Russia To Expand Railway Cooperation With North Korea
Russia To Expand Railway Cooperation With North Korea.
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Russia To Expand Railway Cooperation With North Korea.
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Refutes Attempts To Delegitimize Russia’s Claim To Kaliningrad.
The leader of one of Chechnya’s most powerful clans has been arrested for plotting to kill Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. The clan apparently blames Kadyrov for the murders of two of its prominent members, former army commander Sulim Yamadayev and politician Ruslan Yamadayev. Isa Yamadayev, a politician and a member…
St. Isaac’s Cathedral is one of the most visited tourist sites in Russia’s old imperial capital, St. Petersburg. The cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has been an important museum since Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. More than 3.5 million tourists visit it every year. The local governor…
Russian company “Gazprom” has set a new record of gas exports in January 2017. 636.4 million cubic meters per day was exported by Gazprom, RIA Novosti reported, citing the company’s statement. This week has already become the “Gazprom” record. The fourth day in a row the company updates the…
Lead Moscow Tractor Protester Charged With Fraud.
Russia Hails Trump Syrian Safe Zone Initiative.
The leader of the former Soviet republic of Belarus (White Russia), President Alexander Lukashenko, sometimes known as Europe’s last dictator, said recently that fellow Slavic nation Ukraine is fighting for its independence, reports the BELTA News Agency. “We got our independence cheaply; all the nations fought,” Lukashenko said while speaking…
Poland, the former Eastern Block state behind the Iron Curtain, is leading the charge to reform the European Union. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo will attempt to enlist German Chancellor Angela Merkel in this effort during Merkel’s visit to Poland next month. The Law and Justice Part of Poland which…