The president of metal giant Norilsk Nickel and Russia’s richest man, Vladimir Potanin, has seen his fortune reduced by $4.1 billion after two environmental disasters in Russia’s far north, according to business magazine Forbes. On May 29, about 20 thousand tons of diesel leaked from a thermal power plant owned […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107968/45/1079684551_0:27:3072:1755_1200x675_80_0_0_3a460a9f81b1161d0ccf521cafed54be.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202007121079860277-russias-sechenov-university-successfully-completes-trials-of-worlds-1st-covid-19-vaccine/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The clinical trials of the world’s first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik. The university began […]
Russia has a new UFC world champion after Petr Yan scored a huge finish of former featherweight champion Jose Aldo to claim the vacant bantamweight title at UFC 251 in Abu Dhabi. READ MORE: In memory of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov: Watch special episode of ‘Dagestan: Land of Warriors’ documentary series Yan finished […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106369/08/1063690823_0:100:1920:1180_1200x675_80_0_0_3cd98dfc078ab69bbfa9fdcd1cd795cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007111079854237-trump-says-authorized-cyberattack-on-russias-internet-research-agency-in-2018/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump confirmed to The Washington Post that he had authorized a cyberattack on Russia’s Internet Research Agency in 2018. Earlier this week, Trump told the columnist of The Washington Post, Marc Thiessen, that he had ordered the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin (second from left) meets military officials, including Igor Kostyukov (far right), the deputy chief of military intelligence, the GRU. The 2018 event in Moscow marked the centenary of the GRU, which has been involved in many major operations in recent years. U.S. intelligence suspects of the […]
The Federal Security Service agents have detained the governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region, Sergey Furgal, on suspicions of organizing a criminal group linked to a series of murders of entrepreneurs over a decade ago. The politician is suspected of organizing a criminal gang and ordering “a series of murders and […]
MOSCOW—When the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested journalist Ivan Safronov on charges of “state treason” this week, many of his friends were quick to remember what happened to his father. Both men covered news about national defense and Russia’s space program and were recognized as authorities in their field. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/68/1079816872_0:316:3077:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_6d093776e235233f00bc1c5af632eac6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202007071079817336-Staying-Fit-and-Enjoying-Summer-in-Russias-Olympic-Capital-Sochi/ Some people have all the luck. Despite borders being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic these happy holidaymakers have the chance to spend a few days by the sea – and all without leaving their home country. Sochi, a Black Sea resort city […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107958/05/1079580548_0:0:3076:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_781dbdc1765a89d895d28999c60a1104.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007041079794768-moscow-surprised-by-uks-response-to-russias-exit-from-un-syria-deconfliction-mechanism/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is surprised by the UK Foreign Office’s comment that Russia’s withdrawal from the UN deconfliction mechanism in northwest Syria was “unacceptable,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, adding that the participation in the mechanism was voluntary. The Russian […]
A UN resolution adopted in January envisaged a reduction of border crossings under a program of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, from four to two, as the Assad government regained control over the country’s territory and made possible aid delivery from inside Syria. The US ambassador to the United Nations, […]
A New York Times report last week claimed that Russia may have offered bounties to Afghan militants for killing US troops deployed to the Central Asian coutnry. Both Russia and the Taliban denied the accusations. The White House also insisted Trump wasn’t briefed on the matter. The Pentagon has no […]
A hacker has attempted to disrupt a blockchain voting system currently being used to help decide constitutional changes in the Russian Federation. According to Russian news agency TASS, head of the Moscow government’s IT technologies department Artem Kostyrko said an observation node on the blockchain had been targeted, but the […]
Why make something yourself when you can get a bot to do it? A Russian art design studio has been using an AI neural network to create logos for more than a year – all the while keeping its customers in the dark. In 2018, the Artemy Lebedev Studio unveiled […]
MOSCOW—When Russia’s leading contemporary theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov and his three colleagues went on trial, virtually all of Russia’s cultural elite, nearly 4,000 actors, poets, writers, and directors demanded authorities stop the shameful proceedings. Even the most careful celebrities stopped being careful and made public comments condemning the […]
Gold output in Russia continued to grow, surging by 9.6 percent from January to February compared with the same period of last year, said the country’s Ministry of Finance. The volume of bullion production amounted to 39.71 tons against the 36.3 tons in 2019. Production for the period included 31.75 […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Russia is set to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II on 24 June. The Victory Day, although usually celebrated on 9 May, was postponed due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. In a first, India’s Defence Ministry on Wednesday […]
Russian star Varvara Subbotina has spoken about the other side of synchronized swimming, revealing strict restrictions and requirements imposed on athletes in one of the most complex and physically demanding sports. Subbotina, a four-time world champion and widely regarded as one of the most technically-gifted swimmers in the Russian team, […]
ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey is considering the possibility of purchasing Russia’s Be-200 amphibious aircraft, which have been leased for four months for operations to extinguish wildfires during the upcoming forest fire season, Fizuli Mollaev, a board member of the Turkish SMS Savunma Sanayi company operating the aircraft, said. “Our company […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107932/68/1079326834_0:0:3212:1807_1200x675_80_0_0_620eca8c349e15cb5fc9169414e2c3a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006171079637933-us-scrambles-fighters-to-escort-russias-strategic-bombers-russian-mod-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Four Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers were escorted by US F-22 fighters at certain stages of their scheduled flight at the border between the countries, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. “Four Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ […]
Women make up about seven percent of the Russian military’s total strength, and have historically played a crucial role in ensuring victory during the Second World War II. For most of the country’s history, however, the navy has remained a man’s domain. P-834, a Raptor-class high-speed patrol boat in the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A gas explosion at a Gazprom distribution centre in the Russian city of Kazan has killed one person and left three injured, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. “As a result of the incident, one person was killed, two people were injured. At the moment, a 45-year-old man […]
Russia’s Supreme Court for the first time used a blockchain-based system to record votes in a plenary session on Friday. According to a press release, judges used the Polys app from Kaspersky Lab to record the results of voting on six issues before the court. The session was the latest […]
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate is capable of destroying surface ships, convoys and airborne military units, along with searching and targeting submarines and providing anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and anti-missile defence. #ВМФ 🇷🇺#Russian #Navy The second warship of project 22350 the RFS 431 ‘Admiral Kasatonov’, a Admiral Gorshkov Class frigate completed of sea […]
The US supported destabilizing ideas, dividing groups against each other around the globe, but now the chaos they got at home is of the same nature, Maria Zakharova, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said. “By sowing chaos [abroad], they’ve got chaos at home,” Zakharova pointed out when asked about the reasons […]