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RT visits Russia’s northernmost town, where people get KNOCKED OVER by Arctic winds and get power from a FLOATING NUCLEAR reactor

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Lying on Russia’s Northern Sea Route but often inaccessible by land, the far-northeastern town of Pevek is a tough place to live in, but thanks to a unique floating nuclear power plant experiment, it’s undergoing an “atomic boom.” … Read More >RT visits Russia’s northernmost town, where people get KNOCKED OVER by Arctic winds and get power from a FLOATING NUCLEAR reactor

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Russia to suspend direct diplomatic ties with NATO from November with US-led bloc’s Moscow mission ordered to close – FM Lavrov

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Moscow has announced that it will completely suspend the operations of its mission to NATO, two weeks after the US-led bloc expelled eight Russian diplomats for alleged ‘undisclosed espionage’ at its Brussels headquarters. … Read More >Russia to suspend direct diplomatic ties with NATO from November with US-led bloc’s Moscow mission ordered to close – FM Lavrov

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You might like this! Facebook & Twitter recommendation algorithms could be deactivated under new plans from Russian lawmakers

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A new bill to be put before Russia’s parliament could reportedly enable the government to regulate and restrict algorithms that recommend content and accounts which Moscow officials say promote social discord or break local laws. … Read More >You might like this! Facebook & Twitter recommendation algorithms could be deactivated under new plans from Russian lawmakers

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Back to Earth: Soyuz capsule with Russian crew behind first space movie successfully lands in Kazakhstan

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The return capsule carrying Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko, the first people to conduct location shooting for a movie in space, has successfully landed, the space agency Roscosmos has reported. … Read More >Back to Earth: Soyuz capsule with Russian crew behind first space movie successfully lands in Kazakhstan

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19 months into pandemic, Russia’s daily official Covid-19 death toll surpasses 1,000 for first time since deadly virus emerged

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Russia has officially registered more than 1,000 daily coronavirus deaths for the first time since the start of the killer pandemic, with the skyrocketing number of registered infections now beating one grim record after another. … Read More >19 months into pandemic, Russia’s daily official Covid-19 death toll surpasses 1,000 for first time since deadly virus emerged

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Damned if you do: Russia has nothing to gain by cutting off ties with Ukraine. But, sadly, talking to Kiev doesn’t help either

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There’s no point talking to Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says, arguing Russia should wait for a friendlier government in Kiev. The only problem is there’s almost no chance of that happening any time soon. … Read More >Damned if you do: Russia has nothing to gain by cutting off ties with Ukraine. But, sadly, talking to Kiev doesn’t help either

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Shoot for the stars: Russian duo making world’s first space feature film set to return to Earth

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A two-person film crew, who became the first to shoot footage for a feature film in Earth’s orbit, are set to travel home from the International Space Station on Sunday. They also helped out with the regular work in space. … Read More >Shoot for the stars: Russian duo making world’s first space feature film set to return to Earth

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US Navy insists its destroyer was on a ‘routine’ mission after Russia summons military attache over Sea of Japan warship incident

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Responding to Moscow’s protests over the approach of the warship USS Chafee to Russian territorial waters, the US Pacific Fleet has labelled Moscow’s account as false and insisted its guided missile destroyer did nothing wrong. … Read More >US Navy insists its destroyer was on a ‘routine’ mission after Russia summons military attache over Sea of Japan warship incident

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Moscow summons US military attache after Russian Navy ‘intercepts’ American warship close to country’s borders in Sea of Japan

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America’s military attache has been summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry to explain an “unprofessional” incident in which a US destroyer reportedly attempted to violate the country’s territorial waters, Moscow said on Friday. … Read More >Moscow summons US military attache after Russian Navy ‘intercepts’ American warship close to country’s borders in Sea of Japan

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US warship intercepted by Russian Navy while trying to sail into country’s territorial waters, Moscow says amid drills with China

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Russian sailors were scrambled to head off the American missile destroyer USS Chafee as it set course to violate their country’s maritime borders in waters closed off for military exercises, Moscow’s Ministry of Defense has said. … Read More >US warship intercepted by Russian Navy while trying to sail into country’s territorial waters, Moscow says amid drills with China