Labor Day Parade Held in Moscow With Thousands of Participants Mass demonstrations devoted to Labor Day celebrations are held in Moscow, with thousands of trade union representatives, students, senior citizens and representatives of various political parties and movements participating, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday. 01.05.2017 09:10:00
Russian, German Cosmonauts Reveal Future Prospects of 'the Conquest of Space' Earth, and nature, must be preserved - this is an urgent task that can only be tackled by all countries together, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Yeliseyev said on Cosmonautics Day, on April 12, in Berlin. 14.04.2017 07:48:00
Why We Shouldn't Worry About Fake News Distinguished research psychologist Robert Epstein says that efforts by Google, Facebook and others to try to suppress fake news are potentially more harmful than fake news itself. 10.04.2017 08:08:00
Putin Asks Russian Govt. to Speed Up Preparation of Arctic Development Program President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian government on Wednesday to expedite the preparation of a revised version of a state program on Arctic development. 29.03.2017 13:49:00
Kremlin Spokesman: Crimean Reunification With Russia Rescue of the Whole Nation Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the RBC media outlet that Crimean reunification with Russia was a rescue of Crimean people adding that Russia copes with negative consequences of western sanctions. 18.03.2017 07:30:00
Top Five Surprising Facts About Russian FM Sergei Lavrov On February 10 Russia celebrates Diplomatic Worker's Day to mark the achievements of outstanding Russian diplomats and commemorate the veterans of the Russian diplomatic service. 10.02.2017 20:54:30
US Fact-Checking Institute Sponsored by Soros on War Path Against 'Fake News' The fake news "hysteria" has recently resulted in a number of initiatives to fight against the so called misleading information and false statements. 26.01.2017 18:59:31
Russian Investigators Identified Over 700 Extremists in 2016 A total of 707 individuals, who have conducted crimes of extremist nature, were identified in 2016 in Russia, according to the head of Russia's Investigative Committee. 12.01.2017 08:43:00
Russian Lunar Mission May Finally Put End to Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory A group of Russian engineers and space enthusiast aim to develop and launch a satellite to check the "lunar conspiracy" theory: the satellite will take pictures of footprints and the lunar rovers, American Apollos and Soviet Lunokhods ("Moonwalkers") left on the Moon. 09.01.2017 08:36:00
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 08:29:00
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 19:57:00
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 19:38:00
Rossiya Segodnya Wins 4 Awards at Journalist of the Year Contest in Crimea The staff of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency won four awards at the third annual contest called Journalist of the Year 2016 in Crimea, the Crimean Ministry of Internal Affairs, Information and Communications said Saturday. 17.12.2016 19:13:00
Putin Hopes New Foreign Intel Service Head to Take Into Account Int’l Situation Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he hoped the new leadership of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) will take into account changes in the international situation. 07.12.2016 18:44:00
Russia & UNESCO push for 'generation without racial, ethnic, religious prejudice In an effort to find a solution to Europe's migration crisis, Russia's Federal Center for Tolerance has teamed up with UNESCO, campaigning to bring up a “new generation” of children and teachers “free from racial, ethnic and religious stereotypes. 09.07.2016 14:10:07
Iraq: Baghdad bombings kill dozens ISIL claims responsibility for car bombing in the Iraqi capital that has left at least 131 people dead and 200 wounded. 03.07.2016 15:14:03
Brexit craze: Who wants to follow in UK’s footsteps Though Brussels is now pushing Britain to leave the EU post haste, the scare tactics aren’t preventing eurosceptic politicians from keeping prospects for similar referendums in the spotlight of their election campaigns. 28.06.2016 18:01:33
In blow to Ukraine’s reform hopes, top official resigns, citing corruption MOSCOW — In a blow to hopes that Ukraine will be able to overcome a decades-long struggle with corruption and mismanagement, the country’s Western-trained economy minister resigned Wednesday, saying he had been unable to beat back corruption. 19.02.2016 19:15:33
The Biggest Threat to Americans? Other Americans With Guns Russia, ISIS, yadda yadda. 27.07.2015 10:47:44
Russia seeks extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal living in Quebec Russian authorities are asking Canada to extradite an alleged war criminal of Ukrainian ancestry who’s lived here for more than 60 years, a request that appears designed to embarrass Ottawa while relations with Moscow remain frosty over President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. 12.05.2015 15:59:29
Thousands dead, few prosecuted ("The Washington Post") Among the thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005, only 54 officers have been charged, a Post analysis found. 20.04.2015 11:15:04
‘Opposition is necessary...but we wouldn’t vote for them,’ most Russians hold Over half of all Russians agree that an opposition is a necessary part of the political system, but very few agreed with the current demands of opposition politicians or said that they would like to see those people in power one day. 17.03.2015 02:55:59
Most residents in DPR trust authorities, cannot imagine future as part of Ukraine - survey Most residents in Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) trust the current authorities and do not want to be part of Ukraine anymore, says a survey carried out by a group of sociologists from Donetsk National University. 16.03.2015 21:14:44
Hundreds of Waffen-SS veterans march in Riga, antifascists ‘sanitize’ square after them Up to a thousand Nazi Waffen-SS veterans and their supporters have marched through Latvia’s capital, Riga, in their annual commemorating procession. 16.03.2015 21:03:43
UK prisons won’t let journalists in – what do they have to hide? I found it easier to visit a military prison in Vladimir Putin’s Russia than to gain access to a British jail When officials block a visit by a journalist, you do wonder what it is they don’t want you to see. 16.03.2015 11:18:19
