Samsung Pay to begin working with Visa in Russia from Dec. 1
Samsung Pay service will start to work with Visa payment system cards in Russia, Samsung said on Nov. 30. "Starting from Dec. 1, 2016, clients of Alfa Bank, MTS, MTS-Bank, Raiffeisen Bank will be able...
View ArticlePhoto of the day: Ice fishing in Vladivostok
Fishermen during ice fishing in Vladivostok.
View ArticleOfficial: Ukrainian missile tests won’t affect Russian airline routes
Ukraine’s missile tests won’t impinge on the Russian airline routes, Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov told reporters on the sidelines of the Transport of Russia forum. "The Russian planes flying...
View ArticleCarlsen wins over Karjakin, retains World Champion title
Norway's Magnus Carlsen has won over Russia's Sergey Karjakin in tie-break and retained his World Champion title. Carlsen won the fouth tie-break game, thus defeating Karjakin 9-7. Karjakin lost in the...
View ArticleSotheby’s takes in $17 million at Russian Art Sale in London
Alexander Rodchenko "Construction No.95" / Source: Courtesy of Sotheby'sSotheby’s earned £13.8 million ($17.2 million) from its recent Russian Art sale in London. At the sale, 275 objects of Russian...
View ArticleGrain futures trading may start in 2017
Trading in grain futures may be launched in Russia in 2017, Department Director with the Bank of Russia Larisa Selyutina said on Dec. 1. "Proactive work is underway. As soon as they [companies] are...
View ArticleCan WWII tale of love on U.S. base in USSR inspire better understanding?
While many in Russia cherish hopes that Russia and the United States might fight common enemies together under President-elect Donald Trump, Russian writer Eduard Topol finds similar examples in...
View ArticleHas Erdogan put Russia relations at risk with vow to topple ‘tyrant’ Assad?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has unexpectedly announced that Turkey is seeking to directly overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "We've come to Syria [Turkish troops have been in...
View ArticleKadyrov: No ban on selling alcohol in Chechnya
Authorities of Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Chechnya are not planning to introduce a ban on alcohol sales, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told TASS on Dec. 1. "We won’t ban anyone from sales, we...
View ArticleArizona police to be armed with Russian-made rubber-bullet guns
A sheriff’s office in Arizona has become the first police agency in the United States to use a Russian-designed gun that fires rubber bullets after purchasing a shipment of more than 60 Osa guns and...
View ArticleRussian Army to start building railroad in Kaliningrad Region in 2017
The Russian Army Railroad Corps will launch the construction of a railroad between the Druzhnoye train station to Chkalovsk airport in the Kaliningrad Region in 2017, Russian Deputy Defense Minister...
View ArticleGLONASS ground-based station made operational in South Africa
A ground-based station of the GLONASS satellite navigation system has been made operational in South Africa, the press office of Russia’s High-Precision Instrument Systems Company, the developer of the...
View ArticleIn search of the perfect souvenir from Russia
For first timers and frequent visitors alike, Russian clichés are still very much alive: Caviar, vodka and matryoshka dolls. But why not check out some things that reflect the country’s contemporary...
View ArticleLondon gallery opens solo exhibition of Russian artist
The first solo exhibition of Moscow-based artist Irina Korina opens on Dec. 2 at London's GRAD, a gallery specializing in art, design and culture of Russia and Eastern Europe. The gallery curators...
View ArticleVolodin: Putin’s address to parliament sets tasks for 10 years ahead
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual State-of-the-Nation address to the Federal Assembly (Russia’s parliament) has set development tasks for ten years ahead, State Duma (lower house of parliament)...
View ArticleRussia pays off its 2017 contribution to Council of Europe, including PACE
Russia has paid off its contribution to the Council of Europe for 2017, including for the work in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a Russian lawmaker said on Dec. 1. "The...
View ArticleRussian embassy in Benin says no information on 3 sailors nabbed by pirates
Russia’s embassy in Benin has no information on the three Russian sailors seized by pirates, a source in the embassy told TASS on Dec. 1. "The Saronic Breeze vessel was guided to Nigeria’s territorial...
View ArticleSunlit frosts and snowstorms: The Russian winter in literature
Each season has inspired Russian writers and poets in its own way. But winter had a particular effect: the ringing silence, the glow of snow, the bells of a speeding troika, the creaking of blades and...
View ArticleKyrgyz president announces closure of Russian military base
President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev announced that Russian military base will be closed in the country after the current contract expires. “Kyrgyzstan should rely only on its own military...
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