Thursday, May 2, 2024
  The Russian Football Union's (RFU) Executive Committee has slammed the national team's performance in the 2020 UEFA Euro Cup this summer, calling it unsatisfactory, RFU President Alexander Dyukov stated on Thursday. "The team's effort has been disappointing," Dyukov told journalists after a meeting of the RFU Executive Committee earlier in...
Kiev’s line towards confrontation and whipping up tensions with Moscow remains unchanged, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday on occasion of Vladimir Zelensky’s first year of presidency, TASS reported. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, attempts continue to distort common history, glorify Nazism and desecrate memorials...
Participants in OPEC+ have agreed to maintain the deal's terms while not boosting oil production. Following the discussions, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told Russia-24 TV that the already scheduled November increase in oil output of 400,000 barrels per day would continue the process of stabilizing the oil...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 22,851, bringing the total to 3,401,954, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told journalists on Sunday, TASS reported. For the first time since November 18 the number of new detected cases is below 23,000. According to...
A plane carrying 17 passengers that went missing in the Siberian area of Tomsk on Friday has been recovered, and survivors have been sighted, according to Russian officials. "The location of the plane's hard landing has been found. They saw live beings "According to a statement issued by Russia's emergency...
The Northern Fleet ships completed anti-submarine warfare drills in the Barents Sea, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday, TASS reported. The drills that lasted several days involved the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the large anti-submarine warfare ship Severomorsk and small anti-subsurface ships from the water area protection brigade of...
Russia’s coronavirus case tally rose by 11,359 in the past day to 4,246,079, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday. In relative terms the growth rate reached 0.27%. The lowest growth rates were registered in the Tuva Republic (0.04%) and the Magadan Region (0.06%). Moscow confirmed 1,737 COVID-19 cases over...
The Russian Olympic Committee already has 62 medals in Tokyo, and some of the Olympians who have completed their performances returned to Russia with their heads held high. Among those who arrived at Moscow's Sheremetyevo were wrestlers Musa Yevloyev and Zaur Uguyev. The champions were greeted with their fans' gratitude,...
Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body, goes on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal, Reuters reported. Prosecutors allege he solicited 3.45 million euros ($3.89 million) from athletes suspected of doping to cover up the...
For the first time since the Soviet era, there are no elite Russian basketball players in the NBA. There have been thirteen since the 1990’s, providing a constants presence in the elite basketball competition, yet, over the last few years, no Russian players have participated in the NBA Draft. The most...