A SpaceX rocket has blasted off from Florida, carrying the next long-term International Space Station crew: a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut. It’s the first time in 20 years a spaceflight carrying a Russian launches from US soil, in a show of ongoing cooperation...
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News of the crash reverberated around the world: two Russian fighter jets reportedly dumped fuel on a US drone earlier this week before hitting and downing it. Moscow has denied it. Washington dubbed it an “unprofessional” interception. And it has sparked a ratcheting up of...
The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot, as important as it is distant. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is many things. It is the home to the Pamir Mountains, also called “the roof of the world,”...
Russian cuisine is known for its diversity and heavy dishes, as well as for its special traditions and festive cooking, and of course, Russia’s famous vodkas. The main Russian dishes Russian cuisine is famous for its festive dishes such as smoked sturgeon balyk, sturgeon with...
Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Li Shangfu comes less than a month after Xi Jinping’s three-day state visit to Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow, with both men hailing the military cooperation between their two countries. The...