Numerous people reported hearing the strange high-pitched ringing sound during a rehearsal of the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, while the four newest Russian Su-57 Felon fighter jets appeared in the sky. A Moscow resident has described hearing a mysterious ‘scary’ noise in the skies above the city as ‘like something a real howl’. The Frelon reportedly continues to suffer from developmental issues, including the production of the new turbofan engines. The initial serial production versions lack the promised new-generation engines. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Aviation experts have stressed that Su-57 Frelon is equipped with two advanced versions […]
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Russian bloggers sneaked into MiG-29 fighter jet and MiG-AT advanced trainer final assembly and checkout plant and filmed abandoned fuselages of military aircraft. Russian Youtuber with Den Stalk nickname has released an incredible video that showed how he with friends crept inside a factory in Moscov that previously produced legendary Soviet MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jet and Russian MiG-AT advanced trainer and light attack aircraft. He and her friends sneaked through a hole in the fence and were able to access many of the plant’s buildings unchallenged, including the assembly line of multirole fighters, without coming across a single security guard – […]
Russian authorities have no powers to open a case against a Moscow-born attacker who beheaded a teacher in France, an embassy spokesman has said, adding that his origin is not as important as the place of his radicalization. Russia has no plans to launch its own investigation into the brutal murder committed in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, not far from the French capital, the Russian embassy said on Saturday. This is because there are no legal means to investigate a murder on French soil, Sergey Parinov, the embassy’s spokesman, told RT France. However, the embassy has contacted the French Interior Ministry over the case […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010171080798409-moscow-sanctions-navalny-eu-measures-envoy/ Earlier this week, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledged that Moscow will respond in kind to the EU’s sanctions against Moscow over the case of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Russia’s Envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said on Saturday that Moscow sees the bloc’s anti-Russian sanctions over the Navalny case as unilateral and unlawful measures, just like the EU’s previous retributions againts Moscow. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Anonymous clubbing in party hotspot Moscow will have to go on pause for a while after the capital’s mayor decreed that visitors to nightclubs will have to register upon entry using a QR code or by SMS starting from Monday. Sergey Sobyanin said that new restrictions are designed to counter the spread of Covid-19 and are being trialled in the hope of avoiding the sort of severe lockdowns currently being imposed in similar large European cities. By scanning the code or sending an SMS to a designated number, guests will be making themselves available for a track-and-trace contact, should one of […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the European Union had adopted the US style of threatening and punishing states with sanctions. “People who are responsible for the Western foreign policy and do not understand the need for mutually respectful dialogue, we probably have to suspend dialogue with them for a while. Especially since [President of the European Commission] Ursula von der Leyen is saying that the geopolitical cooperation with the current Russian authorities is not working. So let it be if that’s what they want,” Lavrov said at a session of the Valday discussion club. […]
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10 Oct, 2020 00:12 Follow RT on Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt hostilities in contested Nagorno-Karabakh after marathon talks in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The armistice is set to take effect at noon on October 10. Follow RT on Source link
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed they will send delegations for talks in Moscow in a bid to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. “Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the consultations in Moscow. Active preparations are underway,” Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier invited the foreign ministers of bitter rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks in Moscow on October 9. He called for a ceasefire and a prisoner swap. Also on rt.com Putin invites Azerbaijani & Armenian FMs to FRIDAY talks in Moscow, urges halt […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Foreign Ministry will invite the ambassadors of Germany, France and other states, who have claimed that the case of historian Yuri Dmitriev was “politicised”, to its headquarters on Smolenskaya Square, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “We consider the calls of representatives of Berlin and Paris to release Dmitriev, who was charged with paedophilia, as immoral and unethical”, Zakharova said at a briefing. Zakharova slammed such statements as “inappropriate attacks” not only from Berlin and Paris, but also from other states whose foreign ministers and other officials allow themselves similar speculations that border on the […]
On Saturday, Germans marked the thirtieth anniversary of East Germany’s incorporation into the Federal Republic. On the occasion, the eastern German town of Dessau unveiled a monument to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for his personal contribution to German unity. Without the USSR as a whole and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev specifically, Germany would have been left divided, and the Kremlin would have been left without a reliable partner in Europe, Dr. Ernst-Jorg von Studnitz, Germany’s former ambassador to Russia, has suggested. “German Chancellor [Helmut] Kohl always said that the key to German reunification lay in Moscow. In this regard, of […]
Such ties were ‘fundamental’ to efforts to tackle economic decline caused by the pandemic, the state newspaper said at a state visit between Moscow and Havana this week. Solidarity and friendship marked the close relationship between the Russian and Cuban governments amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Cuban state media Granma wrote on Thursday. The comments come after a meeting between Cuban first deputy prime minister, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, president to the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zuganov, and first vice-president of the State Duma, Ivan Melnikov. The meeting took place on the second day of a state visit to […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT «According to incoming reports, militants from illegal armed units are being moved to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone from Syria and Libya to take a direct part in the hostilities». The statement was released in the evening by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on its official website. This sentence officially confirms the journalistic advances of South Front, Veterans Today, The Guardian and Russia Today in relation to the dispatch of jihadists recruited by Turkey to support Azerbaijani Muslim allies «We are seriously concerned about this development that not only escalates tensions […]
Does the unexpected closure of a nightlife staple known as a place for “gentlemen” to pick up “professional” ladies, suggest that women in the Russian capital have been liberated enough to stop sleazy foreigners from running amok? On the last day of March, one of Moscow’s oldest – and most questionable – expat haunts, Night Flight, locked shut its heavily mirrored doors for the first time since they opened in 1991. The club was founded around the time of the Soviet collapse by Swedish businessmen Sonny Lundkvist and Hokan Polhammar, alongside their Russian partner Yury Giverts. It occupied a prime spot […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079945539_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_6702f418f465a139e2e370af0b52eba8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009241080560181-russian-and-iranian-foreign-ministers-hold-press-conference-in-moscow—video/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said earlier in the day that the United States must compensate his country for the damage suffered by Iran if it wants Tehran to return to the 2015 nuclear pact. Sputnik is live from Moscow, where the Russian Foreign Minister and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif are speaking to the press following their meeting. The discussion is expected to focus on bilateral ties, regional matters and the JCPOA. In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia calls on the European Union to reconsider its policies towards Minsk and believes that they lead to erosion of the fundamental rules of the international legal order and prevent the normalization of the situation in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday. According to Zakharova, Brussels does not respect Belarus’ domestic political realities and, while performing its policies, is betting on replacing governments through sanctions, pressure and propaganda. “Unfortunately, Belarus is not the only example in this regard. We call on the European Union to reconsider this course, which leads to the erosion […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/10/1080472475_0:0:3073:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_1f734c0015fd81381ec65d0b0d4d48bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009161080472511-moscow-hopes-uae-bahrains-normalisation-deals-with-israel-will-bring-stability-to-mideast/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia hopes that the United Arab Emirates’ and Bahrain’s normalisation deals with Israel will promote regional stability and will not affect the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Wednesday. “If this results in comprehensive peace in the Middle East and the solution of all the problems, including the Palestinian problem, of course, we welcome this,” Bogdanov said. According to the diplomat, Russia has been “assured that both Bahrain and the UAE are committed to the Arab peace initiative and the solution of the Palestinian problem […]
The apparent gaffe on the part of Trump’s campaign comes as the president struggles to deal with the scandal caused by an anonymous report suggesting that he had called the First World War’s fallen US soldiers “losers”. If four years of dodging unsubstantiated accusations of colluding with Russia were not enough for President Donald Trump, his campaign managed to add oil to the fire by making a military-themed snafu in its digital ad, which was active between 8 and 12 September. The ad, paid for by Trump’s Make America Great Again Committee, called on citizens to support American troops, but oddly enough featured […]
The German government said in early September that doctors at the hospital where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is being treated had found traces of a nerve agent from the Novichok group in his system. Moscow responded by pointing to the lack of evidence in Berlin’s claims and noting that Russian doctors had found no toxic substances. The Russian Foreign Ministry has called German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ statement that Moscow should contact the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) about the situation with politician Alexei Navalny “evasion”. Earlier today, Steffen Seibert, the German government’s spokesman, stated that Germany […]
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The alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny could see Berlin cancel the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and press the EU to consider other sanctions against Moscow, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. In an interview published on Sunday by Bild, a popular pro-American Berlin tabloid, Maas said: “I hope the Russians don’t force us to change our stance on Nord Stream 2, we have high expectations of the Russian government that it will solve this serious crime.” The German diplomat claimed to have seen “a lot of evidence” that the Russian state was behind the poison attack. […]
Hundreds of balloons were released in the air in Moscow to commemorate each victim of a terrorist siege of a school in the southern city of Beslan sixteen years ago – one of the worst tragedies in Russia’s modern history. On September 1, 2004, a gang of more than 30 terrorists attacked School No.1 in Beslan in Russia’s Republic of North Ossetia. They took more than 1,200 people hostage – mostly children. For many of the kids it was their first day at school. The hostages were locked up in a gym. The siege, which the whole of Russia – and […]
The Russian doctors who treated Alexei Navalny last week have issued an open letter in response to criticism of their efforts to save his life. They are offended by some commentary, which they believe is politically motivated. The Siberian medics say they did their best in a pressurising situation and that media coverage suggesting otherwise is “unacceptable” and part of what they term a “political diagnosis.” Aside from the staff at the Omsk emergency hospital where Navalny was taken after falling ill on a flight to Moscow, other leading Russian health figures have also signed the letter. They include the chairman […]
The lion’s share of cyberattacks around the world originate from the US – a fact the West avoids mentioning too often. That’s according to.a high-ranking Russian official, citing research conducted by cybersecurity companies. Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov said in an interview that the majority of hacks are conducted utilizing American IT infrastructure. From 2016-19, 40 to 75 percent of all attacks were launched from US territory, while Russia was home to no more than two to seven percent of such cases, Khramov told the newspaper Argumenty i Fakty. This “clearly demonstrates to any sensible person” that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/19/1080272719_0:309:2235:1566_1200x675_80_0_0_cfbe5b270238d82c879b3152fe9751bf.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202008251080273589-discovering-the-soviet-union-images-of-foreign-celebrities-visiting-moscow-/ The Moscow International Film Festival was first held in 1935 and became a regular event in 1959. Since 1999 it has been held annually. In Soviet times, the event was more than just a film festival but an opportunity for people to meet each other despite political difficulties. Visiting the Soviet Union, mainly Moscow and Saint Petersburg, was an extraordinary event for foreign actors and musicians due to the Iron Curtain policy that dominated the country’s political scene after WW II. The Moscow International Film Festival, which was established in 1935, became a symbolic […]
Moscow authorities plan to sell and broadcast over the internet video from surveillance cameras, according to a report. Source link
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The jet carrying well-known Russian anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny has landed in Berlin, according to FlightRadar data. Navalny was airlifted for treatment in Germany after suddenly falling ill during a trip in Siberia. Navalny, who remains in a medically-induced coma, was evacuated to Germany from the Siberian city of Omsk on Saturday morning. Local doctors treating the activist initially refused to allow his transfer, arguing that his condition was not stable enough. However, after consultations with German specialists, they later approved the flight. Jaka Bizilj, the head of the Cinema for Peace Foundation, which arranged for Navalny’s flight, told Bild that […]
Russian opposition activist Alexey Navalny, who remains in an artificially induced coma, has been transferred from a Siberian hospital to be airlifted for treatment in Germany, on his family’s request. Despite the seriousness of Navalny’s condition, doctors in the Siberian city of Omsk deemed him stable enough for transfer. Still in a medically induced coma, he was delivered to Omsk airport in an ambulance shortly after 6am local time, and was expected to be flown out to Germany later on Saturday morning. An aircraft ambulance, dispatched by a German NGO, was waiting for the activist at the local airport since Friday […]
Reigning world and Olympic champion Alina Zagitova might make a highly anticipated comeback at the pre-season ‘Test Skate’ event in Moscow which will bring together the country’s best skaters. Zagitova’s participation in the non-competitive public showing was confirmed by the president of the Russian figure skating federation Alexander Gorshkov, who said that she will present her new programs along with other competitors who will fight for spots on the team. READ MORE: Proud figure skating queen Alina Zagitova displays diploma as Olympic champ hails her school The 18-year-old put her career on hold last year after finishing last in the ISU Grand […]
Spartak Moscow have moved swiftly to protect their investment in Henrik Larsson’s son Jordan by placing a massive price tag on the 23-year-old striker after his father joined Ronald Koeman’s new coaching staff at Barcelona. Henrik Larsson’s arrival in Koeman’s coaching lineup instantly prompted rumors linking his son Jordan with a switch to the Camp Nou, and those rumors haven’t gone unnoticed by Spartak, who have issued a statement to Barca, or any other club, who is considering making a swoop for the talented young hitman. READ MORE: Russian referee to take LIE DETECTOR test after penalty scandal as Spartak Moscow owner […]
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The team treating Alexey Navalny has managed to stabilize his condition, a lead medic has said. Dr Anatoly Kalinichenko said Russia’s best-known anti-corruption activist was in intensive care and getting the necessary treatment. The doctor also said there are no plans to transfer Navalny to Moscow. His supporters have requested that be moved to Germany or France so he can be admitted to a specialist clinic. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “if the Kremlin or the Russian Health Ministry received a request for Navalny’s transfer to a foreign hospital, it would be considered promptly.” “So far, we […]
A gymnastics competition in Moscow has ended in tragedy after one of participants, Elena Kustova, died, after sustaining a fatal skull injury. The accident occurred on Tuesday, while the gymnast was walking across a slackline. The 37-year-old was balancing on highly tensioned flat webbing when a connecting loop suddenly tore, sending a line lock flying to hit her forcefully on the head. READ MORE: Teenage Russian footballer dies after suffering from seizures during training session with teammates in Moscow An ambulance arrived at the scene within 10 minutes, and paramedics administered emergency resuscitation for an hour in an attempt to save the athlete’s […]
Alexey Navalny, a long-time protest leader, has fallen ill while flying from Siberia to Moscow. He is said to be unconscious in intensive care, where he was admitted after the plane made an emergency landing. Navalny was on his way from the Siberian city of Tomsk back to Moscow when he suddenly felt unwell mid-flight, his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday. “His plane has been urgently landed in Omsk. He has toxic poisoning,” she told her Twitter audience. Yarmysh believes Navalny, who showed no symptoms prior to the flight, “has been poisoned with something mixed […]
LONDON — Britain is stepping up its military support in Ukraine with an announcement that the U.K. will lead a multinational maritime initiative to train the Ukrainian navy. During a visit to Ukraine on Aug. 17 British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed the Royal Navy is coordinating a training initiative which also involves Canada, Denmark and Sweden. The training initiative will be complemented by U.S. security assistance support, said the British Ministry of Defence in a statement. Other nations are expected to join the naval training effort, said the MoD. The British-led training will focus on areas such as navigation, operational […]
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Two Russian Tu-95MS bombers have been escorted by Japanese fighter jets during a routine military exercise over the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Ministry of Defence has said. The nuclear-capable planes were flying over neutral waters. The bombers were cruising above the Sea of Japan (also known as the East Sea in Russia) and the northwestern Pacific Ocean, as part of a pre-planned military drill. “The flight duration was more than seven hours. At some stages of the route, Russian aircraft were accompanied by Japanese Air Force fighters,” the Defense Ministry, in Moscow, said on Wednesday. Russian long-range strategic bombers regularly fly […]
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed its outrage after tracking equipment was found in a Russian military attache car in The Hague, the home of the Dutch government and the International Court of Justice. Dominique Kuhling-Bakker, the Dutch Charge d’Affaires in Moscow, was summoned to the ministry in Russia’s capital. “The Russian Foreign Ministry lodged a strong protest to the Ambassador of the Netherlands, in connection with the discovery of tracking equipment in the car of the Russian military attache in The Hague,” the Russian diplomatic agency said. “The Dutch diplomat was informed that it is immediately necessary to take […]
A Moscow laboratory offering coronavirus tests to residents has had its premises ransacked and staff frightened by an apparent Covid denier. The aftermath of the rampage was caught on film. The troublemaker targeted the Gemotest clinic in southeast Moscow. Described as a “tanned man clad in a leather jacket” by the media, he burst into the building on Sunday, pushing aside visitors and medical staff. Yelling ‘coronavirus doesn’t exist’, he started trashing the lab’s interior. Footage of the aftermath was published by the Telegram channel Mash. A man on the video can be heard saying: “If I come back and you’re […]
Katya Kazbek is a Russian writer and translator based in NYC. She is the editor-in-chief of Supamodu.com. Follow her on Twitter @kazbek Liberals and leftists blindly supporting the Belarus protests in the name of ‘freedom’ are ignoring something important – the living standards of the people. What if the ‘revolution’ leads to mass emigration and economic hardship? Watching the protests against Lukashenko unroll in Belarus, I was immediately brought back to the anti-Putin rallies in Russia back in the early 2010s, in which I personally participated. It was all very similar: Contested elections, fed-up people, flowers, police violence, displays of solidarity. […]
Moscow prosecutors have approved an indictment against anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. He is accused of slandering a WWII veteran who spoke in favor of constitutional amendments, which were then passed in a public vote. The former Moscow mayoral candidate, today a leader in the city’s protest movement, called 94-year-old Ignat Artemenko a “traitor” for supporting the amendments to the constitution. These comments “inflicted moral harm” on the former soldier, according to Lyudmila Nefedova, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office in Moscow. On June 2, Navalny reposted a video that showed a number of Russians encouraging a vote in favor of the package […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008061080080070-us-state-dept-report-on-russian-propaganda-aims-at-silencing-cooperation-initiatives-moscow-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The report on Russia’s alleged propaganda and disinformation published by the US Department of State’s Global Engagement Centre is an attempt to silence Russian initiatives on resuming bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Washington, the Russian Embassy to the United States said. “The above-mentioned report is an attempt to silence Russian official proposals to resume cooperation in key areas on which the security of the entire world depends”, the embassy wrote on its Facebook page on late Wednesday. According to the Russian diplomatic mission, the report also seeks to discredit alternative sources […]
Russia’s foreign ministry has sent notices of protest to the Moscow embassies of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, after the three buildings flew rainbow flags in June, recognized in some countries as LGBT Pride Month. Embassy staff of the three nations violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, as well as Russian law, according to Vasily Piskarev, who heads Russia’s commission investigating foreign interference. The commission noted that the LGBT pride flags appeared “during the voting period on amendments to the Russian Constitution, which enshrined provisions on the protection and preservation of traditional family values.” In late June, the […]
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Russian officials have dismissed a new British parliamentary report on Moscow’s alleged clandestine interference in UK politics, saying it lacked proof and was laced with Russophobia. The report by the Intelligence and Security Committee, released on Tuesday, has shown “nothing sensational” and is just “Russophobia faceted in fakes,” said Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry. The deputy chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russian Parliament, Aleksey Chepa, said the document attempted to blame Russia for the failures of the British government and “was not worth a penny”. Also on rt.com UK parliament’s intelligence report claims Russia […]
On Thursday, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) accused ‘Russian hackers’ of making attempts to hack into Western health institutions involved in coronavirus research and vaccine development – an accusation that Russia dismissed as “vague and contradictory”, pointing at the lack of evidence. The top GOP Leader in the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, accused Russia of “malicious actions” aimed at “weakening our pandemic response”, announcing that he will introduce legislation “to ensure these Russian hackers are held accountable”. McCarthy was referring to recent allegations voiced by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and supported by the US and Canada claiming […]
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Moscow police have detained 132 people taking part in an unauthorized rally against the recently-adopted constitutional amendments. A similar protest was also held in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city. About 1,000 people gathered at the Pushkin Square in central Moscow on Wednesday evening, according to Novaya Gazeta estimates. The protesters were gathering signatures in favor of revoking the constitutional amendments, green-lighted by a nationwide vote earlier this month with solid support of nearly 78 percent. They have already been approved by the legislators as well. While the gathering was unauthorized, law enforcement did not intervene at first. The police only acted […]
Kremlin-controlled Russian state media set out to tickle U.S. President Trump’s fragile ego amid falling ratings after his blustery appearance at Mount Rushmore on Friday. Mentioning that the American head of state had previously toyed with the idea he might be featured alongside Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Lincoln, Russia’s premier state media channel Rossiya-1 aired a graphic of Trump’s mug right up there on the mountain beside them. Given the frequent allusions on Russian state media to Trump as Moscow’s friend, even Moscow’s “agent” in the White House, maybe the Kremlin would like to see the enormous monument renamed Mount […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has responded to a report by the US State Department on arms control, which focused primarily on baseless allegations against Moscow, calling US diplomats out for “fact juggling” and “falsification.” The annual report, titled “Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments,” was recently presented by the Department of State to Congress. While the piece is basically an internal US document from one government body to another, it is primarily focused on activities of other nations – instead of providing an account of the US’ own activities, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. […]
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Turkey’s resale of Russian-made S-400 missile defence systems to the United States is unlikely as it may damage relations between Ankara and Moscow, experts said. In late June, US Republican Senator John Thune suggested, in a proposed amendment to the US defence budget, buying Russian S-400s from Ankara in a bid to break the deadlock over the weapons, which Washington says are incompatible with NATO security standards and might compromise the operations of the new fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets. In an attempt to force Turkey to abandon the S-400 deal, the US has excluded Turkey from the F-35 […]
Couriers from two of Russia’s major food delivery companies, sporting their branded uniforms, were filmed engaging in a fight in Moscow… apparently to the disappointment of hungry customers waiting for their orders. The ‘battle’ took place in a McDonald’s parking lot and involved the employees of Delivery Club in green and Yandex.Eda in yellow. В Москве сегодня произошла разудалая битва между курьерами двух домов: дома Яндекса и дома Деливери. Бились между собой больше 30 человек. Причину драки выяснить вряд ли получится — все курьеры разбежались, а в больницу никто не обращался. Околофутбол стал очень странным. pic.twitter.com/8afLz0MqKa — baza (@bazabazon) July 2, […]
As the fallout from dubiously sourced allegations about ‘Russian bounties’ on US troops in Afghanistan continues, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for fresh sanctions against Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors. Moscow paid Taliban fighters bounties to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan, and President Donald Trump ignored intelligence briefings on the matter, an anonymously sourced New York Times report claimed last Friday. Trump called the story a “phony hit job” against him, his Defense Department found no corroborating evidence, and National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said on Wednesday that the president was never briefed, due to the flimsiness of the intelligence. Also […]
The sitting government in Kabul was the sole entity on Afghan soil to have received Russian arms, Moscow stated, the day after Mike Pompeo bluntly accused it of funneling weapons to the Taliban militants. “Russia has only supplied arms to the legitimate government of Afghanistan – something that is well known”, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. The diplomat was taking aim at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who pulled no punches when talking about Russia this Wednesday. “The Russians have been providing weapons to the Taliban for an awful lot of years, so this is an ongoing […]
Reports of slightly elevated radiation levels over Northern Europe were blamed on Moscow by Western media – accusations that appear to stem from a botched translation. The Kremlin says Russia has registered no nuclear incidents. “We have an absolutely advanced radiation levels safety monitoring system and there are no emergency alarms [that went off],” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday responding to the allegations of a nuclear incident on Russian territory. State nuclear energy agency Rosatom also said that all the readings reported by its monitoring systems remain within the normal range. Also on rt.com Dutch emergency services battle […]
The US Senate minority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, seemingly got on his hobby-horse once more as he demanded new sanctions against Moscow amid reports about Russian agents putting ‘bounties’ on US troops in Afghanistan. “We need, in this coming defense bill, which we are debating this week, tough sanctions against Russia,” Schumer told journalists while emphatically gesturing to apparently add more weight to his point. The reason for the “tough sanctions” is a report by The New York Times that cites some “interrogations of captured Afghan militants and criminals” and accuses the Russian military intelligence, the GRU, of literally offering bounties […]
The US Embassy in Moscow is flying the rainbow pride flag alongside the country’s famous Stars and Stripes as a show of support for the LGBT community. The move comes as Russians begin to head to the polls to vote on proposed constitutional amendments, including the definition of marriage as a union between a man and woman. “LGBTI rights are human rights. Human rights are universal,” said the caption on the embassy’s Instagram page. “Pride Month is designed to emphasize that everyone deserves to live a life free of hate, prejudice, and persecution.” In the USA, LGBT Pride Month occurs in […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Special Representative for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea said in a statement that the two countries agreed to launch technical working groups on strategic stability, adding that the first round of US-Russia strategic stability talks was “very positive”. “The first round of Vienna talks very positive. Detailed discussions on full-range of nuclear topics”, Billingslea said via Twitter on Monday. “Technical working groups launched. Agreement in principle on the second round”. Russian-US consultations on strategic stability concluded earlier in the day in Vienna. The Russian delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, and the US delegation was headed […]
HELSINKI — The Nordic countries are pushing to deepen trans-Atlantic defense collaboration with the United States in the High North amid fears that the Trump administration’s mixed messages on NATO could lead to a diminished presence by the alliance in Northern Europe. Concerns over NATO’s capacity to counter potential threats by Russia in the strategic High North and Baltic Sea regions has reignited interest by the Nordic countries, led by Sweden, to explore the development of joint naval, air and mechanized rapid-response infantry units. Nordic leaders have been tentatively discussing the possible formation of common capacities since 2016. However, little in […]
Will Moscow Save The West Bank From Annexation? By Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor. June 17, 2020 Will Moscow Save The West Bank From Annexation?2020-06-172020-06-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/putin-and-abbas-from-reuters-e1592409062165.jpg200px200px Above photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 14, 2018. Photo by Yuri Kadobnov via Reuters. Palestinian efforts against Israel’s plans to annex Palestinian territory are being exercised on three levels. Locally, Palestinians have severed all relations, including security coordination, with Israel and the United States. Regionally, Jordan has been spearheading the Arab response to the Israeli plan, including efforts by the only two Arab countries that have a peace plan with […]
Social distancing’s no hurdle for talks between trusted allies, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov appeared to show as he arrived to meet Iran’s Javad Zarif without a face mask. Zarif was more careful, but soon opted to remove his, too. Zarif is one of the first high-ranking foreign visitors to land in Moscow and engage in face-to-face talks with Lavrov in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. In recent months, the Russian foreign minister has held meetings only via video call. When the two officials appeared before the journalists, Zarif was sporting a mask, which he merely removed for a brief photoshoot. […]
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Washington has earlier mulled moving its troops, which are reportedly equipped with nuclear weapons, from Germany, where they are currently stationed, to Poland, closer to Russia’s borders. The suggestion was triggered by opposition from German parties to continuing the deployment of American forces in the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned that the already complicated relations between Moscow and NATO might become even worse if the US moves its troops from Germany to Poland, in line with the recent suggestions. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Russia plans to unveil its new advanced version of the “infamous” Pantsir anti-aircraft gun-missile (AAGM) system during the upcoming massive military parade in Moscow’s Red Square. President Vladimir Putin ordered the military to hold the previously postponed Victory Day parade on June 24 as Russia appeared to stabilize its coronavirus outbreak. For the first time will be demonstrating the upgraded Pantsir short-range air defense (SHORAD) system, called the Pantsir-S1M. – Advertisement – The Pantsir-S1M air defense system is based on the Kamaz-53958 Typhoon chassis and equipped with a new radar and advanced infrared electro-optical target tracking system. It is designed to […]
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Voting and blockchain have been a controversial couple but Moscow appears determined to use the technology for a national referendum involving President Vladimir Putin. Russia will vote on changing its constitution, adopted in 1993, on July 1. The main issue to be decided is whether to allow Russia’s president to stay in power for more than the current limit of two consecutive six-year terms. Most of the nation will use traditional paper ballots, but residents of Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region will have the option of casting their votes electronically and, at least in the Muscovites’ case, having them recorded […]
Russia recently published a new document, titled “Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence.” Its release marks the first time that Russia’s official policy on deterrence has been made publicly available. As others have observed, this document is an example of declaratory policy aimed primarily at a foreign audience — and should be read with this orientation in mind. Still, it contains information that helps readers better understand how Russia thinks about nuclear weapons, and this certainly makes it worth a close examination. Some of the more useful insights this document offers pertain to Russia’s threat […]
Europe 10:19 GMT 06.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107953/70/1079537065_0:291:3059:2012_1200x675_80_0_0_50f191a4757139b441bc114d8829b3ad.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006061079537102-moscow-pledges-to-respond-to-pragues-decision-to-expel-diplomats-intelligence-chief-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Czech Republic’s decision to expel Russian diplomats is a mean provocation, and Moscow will surely respond in a due manner, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence chief, Sergey Naryshkin, said on Saturday. “There will be a retaliatory response. But overall, of course, this is a very vile and mean provocation by the Czech authorities,” Naryshkin told reporters. On Friday, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced that two Russian diplomats were declared personae non-gratae in the country. Babis explained that the decision was connected to claims that a […]
World 09:18 GMT 06.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104859/76/1048597660_0:187:3120:1942_1200x675_80_0_0_b2b4f11bfbacb569d9732efc1bcd0d3e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006061079535530-head-of-libyas-eastern-based-parliament-to-visit-moscow-on-sunday-source-says/ BENGHAZI, Libya (Sputnik) – Aguila Saleh, the president of Libya’s eastern-based parliament, will pay an official visit to Moscow to discuss the political situation in the North African country on Sunday, a source from the Libyan parliament said. “The head of the Libyan House of Representatives is likely to pay an official visit to the Russian capital of Moscow tomorrow [on Sunday] to conduct negotiations and consultations on the political process in the country,” the source said. According to the source, Saleh will leave for Moscow after his […]
India 10:27 GMT 30.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107946/48/1079464806_0:108:3030:1812_1200x675_80_0_0_7b0047b5e5219e2cfb899231e600c8ed.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202005301079464675-AirIndiaFlightFromDelhiToMoscowRetractedMidwayAfterAirlinesFindPilotCOVID-19Positive/ New Delhi (Sputnik): India halted all flight operations after imposing a nation-wide lockdown in light of the coronavirus pandemic. However, under the government’s Vande Bharat Mission, national carrier Air India has been operating flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad. An Air India Airbus plane, that was flying from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport to the Russian capital of Moscow was instructed to make a U-turn and fly back to the Indian capital after the airlines found out that the pilot was COVID-19 positive. The aircraft was […]
Russia 01:07 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is concerned about attempts to defame the World Health Organization (WHO), it is necessary to improve its activities instead of destroying the body, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “The steps to defame the World Health Organization, which – and in this respect the overwhelming majority of states are unanimous – has been at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus from the very first days, helping all countries to navigate the rapidly changing epidemiological environment and choose the right ways to respond to the emerging threat, cause our deep […]
The US has sent 200 ventilators to Russia, where the number of new coronavirus cases continues to ebb. The assistance comes more than a month after Moscow sent medical supplies to America in a similar move. The California-manufactured equipment was donated on orders from President Donald Trump, who was responding to the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a US administration official told TASS. The life-saving equipment is being delivered free of charge, the official added. Although Russia has recently seen a decrease in the number of daily infections – that have dropped below 10,000 for two days in a row, […]
As officials in the Russian capital are increasing Covid-19 testing in a bid to pinpoint the number of infected people, CNN runs an emotive headline claiming that more than just the city has been badly hit by the pandemic. “Coronavirus has devastated Moscow. Now it’s spreading across Russia’s 11 time zones to ill-funded regions,” says the strongly worded title of the piece by the network’s Moscow bureau chief, Nathan Hodge. However, the actual copy, albeit not offering much praise for the Russian authorities, offers a more sober view of the situation. Still, it has to attract readers somehow. The piece mentions […]
I think proper drinkware is essential. You have to have a good rocks glass (clear preferably), a good highball, and wine glasses are a must. And even though we’re all cooped up, that doesn’t mean you should stop doing things the way they were meant to be done. A Moscow Mule, a popular beverage, deserves a copper mug. Not only will it make them colder, it will transport you to your favorite bar, where you’d laugh with friends, and will just make your drink that much more special. To help out, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite mugs, so you […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry will send letters to the Financial Times and New York Times demanding they retract reports which claim the actual death toll from Covid-19 in the country is much higher than the official figures. The editors-in-chief of those outlets will be handed the letters on Thursday through the Russian embassies in the UK and the US, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing. Moscow will also address the UN, OSCE and UNESCO on the situation, as the reports in the FT and NYT represent “an example of that very ‘infodemic’ that the UN General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, urged […]
While the Arctic falls outside the Western military alliance’s traditional focus, officials have begun paying closer attention to the region. Source link
As the coronavirus pandemic shows no signs of abating, grim April statistics from Russia’s capital show an 18% rise in deaths from the same month last year, and a 10% increase compared to the corresponding period in 2018. The preliminary figures from Moscow’s Civil Registry Office show that 11,846 people died in April 2020, compared to 10,005 twelve months previously, and 10,825 the year before that. The increase in deaths comes as Russia’s infection numbers continue to grow, and the country has become the third-most affected nation on Earth overall. However, per capita, its total of Covid-19 cases is far lower […]
At least ten people have died after a fire ripped through part of a nursing home leaving about 20 immobile patients trapped inside the facility, its second floor being engulfed with flames. It’s unclear what sparked the blaze. The fire, which erupted shortly after midnight local time, spread to the area of 15 sq. m. (160 square feet) before it could have been put down by the firefighters. The blaze reportedly started at the second floor of the private elderly care home, located in Krasnogorsk, northwest of Moscow. The facility, that works as a hospice, has been housing dozens of patients. […]
Moscow won’t fail to take note of the White House decision to completely exclude the Soviet Union from its message marking Victory in Europe Day, the Foreign Ministry said, calling the act a “distortion” of World War II history. “The US officials have found neither the courage nor the desire to … do justice to the indisputable role of the Red Army and of the Soviet people, and to the enormous sacrifices they made in the name of humanity,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It added that ignoring the historical facts due to current political likes or dislikes was […]
A blaze broke out at a major Moscow hospital that has been treating coronavirus patients. At least one person has died, while dozens of others had to be evacuated. The fire broke out at Moscow’s Hospital No.50 late on Saturday. Footage from the scene shows a massive plume of gray smoke billowing from the building. Mask-wearing police have been preventing anyone but emergency services from entering the area. The hospital is said to have some 800 beds specifically for coronavirus-infected people. The fire prompted the evacuation of some 295 people from the hospital, both patients and medical workers. According to media […]
Russia 19:01 GMT 09.05.2020(updated 19:02 GMT 09.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105345/68/1053456828_0:137:2655:1630_1200x675_80_0_0_85436f1d3be9a62d2684d74489bba6f7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202005091079254572-fireworks-display-illuminates-night-sky-in-moscow/ The 2020 Victory Day celebrations have been altered in Russia due to the coronavirus pandemic, with many of the nation’s annual festivities, including the military parade being postponed. However, a fireworks display is set to illuminate the night sky over the Russian capital on 9 May in honour of the victory over the Nazi regime. The live broadcast from Luzhniki stadium shows massive fireworks lighting up the night sky in Moscow, Russia. The display begins at 22:00 Moscow time (18:00 GMT). The anniversary of the […]
Defying clouds in the sky and Covid-19 on the ground, Russia’s deadliest bombers, nimblest fighter jets and strongest transport aircraft flew over the capital in celebration of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany 75 years ago. V-Day is one of the most important national holidays in Russia, and this year was supposed to have seen massive celebrations throughout the country. But Covid-19 and its lockdowns threw a wrench into the plans, forcing the postponement of most festivities. While only a handful of ceremonial troops marched across Moscow’s center this year for a wreath-laying ceremony, the air over the Russian capital was teeming […]
Despite Russia ranking fifth in the world for confirmed Covid-19 cases, the truth might be even worse. Moscow’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin believes the real tally in the city is about 300,000 – three times more than the official count. In an interview with TV channel Russia 24, Sobyanin explained how the increased numbers are actually a positive. “The fact that we have identified so many cases is not a minus, but a huge plus. Obviously, there are even more in the city. According to screening studies, [cases] are in the region of 2-to-2.5 percent of the total population of Moscow; in […]