| 04/08/2018 22:40 | Russian Military to Get Several New S-400 Air Defense System Regiments ( Sputnik International )
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Three new regiments of S-400 Triumf air defense systems will enter operational service of the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2018, ... He added that a total of five anti-aircraft missile regiments equipped with S-400 systems were maintaining air defense of Moscow and Russia's ... |
| 04/08/2018 20:45 | Expelled from Russia, US diplomats bid a wistful farewell ( Washington Post )
MOSCOW â In a breakup message for our era, the fraught U.S.-Russian relationship took a wistful turn when a cohort of expelled U.S. diplomats released an emotional farewell video. Set to the tunes of a country music band from North Carolina, the video features eight of the 60 Americans kicked out of ... |
| 04/08/2018 19:50 | Russia says Syrian rebels to be brought out of Douma - Interfax ( Reuters )
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russia's military said an operation would begin on Sunday to bring fighters of the Jaish al-Islam rebel group out of their besieged enclave of Douma, Interfax reported, after the Syrian government said the group had asked for negotiations. There was no immediate comment ... |
| 04/08/2018 17:35 | UK alleges Russian 'tactic' after request for meeting over poisoning ( SBS )
Sorry, it appears as though your operating system and/or web browser does not support modern standards. Please consider updating your web browser. Britain accused Moscow of pursuing a new "diversionary tactic" over last month's poisoning of an ex-spy in the English city of Salisbury, as it considers ... |
| 04/07/2018 15:35 | Russia Sanctions ( Colorado Springs Gazette )
In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Sibur stockholder Kirill Shamalov speaks to the media during an interview in Moscow, Russia. Shamalov is being designated for sanctions by U.S. authorities for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy. The United States hit ... |
| 04/07/2018 04:35 | US Hits Russian Oligarchs And Officials With Sanctions Over Election Interference ( NPR )
The Russian Financial Corporation Bank (RFC Bank) is being designated for being owned by Rosoboroneksport. RFC Bank incorporated in Moscow, Russia and its operations include deposit banking activities. Russian Government Officials. Andrey Akimov is the Chairman of the Management Board of ... |
| 04/04/2018 04:45 | China challenges US military dominance touting new 'strategic partnership' with Moscow ( CANOE )
MOSCOW â China's new defence minister says his visit to Russia is a signal to the United States about the increasingly close military ties between Moscow and Beijing. The unusually bold statement Tuesday by Gen. Wei Fenghe reflected the growing military co-operation between the two former ... |
| 04/03/2018 19:00 | UK Embassy in Russia Refuses to Comment on Moscow's Request to Cut Staff ( Sputnik International )
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has accused Russia of orchestrating the attack and expelled 23 Russian diplomats. Moscow responded reciprocally, expelling the same number of British diplomats. The Russian side has repeatedly refuted any involvement in the Skripal poisoning and has already ... |
| 04/03/2018 00:35 | Sixty years after Van Cliburn triumphed in Moscow, a writer searches for a fabled photograph of the ... ( Dallas News )
My mother had come to the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory to hear the violinists, but she was amazed by Cliburn. "He could sing on the piano," she said. Emotion seemed to pour from the tips of his long fingers as they connected with the keys. Russian pianists played with a percussive sound, ... |
| 03/31/2018 08:35 | Moscow Concerned by UK's Pledge to Use Cyber Capabilities Against Russia ( Sputnik International )
... a secret cyber operation in retaliation for the poisoning of Skripal, which the UK has blamed Moscow for. During the meetings in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom held on March 12 and 14, some lawmakers called on British authorities to use the country's cyber capabilities against Russia. |
| 03/30/2018 21:40 | German, French envoys arrive at Russian foreign ministry ( Reuters )
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The ambassadors of Germany and France arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow on Friday, a Reuters camera operator at the ... French Ambassador to Russia Sylvie Bermann leaves the Russian foreign ministry building in Moscow, Russia March 30, 2018. |
| 03/29/2018 03:25 | Russian plane aborts takeoff in Moscow because of smoke ( New Zealand Herald )
MOSCOW (AP) â Russia's aviation agency says a passenger plane has aborted a takeoff from one of Moscow's airports because of smoke in the cabin, but no one has been hurt. Rosaviatsiya said the Boeing 737 operated by Russian carrier Globus was making its takeoff run at Moscow's Domodedovo ... |
| 03/28/2018 03:25 | Russian plane aborts takeoff in Moscow because of smoke ( Minneapolis Star Tribune )
MOSCOW â Russia's aviation agency says a passenger plane has aborted a takeoff from one of Moscow's airports because of smoke in the cabin, but no one has been hurt. Rosaviatsiya said the Boeing 737 operated by Russian carrier Globus was making its takeoff run at Moscow's Domodedovo ... |
| 03/26/2018 20:25 | Dozens dead in Russia shopping center fire (Independent.ie)
Russian shopping centre fire: At least 53 people killed by blaze in cinema complex and children's ... - Independent.ie |
| 03/26/2018 18:40 | Russia plugging into electric vehicle market: Fuel for Thought ( Platts (blog) )
There are just 53 operational e-charging stations in Moscow, the largest EVs market in Russia, but plans by electric grid company MOESK call for totals to increase to more than 150 in 2019. That number is still dwarfed by other major cities. Paris, with a population 30% less than the Russian capital, ... |
| 03/26/2018 11:30 | EU Russia envoy holds crisis talks over spy poisoning ( Channel NewsAsia )
BRUSSELS: The EU's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini held crisis talks with the bloc's ambassador to Moscow on Sunday (Mar 25) after he was ... Britain and Russia have expelled 23 of each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat exchanges, while Moscow has also shut down the operations of the British ... |
| 03/26/2018 09:35 | EU Russia envoy holds crisis talks over spy poisoning ( Business Standard )
Britain and Russia have expelled 23 of each other's diplomats in tit-for-tat exchanges, while Moscow has also shut down the operations of the British Council cultural organisation in its territory. Moscow denies any involvement in the attack on the Skripals and has accused Britain of orchestrating a ... |
| 03/25/2018 21:35 | Touring Russian ballet company performs classics ( The Daily Gazette )
Ballet dancers are a tough lot and none are more resilient than the 42 dancers who are currently touring with the Moscow Festival Ballet, which stops at Proctors on Thursday, March 29. âThey're in incredible shape to handle this grueling 75-city tour,â said tour manager Peter Dake, on a bus somewhere ... |
| 03/25/2018 16:30 | Byron York: Trump-Russia, by the (misleading) numbers ( Washington Examiner )
NBC relied on a study by something called the Moscow Project, which is part of the lefty think tank Center for American Progress. On Thursday, the Project claimed there were "at least 70 known contacts between Trump's team and Russia-linked operatives during the campaign and transition," and that ... |
| 03/25/2018 01:30 | US considering options to take steps against Russia over Skripal case - State Department ( TASS )
London expelled 23 Russian diplomats and announced other restrictive measures against Moscow. In retaliation to the UK's steps, 23 British diplomats were expelled, the British consulate general in the city of St. Petersburg was closed and the British Council had to shut down its operations in Russia. |
