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View ArticleCrimean company bypasses sanctions to cultivate French oysters
President Vladimir Putin's sanctions banning the import of food products from Europe are not preventing Russian restaurants from serving French oysters. In 2016, the Crimean Seafood Company delivered...
View ArticleNew Ralph Fiennes film to grace London’s Russian Film Week
A new film festival dedicated to Russian cinema is set to bring movies by leading Russian directors, including Alexei Uchitel, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Valery Todorovsky, to the screens of London for a week in...
View ArticleHalf of Russians view economy minister’s arrest as ‘show for public display
More than half of Russians (54 percent) consider that the arrest of former Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev earlier this month is a mere show for public display rather than a genuine...
View ArticleSyrian strikes on Turkish troops threaten new Russia-Turkey crisis
Turkey’s military command has announced that the Syrian air force hit a Turkish battalion situated in the area surrounding Al-Bab (25 miles northeast of Aleppo) in the early hours of Nov. 24. “Three of...
View ArticleBusiness venue of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum
The Business venue of the 5th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum this year will gather more than 700 foreign participants and speakers. The acclaimed delegation is coming to St. Petersburg...
View ArticleSwimming against the tide: Russia’s trout industry takes off
Russia's most beloved fish is salmon, or "the red fish," as it is called by Russians. Without it no feast is really a feast. However, the best types of salmon, which are farmed in Norway and Scotland,...
View ArticleRussia’s state arms seller offers anti-terror security system to Pakistan
A delegation of Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has presented a new anti-terror security project at the IDEAS-2016 international defense exhibition in the Pakistani city of Karachi, the...
View ArticleHow to survive the longest trolleybus route in the world
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View ArticleDill, dill, everywhere, and not a bite to eat
It was a grim cold day in October, and around 2:30 p.m. I found myself silently crying harsh, salty tears into my lunch. Moments before I had texted a friend back in the UK on WhatsApp. It merely read:...
View ArticleMemento Metro: A close look at a 9 million city subway
Фото опубликовано Tirrey (@tirrey) Сен 24 2015 в 10:59 PDT On weekdays 9 million people (almost the population of New York City) use the metro. Фото опубликовано Tirrey (@tirrey) Сен 25 2015 в...
View ArticleSeven years after the end of the war, is it safe to travel in Chechnya?
The two Chechen wars left large scars on Grozny. In 2003 the UN Commission came to Grozny and, if we are to believe the local news, it declared Chechnya’s capital the world’s most devastated city since...
View ArticleNew engine being designed for 5th generation Russian fighter aircraft
The United Engine Corporation (UEC), part of Rostec state holding company, successfully conducted the first ground-based ignition of the second stage of the engine for the Prospective Airborne Complex...
View ArticleEurasian Economic Union to combat counterfeit imports from Asia
Authorities are planning to label consumer goods, particularly clothes and footwear, as well as aviation components and valuable wood, said the minister. The EAEU already tested identifying imported...
View ArticleNetflix buys Russian police drama ‘Silver Spoon’ for global market
Netflix is organizing international online showings of the Russian TV series Mazhor, which depicts the gilded lifestyle of a moneyed youth from Moscow who joins the Russian police. The series, whose...
View ArticleCastro death "a loss both for the Cubans and for the mankind" - Kosachev
Cuba led by Fidel Castro experienced most tough pressure from outside and proved ineffectiveness of sanctions and isolation, name of the Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro will remain in the global...
View ArticleThe Romanov court church: 10 facts about the Kazan Cathedral
1. Built by Russian architect Andrei Voronikhin Tsar Paul I thought of building the Kazan Cathedral on the spot where the old Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin had stood. He held a competition,...
View ArticleNorthern Fleet tests five new ships, submarines in 2016
Russia’s Northern Fleet in 2016 has tested new ships and submarines for the Navy, the Fleet’s Commander Vice-Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov told a briefing on Nov. 26. "In 2016, the Northern Fleet provided...
View ArticleRailway bypassing Ukraine to come operational in August 2017 - official
The railway route bypassing Ukraine will come operational on Aug. 15, 2017 already - more than a year ahead of the plan, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister General Dmitry Bulgakov told reporters on Nov....
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