Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel said around 45 tons of aviation fuel has spilled from its pipeline in the Arctic, Radio Free Europe reported. The incident is the latest in a series of environmental disasters to hit around the Far Northern city of Norilsk, which is located above the Arctic...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has announced Terminal D, its international terminal, will resume full operations on July 27, 2020, the company said. The trains of the inter-terminal crossing (ITC) of Sheremetyevo Airport will resume operations on July 15 to shuttle passengers, employees and visitors throughout the airport complex. Sheremetyevo Airport is resuming...
Russia on Sunday reported 6,615 new coronavirus cases, taking its nationwide tally of infections to 727,162, Reuters reported. The country’s coronavirus crisis response center said 130 people had died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 11,335. Russia said 501,061 people have recovered from the virus.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stated that the number of the coronavirus fatalities is several times lower than in other countries, TASS reported. "According to one of the basic criteria of the effectiveness of our work - the mortality rate, - the situation looks good: in Russia per 100,000 of population...
Russia's forest service said there were nearly 300 wildfires blazing across the vast country's northern wilderness on Saturday, as it attempted to contain them with methods including explosives and cloud seeding, The Moscow Times reported. Freakishly warm weather across large swathes of Siberia since January, combined with low soil moisture,...
The U.S. has fined Amazon for providing goods and services to individuals in Crimea, in violation of U.S. sanctions which prohibit firms from operating on the annexed peninsula, The Moscow Times reports. The technology giant was also found to have sold goods to customers based in Iran and Syria, processed...
Russian firefighters have been seeding clouds to bring down rain over wildfires raging in Siberia, the authorities said on Friday, Reuters reported. The Russian forestry agency said active work was underway to battle 158 forest fires covering 46,261 hectares as of Friday. Just a few days ago, that area was...
Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex has been licensed to build LNG tankers with membrane tanks. The Technical Assistance and License Agreement (TALA) was signed with the French engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), Rosneft has reported. Preparing for licensing, Zvezda made a sample membrane tank thus confirming is competency, Sea News...
The United States is escalating the risk of a nuclear standoff among the world’s major powers in an effort to win back global domination, and brushing aside the last arms control pacts still standing, Russia’s chief diplomat has warned, Russia Today reports. “I agree that the nuclear risks have increased...
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko believes that Russia will have at least three or four coronavirus vaccines, TASS reported. "I think that a bit fewer number of vaccines will make it up to industrial production, but we expect that at least three to four vaccines will be available on the...