Was the U.S. strike on Syria’s airbase ‘an attack on the agreement?’
The opinion voiced by several experts that the U.S. strike targeting a Syrian military airbase was an “emotional reaction” by President Donald Trump is questionable. The timing was excellent for...
View ArticleNumber of the week: Passengers at Domodedovo Airport
Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport is one of the largest in Russia. In 2016, the airport serviced 28.5 million passengers, and it’s the only Russian airport that on a regular basis welcomes the Airbus A380,...
View ArticleTrump and Xi tandem could shape or ‘rape’ the world. But it won’t
The first ever meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump on the U.S. president’s turf – at his beachside Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida – was duly regarded as a landmark chance to patch up old quarrels...
View ArticleHow will Russia respond to the U.S. missile strike on Syria's airbase?
The USS Ross and the USS Porter launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian Shayrat Airbase near the city of Homs. Washington justified the attack by saying it was a "proportional response" to...
View ArticleAeroflot makes new contract with England's Manchester United FC
Russian air carrier Aeroflot signed a new contract with England's Manchester United football club and will continue acting as an official carrier of the club, Chief Executive Officer of the airline...
View ArticleAfter the U.S. attack on Syria: 3 possible scenarios
Russian experts propose three possible scenarios for U.S.-Russian relations in Syria after the U.S. missile strike on Syrian President Bashar Assad's troops. Scenario 1. Armed conflict between Russia...
View Article7 facts about the Cottage Palace, a gift from Nicholas I to his wife
Nicholas I (1796-1855) married German Princess Friederike Louise Charlotte Wilhelmina, daughter of the Prussian King, and she became known as Alexandra Fyodorovna after converting to Orthodoxy. Their...
View ArticleTwo policeman killed in Ingushetia
A police car came under fire in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia in the early hours of April 8 – one policeman was killed and the other got injured, the republic's Interior Ministry told TASS....
View ArticleStrike on Syrian airbase puts U.S. beyond anti-terror agreements - senator
By delivering one airstrike on the airbase in Syria the U.S. puts itself beyond international antiterrorist agreements, committing two dangerous acts, head of the international committee of the Russian...
View ArticleUkrainian radicals block Russian representation in Kiev
About 30 Ukrainian radicals are blocking entrance to Rossotrudnichestvo (Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation)...
View ArticleU.S. airstrike is ‘generous gift’ to Islamic State - Chechen leader Kadyrov
The U.S. air strike on a Syrian air force base in Homs became a "generous gift" for terrorists in Syria, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on his Instagram page. "The blood of civilians was spilled by...
View ArticlePentagon to investigate Russia’s role in Syrian chemical attack - source
The U.S. Department of Defense is looking into whether Russia had any role to play in the recent chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib, the Hill quoted an unnamed Pentagon official as saying. The Russian...
View ArticleSberbank gets rid of leasing business in Ukraine
Russia’s top lender Sberbank has got rid of its leasing business in Ukraine, the bank said in a statement on April 7. According to the statement, Sberbank Leasing Ukraine is no longer part of Russia’s...
View ArticleMoscow considers Boris Johnson's reason for cancelled visit absurd
Moscow considers absurd the reason for cancelling a visit to Russia of the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told TASS on April 8. "This...
View ArticleSoviet cosmonaut Grechko dies aged 85
Georgy Grechko has passed away in early hours of Saturday, April 8, aged 85. Grechko was born on May 25, 1931 in Leningrad (current St. Petersburg). On May 27, 1968, he joined the cosmonauts’ team. He...
View ArticleNo traces of chemical weapons seen Shayrat - Russia's Defense Ministry
Dozens of people, who visited the Shayrat base in Syria after the U.S. Strike, did not see there any traces of chemical weapons, spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Major-General Igor Konashenkov...
View ArticlePutin offers condolences to Egyptian president after blast in Tanta
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi after the terrorist attack in Tanta on April 9. "The crime, committed on the religious holiday, strikes...
View ArticlePutin, Rouhani stress inadmissibility of US’ aggressive actions
Russian and Iranian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani, noted the inadmissibility of US’ aggressive actions against Syria and spoke in favor of unbiased investigation of the incident with...
View ArticlePresidential elections in South Ossetia recognizes as valid
Sunday’s presidential elections in South Ossetia have been recognized as valid as the voter turnout exceeded 52 percent, chairperson of the republic’s Central Election Commission (CEC) Bella Pliyeva...
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