The Kremlin favors the idea of adopting a law protecting the religious feelings of Russian citizens, the Russian presidential spokesman said Thursday, RIA Novosti reports. Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, passed the bill in the first reading on Tuesday. “The Kremlin supports the idea of the law, and the wording of the law is up to the lawyers,” Dmitry Peskov said. “The law is very difficult to enforce but it is absolutely essential in this multi-national and multi-confessional country,” he...
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The Russian Center in Kishinev was visited by teachers of Russian language and literature, working at Moldavian schools from all districts of Moldova.Russian Center's manager told them that Russian Centers were the international project of the Russkiy Mir Foundation established at the decree of Russian President.Visitors were treated to new fiction and educational editions accompanied by teaching audio-visual aids. The meeting ended in the demonstration of Alexander Pushkin, an educational movie.Elena Borisova,...
A Russian emergencies ministry’s plane has delivered humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, a spokesman for the ministry told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. “An Ilyushin-76 airplane has landed in Amman,” the spokesman said. The plane has delivered foodstuffs and articles of prime necessity to help refugees from Syria. This is the second batch of humanitarian relieve to Syrian refugees in Jordan. A week ago, the Russian emergencies delivered to Amman electricity generators, baby foods and prime commodities. Two more batches of...
Russia and other countries are marking Cosmonautics Day on Friday to commemorate the first manned space flight made on April 12, 1961 by Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin, who made one complete orbit around the Earth aboard the Vostok spaceship, Voice of Russia reports. The mission lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes, heralding the beginning of the space age.
That flight took just an hour and 48 minutes. Having orbited the Earth, Vostok successfully landed in Saratov Region of Russia. Gagarin ejected himself from the aircraft at the altitude of several kilometers...
The popular Russian show Masha and the Bear has created a furor at the International Festival of Puppet Theatres in India, Voice of Russia reports. Thousands of people came to see it at the Epicentre Concert Hall in Gurgaon on Wednesday.Staged by the Moscow Regional State Theatre on the basis of the same-name fairy tale, Masha and the Bear was to have premiered at the Indian festival on Monday but had to be postponed due to the late arrival of stage settings.
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A never-say-die performance from Rubin Kazan tested Chelsea Thursday as the Londoners secured their place in the Europa League semifinals, losing 3-2 in Moscow but going through 5-4 on aggregate, RIA Novosti reports. Chelsea, cheered on by a strong contingent of fans braving chilly conditions at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, entered the tie with a 3-1 lead from Stamford Bridge last week, but found it hard going after a strong start. The Champions League holders strengthened their position within five minutes of kickoff as Frank Lampard’s...
President Vladimir Putin saw how work is progressing on building the launch and technical sections of the Soyuz-2 booster rocket, and took part in a video linkup with the International Space Station, the Kremlin press service reports.The Vostochny Space Launch Centre will conduct future manned space missions and launch automated spacecraft of various purposes for state, international, and commercial programmes. The launch centre’s construction will make it possible to carry out large-scale space projects that will advance and deepen...
The sixth session of the public-pedagogical forum "Education in Russia: Traditions and Challenges of a New Time" took place in St. Petersburg on April 11-12.School and university teachers, officials, ROC representatives discussed the proposals regarding the development of Russia's education system, the practice of cultural-historic and spiritual-moral enlightenment, methodologies of vocational training, the role of mass media in shaping the moral foundations of any individual. Management Board Chairman of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, Dean...
The First Conference for Teachers of Social Sciences, organized by the Civil Society Development Foundation in collaboration with the Russian Association of Political Science, was held in Moscow on April 8-9. The forum's theme was “The Political System of Russia: Development Trends.”More than 70 representatives of the academic-pedagogical community from 18 regions participated.The conference program provided for lectures and discussions on modern methodology of teaching social sciences, political sociology, interaction...
The Expert Center of Russian Studies Soon is soon to be launched in Luxembourg. Negotiations are already under way. Participating on the Russian side is the Russkiy Mir Foundation, supported by the Russian Embassy.In the opinion of Anton Ilin, a European representative of the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the center may open its doors by the end of this year or at the very start of the next year.The Center of Russian Studies is created to present unbiased information about Russia, as a public education venue.In the words of Mark...
Cosmonauts who completed their mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in mid-March devoted a record 33 percent of their work time to conducting scientific experiments, a space official said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports. Valery Korzun, a deputy department head at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, said that while in orbit, Oleg Novitsky and Yevgeny Tarelkin spent 210 and 225 working hours on conducting scientific experiments, respectively. “This accounts for 33 percent of their working time,”...
Every year, on April 14, the State Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum celebrates the anniversary of the poet’s birth, the portal culture.ru report. This year, the museum is to introduce a new site – Chekhov House – coinciding the project with Mayakovsky’s 120th anniversary.The new exhibition space is to host the display “The Mayakovskys”, which is to feature the poet’s photographs, personal letters, family manuscripts and personal items. The exhibition covers Mayakovsky’s childhood and youth which he spent in...
Most Russians enjoyed studying literature in school and the most widely read work is Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse Evgeny Onegin. According to a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation, 83% of Russians read this work.
According to the survey results, other works in the top ten list included Gogol’s Dead Souls, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Griboedov’s Woe from Wit, Nekrasov’s Who Is Happy in Russia?, Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin took the news of being blacklisted by the Finnish police ironically, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, ITAR-TASS reports. “It implies no response. As far as we know, the Finnish side spotted this mistake in proper time,” Peskov told the Kommersant FM radio station. “They are conducting a relevant check, so I don’t think any actions are needed. The Finnish side has already provided its reaction and apologized.”
On Wednesday, Finnish...
Ecuador have squeezed Russia out of the world's top ten football nations, new rankings published by FIFA showed Thursday, RIA Novosti reports. Reinaldo Rueda's team posted a 4-1 win over Paraguay in 2014 World Cup qualifying and a 5-0 thrashing of El Salvador in a friendly to snatch Russia's tenth place.
Fabio Capello's side slips to No. 11 after Russia's March program was reduced to a 1-1 friendly draw with Brazil. A March 22 World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland was postponed due to poor weather in Belfast.
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The final of the Russian Language Olympiads among students of professional schools in Austria was held in Linz. Twelve finalists from regional competitions from the seven federal districts of Austria took part in the competition. For the first time their number was greater than the number of students studying French, the website of the Russian Science and Culture Center in Vienna reports.
The winner received a certificate to participate in an intensive Russian language class at the center and also take semester-long training...
Russia and Serbia have endorsed a plan for development of the humanitarian center in the southern Serbian city of Nis over the next two years, Irina Rossius, an official spokeswoman for the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (EMERCOM) said Wednesday, ITAR-TASS reports.
“Upon the results of the Russian-Serbian talks, Serbia’s Prime Ivica Dacic and Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Puchkov signed a plan of joint steps to ensure the operations and development of the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian...
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