Thursday, May 2, 2024
Russia’s Northern Fleet is tracking a group of U.S. and British naval vessels which entered the Barents Sea on Monday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. The U.S. Navy said earlier on Monday that four U.S. Navy ships and a Royal Navy...
According to Rosstat statistics, unemployment in Russia decreased to 4.4 percent in August, down from 4.5 percent in July, and reached its lowest level since August 2019, RIA reported. In June 2019, Russia's unemployment rate was 4.4 percent; however, in August of the same year, it decreased to a historic...
The United States needs to refrain from interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the YouTube channel Soloviev LIVE, TASS reported. "First, don’t interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries. Second, every state has the right to pursue its own domestic...
Five former police officers were sentenced to long jail terms by a Moscow court on Friday for planting drugs on an investigative journalist, in what supporters termed a rare acknowledgement of wrongdoing by Russian law enforcement. The arrest of famed investigative journalist Ivan Golunov in June 2019 on fabricated drug...
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned officials to increase security and to do additional checks for possible Russian operatives appearing as political advisers working in U.S. politics for the upcoming November’s elections. According to The Associated Press, the report which was produced in February warned...
Ukraine plans to produce its own vaccine against COVID-19, Izvestia TV channel reports. The Ukrainian Ministry of Health promised to start producing the drug next year, with installation of the first production line being constructed in the city of Kharkov. In 2020, the head of the political council of the Opposition...
Russia remains committed to the ban on nuclear tests and continues to implement the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty despite the fact that the treaty has not come into force, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s press office said on Saturday commenting on the United States’ 2020 Adherence to and Compliance with Arms...
With the premiere of the short film "Out," which featured a homosexual main character, Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor issued a warning Walt Disney Co. against showing content it believed was damaging to minors in Russia. In a letter to Disney, Roskomnadzor stated that it was against Russian legislation to provide...
Russia marked 75 years since the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Saturday, but the coronavirus outbreak forced it to scale back celebrations seen as boosting support for President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported. With coronavirus infections rising, Putin last month postponed the highlight of annual Victory...
On Russia's Space Forces Day, the Defense Ministry announced that 12 new laser optical systems for monitoring outer space would be operational by 2025, TASS reports. "Within the context of executing the program for refining and developing the Russian system of monitoring outer space, Russia's Space Forces are pressing forward...