Three people were missing after a Turkish fishing boat and a Russian-flagged tanker collided on Friday off Istanbul's northern coast, the Turkish coastguard said, according to Anadolu Agency.
The Turkish boat sank after the collision around 0330 GMT, the coastguard said in a statement.
Three people were rescued and search-and-rescue efforts...
Finland’s national air carrier Finnair has canceled flights to Russia along with some other countries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Saturday, according to Yle News.
"Several countries have implemented new travel restrictions. Due to the situation, we cancel flights to Denmark and Norway 17.-31.3,...
Russia's Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Friday reported eruptive activities of the Karymsky volcano located in the country's Kamchatka Territory, including a 3.7-mile ash column, Sputnik reported.
"A moderate eruptive activity of the volcano continues. According to satellite data by KVERT, explosions sent ash up to 6 km ...
Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday fined Russian celebrity and prominent hairstylist Sergey Zverev 15,000 rubles ($230) for an illegal protest against the construction of a drink water bottling plant at Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Region, Novaya Gazeta reports.
In early March, Zverev stood by the Kremlin twice to...
Russian Nickel and Palladium producer Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) will invest more than 123 billion rubles ($1.9 billion) in cutting emissions at its enterprises in Norilsk under the Clean Air federal project, TASS news agency reports.
The investments will be made over the next four years under the company’s Northern...
According to Kommersant sources, Aeroflot and Gazprom Neft want to sign an agreement on the supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the Eastern Economic Forum (to be held in Vladivostok on September 2–4). The businesses did not respond to requests for comment.
Because of its origin, SAF is regarded...
Russia has not been informed of any emergency situation in regard to the nuclear particles detected over the Baltic Sea, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, Reuters reports.
“We have an absolutely advanced radiation levels safety monitoring system and there are no emergency alarms,” Peskov told reporters. “We...
A new heat record was set in Moscow on June 27, said Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, who noted that the air temperature exceeded +32 degrees by 11:00 a.m. already.
According to Vilfand, the previous record of 32 degrees was set in 2013. In the future, experts...
The trustworthy ship from Star Wars was destroyed by the Empire forces in the end of the first season. Its copy, located in the Yrdel Park, became a major attraction for SW fans and tourists in general. However, it looks as though all the popularity and love it received...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Finance to provide additional funding for the All-Russian competition for the best projects to create a comfortable urban environment for the next three years, according to the government's website.
There are over 1000 small towns and...
