Russian aerobatic display teams the Swifts and the Russian Knights will join a host of military aircraft in the Victory Day parade on May 9 in Moscow, Maj. Gen. Alexander Kharchevsky said, RIA Novosti reports. “Tactical aviation will be represented at the parade by 10 new Su-34 fighter bombers, modernized Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, and the famous 'nine' – the Russian Knights and the Strizhi aerobatics teams,” Kharchevsky, who heads the Lipetsk Military Pilot Training Center, told RIA Novosti. A total of 43...
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Emin Garibov clinched the gold medal in the high bar at the European gymnastics championships in Moscow on Sunday, rounding off the event in fitting style with a victory for the hosts, RIA Novosti reports. The Russian scored 15.433 points on a routine of immense difficulty to retain the title he won in Montpellier, France, last year. Britain's Sam Oldham claimed the silver with the help of a double-twisting double layout to score 15.133, while Alexander Tsarevich of Belarus took the bronze with a triple tuck dismount for 14.833. The event was...
The Mariinsky Orchestra, Opera and Chorus under the baton of Valery Gergiev demonstrate the acoustics of the new stage for the press, the theatre’s press service reports. On April 16, maestro Gergiev raised the curtain and gave over one hundred journalists a peek at the new building of the Mariinsky Theatre. Critics are as pleased with the design of the new auditorium as they are with its acoustics. Gergiev himself was so inspired by the sound that following the performance he eagerly took on the role of guide and led a brief excursion of the interiors of...
The Soyuz 2.1a rocket with the Russian scientific satellite Bion-M has been launched from Baikonur, ITAR-TASS reports. The rocket was successfully launched at 14:00 Moscow time from the 31st launching pad, the Roscosmos press service reported. There are dozens of mice, tritons, snails, microorganisms and plants aboard the spacecraft. A total of 45 mice, eight gerbils and 15 geckos were sent to space. There are snails and fish and other small animals and microorganisms. Each of the group is isolated from the others, chief Bion research project...
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will arrive in Krymsk on April 21, the fifth Sunday of the Great Lent. Krymsk, a town in Russia’s southern Krasnodar territory, was badly hit by floods early in July 2012, ITAR-TASS reports. "The head of the Russian Orthodox Church will lead a church liturgy in the Church of Archangel Michael where a church emergency center was set up in the first hours of the tragedy to help the victims,” Deacon Alexander Volkov, the patriarch’s press secretary, told ITAR-TASS. He recalled that on...
The Russian Week – a series of colloquia and conferences on contemporary Russia is beginning in the French capital on Thursday. The events focus on the development of the political dialogue, business and cultural contacts between France and the Russian Federation, ITAR-TASS reports. The Week will be opened by a colloquium at the National Assembly of the French Republic. Along with the well-known Russian and French lawmakers, the keynote addresses to its participants will be made by French Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative...
Mariinsky FM internet-radio will be broadcasting concerts from the Contemporary Piano Faces international festival at 12:00 and 19:00 on April 20.Students of the Toradze Piano Studio Nikita Abrosimov, Ignasi Cambra, Sangwon Kim, Edisher Savitski and Vakhtang Kodanashvili will be performing at the Contemporary Piano Faces festival. The programme includes works by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms and Rachmaninoff. These concerts can be heard by tuning in to the broadcast on Mariinsky FM (mariinsky.fm) at 12:00 and 19:00 (Moscow Time) on April 20....
A Twin Otter plane will deliver foodstuffs to Russian famous traveler Fyodor Konyukhov’s dogsled expedition from Canada in the period from April 30 to May 1, which is on its way from the North Pole to Greenland, Konyukhov’s son, Oskar, told ITAR-TASS on Thursday after a communication session with the expedition. The plane equipped with ski landing gear will deliver to the Arctic Ocean ten plastic casks with foods. The plane will try to land on ice near the expedition’s camp. “Yesterday, we fought our way...
France should receive more students from Russia, Jean-Pierre Chevenement, French Foreign Ministry special representative for economic cooperation with Russia, said on Thursday, Voice of Russia reports.Speaking at the Russia-France Prospects for Strategic Partnership conference in Paris, Shevemann described as “abnormal” the fact that only 4,000 Russian students currently go to higher education establishments in France.He called for the simplification of the visa regime for Russian and French students.
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King of Jordan Abdullah II will visit the Chechen Republic, it was reported at a meeting between Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and special envoy of the King of Jordan Sharif Muhammed al-Luhaimaq here on Wednesday, ITAR-TASS reports. The envoy presented to Kadyrov a special message from King of Jordan Abdullah II with the invitation to visit the Kingdom of Jordan at the time suitable for him. “This is a letter from the King of Jordan, in which he invited you, his Muslim brother, to visit Jordan at the suitable time for...
Russia staged a rousing 4-3 win over the United States in their opening game of the under-18 world hockey championships in Sochi, RIA Novosti reports. With President Vladimir Putin looking on at the noisy Bolshoi Ice Dome, Igor Kravchuk’s team rallied from an early 2-1 deficit, icing the victory with less than two minutes remaining in the third period on a wobbly shot by Vladimir Tkachyov. NHL draft prospect Pavel Buchnevich added a goal and an assist for Russia and J.T. Compher did the same for the United States, who...
Russia has invited the United States to cancel visas for all trips lasting 90 days or less, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday, ITAR-TASS reports. He recalled that Russia came up with such an idea a couple of years ago. “Russia and the United States have a number of promising projects to advance cultural cooperation,” Ryabkov said.
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On April 25, 2013 at 12 pm Moscow time, Channel One, Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 TV networks and Mayak, Vesti FM and Radio Rossii radio stations will broadcast a special programme "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin," the Kremlin press service reports.In keeping with a decade-long tradition, Vladimir Putin will hold a direct communication session during which he will respond to questions relating to the public, political and socioeconomic life of the country. As in the previous years, the questions for the President will be asked not only by the guests in...
Russia plans to sign an agreement with South Korea in September to mutually scrap visa requirements for visits shorter than 30 days, Russia’s Ambassador to Korea Konstantin Vnukov said on Thursday, ITAR-TASS reports. “I think we are at the final stage of preparing an agreement to allow visa-free travel for holders of all types of passports for a period of less than 30 days. It is now being discussed. There is also a radical proposal to increase the visa-free travel period to 90 days,” the Russian ambassador said in an...
The seventh regional conference of expats residing in Africa and the Middle East was held on April 18 in Johannesburg, South Africa.A wide range of issues were discussed – above all, the teaching of Russian and dissemination of Russian culture. Speaking at the conference was Russian Ambassador to South Africa M.I. Petrakov, Vice Chairman of the Committee for International Affairs at the RF Federation Council A.A. Klimov,...
After two bombs blasted in Boston during a marathon, Russia expressed its deepest sorrow over the attacks, RBTH reports. Ordinary Russians with flower bouquets gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to offer their condolences.A bunch of flowers is scattered in front of the American Embassy in Moscow. A poster hanging by the Information stand for American citizens reads: “The youth of Moscow grieves together with the American people.” A candle nearby sheds its light.Meanwhile, Muscovites keep gathering and leaving flowers...
The International Award Committee of the Global Energy International Prize declared the Global Energy Prize winners in 2013 at the head office of the ITAR-TASS news agency here on Thursday. Renowned Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov and prominent Japanese scientist Akira Yoshino were awarded with the Global Energy Prize this year, ITAR-TASS reports. The awarding ceremony was held in the festive atmosphere at the Moscow head office of the ITAR-TASS news agency in the presence of dozens of journalists. Chairman of the...
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