Russia’s new humanoid robot F.E.D.O.R. practices target shooting
Russia’s new humanoid robot F.E.D.O.R. has started practicing target shooting as its creators seek to improve the android’s fine motor skills and decision-making algorithms, Russia’s deputy prime...
View ArticleRussia to upgrade ballistic missile system within 10 years
An upgraded version of the Iskkander-M Theater Ballistic Missile system will be developed in the next decade, Sergey Chemezov, general director of Russia's state-owned Rostec Corporation, revealed. The...
View ArticleKremlin: Eurovision organizers ‘failed to play by their own rules’
Russia regrets the inability of the Eurovision organizers to make the host country fulfill the song contest rules, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 14. "We can only express regret that...
View ArticleLavrov: U.S. is guarantor of Syria’s chemical disarmament just as Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has recalled that the United States, just as Russia, is a guarantor of Syria’s chemical disarmament, and the very instance of chemical weapons elimination was...
View ArticleWill Russia ever revert back to a monarchy?
About one fourth of Russians (28 percent) are not against the return of the monarchy, according to a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for Studying Public Opinion (VCIOM). This news is fairly...
View ArticleRussia to continue delivering rocket engines to U.S. through 2025
The deliveries of Russian rocket engines to the United States will continue through 2024-2025, CEO of the United Rocket and Space Corporation Yuri Vlasov said on April 14. "Today we understand well...
View ArticleKremlin says prospects of Putin-Trump meeting still no clearer
Prospects of meeting between Russian and U.S. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have not become clearer, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "No, they haven’t become so," Peskov...
View ArticleRussia Versus Europe: Fear and loathing in the age of the Grand Tour
Illustration in "Ivan at home; or, Pictures of Russian life" by Herbert Barry. Published 1872. Source: University of California Libraries The Russian Emperor Nicholas I famously and furiously threw...
View ArticleHoly Fire: How Orthodox believers are ‘saving’ the world from Doomsday
Each year Orthodox believers breathe out a sigh of relief and rejoice that the Apocalypse has again been postponed – for another 12 months at least. However, some Russians think it’s possible to know...
View ArticleTraditional dishes that become completely Lenten
Meatless in Moscow: the best vegetarian/vegan eateriesThe Lenten period gives us a unique opportunity to combine spiritual and physical purgation with gastronomic experiments for which Russian cuisine...
View ArticleEaster’s East-West divide: What are the differences?
Nikolai Gogol, the famous 19th century Russian author who preferred living in Italy, wrote that Russia celebrates Easter unlike anywhere else. He pointed out that Russians were particularly focused on...
View ArticleSpecial Easter episode of Masha and the Bear released
The makers of the popular children’s series Masha and the Bear, videos of which are some of the most-watched on Youtube, have released a new episode specially for Easter, which falls on April 16 this...
View ArticleNew upgraded trains added to Moscow’s metro
"Today the world's best metro train, the best in many ways, is on the rails. It's one and a half times cheaper than international counterparts," Sergei Sobyanin, Moscow’s mayor, said (in Russian)...
View ArticleMom or dad: Russia has a more powerful bomb than the U.S.
The American GBU-43 bomb that was used on April 13 to strike an Islamic State compound in Afghanistan acquired the nickname "The Mother Of All Bombs." It’s power is equivalent to 11 tons of TNT. It was...
View ArticleRussia successfully tests hypersonic missile
Russia’s new hypersonic anti-ship Zircon missile has reached eight times the speed of sound during the test, a source with Russia’s defense sector told TASS. "During the tests of the missile it was...
View ArticleHow Lenin came to lead the Russian Revolution
When the February Revolution of 1917 took place, Lenin was in Switzerland. He did not return to Russia until over a month later, in early April. At the time, the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and...
View ArticleLavrov: 'Thorough investigation into Syria chemical attack necessary'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia wants to see the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) and the UN sending inspectors for the investigation into the incident with the...
View ArticleRussia, U.S. to continue joint research on a mission to Venus
Russia and the United States will continue joint research in 2017-2018 on a mission to Venus, Lyudmila Zasova, the head of the laboratory for spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres of the Space Research...
View ArticleMillions of Christians worldwide celebrate Easter
Millions of people worldwide are celebrating the main Christian holiday, Easter Sunday. This year the Orthodox Christian Church and the Catholic Church are celebrating Easter on the same day. The next...
View Article