Russia Beyond The Headlines

Russian Muay Thai champion discusses martial arts

Igor Lazorin — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:40:00 +0400

Anastasia Yankova, Russia's champion in Muay Thai, discusses with us her introduction to the sport, her passions and favorite martial artists.

Russian cosmonaut becomes first human to file taxes from outer space

Artem Zagorodnov — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:56:00 +0400

Pavel Vinogradov,the current commander of the ISS, used the Russian Federal Tax Service's website to pay real estate tax for property he owns outside Moscow

Fashion jewellery makes an impression in Russia

Natalia Suslina — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:30:00 +0400

The designers are often young girls with previous experience in fashion industry. RBTH tells which brands are worth paying attention to

Moscow celebrates Museum Night

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:03:00 +0400

Secretary Kerry’s trip to Moscow

Michael McFaul — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:51:00 +0400

Secretary Kerry concluded a two-day trip to Moscow last Wednesday, his first visit to the Russian Federation as Secretary of State – and I wanted to share some of the highlights with you

Exposed CIA spy leaves Moscow

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:16:00 +0400

Central Intelligence Agency spy Ryan Fogle, exposed by the Federal Security Service, left Moscow on Sunday

Gerbils, half of mice die during satellite flight - experiment chief

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:09:00 +0400

All the gerbils and half of the mice who spent a month orbiting the earth aboard the Bion-M N1 satellite died during the flight, the chief of the Bion-M experiment told

State stake in Rosneft could be cut to 51 percent - Medvedev

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:02:00 +0400

The state stake in the oil company Rosneft (RTS: ROSN) could be cut to 51 percent in the future, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said

Medvedev doesn't find the state of Russian economy dramatic

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:52:00 +0400

Annual growth at 4-5 percent must be achieved, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said

Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's defense get Supreme Court handle protest against second sentence

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:45:00 +0400

The Russian Supreme Court will handle a supervisory protest against the second sentence of Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev

Prokhorov tasks his party to get elected to parliaments of 60 regions before Duma election

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:44:00 +0400

Mikhail Prokhorov has said that representatives of his party should do successfully in elections to the parliaments of over 60 regions

25 years since the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan

RT — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:00:00 +0400

Twenty five years since the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan, Russia once again enters the country. This time it’s the film crew seeking those who have personal memories of the deadliest armed conflict of the 1980s.

Dagestani police officer suspected of supplying arms to militants

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:47:00 +0400

A police officer and his brother suspected of collaboration with militants have been detained in Makhachkala, the press service of the Interior Ministry for Dagestan told

Bolshoi Theater unveils new organ

Petr Pospelov — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:40:00 +0400

The new organ by the German builders, Glatter-Götz, is being unveiled on the Bolshoi’s historic main stage

Rise up and walk: Siberian researchers reverse spinal cord damage

Andrei Merkulov — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:07:00 +0400

The work is based on the remarkable ability of stem cells to differentiate into different cell types

Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest Wins 2013 Eurovision

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:00 +0400

Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won in the final of 2013 Eurovision, Europe’s most popular song contest, Russia’s Dina Garipova finished in the fifth place

Amur tiger looks out from an open-air cage at the Krasnoyarsk zoo

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:22:00 +0400

Prokhorov to run in single-mandate district in Moscow Duma elections in 2014

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:57:00 +0400

Mikhail Prokhorov, a prominent Russian businessman, plans to lead the party's ticket in elections to the Moscow City Duma in 2014

Iran not obliged to close Fordo facility, stop uranium enrichment - ambassador

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:46:00 +0400

Iran does not feel obliged to close down its nuclear facility in Fordo and stop uranium enrichment, Iranian Ambassador to Russia said

Rosbank CEO's lawyers to appeal freezing of his bank accounts

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:36:00 +0400

Lawyers will go to court to appeal the freezing of the bank accounts to which Rosbank CEO Vladimir Golubkov's money was reportedly transferred

Cooperation with NATO essential - senior Russian official

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:30:00 +0400

Russia and NATO have a good potential for cooperation, the Russian Defense Ministry's foreign relations chief said on Saturday

Gorodki: Ancient Russian game enjoys renaissance

Darya Kalikina — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:07:00 +0400

Gorodki playing areas will be appearing all over Moscow this summer, with the first one opening at Bauman Gardens on May 18th

Russian famous film director Alexei Balabanov dies

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:05:00 +0400

Russian film director Alexei Balabanov has died near St. Petersburg of an "attack" at the age of 54

Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko fights for victory

Andrey Simonenko — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:06:00 +0400

Russian tennis player Maria Kirilenko, is ranked No. 12 in the world, talks of how she has managed to achieve so much and how she has gotten over her early career woes

Plane's landing gear collapses, bursts into flames at Vnukovo airport in Moscow

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:00 +0400

The left leg of a UTair Boeing 737 landing gear burst into flames after landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Saturday morning

Mistral-class Sevastopol helicopter carrier to serve as flagship of Russia's naval group in Mediterranean

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:24:00 +0400

The Sevastopol helicopter carrier, a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, will serve as the flagship of the Russian naval group in the Mediterranean

Kaleidoscope of Russian Life

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:00 +0400

In this edition of our weekend gallery: the kaleidoscope of Russian life. When it is better to see something once than read about it hundred times.

Obama and Putin exchange messages, lead Russia-US relations out of deadlock

Ivan Safronov — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:02:00 +0400

A source in the Kremlin has confirmed that the U.S. Department of State is expecting Patrushev to arrive in Washington on May 20 to deliver a message to Obama from the Russian president

Helicopter exhibition opens in Moscow

Ivan Nikolaev — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:00 +0400

This year HeliRussia will unveil the highly-anticipated Ka-62, which is almost ready for tests

Moscow celebrates Museum Night with moonlight tours

Maria Semendyaeva — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:03:00 +0400

This year May 18th will mark the seventh time that Moscow has celebrated Museum Night

Putin, Cameron exchange info on talks with Obama, Netanyahu on Syria

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:45:00 +0400

Putin and Cameron talked on the phone in line with agreements they made during Cameron's recent visit to Russia

LGBT rally in St. Petersburg draws 60 supporters, 200 opponents - police

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:36:00 +0400

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rally on the Field of Mars in St. Petersburg on Friday drew far more opponents than supporters

Norwegian ambassador meets "polar bear" in Moscow

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:23:00 +0400

Quadcopter set altitude record flying above Ostankino Tower

Kirikset — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:35:00 +0400

YouTube user Kirikset broke his personal record, flying his quadcopter 750 metres off the ground over the Ostankino Tower in Moscow.

Following the steps of Soviet troops on their way from Afghanistan

Gazdyuk Pavel — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:49:00 +0400

Under the April 1988 Geneva agreements The Soviet Union started the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan on May 15, 1988, 25 years ago.

FSB warns CIA against further spy recruitment

Igor Rozin — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:00 +0400

FSB has officially confirmed that it cautioned the CIA station in Moscow against further attempts to recruit officers of Russian special services

Russia to Join FATCA Tax Watchdog

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:19:00 +0400

Russia’s Finance Ministry and the US Treasury Department should soon finalize an agreement on Russia’s accession to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, Russian Finance Minister said on Friday

Geneva consultations cochairmen come to Tskhinvali to discuss next round agenda

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:00 +0400

Cochairmen of the Geneva consultations on security and stability in the South Caucasus are discussing in Tskhinvali the agenda of negotiations due in late June

Former MP Kosachev declares “reality is on our side” at RBTH Annual Partners’ Conference

Artem Zagorodnov — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:19:00 +0400

Representatives from Rossiyskaya Gazeta’s 27 international partners descended on Moscow this week for Russia Beyond the Headlines’ 4th Annual Partners’ Conference

Nature&Architecture

RBTH — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:00 +0400

This time follow RBTH team on it's way to Leo Tolstoy's country estate in Yasnaya Polyana and join the road-trip from Russia to Ukraine.

Young sakura blossoming under the Moscow sky

Natalia Suslina — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:44:00 +0400

Moscow boasts a number of places to admire sakura (cherry blossom): the Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the Biryulevsk Arboretum, the Aptekarsky Garden, and the Botanical Garden at Moscow State University.

British American Tobacco in Russia to pay extra taxes

Julia Gribtsova — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:34:00 +0400

The tax inspection had insisted that the trader of British American Tobacco products in Russia pay an additional $6.26 million in profit taxes, penalties and fines

Techcrunch co-founder forecasts software revolution

Pavel Gazdyuk — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:57:00 +0400

Techcrunch’s Keith Teare talks about the future rise of app technology and the likely demise of browser-based platforms

Cosmonaut Vinogradov is first man to pay land tax from space

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:46:00 +0400

Russian cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov, an International Space Station crew member, has become the first man ever to pay taxes from space

Does Russia stand among the great nations?

Fyodor Lukyanov — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:15:00 +0400

Moscow has become a member of G8 since 1998, but has Russia taken a place among the global leaders – the nations that decide the fate of the world?

Russia's Central Bank reveals Ireland's shadow banking

Dmitry Butrin — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:44:00 +0400

Irish residents lent Russian companies and households $12.4 billion in 2012. Ireland thus made it into the top four creditors of the Russian nonfinancial sector

Russian investment to flow into Southeast Asia

Maria Prikhodina — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:37:00 +0400

Cooperation between Russian and ASEAN businesses has been growing since 1996. Last year Russia invested $2.2 billion in ASEAN countries