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Topping up the kitty: Staff at Saint Petersburg’s Hermitage puzzled after Frenchman leaves bequest to museum’s cats in his will

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

On visiting Russia’s world-famous Hermitage Museum, it’s impossible to miss the army of cats guarding the building against pesky mice. … Read More >Topping up the kitty: Staff at Saint Petersburg’s Hermitage puzzled after Frenchman leaves bequest to museum’s cats in his will

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Official death toll compared to excess mortality: With so many confusing statistics, just how well is Russia coping with Covid-19?

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

Russian Covid-19 statistics are a nightmare to decode. Different numbers from various government bodies and excess mortality figures that dwarf them all make it hard to figure out how the world’s largest country has really coped. … Read More >Official death toll compared to excess mortality: With so many confusing statistics, just how well is Russia coping with Covid-19?

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Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

Journalist Timur Olevsky has been fired by Current Time, a Russian-language TV channel created by US government-run RFE/RL, after he discussed a conspiracy theory about opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s father-in-law. … Read More >Leading Russian liberal journalist fired by US state-controlled media RFE/RL for discussing family of Alexey Navalny’s wife

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Quantum leaping from Tula to the world? Continent-hopping monoliths are result of Russian teleportation test, says university

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

The prismatic ‘monoliths’ that have shown up in recent days throughout the world are actually the same experimental teleportation device currently being tested by Russian scientists – or at least so they claim. … Read More >Quantum leaping from Tula to the world? Continent-hopping monoliths are result of Russian teleportation test, says university

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75 years after his suicide, piece of German Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler’s SKULL exhibited in Moscow museum (PHOTO)

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

A fragment of skull that is said to be part of the remains of Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler has been put on display as part of a historic exhibit in Moscow. The show is part of Russia’s State Archive’s centenary celebrations. … Read More >75 years after his suicide, piece of German Nazi-leader Adolf Hitler’s SKULL exhibited in Moscow museum (PHOTO)

Germany hopes to reach deal with Biden on Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020By Editor

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expects the longstanding issue of the Russian gas pipeline project, Nord Stream 2, to be settled after Joe Biden takes office as US president. … Read More >Germany hopes to reach deal with Biden on Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project

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‘Domestic work must be paid’: Progressive United Russia MP Pushkina proposes giving a salary to stay-at-home parents

Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020By Editor

An MP from Russia’s governing party has proposed paying all those who perform “unpaid domestic work,” insisting that homemakers should be financially compensated for their career decision, just like a household’s breadwinner. … Read More >‘Domestic work must be paid’: Progressive United Russia MP Pushkina proposes giving a salary to stay-at-home parents

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‘Running out of time’: US adds new demands as Russia makes concessions to save last remaining nuclear deterrent deal – envoy

Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020By Editor

Moscow has agreed to key US demands in a bid to preserve the New START arms control agreement before it expires, according to the Russian envoy to Washington. He claims the US then simply added new conditions for its renewal. … Read More >‘Running out of time’: US adds new demands as Russia makes concessions to save last remaining nuclear deterrent deal – envoy

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Half the world could get Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, say creators, as Moscow starts distributing doses en masse

Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020By Editor

At least 40 countries, representing more than half of the world’s population, have expressed interest in Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, the team behind it have said as mass vaccination begins in Moscow. … Read More >Half the world could get Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, say creators, as Moscow starts distributing doses en masse

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Putin, riddled with cancer & suffering from Parkinson’s, preparing to step down – claims conspiracy-loving Western media

Posted on December 4, 2020December 4, 2020By Editor

The Russian president is the world’s sickest leader, if you believe reports in Western media, that is. Popular US and UK outlets are now claiming Vladimir Putin has Parkinson’s, underwent secret surgery and is battling cancer. … Read More >Putin, riddled with cancer & suffering from Parkinson’s, preparing to step down – claims conspiracy-loving Western media