A Russian space official on Tuesday raised concerns about the deteriorating state of Russia’s segment of the International Space Station due to out-of-date hardware, warning it could lead to “irreparable failures.” In recent years, the Russian segment of the ISS has experienced a string of problems, including air leaks caused by cracks, raising questions about…
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At this year’s Series Mania Forum, an event dedicated to the development of the genre of television series, the pitching sessions award went to “Red Rainbow,” a project presented and to be produced by Ukrainian and Russian film and television producer Alexander Rodnyansky and AR Content/NonStop Productions. “Red Rainbow” is based on the true story…
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A Russian sushi restaurant has stood up to racist attacks by a far-right hate group after another sushi chain was forced to take down its ad featuring a black model. On Monday, the YobiDoyobi sushi chain pulled its ad that featured a black model and publicly apologized after being targeted by the “Male State” group.…
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Slovakia on Tuesday announced it will halt the use of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine due to low demand among its population. “Today [Tuesday] is the last day when citizens of Slovakia who wanted to vaccinate can get the second dose of the Sputnik vaccine,” the state-run TASS news agency quoted the European Union…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday ordered law enforcement officers and army staff receive $200, as he seeks support for his unpopular United Russia party ahead of parliamentary elections next month. The cash handouts follow earlier one-time payments for pensioners of $135 ahead of lower house State Duma polls in September, with United Russia’s ratings…
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Europe’s top human rights court said it has found no evidence of Russian state involvement in the 2009 murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova but ruled that authorities failed to properly investigate the case. The ruling was met with criticism from Estemirova’s daughter, Lana, who called the decision “upsetting and infuriating” and pledged to…
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Switzerland said Tuesday it had rejected a request from Russia to extradite a Russian businessman, who is already fighting extradition to the United States over suspicions of large-scale insider trading. The Swiss justice ministry confirmed Swiss media reports that it had recently rejected a Russian request to extradite Vladislav Klyushin. In an email to AFP,…
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Every year when summer meets autumn, Red Square is transformed into a stage for the Spasskaya Tower International Music Festival. Thousands of spectators can see 22 military bands and groups from across the globe marching, twirling, dancing and high-stepping with the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral as the backdrop. Here’s a look at scenes from…
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Russia has confirmed 6,918,965 cases of coronavirus and 183,224 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is around 596,000. August 31: What you need to know today Russia on Monday reported 17,813 new coronavirus cases and 795 deaths. Slovakia will halt the use of Sputnik V due…
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August 30, 2021, 18:00 2Q 2021 IFRS Results Today PJSC Gazprom issued its unaudited consolidated interim condensed financial information prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting (IAS 34) for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The table below presents the unaudited consolidated interim condensed statement of comprehensive income for the six months ended June…
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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s spokeswoman, one of his last close associates remaining in the country, has fled Russia, Interfax reported Monday. Kira Yarmysh’s reported departure comes amid a growing exodus of opposition-leaning journalists and dissidents that The New York Times calls “the biggest wave of political emigration” in Russia’s post-Soviet history. Kremlin critics point…
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The Kremlin on Monday welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to create a “safe zone” in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to protect humanitarian operations. “This is certainly a proposal that must be discussed,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. He said that it was “very important” to discuss all aspects of “such a zone.” France and…
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August 30, 2021, 16:00 The opening ceremony for the industry-specific Well Construction Center (WCC) took place today in Tyumen. Taking part in the event via a video link were Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee – Head of Department at Gazprom, Vyacheslav Tyurin, Director General of Gazprom Invest, and Vsevolod Cherepanov, Director General of Gazprom Nedra. The…
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Russia will expand the practice of raising the national flag in schools from next month, its top education official said Monday. The move comes amid a wider push to enshrine patriotic values in Russian schools in recent years. Education and Science Minister Vladimir Kravtsov said that flag-raising ceremonies would be rolled out throughout Russia for…
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Russia has blocked the website of independent media outlet Readovka after it published an investigation into the alleged hidden wealth of a parliamentarian. The ruling comes in the midst of an escalating crackdown against independent media outlets, which has seen popular independent outlets such as the Meduza news site and the Dozhd broadcaster labeled “foreign…
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Russia has urged Western countries not to freeze Afghanistan’s gold and foreign exchange reserves abroad following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. In an interview with the state-run Rossiya 24 broadcaster, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s presidential envoy to Afghanistan, warned that such a move ultimately harms ordinary Afghans. “If our Western colleagues really care about the…
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August 30, 2021, 13:50 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, took place today in St. Petersburg. The parties reviewed the key issues and prospects of their cooperation in the gas sector, including gas supplies to Hungary. Also discussed at the meeting was the work of the Hungarian party towards…
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Russia has issued an expulsion order against a popular Belarusian comedian after ruling he insulted ethnic Russians in a stand-up routine. Idrak Mirzalizade had sparked controversy with a joke on a popular YouTube show this spring, where he told a story about non-Slavs facing discrimination when trying to rent apartments in Moscow. The Interior Ministry…
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A Russian sushi delivery chain has publicly apologized for an advertisement that featured a black man after its owner received death threats from an ultra-nationalist hate group. The Krasnoyarsk-based YobiDoyobi chain’s Aug. 14 social media ad showed a photograph of a black man surrounded by three young women of Slavic appearance. Yobidoyobi co-founder Konstantin Zimen…
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Russia has confirmed 6,901,152 cases of coronavirus and 182,429 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is around 596,000. August 30: What you need to know today Russia on Monday reported 18,325 new coronavirus cases and 792 deaths. Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine offers strong protection against…
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Alexei Navalny is a complex and contradictory figure. A Russian opposition leader banned from the ballot for almost a decade; a muckraking exposer of corruption in a country without a free press; a protest leader whose popular appeal remains limited. A new book seeks to demystify Russia’s most famous modern dissident, delving into the life…
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Context. Diana Vishneva, a festival of international contemporary choreography, kicks off on Sunday, bringing together ground-breaking choreography from Spain, Estonia and Russia and showcasing an extraordinary premiere inspired by Farah Pahlavi, the widowed empress of Iran. Making room for new Russian dance Vishneva, the festival’s artistic director, would like to firmly establish Russian choreography in…
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Russian children return to school on Sept. 1 enacting the charming annual rituals of “The Day of Knowledge.” Dressed in their finest school uniforms, with starched hair bows large enough to levitate a kindergartener several feet in a strong wind, students come to school with their parents, bringing impressive floral tributes for their teachers to…
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Russia has confirmed 6,863,541 cases of coronavirus and 180,840 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is around 596,000. August 28: What you need to know today Russia on Saturday reported 19,492 new coronavirus cases and 799 deaths. Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine offers strong protection against hospitalization,…
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Russia recorded almost 64,000 excess fatalities in July as a brutal third wave of the coronavirus swept across the country, encountering an under-vaccinated population and overwhelmed hospitals in its path. In a report released late Friday evening, the Rosstat state statistics service said 215,000 people died in July 2021 — more than in any single…
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Russia has fined two activists for organizing a demonstration in support of Afghan women who face an uncertain future after the Taliban returned to power in the country, a court said Friday. The two activists, Artemy Pityukov and Ksenia Bezdenezhnykh, were fined 200,000 rubles ($2,670) each for “violating public order”, a spokeswoman for the Presnensky…
DetailsThe Syzran Refinery, an enterprise of Rosneft Oil Company’s refining complex, produced more than 67,000 tonnes of low-sulphur RMLS 40 marine fuel in the first half of 2021.
Athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who said the Belarus team tried to forcibly fly her home from the Tokyo Olympics and has since sought refuge in Poland, has sold a medal of hers for $21,000, a sports NGO said. “The medal has now been sold and paid for by a buyer from the U.S. with a very…
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August 27, 2021, 16:25 A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, took place today in St. Petersburg. The parties expressed appreciation for the strategic cooperation between Gazprom and OMV, noting in particular their successful collaboration on the development project for the Yuzhno-Russkoye field. For instance, the engineering and technological solutions…
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Spasskaya Tower International Music Festival Every year when summer meets autumn, Red Square is transformed into a stage and thousands of people come to watch marching, twirling, dancing, high-stepping military bands and groups from all over the world. This year it appears that the coronavirus has kept many of the popular performers in their home…
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Several Russian media outlets on Friday published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin and other top officials demanding an end to the “state campaign” against independent journalism. The outcry comes after Russia slapped several media outlets and individual journalists with the “foreign agent” label that requires them to carry out tedious administrative procedures and…
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday Russia “condemns in the strongest possible terms” the twin suicide bombings — claimed by the Islamic State group — on crowds trying to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The attacks near Kabul airport on Thursday killed at least 85 people, including 13 U.S. servicemen. “Of course, it is very sad news about the…
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Oleg Moiseev initially thought he was leaving Belarus for just two weeks. But as circumstances changed, so did his plans — and what was meant to be a short trip to Lithuania turned into a life of political exile. Moiseev, 43, is one of thousands of Belarusians who have fled the country in the year…
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Russia plans to rely on its forests and swamps to absorb enough greenhouse gases to meet its climate goals while continuing to increase its carbon emissions through 2050, the Kommersant business daily reported, citing the Economic Development Ministry’s draft strategy. Russia, the world’s fourth-largest carbon emitter, emitted 2.12 billion tons of CO2 in 2019 compared…
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Russia has confirmed 6,844,049 cases of coronavirus and 180,041 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is around 531,000. August 27: What you need to know today Russia on Thursday reported 19,509 new coronavirus cases and 798 deaths. Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine offers strong protection…
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Police visits of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s supporters have spread to St. Petersburg, Russian media reported early Friday after rights activists said several hundred Moscow residents were subjected to similar visits recently. At least 1,200 Moscow-based Navalny supporters whose addresses leaked online were visited by law enforcement authorities in the past two weeks, according to…
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A world paratriathlon champion from Russia won two cycling gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics on Thursday, setting world and Paralympic records both times. Mikhail Astashov, who has a congenital limb deficiency, made headlines in early 2020 when he was filmed delivering food in Russia’s fourth-largest city of Yekaterinburg wearing prosthetic legs. Astashov, 32, said…
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August 27, 2021, 10:20 The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information about the prospects for the expansion of the gas supply and gas infrastructure network in Russian regions through 2030. It was noted that Gazprom, being a socially-oriented company, has for many years pursued the creation of conditions for connecting residential and industrial consumers to gas as one of its key activities. As per the list of instructions…
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August 27, 2021, 10:15 The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information about the Gazprom Group’s areas of activity affected by the coronavirus pandemic and endorsed the measures that are being undertaken by the Company to help the Group adapt to the sanitary, epidemiological and other quarantine-related restrictions. It was highlighted that Gazprom’s response to the spread of the COVID-19 infection had been prompt and…
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August 27, 2021, 10:10 The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information about the current status of the Gazprom Group’s efforts towards the digitalization of its business and the 2020 results of the implementation of the Action Plan for Gazprom’s transition to preferential use of domestic software. Gazprom’s activities are underpinned by continuous technological development. The creation and implementation of cutting-edge technologies, including digital ones,…
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Russia has slapped online travel agency Booking.com with a $17.5 million fine for “abusing” its dominant position in the market, a government regulator said Thursday. The move comes as Russia ratchets up pressure against Western tech companies and several months after authorities hit Apple with a $12 million fine for the same violation. Russia’s Federal…
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Russia has slapped online travel agency Booking.com with a $17.5 million fine for “abusing” its dominant position in the market, a government regulator said Thursday. The move comes as Russia ratchets up pressure against Western tech companies and several months after authorities hit Apple with a $12 million fine for the same violation. Russia’s Federal…
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Russia has fined Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp for failing to store the data of Russian users on local servers, the country’s internet watchdog said Thursday, as authorities clamp down on foreign internet companies. The penalties come as authorities ramp up control of the Russian segment of the internet and after President Vladimir Putin accused Western social…
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The Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan will lead to a blossoming of radical Islam in the region and will threaten Russia’s security, a senior member of the Anti-Taliban National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF) told The Moscow Times on Thursday. “Russia should be concerned about the rise of the Taliban. The country will become a terrorist…
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Film directors Ilya Zheltyakov and Anastasia Polukhina have the perfect antidote to the stresses of modern life: a week with the Veps, one of the oldest ethnic groups living in Russia today. The Veps are a small indigenous group in northern Russia. They are a Finnic people who have lived in what is now Russia for millennia…
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Russia reported its highest daily coronavirus death count Thursday as cases continue to decline and major regions lift restrictions they had reintroduced during the summer surge. The government’s Covid-19 information center said that 820 people have died over the past 24 hours. The new record fatality count beats the previous one-day record of 819 deaths…
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Russia said Thursday it has received new orders for arms and helicopters from Central Asian republics bordering Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of the country. The orders come as countries in the ex-Soviet region, where Moscow holds military bases, have raised concerns over the militant group sweeping to power. “We are already working on a…
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Moscow will offer small stimulus payments to businesses in the capital that have vaccinated at least 60% of their employees against the coronavirus, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced Thursday. Firms operating in certain service sectors, including bars and restaurants, cinemas, beauty salons and educational and cultural institutions, will be able to access the payouts of at…
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The Russian government’s public services portal should avoid showing non-Slavic people and excessive fun in its advertising materials, its branding book that resurfaced on social media this week recommends. Russia’s Communications Ministry admitted Thursday that the 2015 brand book was “inappropriate” and plans to issue a new set of guidelines. The “Gosuslugi” public services portal provides…
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Russia has confirmed 6,824,540 cases of coronavirus and 179,243 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is around 531,000. August 26: What you need to know today Russia on Thursday reported 19,630 new coronavirus cases and 820 deaths, a new record fatality count since the start of the…
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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has given his first interview from prison, comparing it to a Chinese labor camp and saying he is forced to watch eight hours of state television a day. Navalny, who built his political career on exposing corruption in Russia, is being held in a maximum security prison colony in Pokrov, 100…
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August 26, 2021 PAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, has completed its first delivery of large-diameter pipes (LDP) to Greece. LDPs with three external layers of polyethylene coating, meeting the DIN 30670 standard, and an internal coating as per AWWA C-210 were delivered in line with the…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed their countries will step up efforts to counter “threats” emerging from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover, the Kremlin said Wednesday. In a phone call, the two leaders “expressed their readiness to step up efforts to combat threats of terrorism and drug trafficking coming…
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Pussy Riot member and Moscow municipal deputy Lucy Shtein has been sentenced to one year of so-called “restricted freedom” for promoting a protest that called for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s release. Shtein is one of 10 opposition figures accused of violating coronavirus restrictions on mass events by calling for the unauthorized protest on Jan.…
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Russia will allow the resettlement of around 1,000 Afghan nationals following the Taliban militant group’s sudden takeover of Afghanistan, an Afghan diaspora leader told Russian state media Wednesday. Chairman of the Afghan Diaspora in Russia Ghulam Mohammad Jalal made the remarks as huge crowds remained outside Kabul airport, with thousands of Afghans hoping to flee…
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More than one-fourth of Russians remain skeptical of climate change despite the country being battered by intensifying natural disasters in recent years, according to a poll by the SuperJob job portal published Wednesday. Superjob polled 1,600 “economically active” Russians aged 18 and older from Aug. 17-23, two weeks after United Nations climate scientists released a…
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Russia’s central regions on Wednesday battled “extreme” wildfires fueled by an unusual heatwave that comes after forest fires linked to climate change ravaged Siberia for most of the summer. Authorities were fighting 15 wildfires in the Urals region of Sverdlovsk, the emergencies ministry said. The region — which lies on the border of Europe and…
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Nearly two out of every five Russians have avoided buying necessities because they can’t afford them, according to a survey by the independent Levada Center pollster published Wednesday. Russians’ real disposable incomes have stagnated in recent years, and the coronavirus pandemic and inflation have hit businesses hard and driven up prices for groceries and other…
DetailsOn August 24, 2021, the educational expedition to the North Pole “Icebreaker of Knowledge. Homo Science project” was completed. Project organized by ROSATOM for talented schoolchildren and students from Russia. Project was organized by the Rosatom State Corporation for talented schoolchildren and students from Russia. More than 80 schoolchildren and students from all over Russia…
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A Russian transport helicopter was looted at the Kabul airport during the chaotic scramble to flee Taliban militants following the group’s sudden takeover of Afghanistan, the aircraft’s operator UTair confirmed to The Moscow Times on Wednesday. Unidentified individuals boarded the Mil Mi-8MTV helicopter on Aug. 17, two days after Kabul fell to the Taliban and…
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