Ukraine on Monday rejected an ultimatum to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, its deputy prime minister told local media, demanding that Moscow instead allow hundreds of thousands of terrified residents to safely exit. “We cannot talk about handing over weapons,” Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainska Pravda hours before a RussianRead More →
On March 14, Maria Nedvetskaya was informed by police in the western Russian city of Kaliningrad that her mother had been taken to a local psychiatric hospital. “Supposedly she swore while in police custody,” Nedvetskaya told RFE/RL’s North.Realities, adding that when she went to hospital she was not allowed toRead More →
Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused Russian forces of bombing a school in the besieged city of Mariupol where some 400 people, including women and children, had taken refuge and deporting some residents to Russia. Mariupol was one of the main targets of attacks from Moscow. Russian shelling pounded the easternRead More →
Authorities in the port city say that among those housed in the targeted school are women and children. Ukrainian authorities said Russian forces bombed a school in Mariupol where hundreds of people, including women and children, had taken refuge, as Moscow continued its relentless attacks on the beleaguered port city.Read More →
Press play to listen to this article ISTANBUL — Russian rapper Oxxxymiron’s last concert was his smallest in years. On Tuesday, hundreds of people crammed into a small basement venue, and those who couldn’t get tickets jostled in the street trying to get in. As the lights dimmed, the OxfordRead More →
“We have 20 patients that we cannot find, so we don’t know if they are alive or not,” says Dr Olha Konstantynovska. She is referring to the tuberculosis patients she cares for in Kharkiv, where, as in much of Ukraine, the Russian war has upended lives, including her own. SheRead More →
“We have 20 patients that we cannot find, so we don’t know if they are alive or not,” says Dr Olha Konstantynovska. She is referring to the tuberculosis patients she cares for in Kharkiv, where, as in much of Ukraine, the Russian war has upended lives, including her own. SheRead More →
Russian investigators on Wednesday opened criminal proceedings against a blogger for spreading what they said was “knowingly false information” about the war in Ukraine, during the first application of a new law that carries a penalty of up to up to 15 years in prison. The Investigative Committee said theRead More →
Some 130 people have been rescued so far from a theater in the besieged city of Mariupol which was hit by a Russian airstrike, but ‘hundreds’ of others are still trapped under the rubble, Ukraine’s president says Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, Russian forces have continued their relentless and indiscriminate bombardment ofRead More →
One of the first three people to face a criminal case under Russia’s ‘fake news’ law said the charges mean she has been ‘officially declared a decent person’. “Finding out that I was the first to be charged was both funny and shocking. I joked that I was officially declaredRead More →
🔘 President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the US Congress. Ukraine’s leader said Russian troops fired about a thousand rockets and “countless” bombs into Ukraine. He called for the creation of a humanitarian no-fly zone over the country. Russia will therefore not be able to launch missile and bombRead More →
Russian investigators on Wednesday opened criminal proceedings against a blogger for spreading what they said was “knowingly false information” about the war in Ukraine, during the first application of a new law that carries a penalty of up to up to 15 years in prison. The Investigative Committee said theRead More →
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called Russia’s assault on the beleaguered Ukrainian port city of Mariupol a ‘crime against humanity’ as Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul, the first such contact between the two parties in more than two weeks. “What Russian troops are doing in Mariupol isRead More →
New Russian law means 15 years in prison or military conscription that sends anti-war Russians to Ukraine with orders to shoot civilians The New York Times published on Monday an article describing how thousands of middle-class Russians have fled the country for neighboring Armenia and (Republic of) Georgia since theRead More →
The US-NATO-induced war in Ukraine threatens food supplies around the world, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, where food is already unaffordable for millions thanks to wars in the American imperialism that have lasted for decades. Russia and Ukraine account for almost a third of the world’s grainRead More →
One of Russia’s oldest universities to expel at least 13 students detained during anti-war protests that have erupted across the country in recent weeks, according to business daily Kommersant reported Wednesday. The prestigious St Petersburg State University is expected to draft further expulsion orders for students after continued protests againstRead More →
As Russia faces a barrage of sanctions from the United States and its Western allies for invading Ukraine, the biggest casualty has been crude oil. State oil and gas producer ONGC could weigh swap options – such as crude oil against dividends to be received from its hydrocarbon blocks inRead More →
Screenshot from CBC Radio Canada Youtube channel video, residents of St. Petersburg are waiting in a full train station. Olga, leaving for Spain said, “The situation could become more serious at any time. I’m really scared. Since the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine, more … than 7,000 peopleRead More →
Russians are bracing for an economic recession that could be the deepest since the 1990s after the United States and its allies imposed ‘crushing’ sanctions on Moscow, seeking to punish President Vladimir Putin for the unprovoked invasion from Ukraine. Analysts say citizens face a future characterized by runaway inflation, risingRead More →
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Exxon Mobil Corp’s decision to leave Russia has put India’s flagship overseas company ONGC Videsh in a difficult situation as it is a partner in the Sakhalin-1 oil fields operated by the global energy giant in the Russian Far East, sources said. . ONGC VideshRead More →
Words matter. This is why the words that appear in reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are so carefully discussed and debated. As a result, IPCC reports often seem nuanced or overly cautious. This is why a small section in the current summary of the IPCCRead More →
“Our way of life deserves to be defended. It’s worth the cost. For the next generation, for everyone in Ukraine and around the world who believes in Europe. For anyone who wants to be free. Addressing the extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament on “Russian aggression againstRead More →
By Max Kendix and Emily Doughty Durham University students spending their year abroad in Russia have been advised to plan to leave Russia as soon as possible, with most having already left. In an email to students, the Executive Dean of Arts and Humanities, Professor Janet Stewart, told students thatRead More →
By Max Kendix Durham students often spend a year after graduation studying abroad, in small Spanish towns, bustling German towns and rowdy South American villages. For the dozens of students studying Russian, Durham has agreements with partner universities in Tomsk, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Last year, as lockdowns sabotaged thoseRead More →
A Proud New American Although she has fond memories of her years in Ukraine, Koury has no interest in repatriating. “I’m happy to be away from the stress,” Koury said. “I love New Jersey and it’s my home now. I became an American citizen in 2019 and voted in theRead More →
Russian 3D printer (Credit: Roscosmos) MOSCOW (Roscosmos PR) — A 3D printing experiment is planned on the Russian segment of the International Space Station, dedicated to the development of additive technologies for the production of products from polymer materials in space conditions. To do this, in June 2022, a 3DRead More →
On February 15, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted an international conference “Western Geopolitical War Against Russia: The Ukrainian Case”. During the event, political scientists, experts, journalists and public figures from Russia, the United States, Italy, Germany, Finland, Belgium and other countries discussed possible developments around Ukraine. DemocracyRead More →
TOMSK, February 15. /Then 24/. Devices for the synthesis, supply and monitoring of nitric oxide “Tianox” will be supplied to respiratory hospitals in Tomsk for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 during the year. The devices are needed to simplify nitric oxide treatment technology for respiratory failure, Viktor Selemir, directorRead More →
A cyberattack by a group called the Belarusian Cyberpartisan (BCP) on January 24 briefly disrupted Belarusian railway systems, threatening to cripple trains carrying Russian troops and artillery into the country. The attack, which was part of a larger project by the group to target state institutions and the regime ofRead More →
A former aide to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has slammed Russian authorities’ use of the extremism law to suppress peaceful political opposition as she appeals her pre-trial restrictions in court siberian monday. Ksenia Fadeyeva, who was elected to the Tomsk city council in 2020, faces up to 12 yearsRead More →
R&D isoprene recovered from Bridgestone February 18, 2022 Bridgestone Corporation announced the launch of a joint research and development program with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tohoku University, ENEOS Corporation and JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION. This program aimsRead More →
Prerequisites for Protests The widening gap between what can be considered economic successes and the low quality of life that the majority of the population must endure, coupled with a super-concentration of national wealth in the hands of the elite and an economy based on resources that depends on bigRead More →
A documentary film about Alexei Navalny, who narrowly survived an apparent novichok poisoning attempt, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The 90-minute film, simply titled Navalny, features flying footage of the Russian opposition leader, filmed during the several months he spent in Germany in late 2020 while recovering from poisoning.Read More →
Separately, the Federal Prison Service demanded that Navalny’s brother’s suspended sentence be turned into a prison sentence. Russian authorities have added imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny and a handful of his allies to an official list of “terrorists and extremists”. Also on Tuesday, local news agencies reported that the FederalRead More →
A Russian court in Siberia has sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses to long prison terms in the latest persecution of members of the banned Christian group. The commission of inquiry noted on January 20, a court in the city of Seversk sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to seven years in prison afterRead More →
Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy – DOSSIER CAIRO – January 11, 2022: Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker revealed that Sinai has seen a large and unprecedented boom in the development of its power grids to be able to meet the needs ofRead More →
Artists and sculptors traveled thousands of miles to Novosibirsk in Russia for this year’s Siberia Snow Sculpture Festival. Twenty-seven participants – including twelve schoolchildren – carve, slice and mold huge blocks of snow to create ice sculptures for the annual competition which will be judged this weekend. Competitors came fromRead More →
– New Eastern Perspectives THE energy crisis may be the worst since 1973, when Arab countries imposed an oil embargo, protesting Western support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War. Combined with a pandemic with new strains of Covid and the threat of a relapse, this is a mortal blowRead More →
Three of five associates of imprisoned Russian opponent Aleksei Navalny who were arrested by police in raids across the country on December 28 have been freed. The five former directors of the headquarters of Navalny’s network of regional campaign groups have been arrested and questioned for possibly abusing their officialRead More →
The year in Russia is ending with a series of events that have alarmed many observers about the intentions of President Vladimir Putin and his government. First, the state media monitoring agency Roskomnadzor blocked the OVD-Info website, which notably served as a clearinghouse between detained protesters and defense lawyers. ThenRead More →
Updated at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 29 to add three more detentions. At least five former network coordinators of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have been arrested across the country for organizing an extremist group, media reported on Tuesday. The raids and arrests in the cities of Tomsk and Irkutsk comeRead More →
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrives for a hearing for his appeal at a court in Moscow, Russia June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) – Russia has arrested two allies of jailed Kremlin enemy Alexei Navalny, aRead More →
Russian police have taken three former regional coordinators of Aleksei Navalny’s campaign team for questioning amid continued pressure against associates of the jailed opposition leader. The home of Zakhar Sarapulov, who headed the Irkutsk headquarters of Navalny’s network of regional campaign groups, was raided in the early morning of DecemberRead More →
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organizations must be shut down, a move that sparked public outrage. and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on human rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters. TheRead More →
Fireworks in aisle three! Massive explosions rock a crowded Russian supermarket as rockets and crackers catch fire – although a customer is determined to finish his weekly shop Fireworks were lit in a Russian store, turning it into what looked like a war zone Around 500 people were in theRead More →
TEHRAN – Speaking to reporters at his annual year-end press conference, Russia’s president answered questions on a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues that have dominated Russian headlines over the past last 12 months. High on the agenda are tensions with NATO, which have recently escalated dramatically. VladimirRead More →
Festive illuminations illuminate the central square of Tomsk, Russia in an unusual way. Alongside a new year treesixteen new ice sculptures decorate the site. The works were created as part of Crystal Tomsk, ice sculpture festivals held in the Siberian city. Ice art inspired by Russian tales and heritage TheRead More →
Festive illuminations illuminate the central square of the Siberian city of Tomsk. Next to a New Year’s tree, sixteen large ice sculptures decorate the site. The works were created as part of the Crystal Tomsk ice sculpture festival which took place from December 12 to 18. This is the seventhRead More →
Festive illuminations illuminate the central square of the Siberian city of Tomsk. Next to a New Year’s tree, sixteen large ice sculptures decorate the site. The works were created as part of the Crystal Tomsk ice sculpture festival which took place from December 12 to 18. This is the seventhRead More →
Sergei Samborsky fled to Georgia Sergei Samborsky, 27, from the Russian city of Tomsk, rose to fame across Russia at the end of October. He infiltrated the hospital to take care of his grandmother with coronavirus and filmed the terrible conditions in which the Covid patients were placed. Sergei triedRead More →
TOMSK, December 6. /TASS/. Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) will open its new skills center, where engineering students will be tested for their management skills and then receive individual programs to develop their talents, the university’s press service said on Monday. . “Tomsk Polytechnic University has joined the project of theRead More →
Shortly before leaving Russia in a hurry for Georgia, Sergei Samborsky visited the office of the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova. Tomsk resident Samborsky made headlines last month after posting a shocking video of appalling conditions inside the “red zone” of the Siberian city’s largest COVID-19 hospital. InRead More →
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 →
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Worried that hospital staff were neglecting his sick grandmother on a Siberian COVID-19 ward, a Russian man said he snuck in disguised as a doctor to tend to her himself. same. Sergei, who declined to give his surname, told Rain TV in an interview aired on ThursdayRead More →
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MOSCOW, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Worried that hospital staff are neglecting his sick grandmother on a Siberian COVID-19 ward, a Russian man said he snuck in disguised as a doctor to tend to her himself. same. Sergei, who declined to give his surname, told Rain TV in an interview airedRead More →
October 22, 2021 Rosatom scientists have developed a new, highly accurate numerical model of the public impacts of radiation releases. They said his findings highlight the “conservatism” of nuclear power plant design and may lead to better economics. A ceremony to mark the start of concrete pouring took place atRead More →
Russian, 40, hugs his girlfriend, 67, during his trial for nearly hacking him to death with an ax so he could demand the court not jail his wife The woman was accused of hitting her boyfriend multiple times with an ax The incident took place during a night of drinkingRead More →
Rapid warming in Russia could release viruses previously unknown to mankind, a Nobel Prize-winning climatologist has warned at an international climate forum in Siberia. Russia is warming three times faster than the rest of the world, according to scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with its ArcticRead More →
Deep in Siberia, Russia, the city of Tomsk has long been home to a storied Jewish past. With the inauguration of its new cultural and educational center for children on September 12, the city’s Jewish community celebrated a bright future. Located next to the Choral Synagogue in Tomsk, the newRead More →
You’ve probably come across this before – you have a poorly documented circuit board and want to know the part number for a tiny SMD chip. Retro computer enthusiast [JohnK] tweeted recently on such a database he recently found, titled The Ultimate Database of SMD Marking Codes. This database isRead More →
JTA — A century ago, the Communists closed the synagogues of Tomsk, one of the oldest cities in Siberia. It was a painful blow, especially for the local community of Jewish cantonists – former soldiers who had been recruited against their will or kidnapped into the Russian Tsar’s army andRead More →
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A logo of Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk is pictured at the Atamanskaya compressor station, a facility of Gazprom’s Power of Siberia project outside the far eastern town of Svobodny in the Amur region, Russia November 29 2019. Picture taken November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov . Join now for FREE unlimited accessRead More →
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Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and to protest proposed amendments to the country’s constitution, in Moscow, Russia February 29 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterRead More →
MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Russian coffeehouse chain Podorozhnik plans to raise 1.9 billion rubles ($25.79 million) in an IPO on the St Petersburg Stock Exchange this fall, reported Wednesday Interfax, citing company president Tatyana Fomina. Russia’s IPO activity, which was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic last year, is acceleratingRead More →
VLADIVOSTOK – Located in the freezing Far East of Russia, Vladivostok has long relied on coal-fired power to heat the city during its long winters. A major new gas pipeline promised as a benefit to host the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was seen as a chance for theRead More →
After fearing the worst, all 18 people aboard a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane are safe after a crash landing in Siberia. The aircraft, registration RA-28728, belonging to SILA Siberian Light Aviation, was on a flight from Kedrovy to Tomsk in Russia when it suddenly disappeared from radar. At theRead More →
MOSCOW, July 16 (Reuters) – The 18 people on board a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that disappeared from radar were found alive on Friday after the plane was forced to make a hard landing in Siberia , announced the Ministry of Emergencies. Fears had swirled over the fate ofRead More →
MOSCOW (AP) — A small Russian passenger plane with 18 people on board made an emergency landing in Siberia on Friday after both engines failed, the captain breaking his leg but no one else suffering injuries. serious, authorities said. Shortly after the An-28 plane went missing in the Tomsk regionRead More →
The flight from the city of Kedrovy to the regional capital of Tomsk carried between 13 and 17 passengers. All 19 people aboard a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that disappeared from radar in Siberia survived after the plane crash-landed on Friday, the Emergencies Ministry said. The plane – operatedRead More →
A small Russian passenger plane made an emergency landing in Siberia on Friday after engine failure, emergency officials said. All of her 19 passengers and crew survived. Shortly after the An-28 plane went missing in the Tomsk region of Western Siberia, rescue helicopters spotted it lying in a field onRead More →
In recent days, the fires have spread to 6,300 hectares. The biggest fire hit the province of Enisej. Greenpeace Russia: The situation could get worse. Russian expert: non-existent prevention throughout the country. In 2019, 9 million hectares of forest went up in smoke. Moscow (AsiaNews) – The first week ofRead More →
Doctor, Justin Chukwudi Olewuezi has become the first Nigerian to graduate from Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk in Russia. In an exclusive interview with LINE BLOWOlewuezi revealed that few Nigerians and Africans come to this part of Russia from elsewhere, preferring the western part of the country. The trip Dr.Read More →
Karaoke club manager Tatiana Amaliya has been scrambling to find a clinic with hits to spare since the June 24 announcement of mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for hotel workers. It must vaccinate its staff within the next three weeks or else its venue in the lavish ski resort of Krasnaya PolyanaRead More →