15.7.2020 12:2 NASA Touts ‘Solid’ Ties with Russia as Roscosmos Chief Dismisses US Artemis Project as ‘Political’

As multiple nations have unveiled ambitious plans to take humanity back to the Moon, earlier this month the Trump administration unveiled its so-called ‘Artemis Accords’ principles for Moon exploration, subsequently described by Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin as a “political project” and likened to the US invasion of countries back on Earth.

15.7.2020 4:57 Oil Spills Into Another Lake on Russia's Taymyr Peninsula Following Recent Jet Fuel Leak

KRASNOYARSK (Sputnik) - A minor oil spill was discovered at another lake in the Taymyr region of the Krasnoyarsk Territory soon after rescuers had collected 65 cubic meters of the fuel-water mixture at the site of a jet fuel spill on the peninsula, the press service of the Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District administration revealed.

14.7.2020 19:45 Russian Sovereign Fund Chief Names Three Things World Could Learn From Moscow in Tackling Covid-19

As one of the countries facing highest number of coronavirus cases, Russia has taken proactive steps when it comes to testing, treatment, and the development of an effective vaccine to tackle the spread of Covid-19 and decreasing mortality rates.

14.7.2020 15:55 Adoption is an Option: New Initiative to Help Rare & Endangered Horse Population Launched in Russia

The program's goal is to improve the living conditions, diet and veterinary care of Przewalski's horses.

14.7.2020 3:2 Japan Notes Advancing Military Cooperation Between Russia, China in Fresh Defence Paper

TOKYO (Sputnik) - Japan's 2020 Defence White Paper published on Tuesday contains assessments of growing Russian-Chinese military cooperation, highlighted in a separate chapter.

13.7.2020 15:2 Audit Results of Russian Anti-Doping Watchdog to Be Published Monday, Olympic Committee Says

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The audit results of the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) will be published Monday, the head of the Russina Olympic Committee (ROC), Stanislav Pozdnyakov, said.

13.7.2020 13:36 Russia's Military Vehicles Manufacturer Develops New Lightweight Armoured Car Strela

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has developed a cutting-edge Strela armoured cross-country vehicle that is twice as light as the Tigr-type vehicles and has a higher speed, as well as better mine protection, Alexander Krasovitsky, the director general of Military Industrial Company (VPK), an armoured military vehicles manufacturer, said on Monday.

13.7.2020 13:2 Russian Investigators Bring High Treason Charges Against Roscosmos Aide Safronov

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian investigators have brought high treason charges against Ivan Safronov, a former defenсe journalist and currently an adviser to Russian space agency Roscosmos chief, lawyer Ivan Pavlov said on Monday, adding that Safronov keeps denying his guilt.

13.7.2020 11:43 Tests of Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine Conducted in Compliance With Regulations

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Defence Ministry stressed on Monday that tests of the vaccine against coronavirus are being conducted in full compliance with methodological regulations, with no attempts to reduce the duration of the research.

13.7.2020 11:33 Russian Foreign Ministry Concerned Over Escalation at Armenian-Azerbaijani Border

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moscow is seriously concerned about the recent escalation of the situation at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and is ready to provide the necessary assistance to promote stabilisation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday in a statement.

13.7.2020 10:4 Russia's Federal Security Service Foils Daesh Terror Plots in Country's South

According to an official statement, the terrorists were planning several attacks on schools and hospitals. The news comes days after the FSB detained a Daesh* sympathiser who was planning a terrorist attack in the Astrakhan region.

13.7.2020 8:9 Watch Exclusive Footage of Russian Sukhoi Su-25 Jet's Shooting Practice

According to the description, the most advanced modification of the jet, which is also known as "SuperGrach", has boosted the plane's electronic warfare system, navigation complex, and enhanced avionics, which allow the aircraft to be more effective during night raids.

13.7.2020 7:16 Moscow Sees Decision to Convert Hagia Sophia Into Mosque as Turkey's Domestic Matter

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia into a mosque is the country's domestic affair that no one should interfere in, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Monday, stressing the importance of the global cultural heritage.

12.7.2020 18:31 'I Don’t Understand Your Tastes': Chinese Blogger Makes Top-6 List of Unusual Russian Food

When visiting other counties, one thing you are bound to explore is national cuisine. Russia is a multi-ethnic country and was once part of the Soviet Union, which consisted of 15 national republics. This rich cultural past sometimes makes it hard to say where Russian cuisine begins and where it ends.

12.7.2020 13:55 Vladimir Putin Reveals in What Cases He May Turn a Blind Eye to Criticism

Russian President Vladimir Putin underscored that he takes little interest in "criticism for the sake of criticism", but that he is always open to "constructive proposals" on how to solve a problem being discussed.

12.7.2020 10:29 Russian-US Ties Are Virtually at Their Lowest Point, Kremlin Says

Apart from the continuing practice of implementing unilateral sanctions against Russia, the US recently engaged in ending binding arms control treaties, with the New START being the only one still in force after Washington ditched the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) and the Open Skies treaties with Moscow.

12.7.2020 5:31 Russia's Sechenov University Successfully Completes Trials of World's 1st COVID-19 Vaccine

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The clinical trials of the world's first coronavirus vaccine on volunteers at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University have been successfully completed, Vadim Tarasov, the director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, told Sputnik.

11.7.2020 17:1 Investigation Finds Answer to Half-Century-Old Mystery of Dyatlov Pass Incident

The mysterious circumstances surrounding the tragic incident that occurred in February 1959 sparked many theories and the issue has become the subject of numerous books, documentaries, and movies.

11.7.2020 11:15 Russia Scrambles 2 Fighters to Intercept US Spy Jet Over Sea of Japan - Video

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday to intercept the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft of the US air force over the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Russian Defenсe Ministry said.

11.7.2020 0:14 US Jury Finds Russian National Nikulin Guilty of Committing Cybercrimes

The US has accused Nikulin of hacking into computers belonging to LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring's online services, but he has pleaded not guilty.