Russia plans to recruit prisoners sentenced to forced labor to clean up pollution in the Arctic, the state-run TASS news agency reported Thursday, citing Federal Prison Service (FSIN) official Elena Korobkova.
According to The Moscow Times, the announcement follows a string of environmental incidents to hit the fast-warming region this...
The leaders of Ukraine and Lithuania have agreed "to support Belarusian civil society." According to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky promised to join the EU’s package of sanctions against Belarusian officials, TASS reports citing Izvestia.
However, despite its assurances, Kiev has changed its mind at the last...
The number of coronavirus-related fatalities in Russia went up by 613 in the past 24 hours, compared to 562 on the previous day, bringing the total to 45,893, the national anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters Thursday.
The provisional death rate has risen to 1.77%, TASS reported.
In the past 24 hours,...
Russian lawmakers have approved new restrictions on protests, prompting criticism from the opposition that they violate Russians’ constitutional rights, The Moscow Times reported.
Deputies in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, approved a pair of bills Wednesday that ban foreign funding for protest organizers as well as rallies...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is discussing coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V deliveries and production with many foreign nations, including Turkey, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya research institute said, as reported by Sputnik.
Negotiations are ongoing on "the possibility to study, purchase and produce the Sputnik V vaccine...
A steady stream of videos depicting shocking atrocities by Azerbaijani soldiers against Armenian civilians and prisoners of war has emerged on social media, The Moscow Times reported.
The videos, shot by soldiers and distributed on various Telegram news channels, depict a wide variety of torture, humiliations and mutilations of corpses....
The World Health Organization has been in touch with Russia's Vector center and is looking forward to receiving data on its EpiVacCorona Vaccine against the coronavirus, a representative of the organization told Sputnik.
"WHO has been in touch with the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, who expressed...
The son of a Russian oligarch lost $50 million in day trading while studying at university in the U.K., it emerged this week, The Moscow Times reported.
Temur Akhmedov said the staggering losses were bankrolled by his father, Russian-Azeri billionaire Farkhad Akhmedov. After some initial success trading on the stock...
Numerous countries have expressed hope in obtaining the Russian vaccine as soon as possible. The expectations became even higher as researchers announced that the efficacy of Sputnik V had surpassed 95% in recent trials.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has suggested that Sputnik V may become extremely popular abroad, as multiple nations...
Russian cosmonauts will be inoculated against coronavirus with Russia's own Sputnik V vaccine, the country's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday, Sputnik reported.
According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, cosmonauts training at the preparation center named after Yury Gagarin and all the personnel interacting with them will soon have an...
