More than 1,300 young specialists of the Company — winners and prize-winners of regional scientific and technical conferences from 95 subsidiaries — took part in the XVII Cluster Scientific and Technical Conference. More than 1,000 projects were presented in 66 specialised sections
The leaders of Russia and China on Wednesday hailed their efforts to harden their anti-Western alliance at a summit in Kazakhstan, seeking to press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were in Astana for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) — a Beijing-led regional bloc that…
A meeting was held with the President of the transition period of the Republic of Mali, Assimi Goïta. A delegation from ROSATOM led by the Deputy Director General for International Relations, Nikolay Spassky, visited the Republic of Mali on July 2-3, 2024. The delegation included the Director General of JSC NovaWind, a subsidiary company (wind…
Around 40 daily temperature records were broken across Russia and annexed Crimea on Tuesday as hot summer weather gripped the country, the Phobos weather center said Wednesday. The unprecedented temperatures have engulfed Russia from its central regions to the Far East, reaching a maximum of 38.7 degrees Celsius in the village of Mamakan in southeastern…
Russia has sentenced three sons of a Russian priest to up to 17.5 years in prison for attempting to join the Ukrainian army, the independent news website Mediazona reported Wednesday. Ioann Ashcheulov, 24, Alexei Ashcheulov, 20 and Timofey Ashcheulov, 19, were detained in July 2023 while attempting to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border. The brothers, whose father…
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to suspend Moscow’s participation in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) parliamentary assembly, branding it anti-Russian and discriminatory. Both chambers of Russia’s rubber-stamp parliament — the State Duma and Federation Council — voted unanimously to cease participation in the body during sessions on Wednesday. The Federation Council,…
Chinese and Russian companies are developing and testing an attack drone modeled on the Iranian-made Shahed for shipment to Russia, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing anonymous European officials familiar with the matter. Although the name of the unmanned aircraft under development has not been revealed, Bloomberg says reports by Chinese defense websites and media outlets suggest…
Russia’s FSB security service said Wednesday that a French citizen arrested in Moscow last month was collecting military information that could be used by foreign intelligence agencies to harm Russia. Laurent Vinatier, a researcher with a Swiss conflict mediation NGO, was arrested on charges of breaching Russia’s “foreign agents” law in June, the latest case…
Russia said Wednesday it had destroyed two Ukrainian naval drones that were advancing on its Black Sea port of Novorossiysk overnight. Ukrainian naval drones have sunk several Russian ships in the Black Sea, but strikes as far east as Novorossiysk are rare. “Two unmanned boats traveling in the direction of Novorossiysk were destroyed in the…
A Russian anti-government protester has been jailed and fined for violating wartime censorship laws with his tattoo of the viral phrase “Russian warship, go f**k yourself,” media reported Tuesday. Authorities detained Stepan Zimin after pro-war bloggers published a video of him with the tattoo, which bears the phrase that became a rallying cry for Ukrainian resistance against…
Russia’s capture of the district was also reported by the DeepState military blog, which has links to the Ukrainian army. It said the area had been flattened by Russian bombardments, and that withdrawing was “a logical, albeit difficult decision.” There was no immediate reaction from officials in Kyiv. ‘Protect lives’ The Russian attack on Dnipro…
A senior Muslim cleric in Russia’s republic of Dagestan announced Wednesday that the niqab, a full-face veil worn by some Muslim women, would be temporarily banned as part of safety measures following deadly attacks last month. Gunmen killed 22 people in coordinated attacks on two churches, two synagogues and a police checkpoint in two cities in the…