Russia claims it can prove Syrian militants used chemical agents
Russian military claims it have proved the use of chemical agents by Syrian militants, Gen Igor Konashenkov, the official spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said on Nov. 21. "Russian Defense...
View ArticleWill the Russia-Japan “tug-of-peace” yield any results?
In mid-December, the leaders of Russia and Japan will hold an informal summit that is bound to discuss the 70-year old Southern Kuril Island territorial dispute and a related package of economic...
View ArticlePitfalls as well as profit: Why Trump rule will also be a risk for Russia
Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election has sent everyone into a stupor. Russia, on the contrary, is in a state of joyful excitement. Which is understandable, given the nature of the...
View ArticleThe first Romanov political exile: How Peter the Great's son fled Russia
Russia's first emperor Peter the Great was famous not only for his wars, radical reforms and the construction of the new capital, St. Petersburg, but also for his temper. He worked tirelessly,...
View ArticleLaunch of Proton rocket carrying U.S. satellite postponed
The launch of the Russian Proton-M carrier rocket due to deliver the U.S. EchoStar-21 satellite into orbit, has been rescheduled from November to December, International Launch Services, which operates...
View ArticleRussia manufactures 2 Mi-171 helicopters for China
Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) manufactured two multi-purpose Mil Mi-171 helicopters for China General Aviation Service Co Ltd, the holding’s press service said on Nov. 21. "China is the...
View ArticleRussian Tu-95MS bombers launch Kh-101 cruise missiles at Syrian targets
The Russian air force has once again involved strategic aviation in its Syria campaign: On Nov. 17, Tu-95MS missile-carrying bombers took off from the Engels airfield (520 miles east of Moscow) and...
View ArticleHermitage faces outcry over installations featuring dead animals
An exhibition featuring installations by the Belgian artist and theater director Jan Fabre at the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg has provoked an outcry from both human rights activists and art...
View ArticlePutin explains why Russia worries about NATO enlargement
It looks like NATO needs an external enemy to make its member states fall into line, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Oliver Stone’s Ukraine on Fire documentary to be shown on Russia’s Ren TV...
View ArticleKremlin turns to Jewish diaspora in bid to build ties with Donald Trump
A high-ranking and well-informed source has told online Russian news publication Gazeta.ru that in their search for channels of communication with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Kremlin...
View ArticleMonument to late ballerina Maya Plisetskaya erected in Moscow
A monument to Maya Plisetskaya has been unveiled on Moscow’s Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, not far from the Bolshoi Theater, on the day the great Russian ballerina would have turned 91. The sculpture by...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: Lomonosov
A view shows the main building of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (back) and a tower of the Kremlin (front) during sunset in Moscow, Russia.
View ArticleRussian lawmaker calls for developing patriotism as Russia’s national idea
Russia needs a national idea based on patriotism, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told TASS. "In any country, history forms a system of values," moral authority, traditions that become...
View ArticleRussian emergencies minister will discuss cooperation with Greek colleagues
Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov will discuss issues of bilateral cooperation with his Greek colleagues in the sphere of preventing natural disasters and providing disaster relief, the...
View ArticleRussian orchestra to open 2017 Salzburg Festival
For the first time in its history, the Salzburg Music Festival will open with a performance by a Russian orchestra. The Novosibirsk-based ensemble MusicAeterna will perform Mozart’s 1791 opera La...
View ArticleZver module to protect Russian armored units from enemy radar – with foam
A unique mobile chemical protection and camouflage system called Zver (“Beast”) will soon be made available to the Russian Defense Ministry’s fire safety units and so-called rescue regiments. These new...
View ArticleAPEC summit: Putin and Obama meet for first time after U.S. election
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held brief talks with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Lima, in what is likely to be the last meeting between the two as...
View ArticleRussia ready to give samples of chemical weapons used by Syrian militants
Russia is considering plans of delivering the samples of chemical weapons used by militants near eastern Aleppo to experts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Foreign...
View ArticleRussia looks to alternative transportation to solve traffic jams
In an effort to fight the spread of traffic jams in Russian cities, the country’s Transport Ministry intends to develop forms of public transportation that do not rely on roads. The plans for such...
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