Russian Pacific Fleet servicemen helping those who suffered from floods in Far East
Servicemen from the Russian Pacific Fleet are helping residents of the Krounovka settlement in the Russian Far East that was hit by floods after Typhoon Lionrock, the Russian Defense Ministry said...
Russian clerics not to seek leniency on blogger arrested for playing Pokemon Go in church
The Russian Orthodox Church is not going to ask the court for leniency for a blogger arrested for playing the popular Pokemon Go game in a church in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, a local...
Russians hoping new Harry Potter books won’t get lost in translation
Harry Potter fans are about to get their weekend read-on, as J.K. Rowling releases three new e-books on characters in the saga. The trio titled Pottermore Presents takes the readers back to...
Gerard Depardieu opens cultural center in Saransk
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who received Russian citizenship in 2013 and is registered in Saransk, Russia’s Mordovia republic, opened a cultural center in the city on Saturday, the press service...
Russian Olympic team spends more than 3 hours aboard jet at Rio before takeoff
Members of the Russian Olympic team had to spend more than three hours aboard the jet taking them back to Moscow before departure from the Rio airport, Alexander Zhukov, the President of the Russian...
Russian pilots snuff out six blazes tearing through Portugal’s forests
Russian air pilots have extinguished six forest fires that have charred an area of more than 1,000 hectares in Portugal during the past five days, the Russian Emergencies Ministry has informed TASS....
Russian anti-Ebola vaccines ready for human trials
Russia’s N.F. Gamalei Epidemiology and Microbiology Research Institute has launched clinical trials of anti-Ebola vaccines that will necessitate 4.8 million rubles (about $75,000), the official...
Two-thirds of Russians surveyed slam ban on Paralympics as political tool
Two out of three Russians believe that all charges by international organizations against Russia’s Paralympic team are politically motivated, this is what a poll carried out by the Russian Public...
