The ice-covered Canadian barge without a crew, which washed up on the shores of Russian Chukotka, will not be touched until the end of May, until warming occurs. The Russian authorities hope that during this time the environmentally hazardous vessel with diesel fuel on board will be carried back to ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the possibility of war with Ukraine, calling such a scenario apocalyptic. “I think that such an apocalyptic scenario is hardly possible, and I hope that it will never come to that,” Putin said in an interview with the Rossiya-1 TV channel. At the same time, according to…
The management of the microblogging service Twitter agreed to negotiations with the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Communications (Roskomnadzor). The company, among other things, agreed to work out the issue of determining the daily traffic of popular Russian accounts. On February 13, Roskomnadzor sent an official request to the Twitter administration with a request to explain ...
As armed conflict continues in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russian-backed separatists, the public is increasingly sympathetic to arms shipments to Ukraine and increased sanctions against Russia. This is evidenced by the results of a survey recently conducted by the Pew Research Center. According to ...
In Russia, for Defender of the Fatherland Day and Women's Day on March 8, they prepared “Political Chocolate” with images of Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Barack Obama. The idea of political chocolate belongs to the gift boutique “Konfael”, which published the corresponding advertisement on the website. “State your position,” says...
The Russian and Kazakh governors plan to “give up” the territory and adjust the border section for mutual convenience. “We have a settlement called Russkaya Polyana, from where the road to the regional center passes through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Border demarcation is underway today, and if it is completed, then...
German artist Kurt Fleckenstein, who calls himself an “extreme fighter for democracy and tolerance,” will publicly wash an armored vehicle damaged in Ukraine for two weeks in Riga. At the same time, he will be dressed in the Soviet “Beryozka” camouflage, which symbolizes “protest against Russian hegemony...
The demonstration was organized by the Communist Party, which delighted bloggers with an “Obama bomb” with an inverted hammer and sickle. At the rally there were demands: “Curb the rise in prices and tariffs,” the “Fifth Column” of oligarchs and liberals - to account!”, “Novorossiya, we are with you” and “No to fascism in the fraternal...
The celebration of Maslenitsa in the Belarusian agricultural town of the Brest region was not without an entertaining curiosity. Judging by the photo report published by the local publication “Nash Krai”, during the festivities, the flag of the Russian Federation was burned along with the traditional effigy of winter. So far, however, it is not clear whether this was planned...
On Monday, February 23, famous Russians, as well as emigrants from the Russian Federation, donated blood for Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbass. Former adviser to the President of Russia Andrei Illarionov, a former officer of the Foreign Intelligence Service ...