The Colombian Air Force scrambled jet fighters to intercept Ilyushin Il-96-400VPU aircraft with tail number RA-96104 assigned to Russia’s main security agency, or FSB. In a release late Monday, Colombian Air Force said that its Kfir fighter jets intercepted a Russian IL-96 plane after it deviated from its flight path over Colombian air space. According to a recent service news release, Command and Control Center scrambled Kfir fighters to meet the aircraft, which complied with the orders of the interceptor team and withdrew from the conflicting sector of the airspace. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Colombian Air Force fighters approached the intruder’s aircraft […]
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said late Thursday that Russia systemically aggravates the security situation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and in Crimea while refusing to reaffirm its commitment to the ceasefire. “Russia’s current escalation is systemic, largest in recent years,” Kuleba said and raised concerns about Kremlin’s stance around the long-running conflict in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s actions have brought the situation to a dead end. The only way out is diplomacy. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Minister also said that Moscow must cease escalating military tensions, immediately and unconditionally reaffirm its […]
The deaths of dozen of people and сontinues incidents at the Armata’s state-owned manufacturer and Russia’s largest producer of tanks have thrown the spotlight on working conditions in Uralvagonzavod. Russian E1.RU media agency on Marc 12, reported that in 2020, there were 26 cases of injuries to workers at the Uralvagonzavod and at least five cases of death of workers in the last three years. E1.RU also quoted the source saying that in mid-December 2020, a worker of the Uralvagonzavod was crushed to death by a press machine. In August of the same year, a former employee of the Uralvagonzavod entered […]
Russian next generation main battle tank will make his international debut at the 15th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from Feb. 21 to 25. Russian media on Feb. 5, 2019, reported that the state-run arms broker Rosoboronexport will be showcasing the new Armata tank at IDEX 2021. As noted that will be displayed the T-14 main battle tank and the T-15 tank support fighting vehicle built on the Armata platform. However, the real vehicles won’t be delivered to IDEX expo due to logistic problems arising from the COVID pandemic. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
Images have started to show up on social media showing the wreckage of a Russian modern guided missile system that was found in Syria. Pictures have emerged on social media of the 9M133FM-3 Kornet long-range missile wreckage found in Al Ghab valley, Syria on last week. The 9M133FM-3 is a man-portable anti-tank guided missile with a 10km range. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The advanced version of Russian-made third-generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) designed to destroy modern and advanced tanks, equipped with dynamic protection, lightly armored vehicles, fortifications, surface, low-speed air targets (helicopters, RPVs, attacking assault aircraft) at any […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010141080768479-russias-vector-centre-registers-vaccine-against-covid-19-putin-says/ Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106995/49/1069954969_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_aa4229c029a2fe76fadd548c8812a36d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010141080765680-russias-ultrafast-manned-soyuz-ms-17-spacecraft-docks-to-international-space-station—video/ Russia’s Soyuz-2.1a carrier with Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur spaceport and is set to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in a record-breaking three hours, owing to its ultrafast two-orbit flight plan, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Ryzhikov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, is due to dock at the ISS at 11:52 a.m. Moscow time (08:52 GMT). The crew is expected to deliver equipment that will allow to detect and eliminate an air leak, previously discovered in the Russian […]
Hundreds of Dead Sea Creatures Wash Ashore in the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia Last month, hundreds of dead seals, octopuses, sea urchins and other sea creatures washed ashore the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East region. https://t.co/t7x7Pv2aiK — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 14, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Hundreds of sea creatures were washed ashore on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia after a yellow- gray, putrid smelling sludge was found floating on the surface of the ocean. Surfers were affected with nausea, fever, stinging eyes before the sludge appeared. Varying explanations have been offered for this great killing off of sea […]
The US has signed a treaty with seven countries governing exploration and exploitation of the Moon and its resources. While many signatories never even landed there, Russia and China were – perhaps unsurprisingly – not invited. The Artemis Accords, proposed in May to set reasonable boundaries for the growing number of countries eager to stake a claim to Earth’s only satellite, have been officially unveiled on Tuesday. In addition to the US, the signatory countries are Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy, the UK, Luxembourg, the UAE, and Japan. Subtitled “Principles for cooperation in the civil exploration and use of the Moon, Mars, […]
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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/202010121080749998-four-killed-three-injured-in-shooting-at-bus-station-in-russias-nizhny-novgorod-police-report/ An unidentified person fired at a scheduled bus in the town of Bor, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russian media reports, citing police. According to the reports, four people were killed, and three more were wounded. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Russian gas producer Novatek has announced plans to ship 80 percent of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Arctic LNG 2 plant to Asian markets via the Northern Sea Route. According to the head of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson, “The plant’s three liquefaction lines with a total capacity of 19.8 million tons of LNG will be launched starting in 2023.” LNG supplies to Asia will become possible due to the year-round navigation of ships along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), he told participants of the LNG Producer – Consumer Conference in a video message. Mikhelson added that after the commissioning of […]
The new type of short-range air defense missile system was unveiled during Today’s military parade in North Korea. The parade featured North Korea’s new type of weapons and ballistic missiles for the first time since Kim began meeting with international leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, in 2018. The new short-range surface-to-air missile system was unveiled in early morning military parade on Saturday, marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country’s ruling Worker’s Party. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Some experts said that the new system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision-guided munitions, unmanned aerial […]
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Worries about life in the oceans around Russia’s north-eastern Kamchatka region have increased sharply, after scientists discovered that 95 percent of all organisms living on the seabed of the peninsula’s Avacha Bay have died. The alarm was raised last weekend when piles of sea life began washing up on Kamchatka’s beaches. Pictures of dead octopi, crabs, and starfish went viral on Russian social media, and local surfers reported that they’d experienced problems with their eyes after being in the water. Now, the latest revelations seem to have confirmed ecologists’ worst fears. After studying the water of the Avacha Bay, researchers discovered […]
NIZHNY NOVGOROD—A funeral was held Tuesday for Irina Slavina, a celebrated local journalist, who set herself on fire outside the police headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod and died. But this is not a story about a reporter committing suicide. Hundreds of thousands read Slavina’s website, Koza.Press, the bravest media outlet in the city. Her readers knew exactly what she meant in her final Facebook post: “Blame the Russian Federation for my death,” it said. The authorities have been persecuting, investigating and interrogating this sensible and dignified woman for years. On October 1, local law enforcement broke down the door to her apartment […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/05/1080665555_0:56:2953:1717_1200x675_80_0_0_be78f07664dc626675119f6933457001.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202010051080665514-maduro-says-will-get-russias-sputnik-v-coronavirus-vaccine-along-with-son-sister/ BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his son and his sister plan to get the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Maduro said in an address broadcast on Twitter. Maduro said on Sunday that his son Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra and his sister Maria Teresa Maduro were going to participate in the clinical trials of the Russian coronavirus vaccine. “When mass vaccination starts, I’ll be the first to get it [the vaccine]”, Maduro said. The first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine was delivered to Venezuela on Friday. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez stressed that Venezuela […]
An aurora, sometimes referred to as polar lights (aurora polaris), northern lights, is the glow of the upper atmosphere that occurs as a result of their interaction with charged particles of the solar wind. Depending on the altitude and composition of the atmosphere, the glow can be of different colors and shapes. For example, if the solar wind collides with nitrogen, and as a result, it loses molecules, we will see a violet and blue glow, and if there is no loss of molecules, we will see all shades of red. The most common greenish glow is when oxygen molecules collide […]
Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has told opposition figure Alexey Navalny he should be blamed for his poisoning, claiming that it is “more convincing and plausible” than the accusation thrown at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Writing on Telegram, Kadyrov accused Navalny of blaming Putin “without any evidence.” On Friday, the opposition figure told German magazine Der Spiegel that he believes Putin organized the alleged Novichok attack, saying that he has “no other explanation for what happened.” According to Kadyrov, this accusation is “ridiculous.” Thanks to Putin, there’s a tolerant attitude toward the opposition in the country…If there were an eccentric head […]
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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/202010021080639163-russias-gamaleya-institute-that-created-sputnik-v-vaccine-ready-to-help-covid-positive-trump/ Taking to Twitter, US President Donald Trump has announced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and will be self-isolating at the White House. Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute, that created the world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus, has stated it is ready to provide assistance to the US president, who has contracted the virus. “I think that if they officially turn to the Russian authorities, we will be able to help them”, Head of the Gamaleya Centre Alexander Gintsburg said. He also suggested that the Trump administration should get inoculated […]
A Russian physicist is being accused of divulging state secrets, after conducting research at a physics lab in China. He couldn’t return to his work there due to Covid rules and had recently been working at Tomsk State University. The Urals-based news site Znak identified the suspect as 64-year-old nuclear physicist Alexander Lukanin. Znak reported that Lukanin was arrested for disclosing classified information belonging to the Russian government, but there has been no official confirmation of this. The outlet also reported that the scientist is currently in a pre-trial detention centre, and that the FSB has conducted a search of his […]
By Paul Robinson, a professor at the University of Ottawa. He writes about Russian and Soviet history, military history, and military ethics. Azerbaijan has never forgotten its 1990s humiliation at the hands of Armenia. Now stronger than its sworn enemy, and emboldened by Turkish support, Baku’s assertiveness is creating a headache for Moscow. Russian president Vladimir Putin once complained that communist leader Vladimir Lenin had placed a ‘time bomb’ under Russia. He had in mind the introduction of the federal principle after Lenin’s Bolsheviks took power in 1917. Lenin gave national minorities their own republics within the Soviet Union. In so doing, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107865/75/1078657527_0:0:3242:1824_1200x675_80_0_0_990afd92d256b8c047de5988d071a159.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009281080601487-russias-su-27-escorted-us-german-aircraft-over-baltic-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to escort two aircraft of the US Navy and the German Navy over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre (NDCC) said on Monday. “On 28 September 2020, Russian airspace control devices detected two air targets approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea”, the statement says. To identify air targets and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a Su-27 fighter from the Baltic Fleet’s air defence forces was scrambled. “The crew of the Russian fighter […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080506497_0:10:1280:730_1200x675_80_0_0_bfcee716936fa2c9f155903fc655c8de.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009181080506580-russias-su-27-scrambled-to-escort-us-patrol-aircraft-over-black-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to escort a US patrol aircraft over the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center said on Friday. “Russian airspace control systems detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Black Sea … a Su-27 fighter from the air defense forces of the Southern Military District was scrambled. The crew of the Russian fighter identified the air target as an aircraft base patrol aircraft P-8A Poseidon of the US Navy and escorted it over the Black […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107870/97/1078709780_0:27:3071:1755_1200x675_80_0_0_b49c0e26371c08d786d5fadb446d2407.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009151080467826-russias-su-27-scrambled-to-intercept-us-spy-plane-over-baltic-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled on Tuesday to intercept a US Air Force patrol plane over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre said. “On 15 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea”, the statement says. In order to identify an air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a Su-27 fighter from the Western Military District’s air defence forces was scrambled. “The crew of the Russian fighter approached the […]
Russia’s natural gas monopoly Gazprom has increased its natural gas supply to China via the new pipeline Power of Siberia in July and August, compared to June, a senior Gazprom official said. Russia’s supply of natural gas to China via the Power of Siberia rose to 12 million cubic meters per day in July and August, from 10 million cubic meters supplied in June, Vladislav Borodin, director general at the gas giant’s unit Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk, said in the company’s corporate magazine. Gazprom, which started up the Power of Siberia in December 2019, looks to increase its deliveries via the pipeline […]
Russia was forced to scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept two Western military aircraft approaching its airspace over the Baltic Sea, the National Defense Control Center has said. The Sukhoi jet approached the two planes and shadowed them for some time, the Russian military reported. They were identified as a US Air Force RC-125 reconnaissance plane and a Swedish Gulfstream jet designed for the same type of missions. Footage of the intercepts shot from inside the Su-27 cockpit was shown by Zvezda TV, the official television channel of the Russian military. The encounters happened in international airspace. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106609/41/1066094141_0:4:1200:679_1200x675_80_0_0_654e6a9f507af0e1d68ab7a19e1c0e63.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080401207-russias-mig-29-intercepts-second-norwegian-spy-plane-over-barents-sea-in-one-day/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet MiG-29 was scrambled due to a Royal Norwegian Air Force electronic reconnaissance and combat aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defence Control Center (NDCC) said on Tuesday. “On 8 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. To identify the target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-29 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty was scrambled”, the statement says. The crew of the Russian fighter […]
Youtube.com Russia’s Coronavirus Vaccine Safety and immunogenicity of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine in two formulations: two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies from Russia https://t.co/hG3io8w0Yf — Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (@nsanzimanasabin) September 4, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Here are the findings from phases I/II for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine. Note how few subjects they used. This may prove to be an effective and safe vaccine….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts […]
In recent months, US-based search engine giant Google has been sharing details of top searches observed around the world. Between June and August, Google searches have shown topics like Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and Coronavirus prevention methods trending in India. On Monday Google revealed that topics like the Russia-based first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and the Pakistan versus England T20 cricket match emerged as top trends in India. Google searches for “Sputnik” and “Sputnik vaccine” spiked by over 3,300 percent and over 2,750 percent respectively, suggested media reports citing the Google list. The world’s first vaccine against the COVID-19 oronavirus, jointly […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105600/36/1056003633_0:43:3487:2005_1200x675_80_0_0_1804f3ddbd9cca8d11eb1d2e3bec5200.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009071080386246-russias-pacific-fleet-enhances-security-measures-over-typhoon-haishen/ VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) – Russia’s Pacific Fleet has boosted security measures in the Primorsky Territory in the wake of approaching Typhoon Haishen, the fleet’s spokesman, Nikolai Voskresensky said on Monday. Viktor Chulkov, a spokesman for the local branch of the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, told Sputnik that Typhoon Haishen, raging across northeast Asia, is approaching Russia’s Primorsky Territory faster than forecast, with the arrival expected on Monday. Local authorities have declared storm warning on 7-8 September over the typhoon. “The forces of the Pacific Fleet, stationed in the Primorsky Territory, are ready for the passage […]
However, it has also faced criticism and questions from some Western countries and companies, especially those developing their own vaccines—often based on technologies yet to be proven for safety and efficacy, such as mRNA or monkey adenoviral vector-based platforms. Following the publication of the results of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials of Sputnik V in The Lancet, we would like to summarize answers to these questions and ask some of our own.wn. Question 1: Did you steal your vaccine? No, we did not steal it. The vaccine uses a unique two-vector human adenovirus technology which no-one else in […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been under increased pressure to stop the construction of the nearly complete joint pipeline project of numerous European energy companies and Russian Gazprom ever since Berlin claimed to have found traces of nerve agent from the Novichok group in the blood of a hospitalised Russian opposition figure. German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has said that the possibility of sanctions being imposed against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project will depend on how Moscow reacts to the situation with political activist Alexei Navalny, who had purportedly been poisoned with a Soviet-era military-grade nerve agent. She noted that […]
Youtube.com Russia’s Coronavirus Vaccine Safety and immunogenicity of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine in two formulations: two open, non-randomised phase 1/2 studies from Russia https://t.co/hG3io8w0Yf — Dr Sabin Nsanzimana (@nsanzimanasabin) September 4, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Here are the findings from phases I/II for the Russian COVID-19 vaccine. Note how few subjects they used. This may prove to be an effective and safe vaccine….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts […]
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/202009051080376380-russias-mig-31-scrambled-to-intercept-norwegian-air-force-plane/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Russian fighter jet MiG-31 was scrambled to intercept a Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre said on Saturday. “To identify the air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-31 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty team was scrambled. The crew of the Russian fighter identified the air target as the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s basic patrol aircraft P-3C Orion”, the centre said in a statement. The authority added that after the Norwegian aircraft […]
9/11 Test …by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor —The report below is taken from an intelligence dump by Russian sources. As the origin is from an intelligence agency in the form of a “leak,” there are always questions. Thus far, we have found not only is the majority of the material confirmed but several solutions to serious problems involving 9/11 are included.I have redacted little here. However, this arrived with vast supporting documentation which can, in the future, be uploaded on SCRIBD for access. One key area is that the US had supplied Israel with surplus nuclear weapons. (Editor’s note: We are […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105512/84/1055128409_0:164:3057:1884_1200x675_80_0_0_1ce6a39472f5d8ea23f35ee341dabe6c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009041080367179-russias-mig-31-intercepts-norwegian-air-force-plane-over-barents-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet MiG-31 intercepted a Royal Norwegian Air Force plane near the Russian border over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said in a statement on Friday. “On 4 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. To identify the air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-31 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty was scrambled”, the statement says. The crew of the Russian […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday he had been inoculated with the country’s coronavirus vaccine, according to the Defence Ministry. “When asked by his foreign colleagues, Sergei Shoigu said he had recently been inoculated with the Russian coronavirus vaccine”, the ministry said. The statement was released as Shoigu is taking part in a meeting of defence chiefs from the Commonwealth of the Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation on Friday. Russian Trade Minister Denis Manturov earlier said he had been inoculated with the vaccine, adding that he had a slightly higher […]
The Russian Ministry of Finance has drawn up a new draft bill that echoes a previous attempt to outlaw cryptocurrency use and, if passed, would have a major impact on the nation’s crypto miners. The document, sent by the ministry to other government branches for feedback, states that miners located in Russia and using Russia-based infrastructure may not be rewarded for their work in cryptocurrency, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, which first reported the bill. The draft is intended to amend a new law on digital assets signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of July. If the […]
Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov eased into the third round of the US Open, taking a solid win against unranked compatriot Andrey Kuznetsov who returned to the men’s tour after a three-year break caused by a hip injury. Khachanov needed three sets (6-3, 6-4, 6-1) and less than two hours to book a spot in the third round of the tennis major. In contrast to his first match at Flushing Meadows, where he was forced to play a five-set marathon, 11th seeded Khachanov got off to a brilliant start on Wednesday immediately breaking his opponent and creating a solid 2-0 lead. […]
What did we do to Russia that they did this to us? Truth is, America probably deserves it and Donald Trump is making sure America will never rise again… VT Exclusive: The headlines below are from a single morning, this morning of Russia Today, a state run publication that, before Trump, supported minority rights in the US and made a reputation for demanding a more just society everywhere, of course, but Russia. To understand the context, why Russian media has gone to war with BLM and has sided with police, with Trump and with the neocons is a mystery. Questions about […]
Russia is closely following events in Belarus, gripped by post-election protests, but while doing so it’s shown much more prudence than the West, President Vladimir Putin said, firing back at the claims of Moscow’s meddling. “We believe this is, first and foremost, an internal matter of the Belarusian society and the people of Belarus,” Putin told the ‘Rossiya 1’ channel in an interview aired on Saturday, speaking about mass protests in Belarus that have rumbled on weeks after a landslide victory of incumbent Alexander Lukashenko in the August 9 presidential elections prompted accusations of electoral fraud from the opposition. Also on […]
VT Exclusive: The headlines below are from a single morning, this morning of Russia Today, a state run publication that, before Trump, supported minority rights in the US and made a reputation for demanding a more just society everywhere, of course, but Russia. To understand the context, why Russian media has gone to war with BLM and has sided with police, with Trump and with the neocons is a mystery. Questions about General Michael Flynn and his cash influx from Russia Today come up as do issues of nearly everyone around Trump except William Barr, current Attorney General of the United […]
According to estimates by the economic research agency Fitch Solutions, the future looks particularly bright for Russia’s gold reserves, which may see the country soon lead the rating of the top producers of the precious metal. Russia is likely to step up its gold production in the next couple of years amid increasing risks of more US sanctions that could push the Russian Central Bank to boost the existing precious metal reserves, as follows from a Fitch Solutions report cited by CNBC. The potential economic restrictions will “paradoxically” support the gold market in the country, the report said. “The rising risk […]
Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has reached a six-month high as the Covid-19 situation improves in Russia and lockdowns are eased, hitting 66 percent – the highest figure since February. However, the result represents the Russian president’s worst August approval rating since 2013. According to the Levada Center, a polling outfit which has received Western funding in the past, more than two-thirds of Russians now approve of the job that Putin is doing. In February his rating was 69 percent, but that plunged to record lows of 59 percent in May and April. Read more Is that why Trump calls it ‘fake […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107662/66/1076626663_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_6f838e7ae3171a00565d325521864ba6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008231080250762-russias-earliest-upcoming-satellite-launch-set-for-september-space-source-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A preliminary date for the launch of Russian satellites from the Gonets series has been set, it will be Russia’s earliest upcoming carrier rocket launch and will occur on 24 September, a space industry source said. “The launch of three Gonets-M satellites planned for 24 September will allow to replace spacecraft that are nearing the end of their activity, in order to maintain the constellation in the regular composition – 12 satellites (three spacecraft in four planes)”, the source said. In June, a space source said that Russia was planning to […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Technodinamika holding company, which is part of Russia’s state-owned high-tech conglomerate Rostec, has deployed a 5,000-square-meter Russian flag in the sky over the Moscow region, but the record was not registered in the Guinness Book due to sanctions against Moscow, the company’s press service said on Saturday. The current record belongs to the representatives of the United Arab Emirates who opened in the sky the national flag of about 4,886 square meters. “The invited experts of the Guinness Book of World Records captured the record, but refused to officially register it due to the sanctions against Russia,” the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The special medical aircraft from Germany, which is set to deliver from Russia to Berlin the hospitalized Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has landed in the Omsk Airport, according to Flightradar24 tracking service. According to Flightradar24, the Bombardier Challenger 604 left Nuremberg at 03.12 a.m. local time (01:12 GMT) and landed on the runway of the Omsk Airport at 12.10 p.m. local time (06:10 GMT). German newspaper Bild previously reported that the medical jet took off from Germany’s Nuremberg Airport in the early hours of Friday. According to Bild, Navalny is expected to be transferred to Charite hospital […]
Russian communications giant Rostelecom has finally published details about its blockchain-based voting system that will be deployed for by-elections in September. There will be two blockchain voting pilots in different regions of the country next month. One will be run by Rostelecom, the state-owned major telecom provider, and the other by the Department of Information Technologies, a branch of the Moscow city hall that ran the previous blockchain voting pilots. The platform by Rostelecom will be used for remote voting on Sept. 13 in two Russian regions, Kurskaya and Yaroslavskaya areas, where the residents will vote to fill the vacant seats […]
The newest habitable module for the International Space Station (ISS), Nauka, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final preparations before launch. The module’s launch – which has been delayed for more than 13 years – will mark the resumption of Station expansion. Nauka is currently scheduled to launch on a Proton-M rocket in April 2021 and will be attached to the ISS at the location where the Pirs Docking Compartment is currently located. Nauka’s history The module that would become Nauka – Russian for “Science” – was first constructed as the backup to the currently-on-orbit Zarya module. As […]
SouthCom Feels Threatened By Russia’s ‘Fundamental’ Support Of Venezuela August 18, 2020 SouthCom Feels Threatened By Russia’s ‘Fundamental’ Support Of Venezuela2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fuller-with-maduro.jpg200px200px Above photo: Admiral Craig Faller and President Nicolas Maduro. The head of the Southern Command of the United States Armed Forces, Craig Faller, declared that Russia and Cuba represent threats to them due to the “fundamental” support they give to Venezuela, a country on which the Donald Trump regime has imposed a brutal total blockade and continually threatens military invasion. In viralized statements on social networks, Faller says that they have had to set off the alarms because of “the size […]
The Russian market offers a lot of investment opportunities in this time of global economic uncertainty, says legendary investor Jim Rogers. He called for a closer look at Russia’s domestic tourism and the economy of the Far East. The founder of the Quantum Fund, which had a 4,200 percent return in the first 10 years since its establishment, Rogers talked to RBC daily about where to invest. Many areas of the global economy have been seriously affected during the coronavirus pandemic, especially transport companies and the tourism sector, Rogers said. He has invested in airlines’ shares and a number of other […]
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The tests of Russia’s ship-based Zircon missile – one of several hypersonic weapons introduced in the country’s military – are successfully nearing completion, the Defense Ministry said. The recent test firings, which were performed from aboard the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, have “confirmed the unique tactical and technical characteristics of this missile, as well as its ability to travel at hypersonic speeds,” the MoD said in a statement. The Zircon will be able to reach speeds of up to Mach 9, nine times faster than the speed of sound. It will have an operational range of 1,000km, hitting both water and land-based […]
People in the city of Khabarovsk hold posters with messages demanding freedom for Sergei Furgal, the former governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region, on July 18. Protesters have taken to the streets over Furgal’s arrest this month on murder charges, which he denies. Igor Volkov/AP hide caption toggle caption Igor Volkov/AP People in the city of Khabarovsk hold posters with messages demanding freedom for Sergei Furgal, the former governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk region, on July 18. Protesters have taken to the streets over Furgal’s arrest this month on murder charges, which he denies. Igor Volkov/AP Artyom Mozgov, 20, is among the thousands […]
Cryptographers call out Craig Wright’s latest claims, blockchain business deposits are growing at Signature and Carlos Ghosn’s smugglers were paid in crypto. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. Top shelf Cryptic PaymentsThe son of former Renault and Nissan head and fugitive Carlos Ghosn used Coinbase to pay two men $500,000 in bitcoin to get his father out of Japan last December. U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday that Anthony Ghosn sent 63 bitcoin to Michael and Peter Taylor, a father and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079933849_0:0:3070:1727_1200x675_80_0_0_1cf93ea0472a92b97960b86c6d8bbcba.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007241079976643-human-trials-of-russias-second-covid-19-vaccine-to-start-july-27/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector received permission to conduct clinical trials of a vaccine against coronavirus, the first volunteers will receive it on July 27, Russian healthcare watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Friday. “Rospotrebnadzor’s Vector Center received permission on July 24 to conduct clinical trials of the vaccine, the first volunteers will be vaccinated on July 27 as part of the clinical trial protocol,” the statement says. Another Russian vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, is undergoing clinical trials at two institutions: the Burdenko […]
Enterprise blockchain solutions in Russia have to get their cryptographic elements certification with the FSB, the counter-espionage agency The process can take several years to complete and up to $100,000 Some foreign-developed blockchains can’t satisfy the requirement without a fork Russian-made systems might end up isolated from the global market due to distrust of Russian government cryptography standards Blockchain technology was created to be borderless. But in the real world, borders still impose limits on this technology. Everything related to cryptography in Russia falls under the supervision of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, which is the successor to the KGB. […]
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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/military/202007201079935504-putin-says-nuclear-powered-submarines-will-boost-russias-combat-potential/ During an address to the Federal Assembly in 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Poseidon nuclear-powered underwater drones were being developed in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that nuclear-powered submarines will boost the country’s combat potential. He also added that around 60 Russian Navy vessels are currently sailing in the world’s oceans. Russia’s largest shipbuilding enterprise Sevmash is now working on two nuclear-powered submarines with hypersonic weapons, according to the statement. The statement comes after President of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexei Rahmanov stated in June that the Russian Navy […]
An unsanctioned large-scale rally has taken place in Khabarovsk, the largest city in Russia’s Far East. Crowds again took to the streets of downtown to protest the detention of Governor Sergey Furgal on contract-murder charges. Furgal, a highly popular local politician and member of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of orchestrating the murder of business rivals back in the 2000s. Shortly after he was detained and transferred to Moscow to face official charges, several massive rallies rocked Khabarovsk, a city of more than 600,000 people. This Saturday, people flocked to the streets again, holding […]
While most oil-exporting nations saw international agencies knocking down their sovereign credit ratings amid the crisis spurred by the Covid-19 outbreak, S&P Global Ratings confirmed Russia’s rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. In its report on Friday, the agency said that the Russian economy is expected to contract by 4.8 percent this year due to lower oil prices, OPEC+ cuts, and the fallout from the pandemic. However, the country is expected to weather those economic shocks, thanks to a flexible exchange rate and fiscal balance, while their impact on the economy will be more modest than in developed countries. Also […]
A Russian hacking group that played a role in breaking into Democratic networks during the 2016 election is now trying to steal coronavirus research, according to officials in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. In a joint cybersecurity advisory released by the three countries, intelligence agencies warned that a Russian hacking ground referred to as “APT29” had “targeted various organisations involved in COVID-19 vaccine development in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, highly likely with the intention of stealing information and intellectual property relating to the development and testing of COVID-19 vaccines.” The group conducted basic vulnerability scanning against specific […]
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 by Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company, a Norilsk Nickel subsidiary. The fuel entered into the soil and contaminated reservoirs responsible for supplying the area’s residents with clean water. Following this disaster, on July 12, almost 45 tons of aviation fuel leaked from a pipeline in the Krasnoyarsk Region, inside the Arctic Circle. The […]
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 clinical trials of a vaccine produced by Russia’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on 18 June. “Sechenov University has successfully completed tests on volunteers of the world’s first vaccine against coronavirus”, Tarasov said. He added that the first group of volunteers would be discharged on Wednesday and the second on […]
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 a bloody war with legend Aldo by strikes when referee Leon Roberts eventually stepped in to save the former champ from further punishment in the fifth round. Yan becomes only the second Russian fighter in history to win a UFC title after 155 lbs king Khabib Nurmagomedov, bringing his record to 15-1. […]
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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 GRU of involvement in a reported bounty program in Afghanistan. Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption toggle caption Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP 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 […]
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 assassination attempts” back in 2004-2005. Russia’s Investigative Committee shared a video of Furgal’s arrest in a Thursday morning raid, but included scant details about the ongoing investigation. Besides Furgal, four other suspects were arrested, all members of the same gang linked to a series of crimes against local businessmen in Khabarovsk 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. The elder Safronov, who also was named Ivan, wrote for the newspaper Kommersant until one day in 2007 he plunged out of a window to his death. “We called our television show today ‘They Have Come to Get Us.’ We are outraged to see our friend and colleague Safronov being accused […]
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 in Russia, has long been a popular destination for tourists from all over the country. In the run-up to hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2014, the city saw many sports facilities built that are still being used by athletes and amateur sportspeople today. Sochi has a humid subtropical climate, and […]
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 Foreign Ministry noted that the deconfliction mechanism was created in 2014 as an unilateral initiative of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and is not based on international humanitarian law or UN Security Council resolutions. “The guidance document regulating the functioning of this mechanism clearly states that […]
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, Kelly Craft, asserted that a failure to extend a cross-border aid program in Syria will result in “mass graves” in the country, and claimed that the lack of border crossings would restrict access to Syrians in need of humanitarian supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. “What we’re really focused on in the […]
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 evidence to back up allegations about the Russia-Taliban collusion, according to Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman. “The Department of Defense continues to evaluate intelligence that Russian GRU operatives were engaged in malign activity against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan,” Hoffman said in a statement. “To date, DOD has no corroborating […]
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 system was still functioning correctly. It’s not clear from the report what the hacker managed to achieve in the attack, if anything, and how far the intrusion penetrated. “At present, increased security mode has been introduced. There was no interruption in voting, all votes are in the guaranteed delivery service, that […]
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 a cheap service for small brands – a logo for just 100,000 rubles ($1,432). “Express Design” turned out to be a popular option for small-budget businesses and even two well-known Russian bloggers, Ruslan Usachev and Yuri Khovansky. Unknown to the clients, the “Express Design” service was actually a futuristic experiment: the […]
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 prosecution. “We tried to sit quietly but they continued to open our wounds with this case.” — Chulpan Khamatova, actress What they realized as they watched this case taking shape was that in Russia today any famous personality can be charged with some sort of cooked-up crime, arrested, and convicted. Dozens […]
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 tons of mined gold, the ministry reported. Accompanying mining rose to 2.85 tons, while secondary mining was slightly down to 5.11 tons. Statistics showed that production of mined silver has also increased during the period to 142.30 tons year-on-year. Also on rt.com ‘Smart countries accumulating gold’ ahead of US dollar collapse […]
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 confirmed that a 75-member contingent of its military comprising all three services – the Indian Air Force, Indian Army, and Indian Navy – will march in Moscow’s Red Square on 24 June. The contingent will participate in the 75th Victory Day Parade of World War II as a sign of tribute […]
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, had to postpone her highly-anticipated Olympic debut this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Talking to RT Sport, the 19-year-old spoke about her Olympic plans and intense training, but also told us about the social media addiction which has led to occasional reproaches from her coaches. “We were very upset after learning that Tokyo […]
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 won the tender announced by the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for extinguishing forest fires and signed a contract with Russia’s UAC and the Ministry of Emergencies for leasing two Be-200 aircraft for four months with subsequent purchase. We will see how these planes perform in Turkey during the forest […]
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’ long-range aviation conducted a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea, the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk and the northern part of the Pacific Ocean … At several stages of the route, the Russian aircraft were escorted by the US Air Force’s F-22 fighters,” the Russian Defense […]
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 Russian Black Sea Fleet, has received its first-ever all-female crew, who are now engaged in advanced training exercises. The crew of three’s initial preparation began earlier this year at the Navy’s joint training center in St. Petersburg, with trainees engaging in studies and using a simulator to practice going out to […]
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 with moderate severity has been hospitalized”, a local health ministry official said. Later, he added that the second injired person was delivered to the Republican Clinical Hospital of Tatarstan. The local Health Ministry said that a team of the Republican Centre for Disaster Medicine was working on the site. “At 21:56 (18:56 […]
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 to take place as a web video conference as part of Russia’s anti-coronavirus measures. “This voting system is based on a blockchain and is using transparent encryption,” the press release says, adding that the system received a “high appraisal” from the judges of the Supreme Court in the “landmark” vote. The […]
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 trials and returned to Severnaya Verf (‘Northern Shipyard’) in #SaintPetersburg on 6th June 2020. pic.twitter.com/Cwc3OxwSyp — Capt(N) (@Capt_Navy) June 7, 2020 The Russian Project 22350 warship, the ‘Admiral Flota Kasatonov’, created using stealth technologies, has completed state trials in the sea and will soon be commissioned to the Russian fleet, according to […]
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 for the current unrest in the US and in some European countries during her appearance on Rossiya 1 channel. “Everything they’ve been embedding into the world’s consciousness – they’re reaping it now.” Also on rt.com Protests controlled by Russia? Try saying that to Americans on the streets, Russia’s FM spokeswoman tells […]
World 01:13 GMT 02.06.2020Get short URL On Saturday, US President Donald Trump announced the postponement of the scheduled Group of Seven (G7) summit, from the end of June until possibly September, revealing that he is intending to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia, and India. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said that Ottawa is opposed to a potential return of Russia to the G7 proposed by US President Donald Trump, over Moscow’s “continued disrespect and flaunting of international rules”. “Russia was excluded from the G7 after it invaded Crimea a number of years ago, and its continued disrespect and flaunting […]
America’s heartbreak brought considerable joy to Vladimir Putin’s Russia, but the gloating also exposes the deep ugliness of his regime. Russian reporters covering protests on American soil appear to sympathize with the protesters, but state media reports for domestic audiences tell an entirely different story. “Mockery of the ongoing protests in the United States made references to ‘muscular criminal Negroes,’ described ‘twerking’ as the ‘national Negro dance.’” War correspondent Dmitry Steshin authored a despicably racist article for the Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda, purporting to give advice to the American protesters. His mockery of the ongoing protests in the United States made […]
Russia 22:35 GMT 31.05.2020Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s Northern Fleet will carry out major drills in the Barents and Norwegian Seas this month, with more than 30 ships planned to be involved, Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, has announced. “In June, a large-scale campaign will take place, during which a set of tasks will be worked out, solved by various groups of land and naval forces. It will involve more than 30 surface ships, submarines and support vessels, more than 20 aircraft of various types”, Moiseyev said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda, the official […]
Sincerity of US officials The extension of this treaty did not cause much optimism in the past, nor does it inspire any optimism today, given the conditions that Washington is dictating to Moscow to extend START-3. The statements that US politicians and officials make at this point sound like ultimatums. US Special Presidential Representative for Arms Control, Marshall Billingslea, demonstrated a new level of sincerity. Mr. Billingslea seems to be a diplomat by nature, but his manner of expressing Washington’s point of view on pressing international problems makes one doubt that. According to Billingslea, the USA is not interested in a […]
Powerful winds and heavy rain have hit Ekaterinburg in Russia’s Urals, on Monday afternoon, felling numerous trees, damaging cars and obliterating weak structures. At least three people have been killed by the hurricane. The hurricane brought down numerous trees across the city, Russia’s fourth-largest, multiple videos show, blocking some roads and also destroying power lines, disrupting electricity supply. Many unlucky motorists have found their vehicles obliterated by fallen trees and damaged by other debris. One man was literally blown into the air as he tried to hold down a large sheet of plastic that came loose from a roofed parking lot and […]
ABUJA, Nigeria—U.S. President Donald Trump is not the only figure threatening the World Health Organization while endorsing dubious coronavirus treatments. In Africa, news outlets and social media posts notorious for spreading Russian-created disinformation and conspiracy theories are leveling all sorts of allegations against the WHO, ranging from incompetence to fraud. “The herbal remedy’s biggest booster is Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina, a 45-year-old media entrepreneur elected in 2018 with help from Russian President Vladimir Putin.” At the center of the attacks is what appears to be a coordinated campaign promoting an herbal concoction the Moscow-backed government of Madagascar claims will cure COVID-19. The […]
Russia’s National Guard have added a steampunk vibe to the coronavirus dystopia as they launched a blimp to monitor how the lockdown is observed in the Moscow Region. Not everyone was impressed, though. Equipped with the OKO (“eye”) surveillance system, the air balloon was deployed to hover several hundred meters above the ground, allowing the servicemen to observe an area of around five square kilometers. The blimp’s prime task is to monitor the park and forest areas during the quarantine. The data gathered by the OKO system is transferred to the patrols on the ground in real time, who are then […]
Not to be outdone by their peers back at home, the Russian military pilots keeping the jihadists in check in Syria have pulled off their own Victory Day parade – and there’s this amazing footage to prove it. The aircraft, which took off from Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in western Syria, included Su-24 bombers and Su-34 jet fighters, as well as the ‘flying radar’ A-50, military transport planes and helicopters. Also on rt.com Russia’s mightiest military aircraft buzz over Moscow to mark 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat (PHOTO, VIDEO) One Su-24 had a GoPro camera strapped onto its side, which filmed […]
The initiative is calling on people to share their take on the 75th anniversary of the victory in the fight against the Nazi regime and to remember its crimes. The #CoEWeRemember acts to counter attempts to rewrite the history of World War II and the destruction of national memorials commemorating the victory. The head of the Russian Leningrad Oblast and the Russian delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Alexander Drozdenko, has officially joined the #CoEWeRemember initiative and posted congratulations for the Victory Day anniversary on his Facebook page. In his address, Drozdenko praised […]
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 […]