Russia

From space, Russian cosmonauts fight chess grandmaster to a draw

https://youtu.be/uV5AhzVpHaE MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station played chess against an Earth-bound grandmaster on…

Russia sees melting permafrost behind Arctic fuel spill

by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — An unprecedented fuel spill that has polluted huge stretches of Arctic…

Russia struggles to clean up Arctic river fuel spill

by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Thursday intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel…

Putin declares state of emergency over Siberian fuel spill

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered a state of emergency and criticised a subsidiary of metals…

Russia to spend over $70 billion on virus recovery plan

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia plans to spend about $72 billion (65 billion euro) on a plan to restore the…

Russia plans rocket tests, lunar programme resumption

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Sunday put a brave face on the loss of its space travel monopoly, saying…

Military helicopter crashes outside Moscow, crew killed: ministry

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A Russian army Mi-8 helicopter crashed outside Moscow during a training flight on Tuesday, killing the…

Russia coronavirus cases edge towards 300,000

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The number of coronavirus cases in Russia hit nearly 300,000 on Tuesday as authorities registered…

Russian newborn has coronavirus: health officials

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A baby was born with the coronavirus in Russia's Caucasus region, health officials were quoted…

100-year-old Russian beats coronavirus

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia celebrated a rare bit of good news on Wednesday as a 100-year-old woman left a…

Russia records more than 10,000 new virus cases

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia registered more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday continuing a grim trend that has…

New virus cases threaten world’s moves back to work

  by Michael Mainville with AFP bureaux Agence France Presse World powers including Russia and India pushed on with easing…

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