The head of Russia’s space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. “Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity,” Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter. Rogozin,…
An inmate was found dead Saturday after a riot and a blaze swept through a Russian prison under a coronavirus lockdown in eastern Siberia, authorities said. Trouble erupted at penal colony No 15 in Angarsk on Thursday with authorities blaming prisoners, while human rights activists said inmates self-harmed en masse to protest systematic mistreatment. On…
If you have a dining room table, chances are that in the last ten days, it’s been hijacked by your local branch of ZGU (Zoom State University). Mine certainly has, which is why I’ve diverted dinner to the coffee table until the semester ends. This is no bad thing. The season for hearty roasts and…
As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 100,000 people worldwide continues to spread, Russia has stepped up its measures to slow the pandemic’s spread within its borders. There have been 13,584 cases of coronavirus infections reported in Russia so far and 106 deaths. MT The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia as of April 11.…
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