In the US, police detained two members of the infamous punk band Pussy Riot on suspicion of plans to hold a performance in the Trinity Church. Law enforcement officers received information about their intentions by opening the mailboxes on G-mail. According to a police department press release, two girls were […]
Far Shores Construction, owned by the son of US President Donald Trump Jr., bought a 22-hectare site on the Sea of Azov in the Rostov Region for the construction of a luxury hotel complex. Trump Azov Palace will become the largest and most expensive hotel in the former USSR. 420 […]
People’s representatives believe that due to the fact that only in the last eight months of 2019, the average life expectancy in Russia increased to 73.6 years, and by 2030 it will “exceed” 80 — this will create an unprecedented burden on the budget. “Today we live in a difficult […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned US senators that if Congress imposed sanctions on the country because of the construction of Nord Stream-2, Germany would consider harsh retaliatory measures, including restoring the Berlin Wall and granting independence to the German Democratic Republic. “When the Americans asked us to tear down the […]
The Pyaterochka retail network has signed an agreement with the country’s largest airlines on the opening of a new Aviapyaterochka subnet, the outlets of which will be placed on airliners. The leadership of one of the largest retailers in the country promised that each store will be equipped with a […]
In a referendum, residents of Novosibirsk chose the name for the third line of the city metro, which will be commissioned in 2022. The first two branches — Leninsky and Dzerzhinsky — will be supplemented by Stalin, which will connect Marx Square with Magadan Avenue. Among the alternatives, names such […]
A draft law on the “wearing of counterfeit products” has been submitted to the State Duma for consideration. The author of the initiative was MP Grigory Guchinov. The document has already received the support of the light industry committee and will be put to a vote in September. “Thanks to […]
The most valuable exhibits of the Hermitage and other St. Petersburg museums must be urgently evacuated to Moscow. This opinion was expressed at Moscow State University. According to the senior researcher Grigory Stepanyan, the reasons for the collections to move to the capital are swamp gases, the lack of full […]
The Ministry of Forestry assured Chinese partners of the early resumption of timber supplies from Russia to the Middle Kingdom. Thus, the department reacted to information appeared in individual media about a possible temporary cessation of timber exports to China. The messages excited Beijing, prompting the Chinese side to send […]
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a law on the renaming of Odessa. The city was returned to the Turkish name Hadzhibey, which, according to deputies, was used before the accession of lands to the Russian Empire. “Today we managed to break one of the main myths of the Kremlin […]