October 31, 2019

Gazprom and BASF promote technology cooperation

BusinessBy admin October 31, 2019

Release October 31, 2019, 18:40 Leading-edge technologies are serving to improve operational efficiency of Gazprom. Sochi hosted an expanded 5th conference on promoting the relationship in the area of gas processing held by the Coordinating Committee for Strategic Cooperation between Gazprom and BASF. The conference included a discussion of possible cooperation in technological innovation, digitalization of business processes, and localization of BASF chemical production in Russia. To that end,…

Russian Activists Organize Halloween Flashmob Against Domestic Violence

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Russian activists from the Consortium of Women’s Non-Governmental Organizations launched a Halloween social media flashmob — #LawOrDeath — to push for a 2017 law that largely decriminalized domestic violence to be overturned. “This day has become an occasion for those who like to rattle other people’s nerves,” said Tatiana Belova, the originator of the idea…

7 Kremlin-Linked Mercenaries Killed in Mozambique in October — Sources

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Seven Russian Wagner Group mercenaries have been killed in two separate shooting incidents involving Islamic State-linked insurgents in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province this month, two Mozambique army sources told The Moscow Times. In a previously unreported attack that took place on Oct. 10 in Cabo Delgado’s Macomia district, two Russian Wagner soldiers were shot…

What If Trump Calls Putin? Balts and Poles Worry After Syria

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Estonia is more than 2,000 miles from the Levant, yet ripples from President Donald Trump’s recent actions in Syria are reaching all the way to the Baltic Sea. Trump’s Oct. 6 decision to withdraw troops from parts of Northern Syria was made in a phone call with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that caught other…

3 Quotes From Putin’s Trip to Hungary

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a one-day visit to Hungary, where he mourned the plight of Christians in the Middle East and analyzed his Ukrainian counterpart’s ideologies. The Moscow Times picked out three remarks Putin made alongside his right-wing conservative counterpart Viktor Orban and other officials Wednesday: On Christianity: “Although the Middle East is the…

Turkey Considers Handing 18 Captured Syrian Troops to Russia

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Turkey is in talks with Russia to hand over 18 people believed to be members of the Syrian government forces, who were captured near the northern Syrian town of Ras Al Ain, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Thursday. Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that 18 people, had been captured near Ras al Ain,…

Hundreds of Muscovites Brave the First Snow for Yandex’s New Smart Speaker

MoscowBy admin October 31, 2019

More than 1,000 people flocked to the Yandex tech company’s flagship store in Moscow on Wednesday with hopes of becoming one of the first to get their hands on the new mini version of its “smart” speaker. The Russian tech company had announced that anyone could exchange their old audio equipment for the new Yandex.Station…

Why Did a Russian Soldier Shoot and Kill 8 Fellow Recruits?

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

A Russian conscript killed eight fellow soldiers in the country’s Far East last Friday in a mass shooting the Defense Ministry quickly attributed to the shooter’s nervous breakdown. The conscript has been detained at military unit 54160 in Russia’s Zabaikalsky region, where he and the victims served, and charged with murder. The Defense Ministry did…

How the Dogs of Chernobyl Found a Happy Ending

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — On a gray, overcast fall morning, a hound mix with copper-and-white fur sidles up to a group of foreign tourists taking photographs in front of the old Soviet sign welcoming visitors to Chernobyl. “Dude, don’t touch it, you’ll start throwing up,” a brash college-age American says to his friend, laughing. “We just…

Putin’s $400Bln National Projects Will Barely Boost Russian Economy, Study Finds

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Russia’s mammoth infrastructure spending spree over the next few years will do little to boost the slow pace of growth in the Russian economy, economists have warned. A new study from consultants at Oxford Economics has found that the country’s $400 billion six-year National Projects program will result in an increase in annual GDP growth…

Russian Kids Are Patriotic, Apolitical and Tolerant of LGBT People — Study

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

Russian schoolchildren are largely unwilling to participate in political protests but are concerned about the environment and tolerant of LGBT people, according to a newly published sociological study on the views of youngsters in the country. The report follows the involvement of thousands of young activists in anti-government protests that gripped Moscow this summer. Russian…

‘Prompt, Disciplined, Meticulous’: Putin’s KGB Profile Declassified

anotherBy admin October 31, 2019

President Vladimir Putin’s KGB profile is now being showcased at an exhibit of declassified documents at St. Petersburg’s central state archive. Putin, who served in the Soviet spy agency between 1975 and 1991, had credited his KGB past for preparing him for the presidency. He assumed the presidency in 2000 after a stint at the…

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