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Sochi resident wins record-breaking $6.5 mln lottery jackpot

The lottery organizers are still waiting for the winning ticket-holder to show up A Sochi local has won a record-setting jackpot prize of 364,685,787 rubles (roughly $6.5 mln) in lottery, the Stoloto lottery organizers reported today. «The ‘6 out of 45’ State Lotto will award the jackpot prize of 364,685,787 rubles to a Sochi resident,»…

Expert predicts millions of Russian believers may pay homage to relics of St. Nicholas

The relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker are not the first ones brought to Russia from overseas Several millions of believers may pay homage to the relics of St. Nicholas, Roman Lunkin, Senior Researcher and Head of Religious and Social Studies Center at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told TASS.…

Scientists confirm skeleton found in Turkey is 19th century Russian general

A skeleton of a man with a thick beard and moustache dressed in a late 19th century military uniform with epaulettes was found in the coffin earlier Russian scientists have confirmed that the remains discovered last month in Turkey’s northeast province of Ardahan belong to a Russian general who lived there in the 19th century,…

Archaeologists dig up 17th century stone bridge in downtown Moscow

For a long time, the bridge was believed to have been lost Archaeological experts have discovered the stone foundation and a brick arch of a 17th century white stone bridge at Slavyanskaya Square in downtown Moscow, where a water pipe is being repaired in line with the city’s Moya Ulitsa (or My Street) gentrification program,…

Patriarch Kirill welcomes Saint Nicholas relics in Moscow

The arrival of the relic was celebrated by bell-ringing at Moscow’s churches Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia welcomed the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered figures in Russia, at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral on Sunday. The relics have been delivered from the Italiancity of Bari. Hundreds of…

Special plane delivers relics of Saint Nicholas to Moscow

Believers of Moscow parishes have gathered at Vnukovo airport where journalists are present to meet the relic A special plane has delivered a fragment of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered figures in Russia, to Moscow from the Italian city of Bari. Believers of Moscow parishes have gathered at…

Relics of Saint Nicholas leave Bari for Moscow

For the first time in almost thousand years, Orthodox believers in Russia will be able to venerate one of the most important Saints without leaving their country The ark with a fragment of the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most revered figures in Russia, has been passed over to the Russian…

930 years of waiting: fragment of St Nicholas’s relics to arrive to Russia from Italy

About what preceded this unique event and how Moscow is preparing to meet the relic — in the TASS material A fragment of relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, who passed away more than 1,700 years ago, will be transported from in the Italian city of Bari to the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow.…

Fragment of St Nicholas’s relics ready for transportation to Russia from Italy

The expert said that about 80% of the skeleton and the skull of St Nicholas has reached our days intact Preparations have completed in the Italian city of Bari for a unique operation to transport a fragment of relics of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, who passed away more than 1,700 years ago, to Russia for…

UN refrains from assessment of Ukrainian bills on state control over Church

Ukraine has three denominations at the moment, each of them referring to itself at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Officials at the UN Secretariat have refrained from comment on the much-debated Ukrainian bills that would put religious organizations under state control and would put the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church reporting to Moscow Patriarchate at risk of…

Seal school in session: see how sea mammals are trained

According to biologists, seals can be trained mainly with the help of treats Scientists at the Murmansk Institute of Marine Biological Diversity have developed a unique program to train sea mammals. This training program can turn the fin-footed, semiaquatic marine “students” into researchers, servicemen or rescuers, Dmitry Ishkulov, the institute’s deputy director general, told TASS.…

Nobel laureate in literature Svetlana Alexievich to visit Moscow in June

Earlier, several media outlets reported that Alexievch had passed away

Nobel laureate in literature, Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich will visit Moscow on June 10, the chief of the Open Library project Nikolai Solodnikov, told TASS.

Cannes 2017: Best red carpet looks

The 70th annual Cannes Film Festival runs from 17 to 28 May

Actresses Susan Sarandon and Elle Fanning greet each other upon arrival at the opening ceremony and the screening of the film Ismael’s Ghosts at the 70th international film festival, Cannes
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Cannes Film Festival to roll out red carpet lineup for 70th anniversary

Russia is being represented in two categories, Loveless in the main one and in the Special View category Kantemir Balagov’s Closeness The 70th International Cannes Film Festival is set to open on Wednesday in Cote d’Azur, France. Russian movie director Andrey Zvyagintsev is taking part in the main competition of the festival with his motion…

Cannes Film Festival fashion trends through the years

This event is one of the most prestigious film gatherings in the world

The Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, kicks off on today. It was founded in 1946 and is held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres.

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Putin vows support for Islamic World

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of greetings to the participants in the meeting of the Russia — Islamic World strategic vision group and the Ninth International Economic Summit dubbed Russia — Islamic World. The message has been published on the Kremlin website on Wednesday. «Today, many Muslim countries are facing serious challenges,…

Sotheby’s sells diamond earrings for record $57 million

One earing is decorated with a pink diamond, the other — with a blue one A pair of mismatched earrings — one with a blue diamond and the other with a pink one — went under hammer in Geneva at a record-breaking price of more than $57 million, the Sotheby’s auction house said. David Bennett,…

Soviet cinema sex symbol Oleg Vidov dies in US

Soviet actor Oleg Vidov has died on May 16 in Westlake Village, California, at the age of 73 Soviet cinema sex symbol of his generation Oleg Vidov has died on Tuesday in his home in Westlake Village, California, USA at the age of 73, his widow Joan Borsten told TASS. According to Borsten, her husband…

More than half of Russians see ‘no threat’ in North Korea’s nuclear program

According to a survey, 50% of the respondents said the US, on the other hand, posed a threat to Russia related with the risk of using weapons of mass destruction ore than half of Russians believe that North Korea’s weapons, should they ever materialize, will not pose a threat to Russia’s national interests, as follows…

Russia — Islamic World strategic vision group to have conference in Grozny

The sides will pay special attention to the prospects for economic cooperation between Russia and Moslem nations Russia — Islamic World strategic vision group will hold the third conference in Chechnya’s capital Grozny on May 16 and May 17. The heads of regions making up the North Caucasus Federal District, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and officials from…

Russian scientists to take part in international Arctic drift expedition

The Polarstern, or the Polar Star, vessel was built in Germany’s Kiel and Rendsburg in 1982 especially for Arctic and Antarctic research Russian scientists will take part in the international MOSAiC Arctic Drift expedition onboard the Polarstern research vessel, Alexander Makarov of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology…

Court rejects complaint against termination of proceedings in St. Isaac’s Cathedral case

The Administrative Division of the St. Petersburg City Court has ruled that the primary court’s decision should remain unchanged The Administrative Division of the St. Petersburg City Court has rejected a complaint against the primary court’s decision to terminate the proceedings in the case concerning the handover of St. Isaac’s Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox…