The historic prisoner swap with Russia that freed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and 15 other Westerners was the fruit of painstaking, secret talks — and one crucial phone call from President Joe Biden an hour before he dropped his reelection bid. Biden welcomed the families of the three U.S. citizens and one U.S. resident to…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called Russian opposition figurehead Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, to discuss Thursday’s massive Russia-West prisoner exchange, Navalnaya’s spokeswoman said. Harris called her “to discuss the exchange and express her support, noting Alexei and Yulia’s contribution to the fight for a democratic Russia,” the spokeswoman, Kira…
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Russian-British opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza and U.S.-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were freed from Russian prison, the White House said Thursday, in the largest and most complex prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. The four were released in a swap involving over…
The first large-sized equipment – the core catcher, which is part of the NPP passive safety system, was delivered to the construction site of Paks NPP (Hungary) new power units on August 1, 2024. The components of the core catcher for Paks NPP Unit 5 were transported from Russia by water, from Volgodonsk to Paks.…
A historic prisoner swap is underway between Russia and the West, leading Western media reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the situation. U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Russian-U.K. opposition figure and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza and Russian-U.S. journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were freed in the exchange at an airport in Ankara, Turkey, The…
The Estonian government on Thursday revealed plans to introduce full customs controls on its border with Russia to combat sanctions evasion, with the measures scheduled to go into effect on Aug. 8. “The goods that allow [Russia] to wage war against Ukraine, undermine Europe’s and Estonia’s security shouldn’t be imported there,” Estonian Prime Minister Kristen…
Users across Russia started experiencing sharp declines in YouTube loading speeds on Thursday, according to online monitoring platforms, coming after Russian authorities criticized the video streaming website for failing to restore pro-Kremlin channels. Online platforms Downdetector, Brand Analytics, and Sboi.rf noted spikes in YouTube outages in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other major Russian cities and…
The Kremlin declined to comment on Thursday when asked about reports that Russia and the West could be gearing up for their biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Several prisoners in Russia and Western countries have reportedly been moved from their cells in recent days, fuelling speculation of an imminent exchange. “I still have…
Moldova on Thursday declared an employee of the Russian embassy in Chisinau as persona non grata, in the second espionage case to emerge in the country in recent weeks. The move came after prosecutors on Wednesday announced the detention of two officials suspected of treason and conspiring against the country. They did not identify the…
Former State Duma lawmaker turned opposition figure Ilya Ponomaryov was injured in a drone strike at his home outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, in what appears to have been an assassination attempt. “Today seems to be my second birthday,” Ponomaryov wrote on X (formerly Twitter), claiming that the aerial attack marked the fifth…
Concreting of the foundaton slab of pump station of Akkuyu NPP Unit No. 3 (which is being built by Rosatom State Corporation in Türkiye). The slab foundaton was divided into 8 blocks. Each of them included 4 to 10 concreting stages, depending on their complexity. The concrete volume was almost 20 000 cubic meters, and…
The head of the Russian military’s clothing and food supplier Voentorg was arrested on fraud charges, law enforcement officials said Thursday. Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said the CEO had “entered into a criminal conspiracy” with several other individuals to sell toiletry kits to the military at inflated prices. She did not mention the company executive…
ROSATOM took part in the World Nuclear University’s Summer Institute, an international educational program aimed at developing the professional skills of nuclear industry workers from different countries. The SI 2024 was hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The program has been attended by ROSATOM Special Representative for International Projects Lyudmila Zalimskaya, Chief Sustainability Officer Polina…
Updated with death toll. At least seven people were killed in a gas explosion at an apartment block in the Ural Mountains region of Sverdlovsk on Thursday, Russian emergency officials said. A large part of the five-story panel building in the industrial city of Nizhny Taigil was completely torn to pieces, videos showed. Officials told state media…
An apartment block in the Ural Mountains region of Sverdlovsk collapsed on Thursday morning after an apparent gas explosion, state media reported, citing emergency service officials. A large part of the five-story panel building in the industrial city of Nizhny Taigil was completely torn to pieces, videos on social media showed. Officials told state news…
Sibintek (a subsidiary of Rosneft) launched a summer internship for students of technical specialities