Day: February 1, 2019
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‘U.S. Took Step to Destroy the World’: Russia Responds to U.S. Suspension of INF Treaty
Russian officials have pledged to revive missile production and said Moscow was ready to “respond militarily” to the United States suspending its compliance with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that Washington was suspending its compliance with the INF Treaty on Saturday and will withdraw from the…
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By Launching a Trade Union, Navalny Addresses the Elephant in the Room
In a YouTube video, opposition politician Alexei Navalny claims state workers’ salaries have remained stagnant despite assurances by the Kremlin. Alexei Navalny / Youtube Alexei Navalny’s last stint in prison gave him plenty of time to think. After serving a 30-day sentence in September for organizing protests, the opposition leader was immediately tossed behind bars…
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Soviet Citizen Finally Gets Russian Passport After 28 Years
The Soviet dream has finally died, at least for one Siberian retiree who swapped her red ID from the communist era for a maroon Russian passport. The unnamed Omsk woman lived with outdated documents for 28 years since the Soviet collapse, the regional Interior Ministry branch spokesman told state media on Friday. The 63-year-old was…
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Rosneft Increases Bunker Oil Sales by 10% in 2018
In 2018, RN-Bunker, a subsidiary of Rosneft Oil Company, increased its bunker oil sales by 10% year-on-year to 3.2 million tonnes. The increase in the bunker oil sales volumes was due to the Company’s efficient operations, customer service expansion and cooperation development with major foreign and Russian consumers, including those in the Far East ports.…
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U.S. Suspends Compliance With INF Treaty, Gives Russia 6 Months
The United States said it will suspend compliance with the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia on Saturday and formally withdraw in six months if Moscow does not end its alleged violation of the pact, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. The United States would reconsider its withdrawal if Russia, which denies violating the arms…
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Russian Prisoners Create ‘Motherland’ Sculpture Out of Snow
Life in Russian prison can bring out the artist within you. So says the prison service in Smolensk region 400 kilometers west of Moscow, which announced the results of a snow figure competition Thursday. The winning prize went to a sculpture inspired by the “The Motherland Calls” statue in Volgograd and was commended for its…
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Did a Russian Plane Take Off With Venezuela’s Gold?
Andres Martinez Casares / Reuters The sighting of two Russian planes in Venezuela this week sparked rumors that Moscow was helping the Nicolas Maduro government ship gold reserves out of the country in an attempt to quickly raise cash. Other commentators speculated – without solid evidence –that the planes may have brought Russian mercenaries to…
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Kremlin Denies Receiving Message From Venezuela’s Guaido
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday Moscow had not yet received a message from Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who said he had sent a communication to Russia. “We have not received any messages yet. If or when we receive it, we will review it,” Peskov told reporters. He said Russia did not recognize Guaido as Venezuelan…
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Giant Icicles Threaten and Dazzle Russia, in Photos
As the weather in European Russia fluctuates around the zero mark, snow accumulated over the past few weeks has melted (before freezing again), lining city roofs with menacing icicles. Since Wednesday, at least three people, including a 9-year-old boy, were hospitalized with injuries from falling icicles in the city of St. Petersburg alone, local media…
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Restoring Repin
The Tretyakov Gallery describes work to repair the damaged painting “Ivan the Terrible and His Son, November 16, 1581” by Ilya Repin Tretyakov Gallery In May 2018, disaster struck in the Tretyakov Gallery. On a Friday evening just before closing time, a man ran into the almost empty hall of works by Ilya Repin, picked…
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Disapproval With Country’s Course Hits 12-Year-High in Russia – Poll
The share of Russians who think their country is going in the wrong direction has grown to a high of 45 percent of the population, according to a new poll published by the independent Levada Center pollster. Recent polls suggest that Putin’s approval rating has dropped to five-year lows, while a majority of Russians have…
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Putin Shows Rare Soft Spot to Rescue Russia’s ISIS Children
Murtaja Lateef / EPA / TASS Zalina Gabibulayeva has had five children, four husbands and two jail sentences. All her spouses were Islamist militants who are either dead or in prison, the last two in Syria, where she was among hundreds of women stranded by the war before officials brought her back to Russia. “I…