“Membership of Ukraine in NATO is only good for the third world war. We are a neighboring country, and independent Ukraine, not Ukraine in NATO, is a testament to us,” Fico said on the radio program Saturday dialogues. The head of the Slovak government emphasized again that he wants to conduct foreign policy on all … Read more
Commercial presentation Updated: 04/07/2024 19:35 Issued: 04/07/2024, 13:29 More than 2,400 homes have been flooded by water from a breached dam in the city of Orsk in the Orenburg region of southern Russia. April 5, 2024. AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY OF ORENBURG TELEGRAM CHANNEL … Read more
In the abandoned Russian factories of Western car companies, until now, domestic brands, at most, were produced by the Chinese. A typical example is Moskvich, which replaced Renault models in Moscow. At the end of March, Citroën production returned to Kaluga. At the end of last year, the French said that they had lost control … Read more
Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died. In a special edition of the 5:59 podcast, we talk about what this means for Russia with Maria Makeeva, an independent journalist originally from Russia, and Jaroslav Šimov, the editor of the Russian section of Radio Free Europe. What you will also hear in today’s episode at … Read more
Russian under-18 hockey players refused to accept the trophy for 2nd place at the Future Cup Source: X/Hockey News Hub MOSCOW – Russian hockey players cannot play against the best teams in the world due to the punishment associated with the military invasion in Ukraine. And so they participate in smaller tournaments, where they measure … Read more
Source: Getty Images ZURICH – Russia and Belarus cannot participate in International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) tournaments even in the 2024/25 season. The Council of the Federation decided on this at Monday’s meeting. Both countries will not be present at the championship in Sweden and Denmark (May 9-25, 2025). At the same time, the IIHF … Read more
The city of Magnitogorsk in the Ural Mountains was designed and built to become a symbol of Soviet industrial power and economic modernization. Today, a Chinese engineering giant and hundreds of Chinese workers are building a new coking plant for 75 billion rubles (19 billion CZK) in this steel city, reports Bloomberg. The contract between … Read more
HBO has terminated cooperation with Serbian actor Miloš Biković, whose participation in the upcoming third season of the White Lotus miniseries was criticized by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. It bothered him that the actor did not condemn the invasion of Ukraine, accepted the Pushkin medal from President Vladimir Putin and has long expressed himself favorably … Read more
The football players of Russia will play a preparatory match against Serbia on March 21 in Moscow. It will be their first meeting with a European opponent since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After it, the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the European Football Union (UEFA) excluded national teams and clubs from Russia from all … Read more
A tank train has derailed and smoke is billowing from it. The deadly chemical creates a thick black cloud. While firefighters in coveralls with gas masks run around below, above, the cones of searchlights from army helicopters follow where the huge dark mass is blown by the wind. A voice from a megaphone calls for … Read more