Monthly Archives: July 2017

No one needs to tell Muscovites “winter is coming.”

Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed an arms deal Monday valued at $3.5 billion, general director of Russian state-owned corporation Rostec Sergei Chemezov said

Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (UFSIN) has requested opposition leader Alexei Navalny be imprisoned, instead of serving out a suspended sentence

An inmate at a Russian prison has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to strip him of his citizenship in protest against torture allegedly carried out at the detention facility

Eighteen people, including one child, have been injured.

The 33-year-old says he regrets his “stupid and non-motivated crime”

Driving out demons might help in cases where professional psychological counselors fail.

The U.S. State Department is once again the recipient of rotten tomatoes from state media after it criticized the Russian authorities’ actions in a non-existent city.

Don’t play with grenades.

The Internet’s ‘Pushkin’ died on July 9, just days after turning 51

“[The story of Nureyev] was the wrong topic, by the wrong guy at the wrong time.”

Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater has unexpectedly postponed the premier of a highly anticipated ballet, just days before it was scheduled to open on July 11

The Kremlin has reacted to a report claiming 27 people were killed by security forces in January

For the ideological crime of depicting Solzhenitsyn, the Central Committee of the Communist Party exiled Glazunov to Siberia to paint portraits of the workers of the Baikal-Amur Railway

Russian political parties have been in a state of deepening crisis since parliamentary elections in 2016

An anonymous Russian website is using controversial identification software to find the names and social media accounts of anti-corruption protesters

Russian state TV was unimpressed with Donald Trump in its coverage of the G20 in Hamburg last week.

A round-up of this weekend’s news

Anything other than a presidential brawl would have passed as a diplomatic breakthrough.

Nossik was reportedly with friends at a dacha when he suffered a sudden heart attack during the night.

Anton Nossik, a Russian Internet entrepreneur often referred to as the godfather of the Russian Internet, died on Saturday night.

In stark contrast to the cool reaction from American media, most Russian politicians and experts gushed about the meeting between the two presidents.

Unusually cold and rainy weather this summer means some businesses are cashing in.

From now on, the number of absent deputies will be announced at the beginning of each plenary session.

Tom Blackwell is the CEO of the EM (Emerging Markets) corporate/strategic communications (PR) firm, which is working to expand Moscow’s business networks into Hong Kong and Beijing with the opening of a new Chinese branch.

Tom Blackwell is the CEO of the EM (Emerging Markets) corporate/strategic communications (PR) firm, which is working to expand Moscow’s business networks into Hong Kong and Beijing with the opening of a new Chinese branch.

The country’s voters may have just one request for their next president: maintain the status quo

The country’s voters may have just one request for their next president: maintain the status quo

A cartographic adventure through time and space awaits visitors at the Museum of Moscow. See how the city has changed since the 18th century through the perspective of visitors from abroad.

Despite the less-than-summery weather, the great outdoors beckons this weekend with jazz and comedy.

Despite the less-than-summery weather, the great outdoors beckons this weekend with jazz and comedy.

A Russian blogger who was sentenced to over three years for filming himself playing Pokemon Go in an Orthodox cathedral has had his sentenced reduced

This green restaurant on Bolshaya Dmitrovka is a foray into a friendly new kind of dining experience.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released from jail on Friday after spending 25 days behind bars for organizing mass anti-corruption protests, his press secretary said on Twitter.

While it is true that Eskimos do not have 50 words for snow, in the past month I have learned at least 50 ways of saying “Can you believe this weather?” in Russian — from very polite to so obscene it would make a sailor blush.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of the general in charge of Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal.

At least four people have been killed after an explosion at a Norilsk Nickel mine in northern Russia, the company said in a statement Friday.

The two presidents are set to meet for the first time today on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany.

The Moscow Metro will open 63 new stations and add 142 kilometers of track by 2021.

Russian riot police used excessive force against hundreds of demonstrators during anti-corruption protests on June 12, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.

A volunteer working for opposition leader Alexei Navaly’s has been hospitalized after a late-night altercation with police at Navalny’s Moscow headquarters

From a sky-high history museum to a concert venue on top of Gorky Park’s main entrance: all the latest openings in Moscow

CD Land plans to resell the brand to companies that would manufacture Zhdun trinkets for eager Russian buyers.

Ahead of U.S. President Trump’s hotly anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Hamburg Friday, The Moscow Times presents an illustrated history of historic meetings between U.S. and Russian leaders.

A Russian court on Thursday ordered assets belonging to three AFK Sistema companies remain frozen

How should the U.S. president approach his first face-to-face with Putin? Five experts weigh in from Washington.

A Moscow court sentenced the ringleader of the Shaltai Boltai hackers group to two years in prison on Thursday.

A tour of the Neglinnaya River takes you into a labyrinth deep under the city and (almost) all the way to the Kremlin.

An unusually cold summer is partially responsible for a spike in Muscovites calling in for psychological help

Police have reportedly blocked access to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Moscow offices and are searching the premises

The number of Russians who would vote for United Russia in parliamentary elections increased from 55 to 63 percent compared to June 2016

The Russian Embassy to the United States has accused Washington of “kidnapping” a Russian man accused of cyber-fraud.

There’s a wealth of day-trip destinations on Moscow’s doorstep. Culture vultures should head for the artists’ estates of Abramtsevo and Polenovo, while history buffs will be fascinated by Sergiev Posad and Borodino.

President Vladimir Putin will likely run as an independent candidate in presidential elections next year, RBC reports.

In an apparent breach of EU sanctions, electricity turbines made by Germany’s flagship firm Siemens have been delivered to power plants in Crimea, Reuters reports.

In an apparent breach of EU sanctions, electricity turbines made by Germany’s flagship firm Siemens have been delivered to power plants in Crimea, Reuters reports.

Matthew Weiner’s latest project will be an 8-part dramatization of the lives of descendants of the Russian royal family.