Two Russian cosmonauts have completed their six-hour spacewalk without accomplishing all the tasks as planned. Alexander Samokutyaev and Sergei Volkov launched an educational satellite during the spacewalk Wednesday. The launch was delayed after the cosmonauts discovered that one of its antennas was missing. They eventually released the 26-kilogram satellite with only one antenna, which will […]
2 Russian Cosmonauts Complete 6-hour Space Walk
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 9:10 pm (UTC-5)
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2 Russian Cosmonauts Complete 6-hour Space Walk
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
Two Russian cosmonauts have completed a six-our spacewalk, but it didn’t go without problems. Alexander Samokutyayev and Sergei Volkov launched an educational satellite during the spacewalk Wednesday. The launch was delayed after the cosmonauts discovered that one of its antennas was missing. They eventually released the 26-kilogram satellite with only one antenna, which will diminish […]
Russia Expresses Concern About Extremist Websites
Posted August 3rd, 2011 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev says there are about 7,500 extremist websites operating in Russia. Nurgaliyev expressed his concerns Wednesday to a meeting of an interdepartmental commission on fighting extremism in the city of Khabarovsk. He said a set of measures should be developed to restrict the activities of such Internet sites. The interior minister […]
Russia Rejects Polish Report on Smolensk Plane Crash
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian investigation has dismissed a Polish report partially blaming Russian air traffic controllers for the 2010 crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people. Alexei Morozov, chief of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee panel that investigated the crash, said Tuesday the controllers had given the pilots precise guidance and that the […]
Russia Rejects Polish Report on Smolensk Plane Crash
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian investigation has dismissed a Polish report partially blaming Russian air traffic controllers for the 2010 crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 other people. Alexei Morozov, chief of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee panel that investigated the crash, said Tuesday the controllers had given the pilots precise guidance and that the […]
Russian Prosecutors Reopen Criminal Probe in Magnitsky Case
Posted August 2nd, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
Russian prosecutors have reopened a criminal investigation into imprisoned lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died while in detention after claiming to have uncovered a multimillion-dollar tax fraud. Russia’s General Prosecutor’s office reopened the case Tuesday. No reason was given for the decision. Magnitsky, who worked for a U.S.-owned investment fund in Russia, accused Russian police officials […]
Russia’s PM Says Unification With Belarus Possible and Desirable
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he would support the unification of Russia and Belarus and would also be open to South Ossetia joining the common state. He told a youth camp on Russia’s Seliger Lake that the unification is possible and wholly dependent on the will of the Belarusian people. He made a similar response […]
Russia Criticizes US Senate Resolution on Georgian Territories
Posted August 1st, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
Russia has strongly criticized the U.S. Senate’s July 29 resolution calling for Moscow to withdraw its troops from South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway Georgia territories that have declared their independence. The resolution is Washington’s latest call for Moscow to comply with the terms of the cease-fire that ended its brief 2008 war with Georgia. […]
Russian Pleasure Boat Hits Barge in Moscow River, 9 Killed
Posted July 31st, 2011 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
A Russian pleasure boat has collided with a barge on the Moscow River, killing nine of the 16 people on the boat. Officials say the overloaded riverboat crashed into a docked barge near the Luzhniki soccer stadium in pre-dawn darkness Sunday and sank to the bottom of the river. Seven passengers were rescued or swam […]
Russian Police Arrest Participants of Unsanctioned Protest
Posted July 31st, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Russian police have arrested dozens of anti-government protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg during rallies in support of the freedom of assembly. About 100 people staged a peaceful sit-in in Moscow’s central Triumfalnaya square Sunday calling for the implementation of Article 31 of the Russian constitution which guarantees freedom of assembly. Police arrested about 40 […]
