Russia

The Soyuz space capsule carrying cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, actress Yulia Peresild, and film director Klim Shipenko returned safely to Kazakhstan's steppes after a twelve-day mission to make the first feature film in orbit at the…

Ministry of Moscow put a new payment system with face recognition at metro stations called ‘Face Pay’. According to the new system, passengers started to get on the metro at the entrance by showing their faces instead of using metro…

An L-410 type of small plane carrying 23 people were crashed shortly after taking off in Tatarstan, Russia. According to initial reports, 16 were killed and 7 were injured aboard. Firefighters, ambulances and rescue teams were sent to the…

Eighteen out of 37 were killed for consuming fake alcohol in Orenburg, Russia. Six are in serious condition under treatment at hospitals. Orenburg regional prosecutor's office started an investigation after the poisoning cases, and the…

New footage of torture and sexual assaults on prisoners and detainees have caused quite a stir in Russia. The footage revealed the staff of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and guards of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service…

Russia has launched spacecraft Soyuz MS-19 carrying Russian film director Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresildi, in a historic first to film a movie in orbit. Soyuz MS-19 was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan set off for the…

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  had a meeting on 11 March, in Doha to discuss the Syrian crisis and ways of…