26. "About 7,000-8,000 people are at the site of the unsanctioned public...
View ArticleA majority of Russians plan to vote in the 2018 presidential election
According to a VTsIOM public opinion survey, 52.5 percent of Russians will certainly vote in the presidential election in March 2018, while another 17.4 percent said they'll most likely turn out,...
View ArticleHow did Telegram become Russia’s hottest new media in politics?
In mid January a strange incident occurred on the state-owned TV channel, Russia 24. Three journalists were speaking on Skype with a man wearing a balaclava, and he responded tersely to their questions...
View Article'We want change. Not promises!': Mass anti-corruption rallies hit Russia
Opposition supporters attend a rally in Moscow, March 26, 2017. / Photo: Reuters On March 26, protests against corruption were held across Russia, the largest of which took place on Moscow’s main...
View ArticleRussia’s FSB nabs illegal gunmakers, seizes large amount of weapons
The Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a group of illegal gunmakers, seizing three aircraft guns and a large amount of weapons, the press service said on March 27. The criminal group, active...
View ArticleCan a puppet become human?
Actor Vladimir Datsenko / Svetlana Skover Puppet theater actors say that puppets should not be treated as objects. A puppet is something special. Actor Anton Diev / Svetlana Skover Puppets are not...
View ArticleRussian agriculture bruised by Turkey’s punitive import duties
Russian exporters of grain, corn, meal and oil fear that the sudden and unexpected loss of their privileged trade status with Turkey may result in heavy financial losses, reported (in Russian)...
View ArticleKremlin 'respects' people’s right to take part in protests
The Kremlin respects the citizens’ right to take part in protests provided protests are conducted in a form prescribed by the law, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. When commenting on...
View ArticleOpposition figure Navalny fined $350 for unauthorized rally in Moscow
A Moscow court has found opposition figure Alexei Navalny guilty of organizing an unauthorized rally in the center of the Russian capital at the weekend and fined him 20,000 rubles ($350), a TASS...
View ArticleNavalny arrested for 15 days for resisting police
Moscow’s Tverskoy court ruled on March 27 to arrest opposition figure and blogger Alexei Navalny for 15 days, finding him guilty of resisting police during detention at an unauthorized rally in the...
View ArticleRussia will find substitute for Turkish grain market in nearest months
Russia will find a substitute for Turkey’s grain market in the nearest months, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said March 27. "We hope to find new market channels for grain and painlessly find...
View ArticleWill Boris Johnson be the go-between for Washington and Moscow?
The visit of the UK’s Foreign Secretary to Moscow, which is reportedly (in Russian) taking place this week, hasn’t made the front pages of the news in the UK or Russia. Bilateral relations between the...
View ArticleHow did Rostropovich make the violoncello a ‘rock star’ instrument?
Rostropovich playing the violoncello on the crumbling Berlin Wall; Rostropovich sitting next to Boris Yeltsin in the White House in Moscow; Rostropovich with Solzhenitsyn at the dacha - these...
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