Gazprom to cut gas transit via Ukraine by 80 percent
Gazprom is looking into the possibility of retaining Russian gas transit to EU countries across Ukrainian territory beyond 2019, when the existing gas transit contract is due to expire, according to...
View ArticleThe level of happiness in Russia reaches all-time high
The percentage of Russians that consider themselves happy has hit an all-time high since research began in 1990, according to the findings of the latest report released by the Russian Public Opinion...
View ArticleRussian Post wants to deliver letters in U.S. directly with FedEx
Russia’s national mail service, Russian Post, is ready to open its own office in the U.S., but is "waiting for more stable relations between the two countries." Russian Post CEO Dmitry Strashnov...
View ArticleBook review: Driving Down Russia’s Spine from Murmansk to Sochi
Travel project to track the Russian soul from the Arctic to the Black Sea. Source: Mikhail Mordasov / spineofrussia.com Towards the end of 2015, journalists Paul Richardson and Mikhail Mordasov drove...
View ArticleMoscow and St. Petersburg present a new tourist pass
Russia has introduced a new tourist pass called PassCity, which will be of use not only to foreign travelers who have come to Russia for a few days, but also to students from overseas and expatriates...
View ArticleFrench cuisine in a Russian cowshed
Russian cows listen to French chanson singers. Valençay and Sainte Maure de Touraine cheeses ripen in a traditional Russian cottage. According to the Derevnya ("Village") farm near St. Petersburg,...
View ArticleOfficial: Current ideological confrontation worse than during Cold War
The current phase of ideological confrontation is sometimes worse than during the Cold War, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service chief Sergey Naryshkin said at the Moscow Conference on International...
View ArticleAirBaltic begins flights between Riga and Kazan
Latvia’s flag carrying airline AirBaltic on April 26 launched flights between Riga and Kazan, the capital of the Russian constituent region of Tatarstan located in the middle reach of the Volga River....
View ArticleMaria Sharapova wins first match after disqualification
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has gone into the second round of the WTA tournament in Stuttgart where the winners’ pot exceeds $ 700,000, TASS reports. Sharapova won 7-5, 6-3 playing versus...
View ArticleKorean War: How the MiG-15 put an end to American mastery over the skies
In September 1950 the U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted a massive daytime raid on the North Korean town of Sinuiju. The raid conducted by eighty B-29 bombers resulted in the greatest loss of life since...
View ArticleInvestigative Committee denies Tupolev-154 crashed in Sochi due to overload
Russia’s Investigative Committee has denied speculations the Defense Ministry’s Tupolev-154 passenger jet that crashed near Sochi late last year was overloaded, TASS reports. "Media speculations the...
View ArticleVictory Day Сelebrations in the UK
6 May (Saturday) London-Nottingham car run. Registration in London - 10 am. - 12 p.m., NW7 3HU. Start from London to M1 route to the direction "North" 1:30 p.m. - stopover at services (M1 Gap Service...
View ArticleEco-friendly food still too expensive for most Russians
Russia’s National Association for Genetic Safety has estimated that people in the country need to fork out about $500 a month if they want to eat only organic products. It’s a heavy sum for a country...
View ArticleKremlin warns against attempts to hold unauthorized rallies in Moscow
Any attempts to hold unauthorized rallies in Moscow on April 29 will bring about a legal response of the authorities, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on April 27, TASS reports. "We know that...
View Article12 Russian songs from the NASA wake-up playlist
Colin Fries from the NASA History Division writes in his Chronology of Wakeup Calls that during the first missions, such as Gemini and Mercury, there were no formal wakeup calls sent to the crews since...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg metro blown up by 'extremists back from Syria'
The message from the extremist group Katibat al-Imam Shamil (aka Imam Shamil's Battalion), claiming responsibility for the St. Petersburg metro bombing, appeared on April 24 on a Mauritian website....
View ArticleRussian vessel sinks in Black Sea after collision
The Russian Black Sea Fleet's research vessel Liman sank in the sea after it collided with another ship, with the vessel’s entire crew rescued, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on April 27. "The ship...
View ArticleWhy the new 'Moscow' metro train is being called the best
The capital's metro has launched a new generation train called 'Moscow.' It’s "revolutionary," silent, spacious, and has new interior LED lighting. The city authorities modestly call it "the best metro...
View ArticleRussian Rides: UAZ Pickup
In this episode of Russian Rides Tim will go off the beaten trail to test out a pickup truck called (rather logically) the UAZ Pickup. Can this Russian four-wheel drive beast conquer abandoned village...
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