Russian investigators said on Tuesday they were looking into a journalist’s allegations he had been assaulted by two policemen at a polling station in St Petersburg during a vote to change the constitution and that they had broken his arm, Reuters reported.
Russians have been voting to amend the constitution,...
Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) has hired the Alfa Group to go after the vast wealth of fugitive ex-oligarch and Western media favorite Sergey Pugachev.
Moscow is seeking Pugachev’s funds after a financial institution he created – the International Industrial Bank (Mezhprombank) – went bust and lost 72.5 billion rubles...
Covid-19 infection leads to a drastic reduction in the quality of sperm and can make men infertile, the Russian Health Ministry has said citing data compiled by medical workers in the world's largest country, Russia Today writes.
“Today, the problems of infertility, especially male infertility, associated with Covid-19 are revealing...
The Kremlin has rejected a suggestion from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov that Vladimir Putin should be installed as president for life. “The constitution does not provide for such a position,” said Dmitry Peskov, the official presidential spokesman, Russia Today reported.
Kadyrov proposed Putin’s lifelong presidency during a meeting of the...
An oil spill north of Moscow has caused a 1,000-fold increase in pollution levels at a reservoir that supplies water to Russia’s capital, the Federal Water Resources Agency said Monday.
The agency, Rosvodoresursy, said it first discovered petroleum products on June 25 in a river that flows into the Khimki...
Russia’s first and only police corgi has announced his retirement from the force, ending the law enforcement career of one of Russia’s most compact officers, The Moscow Times reports.
Officer Ryzhiy (“Ginger” in English), 9, worked with the Nizhny Novgorod transport police for seven and a half years, sniffing out...
Russia is considering Turkey’s proposal to resume flights between the countries starting July 15, Russian Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich informed, as reported by TASS.
"We are considering that," he said when asked about Russia’s position on the proposal made by Turkey.
Dietrich said earlier that the possibility that international flights from...
As part of legislative initiatives, the U.S. Senator, Republican John Thune proposed to buy the S-400 system from Turkey, Defense News reported. Last summer, Russia began to supply components of anti-aircraft missile systems, according to a previously concluded contract, Kommersant reported.
As the publication clarifies, a corresponding amendment was proposed...
A fire broke out in the Internatsionalny mine (owned by ALROSA) in the Mirny district, the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed. According to the report, the fire was caused by the loading and unloading machine. There are 98 people in the mine, they are being evacuated....
The international rating agency Fitch has maintained an estimate of the fall in world GDP this year at 4.6%, according to a report by Global Economic Outlook (GEO).
At the same time, the forecast for the Chinese economy was improved to a growth of 1.2% from the expected 0.7% in...
