Cave lion cub found in Siberian permafrost is 28,000 years old
Scientists have said that an astonishingly well-preserved cave lion cub found in Siberia’s permafrost lived 28,000 years ago and may even still have traces of its mother’s milk in ...
Russia tells BBC journalist to go home in row with Britain
Russia has told a BBC journalist working in Moscow to leave the country by the end of this month in retaliation for what it called London’s discrimination against Russian ...
Russia hits Navalny with new charge that could add to jail term
Russian authorities announced a new criminal charge against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Wednesday, the latest move in a crackdown ahead of September’s parliamentary election that could add as ...
Germany arrests British man suspected of spying for Russia
German police have arrested a British man who worked at the British embassy in Berlin on suspicion of passing documents to the Russian intelligence service in exchange for cash, prosecutors ...
Russian flights return to Egypt’s resorts six years after crash
Russian flights landed in the Egyptian resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada for the first time in nearly six years on Monday after Moscow had banned them following a deadly ...
Russia’s Abramovich denies buying Chelsea for Putin, court hears
– Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is not President Vladimir Putin’s “cashier” nor did he buy Chelsea FC as a vehicle to corrupt the West, his lawyer told England’s High ...
Kremlin: Biden is wrong to say that Russia only has nuclear weapons and oil
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s assessment of Russia as only having nuclear weapons and oil was wide of the mark and betrayed a ...
Kremlin critic Navalny’s website blocked by Russian regulator
Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s website, navalny.com, as well as 48 websites of people and organisations affiliated with him, Navalny’s team said ...
Putin inspects new Russian fighter jet unveiled at air show
President Vladimir Putin inspected a prototype of a new Sukhoi fifth-generation fighter jet on Tuesday that Russia unveiled at its annual MAKS air show with an eye on export markets.
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Russia says it successfully tested hypersonic missile praised by Putin
Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon(Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems ...
Engine failure forced Russian plane to make hard landing, investigators say
Russian investigators said on Saturday engine failure had caused a small passenger plane to make a forced landing in Siberia a day earlier, flipping the aircraft upside down but causing ...
All passengers survive after plane makes hard landing in Siberia
All 19 people on board a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that vanished from radars in Siberia survived after the aircraft made a hard landing on Friday, the emergencies ministry said.
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Russia warns Britain: sail near Crimea again and your sailors will get hurt
A senior Russian security official warned Britain on Wednesday not to sail its warships near Russian-annexed Crimea again unless it wanted its sailors to get hurt.
The warning, issued by ...
Russia records around 428,000 excess deaths during pandemic
Russia recorded around 428,000 excess deaths from April 2020 to May this year during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters calculations based on data released by the state statistics service on Friday.
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No survivors from plane crash in Russia’s far east, rescue officials say (Update 2)
There are no survivors after a plane carrying 28 people crashed in the far east of Russia on Tuesday, Russian news agencies cited rescue officials as saying.
The Antonov An-26 twin-engined ...
Putin signs law forcing social media giants to open Russian offices
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that obliges foreign social media giants to open offices in Russia, a document published by the government on Thursday showed, the latest move ...
Russian, Ukraine and NATO in dangerous moves in the Black Sea
Russian warships have carried out a live fire training exercise in the Black Sea, the country’s Black Sea fleet said on Thursday, as Ukraine and NATO countries held military ...
Moscow begins booster vaccine campaign as Russia’s COVID-19 cases surge
Health clinics in Moscow will begin offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 today Thursday, the city’s mayor said, as Russian officials scramble to contain a surge in cases blamed ...
Moscow cafes turn away the unvaccinated as Covid cases surge
Customers had to start showing QR-codes to get their coffees in Moscow on Monday, under new rules requiring cafes to only serve people who could show proof of vaccination, immunity ...
Black Sea saga continues as Russia accuses Britain, US of inciting conflict
Russia accused Britain and the United States on Friday of trying to incite conflict in the Black Sea and said it would defend its borders using all possible means, including ...
Russia warns Britain it will bomb ships next time (Update)
Russia warned Britain on Thursday that it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further provocative actions by the British navy off the coast ...
Russia says it fires warning shots at British destroyer near Crimea, UK denies it
Russia said on Tuesday it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British destroyer sailing in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimea ...
Russian security chief says Moscow will cooperate with U.S. against hackers
Russia will work with the United States to locate cyber criminals, the head of the FSB security service said on Wednesday, a week after the countries’ leaders agreed to step ...
People with no Covid vaccine will struggle to find a job says Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that people who were not vaccinated against COVID-19 or did not have immunity would be unable to work in all workplaces in Russia and that ...