In the Russian Far East there remains a great mixture of Christianity and paganism. Orthodox priests in the countryside engage in shamanic practices. Pagan folklore seen as a spectacle of “popular culture”. Orthodox clergy and shamans “combined” against the Covid. Moscow (AsiaNews) – A survey of the site Sibir RealiiRead More →
A secret European intelligence report has concluded that the Chechen security services were most likely behind the 2020 attempted murder in Sweden of a dissident Chechen blogger. Tumso Abdurakhmanov, an exiled critic of Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov, barely survived a hammerhead attack last year in a bizarre assassination attempt thatRead More →
The FabLab (from “fabrication lab”) opened at TSU on November 19. This center helps in the development of creative engineering and new educational contexts. Thanks to the equipment of the new laboratory, students can experiment with new high-tech solutions and acquire skills in project management and cutting-edge technologies. “This spaceRead More →
The 11the November was the inauguration of Ponsse’s new service center in Tomsk, Russia. Large stocks of spare parts and efficient logistics will provide customers with short service times and fast deliveries of spare parts. Ponsse expands in Russia According to a Press release of Ponsse, the investment of 2.5Read More →
Irish oil and gas explorer PetroNeft has described work on two wells in Russia’s Tomsk Oblast region as a “fantastic success” and said it will deliver a full return on investment in less than a year . A contract has been signed for the provision of fracturing services on theRead More →
Russia’s nationwide paid leave aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus ended on Monday as some regions kept restrictions in place and many others implemented digital passes showing proof of vaccination or a recent recovery from Covid-19. President Vladimir Putin ordered the partial lockdown from October 30 to NovemberRead More →
Russia’s COVID-19 cases hit another one-day high as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections and deaths that has persisted for more than a month. The national coronavirus task force on Saturday reported 41,335 new cases since the day before, surpassing the previous daily record of 40,993 fromRead More →
TOMSK, Russia — When Sergei Samborsky learned from a patient at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in this Siberian city that his 84-year-old grandmother, an Alzheimer’s patient being treated in the isolation ward for COVID-19, was not fed or cared for properly, he became desperate. He begged hospital workers to letRead More →