Russian Strategic Missile Forces to Go Fully Digital by 2020 Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) will completely switch to digital data transmission technologies by 2020, the Defense Ministry press service said in a statement. 08.01.2017
Christmas in Eastern Orthodox Church: Facts & Details While most commonly Christmas is celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, on December 25, the Eastern Orthodox Church observes the holiday using the old Julian calendar, on January 7. 07.01.2017
Russia's Gazprom Sets Daily Record With 615Mln Cbm Gas Export on January 5 Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller stated that company set record in daily exports with its January 5 supplies of 614. 06.01.2017
WikiLeaks Assange: Democrats Lost Election Because Their Candidate Was Weak According to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the Democrats lost the US presidential election because they rigged the primary process against their strongest candidate. 05.01.2017
Innovations Make Russia's Mi-28NM Copter an 'Almost Perfect Combat Vehicle' Russia's upgraded Mi-28NM Night Hunter attack helicopter has become "an almost perfect combat vehicle" thanks to a number of innovations, according to Alexander Mikheev, chief executive of the helicopter design and manufacturing company Russian Helicopters. 04.01.2017
WashPo's Story on Russian Hackers Accessing US Power Grid was Fake News The Washington Post, a media outlet leading the charge against “fake news,” is apologizing again after publishing an alarming story falsely claiming that Russian hackers had penetrated the US power grid through a Vermont utility. 03.01.2017
Explore Top-Five Popular Winter Holiday Destinations in Russia In 2017, New Year's holidays in Russia last nine days, and many Russians spend them in various holiday resorts. 02.01.2017
Russian Land Forces Got About 3,000 Military Equipment Samples in 2016 Russian Land Forces got around 3,000 samples of modern military equipment in 2016, Col. 01.01.2017
Putin: Challenges of 2016 United Russia, Revealed Resources to Move Forward According to the Russian president, the difficulties of the outgoing year brought Russians together and allowed to disclose the state’s resources for moving forward. 31.12.2016
Et Tu, Brute? UK Snubs Kerry Over Israel, Trump John Kerry’s recent speech, seen by many as paternalistically lecturing Israel on peace, drew the ire of UK Prime Minister Theresa May, despite the long-standing “special relationship” between London and Washington. 30.12.2016
Putin Will Determine Adequate Response to US Sanctions Kremlin announced that Putin will determine adequate response to US sanctions. 29.12.2016
Natural Resources Ministry Expects Growth in Oil, Gas, Gold Reserves in Russia Minister Sergei Donskoi said that Russia's Natural Resources and Environment Ministry expects the country's oil, gas and gold reserves to grow in 2016. 28.12.2016
Stronger Together: Iran Taking Steps to Deepen Cooperation With Russia, China Tehran has shown interest in signing a temporary deal with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). 27.12.2016
Kiev Summons Israeli Ambassador Following Prime Minister's Cancelled Visit The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine Eli Belotserkovsky following Tel Aviv's decision to cancel the visit of Ukraine's Prime Minister. 26.12.2016
Putin Declares Dec 26 Day of National Mourning Over Russia's Tu-154 Plane Crash A nationwide day of mourning will begin in Russia on Monday, December 26, to honor the memory of those perished in the Tu-154 aircraft crash over the Black Sea earlier on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. 25.12.2016
Russian Armata Tanks, Armored Vehicles to Become 'Smarter' Russian tanks and combat vehicles will soon sport a state-of-the-art damage control and information system, the newspaper Izvestia reported. 24.12.2016
Russia to Announce Start of Gas Supplies to Crimea in 2-3 Days - Putin Russia will announce the beginning of supplies of its gas to Crimea in next two-three days, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. 23.12.2016
Syrian Hmeymim Group Ready to Go to Astana, Geneva to Continue Peace Talks Internal Syrian opposition Hmeymim group is ready to go to the Kazakh capital of Astana and Switzerland's Geneva to resume peace talks, and remains open for dialogue, official representative of the group Mais Krydee told Sputnik. 22.12.2016
Time Running Out for Saudi Interference in Syria as New Axis Takes Charge On Tuesday, senior Russian, Iranian and Turkish officials met in Moscow to discuss the situation in Syria. 21.12.2016
'Syrian Army Better Positioned to Retake Idlib From Terrorists Than in Aleppo' From the very beginning the US has played a significant role in the Syrian turmoil and now they shouldn't abdicate their responsibility for the situation unfolding on the ground, Syrian parliamentarian Ashwak Abbas told Sputnik. 20.12.2016
