Author: admin

  • 5 Moscow ‘Mass Riot’ Suspects to Stay in Custody Until September

    5 Moscow ‘Mass Riot’ Suspects to Stay in Custody Until September

    A Moscow court has ordered five suspects in the criminal case into “mass unrest” over last weekend’s opposition protests to be kept in custody until Sept. 27. Alexei Minyaylo, Ivan Podkopayev, Samariddin Radzhabov, Kirill Zhukov and Yegor Zhukov were among 10 people detained on suspicion of “organizing and conducting mass riots” last Saturday. Police had detained, […]

  • Russia Says New U.S Sanctions Over Skripal Poisoning Damage Ties

    Russia Says New U.S Sanctions Over Skripal Poisoning Damage Ties

    Russia‘s Foreign Affairs Ministry said Friday that a move by the United States to impose another round of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain hurt ties and was regrettable. Washington last year imposed a first batch of sanctions on Russia after determining that Moscow had used a nerve agent […]

  • Riot Police Brutally Beat FC Spartak Fans

    Riot Police Brutally Beat FC Spartak Fans

    Russian football fans clashed with riot police on July 20 at Russia’s Rostov Arena. Video footage posted online showed police brutally beating fans, with around 30 people injured as a result. FC Spartak was outraged by the police’s actions and has since filed a complaint with Russia’s Prosecutor General.

  • ‘Destructive U.S.’: Russia Reacts to INF Treaty Withdrawal

    ‘Destructive U.S.’: Russia Reacts to INF Treaty Withdrawal

    The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty, a claim the Kremlin has repeatedly denied.  U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. would terminate adherence to the 1987 arms control accord, known as the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty […]

  • As Anger Simmers Over Wildfires, Protesters Demand Resignation of Siberian Governor

    As Anger Simmers Over Wildfires, Protesters Demand Resignation of Siberian Governor

    With wildfires raging across Siberia and Russia’s Far East, about 1,000 residents of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Thursday called for the resignation of the region’s governor, who said at the start of the crisis it wasn’t economically profitable to fight the blazes. Wildfires have swept across a swath of Russia the size of Belgium. […]

  • 10 ‘Mass Unrest’ Suspects Detained Ahead of Next Opposition Rally

    10 ‘Mass Unrest’ Suspects Detained Ahead of Next Opposition Rally

    Five more people have been detained as part of criminal proceedings into mass civil unrest related to last weekend’s opposition protest in Moscow as activists push ahead with a new protest planned for Saturday, the state-run TASS news agency reported. Police detained more than 1,300 people in central Moscow on Saturday, some violently, at a […]

  • Russia’s HIV Patients Panic Over Drug Shortage

    Russia’s HIV Patients Panic Over Drug Shortage

    Hundreds of thousands of HIV patients in Russia face a severe shortage of antiretroviral therapy medication under new government procurement rules, health officials say. Russia centralized HIV medication-buying procedures in 2017 in a bid to provide more patients with treatment, empowering the Health Ministry instead of regional authorities to carry out drug tenders. The changes […]

  • Russia Asks U.S. for Missile Moratorium as Nuclear Pact Ends

    Russia Asks U.S. for Missile Moratorium as Nuclear Pact Ends

    Russia said on Friday it had asked the United States to declare and enforce a moratorium on the deployment of short and intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a landmark arms control pact banning such a move formally ended. The United States formally withdrew from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) on Friday, after accusing […]

  • Labs ‘Afraid’ to Test Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny for Poison – Doctor

    Labs ‘Afraid’ to Test Jailed Kremlin Critic Navalny for Poison – Doctor

    Russian labs are “afraid” to test samples taken from jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was briefly hospitalized with an acute allergic reaction which he claims was the result of poison, his personal doctor has said. Earlier this week, a Russian state hospital said that Navalny had tested negative for poison, but his personal […]

  • Japan Says Russian Prime Minister’s Visit to Disputed Island Is Regrettable

    Japan Says Russian Prime Minister’s Visit to Disputed Island Is Regrettable

    A visit on Friday by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to an island claimed by both Japan and Russia was extremely regrettable, Japan’s foreign ministry said, urging Moscow to take constructive steps to advance ties. In his first visit since 2015, Medvedev traveled to one of four Russian-held islands off Japan’s northern region of Hokkaido, known as Iturup in Russian […]

  • Trump Signs New Russia Sanctions Over Skripal Poisoning, Media Reports

    Trump Signs New Russia Sanctions Over Skripal Poisoning, Media Reports

    U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing fresh sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England last year, the U.S. news website Politico reported Thursday. Britain says Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to a military-grade nerve agent in an attempted murder carried out by […]

  • Russia’s Independent Dozhd TV Channel Audited Amid Protest Coverage

    Russia’s Independent Dozhd TV Channel Audited Amid Protest Coverage

    Russia’s independent Dozhd news channel has been hit by a tax audit Thursday over what its founder says is connected to its coverage of rallies for fair elections in Moscow. Dozhd opened its broadcasts to non-subscribers last Friday to cover the weekend’s rallies in support of opposition candidates who had been disqualified from running for […]

  • Russian Defense Chief’s Reported Ex Made $100M From Ministry Deals, Media Reports

    Russian Defense Chief’s Reported Ex Made $100M From Ministry Deals, Media Reports

    A former associate of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has allegedly earned 6.5 billion rubles ($101.9 million) from deals with the ministries of defense and emergency situations, according to an investigation by Russia’s The Insider news website. The Insider’s investigation follows the high-profile sentencing for embezzlement and quick parole in 2015 of Yevgenia Vasilyeva, a Defense […]

  • Russian Сelebrities Show Their Support for Pro-Opposition Protesters

    Russian Сelebrities Show Their Support for Pro-Opposition Protesters

    Some of Russia’s most well-known celebrities and public figures are speaking out in support of the mass opposition protests that have rocked central Moscow over the past three weeks. On Saturday, nearly 1,400 protesters were detained during the most recent unauthorized rally as thousands took to the streets to demand that opposition candidates be allowed […]

  • Russian LGBT Activists Fear More Violence After Brutal Murder of Campaigner

    Russian LGBT Activists Fear More Violence After Brutal Murder of Campaigner

    DRONTEN REFUGEE CENTER, THE NETHERLANDS — Artyom Shitukhin decided last March that enough was enough. Following what he described as months of harassment by police, and expulsion from the university in his hometown of Pyatigorsk, the LGBT activist bought a one-way ticket to Morocco with a stopover in Amsterdam, where he got off the plane […]

  • Unit 2 of Novovoronezh Phase II has achieved 100% power capacity for the first time

    On July 31, 2019, at 19:23, the reactor of the innovative Unit 2 of Novovoronezh Phase II for the first time was brought to the design power capacity. “The key event occurred as scheduled and in accordance with the pilot commercial operation program. We have successfully completed the comprehensive measurements program at 90% power capacity. […]

  • Russia to Amend Law to Fine U.K. Media After London Fines RT

    Russia to Amend Law to Fine U.K. Media After London Fines RT

    Russia‘s media regulator said on Thursday it planned to change the law so it could fine British and other foreign media working in Russia for breaching impartiality standards, a step it called retaliation for London fining Russia‘s RT television channel. Moscow last month warned British media operating on its territory that they should be ready for consequences after […]

  • Russia Senses U.S. Wants Pretext for Persian Gulf Conflict

    Russia Senses U.S. Wants Pretext for Persian Gulf Conflict

    Russia‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it had the impression that the United States was looking for a pretext for conflict in the Persian Gulf, the state-run RIA news agency reported. “Events there are really moving to a dangerous point and there are risks of a large-scale military clash,” RIA cited Foreign Ministry […]

  • 5 ‘Mass Unrest’ Suspects Detained After Moscow Opposition Rallies

    5 ‘Mass Unrest’ Suspects Detained After Moscow Opposition Rallies

    Five people have been detained as part of criminal proceedings into mass civil unrest related to last weekend’s opposition protest in Moscow, with more apprehensions expected, Russian investigators said. Police detained more than 1,300 people in central Moscow on Saturday, some violently, at a march in support of fair local elections this fall. Observers have […]

  • Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg helping children’s oncology center in Yekaterinburg

    Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg helping children’s oncology center in Yekaterinburg

    Background Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom. It operates in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area. The company is focused on gas and gas condensate production. Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg holds licenses for the development and production of hydrocarbons from the Yamburgskoye and Zapolyarnoye fields and is preparing for commercial production the Severo-Kamennomyssky, Kamennomysskoye-Sea, Obsky, Chugoryakhinsky, Tazovsko-Zapolyarny and Yuzhno-Parusovy subsurface areas, and, as part of joint ventures, the Parusovy, […]

  • Over 10K Russian Troops Deployed for Baltic Naval Drills

    Over 10K Russian Troops Deployed for Baltic Naval Drills

    More than 10,500 Russian soldiers and dozens of warships will take part in the country’s second annual naval drills in the Baltic Sea, the Defense Ministry has said. The exercises come amid simmering tensions between Russia and its NATO-member neighbors in the Baltics. The Russian Navy’s Aug. 1-9 “Ocean Shield” exercises involve 10,634 troops, 49 […]

  • Russia to Grant Some Visas to U.S.-Embassy Backed Moscow School

    Russia to Grant Some Visas to U.S.-Embassy Backed Moscow School

    Russia’s Foreign Ministry has softened its refusal to issue visas for teachers at a Moscow school run by the U.S., British and Canadian embassies amid signs of a slight thaw in tensions between the Kremlin and Washington. The Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued seven of the 30 visas requested, which will allow all current students […]

  • Russians’ Trust in TV News Falls 25% in 10 Years – Report

    Russians’ Trust in TV News Falls 25% in 10 Years – Report

    Russians’ trust in television news as a news source dropped by 25% in the past decade, according to the independent Levada Center pollster’s latest report on the national media landscape. Television remains the biggest news source for Russians despite becoming less trusted over the past decade, past Levada polling has said.  Trust in television news […]

  • Russia Tests Encrypted ‘Military Internet,’ Media Reports

    Russia Tests Encrypted ‘Military Internet,’ Media Reports

    Russia has tested its high-speed military internet that can send encrypted data over long distances, the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper reported Thursday. The secure military internet tests come three months before parts of a Russian law tightening state control over the internet come into effect. Lawmakers say “internet sovereignty” will protect the Russian-language segment of the […]

  • Russia to Investigate Arson in Siberian Wildfires

    Russia to Investigate Arson in Siberian Wildfires

    Russia’s law enforcement authorities will look into whether arson was a factor behind the raging wildfires across Siberia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday as emergency officials decried insufficient firefighting efforts. The vast wildfires that have engulfed forest areas the size of Belgium were initially thought to be triggered by a combination of dry lightning and […]

  • Trump Offers Putin Help With Siberian Wildfires

    Trump Offers Putin Help With Siberian Wildfires

    U.S. President Donald Trump offered his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin help in putting out vast wildfires that are raging in Siberia, the Kremlin said late on Wednesday, a move it said Putin took as a sign that battered ties can be restored. The Kremlin said the two leaders had spoken by phone at Washington’s initiative, hours […]

  • Kremlin Foe’s Doctor Skeptical After Navalny Tests Negative for Poison

    Kremlin Foe’s Doctor Skeptical After Navalny Tests Negative for Poison

    A Russian state hospital said on Wednesday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had tested negative for poison after falling ill in custody, but his personal doctor warned the findings were inconclusive and could be wrong. Navalny, who was jailed for 30 days last week for urging people to take part in an unauthorized protest, was rushed […]

  • Twitter Suspends Russian Embassy in Syria’s Account

    Twitter Suspends Russian Embassy in Syria’s Account

    Update: The embassy’s account has been re-activated as of late Wednesday night. Twitter has suspended the account of Russia’s Embassy in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed, with fellow Russian embassy accounts saying it was suspended for its “factual” criticism of Syrian rescue workers. Syrian rebel commanders and rights groups said Monday that Russia […]

  • HIV-Related Deaths on the Rise in Russia – Health Ministry

    HIV-Related Deaths on the Rise in Russia – Health Ministry

    More people have died from HIV-related causes in Russia last year than in 2017 as the country grapples with a rise in infections, according to Health Ministry data cited by the Kommersant business daily on Wednesday.  More than 1.2 million people live with HIV in Russia, a figure experts say is likely underreported and that […]

  • Russian Landfill Opponents Seek Scandinavia’s Help in Averting Eco-Crisis

    Russian Landfill Opponents Seek Scandinavia’s Help in Averting Eco-Crisis

    Opponents of a controversial landfill in northwestern Russia have asked Sweden, Norway and Finland for help in averting an environmental crisis, the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported Tuesday. Activists have staged protests near the small train station of Shiyes for the past year against Moscow’s plans to ship 2.3 million tons of garbage there annually. […]

  • Rosneft Increases Fuel Supplies to the Russian Market by 6% in H1 2019

    Rosneft Increases Fuel Supplies to the Russian Market by 6% in H1 2019

    Rosneft boosted its supply of motor fuel (Euro-5 gasoline and diesel) to the Russian market by 6% year-on-year in H1 2019, to 14.1 million tonnes. Gasoline and diesel deliveries increased by 4.2% and 7.8%, respectively. From January to June, the Company sold 2.6 million tonnes of motor fuel within the major trading session on the […]

  • Russian Police Arrest Man Over Popular Fashion Blogger’s Murder

    Russian Police Arrest Man Over Popular Fashion Blogger’s Murder

    Russian police said they had arrested a man suspected of murdering a popular lifestyle blogger and model whose body was found in a suitcase in her apartment in Moscow. Ekaterina Karaglanova’s landlord found the 24-year-old’s body at a rented apartment Saturday after her parents had been unable to reach her by phone, the Investigative Committee […]

  • Russians Call for Stronger Action Against Siberian Wildfires on Instagram

    Russians Call for Stronger Action Against Siberian Wildfires on Instagram

    As 3 million hectares of remote forest burn across six regions in Russia’s Siberia and Far East – the approximate size of annexed Crimea — residents of affected areas are using social media to demand that the authorities take tougher action.  Authorities have been slow to respond to the blazes and said any efforts to extinguish […]

  • Heavy Floods Continue in Siberia as Water Rises Above Its Critical Point

    Heavy Floods Continue in Siberia as Water Rises Above Its Critical Point

    Devastating floods hit Russia’s Irkutsk region again as the water level in local rivers has risen by over a meter on Tuesday, the local authorities said on their website. The administration of Tulun, the town in Irkutsk region almost destroyed by the first wave of floods this June, said the water in the local Iya […]

  • Moscow Authorities Stage Raids, Warnings as City Braces for Weekend Protest Showdown

    Moscow Authorities Stage Raids, Warnings as City Braces for Weekend Protest Showdown

    Moscow authorities have conducted raids on opposition activists and issued warnings to Muscovites in the run-up to this weekend’s planned protest to demand that opposition candidates be allowed to run in the city’s local elections. Activists have rallied for three weekends in a row after authorities barred independent candidates from running because they failed to […]

  • Russia Could Re-Criminalize Domestic Violence After European Court Ruling, Senator Says

    Russia Could Re-Criminalize Domestic Violence After European Court Ruling, Senator Says

    Russia could make domestic violence a crime two years after lawmakers decriminalized some forms of domestic abuse, a top senator has said after a ruling by Europe’s top human rights court put a spotlight on the issue. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) this month ruled for the first time that Russia failed to […]

  • On This Day in 1930 Oleg Popov Was Born

    On This Day in 1930 Oleg Popov Was Born

    On July 31, 1930, Oleg Popov was born in Moscow, where he would start work early as an apprentice typographer for Pravda newspaper at age 12. This led him to join Pravda’s athletics club, a move that would provide a useful foundation for his later career.  When Popov was 15, he applied to Moscow’s State […]

  • 1 in 4 Russians Are Seeing Their Wallets Shrink – Poll

    1 in 4 Russians Are Seeing Their Wallets Shrink – Poll

    Almost a quarter of Russians say they have felt their finances dwindle in recent months, according to a survey by the state-run Foundation of Public Opinion (FOM) pollster. Real incomes have declined in the past five years in Russia against the backdrop of Western sanctions and falling oil prices. As he took office last year, […]

  • ‘Time for Radical Measures’: Lyubov Sobol Is Seizing the Protest Moment

    ‘Time for Radical Measures’: Lyubov Sobol Is Seizing the Protest Moment

    In a YouTube video posted on the evening of July 13 that has been viewed more than half a million times, Lyubov Sobol made two announcements. The first was that Moscow’s election commission would be preventing her from running in upcoming city council elections. The second was that she would be going on a hunger […]

  • Passenger Union Eyes BlaBlaCar Ban in Russia – Reports

    Passenger Union Eyes BlaBlaCar Ban in Russia – Reports

    The popular ride-sharing service BlaBlaCar risks being banned in Russia as a passenger association seeks legislative help in cracking down on illegal buses, the pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper reported Tuesday. About one-third of 900,000 bus carriers in Russia are uninsured and operate without undergoing checkups, obtaining the required permits or paying taxes, according to the All-Russian […]

  • Russia’s Navy Day Sets Sail in St. Petersburg

    Russia’s Navy Day Sets Sail in St. Petersburg

    On Saturday, Russia’s Navy Day was celebrated across the country, with the main events taking place in St. Petersburg. The first Navy Day was held in 1939. By 1980, Navy Day was traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of July. In 2006, the day received status as an official Russian holiday, and the annual commemoration […]

  • Siberian Wildfire Smog Could Sweep Into Moscow – Greenpeace

    Siberian Wildfire Smog Could Sweep Into Moscow – Greenpeace

    Smog from wildfires currently raging in Siberia could reach as far as Moscow, Greenpeace Russia told The Moscow Times on Tuesday. An unprecedented number of wildfires has spread across the region since June, exceeding an area the size of annexed Crimea. Authorities have been slow to declare emergencies and firefighting efforts have been scaled back […]

  • PhosAgro 2Q 2019 Fertilizer and MCP Output up 5.8% y-o-y to 2.4 mln t

    PhosAgro 2Q 2019 Fertilizer and MCP Output up 5.8% y-o-y to 2.4 mln t

    Moscow – PhosAgro (MOEX/LSE ticker: PHOR), one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers, announces its operating results for 2Q and 1H 2019. Overall output of phosphate-based and nitrogen-based fertilizers in 2Q increased by 6.4% and 3.9% year-on-year respectively, while sales declined by 3.9% year-on-year to 2.2 million tonnes. PhosAgro’s production and sales […]

  • An Overview of Russian Opposition Figures Sentenced Over Mass Election Rally

    An Overview of Russian Opposition Figures Sentenced Over Mass Election Rally

    All of the opposition candidates running in Moscow’s local elections have been placed under arrest or sentenced to jail over a mass protest that rocked Moscow on Saturday in an unprecedented act.  Nearly 1,400 demonstrators were detained, some violently, during Saturday’s rally to demand that opposition-minded candidates be allowed onto the ballot in Moscow’s city […]

  • Russian Court Rejects Kremlin Critic Navalny’s Early Release Appeal

    Russian Court Rejects Kremlin Critic Navalny’s Early Release Appeal

    A court in Moscow rejected jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal for early release on health grounds on Tuesday, after he was suddenly taken ill in custody at the weekend and rushed to hospital to be treated. Navalny was jailed for 30 days last week for urging people to take part in an unauthorized opposition […]

  • Russia Says U.S. May Be Aiming to Quit Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    Russia Says U.S. May Be Aiming to Quit Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    The United States may be planning to quit an international treaty that bans nuclear explosions, using accusations of Russian non-compliance as a pretext, a Russian diplomat told the world’s main arms talks forum on Tuesday. The United States has signed but not ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), although it has observed a unilateral […]

  • Moscow Authorities Won’t Approve Next Opposition Protest After Location Dispute

    Moscow Authorities Won’t Approve Next Opposition Protest After Location Dispute

    Moscow authorities will not authorize a new protest over the city’s local elections planned for this weekend after organizers argued for a more central location. Opposition candidates have called for supporters to take to the streets for a third consecutive weekend to demand that the candidates be allowed to participate in local elections. Authorities had […]

  • Number of Russians Opposed to Putin’s Re-Election Reaches 6-Year High – Poll

    Number of Russians Opposed to Putin’s Re-Election Reaches 6-Year High – Poll

    Almost two out of five Russians would not like to see President Vladimir Putin stay in office after his current term ends in 2024, according to a new poll published by the independent Levada Center pollster. The question of who will succeed Putin, the country’s longest-serving leader since Josef Stalin, has grown more pressing as […]

  • 21M Russians Live in Poverty, Official Data Says

    21M Russians Live in Poverty, Official Data Says

    The number of Russians living below the poverty line has grown by half a million since early 2018, according to official data. Western sanctions and falling oil prices over the past five years have led to a decline in real incomes and a rise in consumer prices. President Vladimir Putin is pursuing a national program […]

  • Ukraine to Launch Russian-Language TV Channel to Win Influence in Donbass

    Ukraine to Launch Russian-Language TV Channel to Win Influence in Donbass

    Ukraine plans to launch a worldwide Russian-language TV channel, as part of an effort to win the hearts and minds of people living in the eastern Donbass region and Russia, a senior presidential official was quoted as saying on Monday. Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won a landslide election victory this year promising to end […]

  • Vladimir Kara-Murza Dies at 59

    Vladimir Kara-Murza Dies at 59

    On Sunday morning July 28, the journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza (senior) passed away after a long illness. His son, Vladimir, who is also a prominent journalist and an opposition politician, announced that his father had died at “8 o’clock in the morning on his name-day.” He was 59 years old. Kara-Murza was a historian who became […]

  • Siberian Wildfires Swell to Crimea-Sized Area, Authorities Say Extinguishing Them Is ‘Pointless’

    Siberian Wildfires Swell to Crimea-Sized Area, Authorities Say Extinguishing Them Is ‘Pointless’

    Massive wildfires sweeping through Russia have spread to an area the size of annexed Crimea as regional authorities have been slow to declare emergencies and firefighting efforts have been scaled back. Scientists have observed an “unprecedented” number of wildfires in Siberia and the Russian Arctic since June. Russian authorities have said a combination of lightning […]

  • Vintage Soviet Cars Cruise Into Moscow

    Vintage Soviet Cars Cruise Into Moscow

    Moscow’s Red Square roared to life with vintage chic on Sunday as an extensive collection of unique Soviet cars cruised past the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral. The annual GUM AutoRally began in 2014 and is the most prestigious event of its kind in Russia. During the rally, 120 cars raced each other along a […]

  • ‘The Political Regime Against the People’: The Reactions to Moscow’s Election Protest and Crackdown

    ‘The Political Regime Against the People’: The Reactions to Moscow’s Election Protest and Crackdown

    A mass protest that rocked Moscow on Saturday was marked by one of the biggest crackdowns in recent years against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power.  The protest, which demanded that the authorities allow opposition-minded candidates onto the ballot in Moscow’s city council elections, has drawn international attention to […]

  • TVEL to introduce new fuel at Dukovany NPP in the Czech Republic

    TVEL JSC and Czech national power company ČEZ a.s. have signed a contractual document for introduction of the new VVER-440 fuel modification RK 3+ at Dukovany NPP. Within accomplishment of this engineering project, the new fuel will undergo a number of pre-irradiation tests, and their results would make a validation for the following licensing of […]

  • First large-sized equipment for power unit 1 arrived at construction site of Akkuyu NPP (Turkey)

    The core catcher, one of the most important safety components of the power plant, is delivered to the construction site. 29 July 2019, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey – The first large-sized cargo for the Unit 1 – the core catcher – has been delivered at the Akkuyu NPP construction site. This equipment, which shall be […]

  • Kremlin Critic Navalny Returned to Jail From Hospital Despite Poisoning Fears

    Kremlin Critic Navalny Returned to Jail From Hospital Despite Poisoning Fears

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was discharged from a Moscow hospital on Monday and returned to prison under guard after being treated for what his lawyer and doctor have described as suspected poisoning from a chemical agent. Navalny, 43, was rushed to hospital from jail on Sunday with what his spokeswoman said were signs of […]

  • Russian Foreign Ministry Has Occasional Contacts With Venezuelan Opposition – Reports

    Russian Foreign Ministry Has Occasional Contacts With Venezuelan Opposition – Reports

    To keep our newsroom in Moscow running, we need your support. With your help, we can continue with our mission to keep you informed with breaking news, business analysis, thought-provoking opinions, the best of culture and insights into everyday life.

  • Russia Plans $63M Military-Patriotic Youth Education Center – RBC

    Russia Plans $63M Military-Patriotic Youth Education Center – RBC

    Russia plans to educate youngsters in military-patriotic themes in a new $63 million facility at its sprawling military-themed park outside Moscow, the RBC news website reported Monday. The militarization of young Russians has been a controversial topic in the past several years, with President Vladimir Putin’s establishment of the Youth Army in late 2015 drawing […]

  • Russian Opposition Leader Navalny May Have Been Poisoned, Says Doctor

    Russian Opposition Leader Navalny May Have Been Poisoned, Says Doctor

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized on Sunday after suffering an acute allergic reaction which one doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chemical substance. Navalny, 43, was rushed to hospital on Sunday morning from jail where he is serving a 30-day sentence for violating tough protest […]