Russia
Moscow Times
Tue, 18 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0400Crimea Government Moves Swiftly to Join Russia
Residents of Crimea remained divided Monday about the outcome of a weekend referendum in which voters chose overwhelmingly to split from Ukraine and join Russia, even as government agencies in the regional capital quickly moved to re-register themsel...
Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:51:57 +0300Reluctantly, Russia Starts Sell-Off of Major State Companies
Back in April, President Vladimir Putin was asked at a press conference why he planned to sell state companies just when the market was at bottom.
Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:23:45 +0300Moscow Battered by Apocalyptic Overnight Thunderstorms
A clean-up operation is under way in Moscow after the city and the surrounding region were lashed by overnight thunderstorms and torrential rain.
Thu, 14 Jul 2016 20:10:08 +0300Russian Orthodox Church Responds to Women Who 'Are Not Afraid to Speak'
Thousands of women in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have taken to social media to share their experiences of sexual violence in an online flash mob under the hashtags #янебоюсьсказати and #янеб...
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:33:18 +0300Russian Minister: Infrastructure Needed for Yarovaya's Anti-Terror Law Doesn't Exist
Russia's deputy minister for economic development has said that the data storage infrastructure needed for new anti-terror legislation doesn't exist anywhere in the world, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday.
Pravda Russian News
Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:52:00 +0300Russian women to be allowed to work as train drivers and pilots
Russia's Ministry for Labor will revise the list of 456 professions that were "forbidden" for women in Russia. Officials with the Ministry for Labor believe that women should be allowed to work on heavyweight and specialised vehicles. Maxim Topilin, ...
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:06:00 +0300Russia considers pulling out from Council of Europe
Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of Russia's Council of Federation, announced during a meeting with PACE President Lillian Mori Pasquier that Russia was considering a possibility to pull out from the Council of Europe against the background of tensi...
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:39:00 +030053 million Russians may lose their jobs within a few years
Three quarters of the able-bodied population may lose their jobs within the next two years because of active robotisation of work processes, a report by the Eurasian Institute for Competitiveness and Strategy Partners consulting company said. In Russ...
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:42:00 +0300Israel's Netanyahu calls Putin, blames Syria for Il-20 crash
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Sept 18, to express regret over the death of 15 Russian military men, who were killed as a result of the crash of the Ilyushin I...
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:04:00 +0300Putin: Ilyushin shootdown is incidental
President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a press conference after a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said that the shootdown of the Ilyushin Il-20 military aircraft in Syria was incidental. Putin expressed his condolences to relatives...
Pravda World News
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:15:00 +0300Russia to ship S-300 to Syria after Il-20 shootdown
After the incident with the shootdown of the Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea, Russia will supply an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Syria, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The Russian Il-20 was shot...
Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:27:00 +0300USA punishes China for purchasing arms from Russia
The Government of the United States of America imposed a package of sanctions on China. However, the sanctions against China have affected Russia in the first place. The new sanctions impose restrictions on Russia's arms deals after Beijing decided t...
Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:33:00 +0300UK restaurant chain to sue Russian prostitute and British drug dealer
The administration of the UK-based Prezzo restaurant chain seriously considers suing Russian woman Anna Shapiro and her British husband Alex King. Prezzo will sue the couple if it turns out that their poisoning at a Prezzo restaurant in Salisbury tur...
Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:53:00 +0300Ukraine's Poroshenko: Russia's Third Rome to fall soon
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said during his speech at the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian Parliament) that "The Third Rome of Russia" will soon fall. Poroshenko then duplicated his statement on Twitter. According to Poroshenko, Ukraine and Rus...
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:44:00 +0300South Korean President finds DPRK people eating sturgeon at fancy restaurants
South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited a fish restaurant in the capital of North Korea Pyongyang.
The South Korean President paid attention to a pool on the ground floor of the restaurant, in which large sturgeon fish were swimming. It was said t...
RT
Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:54:22 +0000Court slaps Navalny with another 20 days of civil detention, bringing criminal prosecution closer
Alexey Navalny has been sentenced to 20 days of administrative arrest for organizing violent protests that caused damage to police property. One more civil sentence will result in the activist facing a criminal prosecution. Read Full Ar...
Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:46:23 +0000S-300 could close Syrian airspace where necessary, will stabilize situation in region – Moscow
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Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:54:00 +0000Swedish parliament ousts PM Lofven in vote of no-confidence
Sweden’s newly elected parliament has voted against Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a vote of confidence, officially ending his tenure as head of government. Lofven had earlier refused to step down voluntarily. Read Full Article at RT...
Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:45:00 +0000France won’t let rescue ship Aquarius dock, disembark migrants – minister
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Tue, 25 Sep 2018 07:23:00 +0000Gaza Strip economy in ‘free fall’ – World Bank
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