Russia’s defence minister expressed horror on Monday that soldiers were still wrapping cloths around their feet instead of wearing socks, and vowed the historic practice must end this year. “I would like to give an order that in 2013, at least by the end of the year, we forget the…
Firefighters have put out a blaze on the exterior of a Russian nuclear submarine that broke out during repairs in the northern Murmansk region, a minister said Friday. “The fire has been liquidated. There is no burning,” Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu told a meeting of officials, adding radiation monitoring…