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New space race: Putin unveils $50 billion drive for Russian supremacy
President Vladimir Putin on Friday unveiled a new $50 billion drive for Russia to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of a brand new cosmodrome from where humans will fly to space by the end of the decade. Fifty-two years to the day since Yuri…
Russia’s Putin faces thousands of pro-LGBT protesters in Amsterdam
Over 3,000 people protested Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Amsterdam on Monday, with rainbow flags flying at half-mast around the city that prides itself on enjoying every kind of freedom. The brightly dressed crowd chanted “Go home Putin!” during a festive protest opposite the museum where Putin had dinner…
Three astronauts blast off on fastest ride to the International Space Station
A crew of two Russians and an American blasted off Friday on a Russian rocket for the International Space Station, in a trip scheduled to be the fastest ever manned journey to the facility. The trio successfully launched from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with a journey time expected to…
Russia raids offices of Amnesty International and other human rights groups
Germany and France summoned Russian diplomats in Berlin and Paris on Wednesday, after Russia launched a series of raids on international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) across the country amid a wider crackdown on critics of the Kremlin. The sweeps, billed as an attempt to weed out “foreign agents”, targeted human rights…
Putin welcomes China’s Xi for landmark talks
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and China’s new leader Xi Jinping are to hold landmark talks on Friday in the hope of further cementing the two countries’ partnership with a range of economic and strategic agreements. The Chinese leader chose Russia for his first trip abroad after China this month completed…
Russian actress Evelina Blyodans raises awareness about Down’s Syndrome
When Russian actress Evelina Blyodans gave birth to a son with Down’s Syndrome, the first question from the doctor at the maternity hospital came as a shock: “Are you going to keep him?” In Russia, where most children with Down’s Syndrome are still abandoned by their parents at birth, Blyodans,…
New film retells story of Soviet hikers meeting mysterious death
A new film by a Hollywood director has revived a mystery of how a group of Soviet hikers met their grisly deaths on a Russian mountainside in unexplained circumstances more than 50 years ago. The film, “The Dyatlov Pass Incident”, loosely retells the true story from 1959 when nine students…
Putin marks one year re-election anniversary with popularity, despite political crackdowns
Russian President Vladimir Putin marked a year since his election to a third term on Monday riding a tide of popularity despite his crackdown on political freedoms and tense ties with the United States. The 60-year-old former KGB spy won an overwhelming 63.6 percent of the vote in March 4…
Video of 8-year-old Russian girl going 60 mph goes viral
Police in Russia’s northwestern city of Saint Petersburg have launched a probe after a video of an eight-year-old girl driving 100 kilometres per hour (60mph) through snowy scenery went viral on the Internet. The clip of Karina Mikulchik driving was shot by her mother Yelena, who was sitting in the…
Putin signs law banning smoking in public places in Russia
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government’s bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the Kremlin said Monday. The law makes smoking illegal in restaurants, cafes, hotels, trains and a host of other places…
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