Russians Burn 30m High Maslenitsa Effigy During Traditional Celebrations
Maslenitsa is a traditional Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, celebrated during the last week before Great Lent, which precedes Orthodox Easter.
Chinese New Year Festivities in Russia Dissolve Cultural Distance
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Tommy Yang - Tian Qingshen, a Chinese artist from Anshan, Liaoning province in Northeast China, spent Chinese New Year’s Eve on Thursday painting colorful Chinese characters for
Rossiya Segodnya Photographer's Underground Wins 2018 World Press Photo Award
AMSTERDAM (Sputnik) - Photojournalist Valery Melnikov of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency won the World Press Photo award in the Digital Storytelling/Short Form category for
African City Mayor Advocates Sister City Relationship With Crimea
The official who came to the peninsula as a part of Benin's delegation on Monday said that such relations are important for the sake of peace and stability.
Russian Soyuz Rocket Launches Progress Spacecraft to ISS
KOROLEV (Sputnik) - The Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying Russian Progress MS-08 cargo spacecraft has been launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur cosmodrome, the Mission Co
Russian Gold Rush: Massive Stocks of Precious Metals Found in Southern Urals
Geologists searching for copper pyrite ores have made a pleasant discovery in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, discovering nearly 900 tons of silver and gold.
Russia May Initiate Reforms of WADA, IOC After 2018 Games – Lower House
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia together with other countries may initiate a reform of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mikhail Degtyarev, the head of
CAS Registers Two Appeals by Russians Against IOC Olympic Bans
PYEONGCHANG (Sputnik) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday opened two new cases after six more Russians appealed the International Olympic Committee decision to ban them from S
Photographers From Some 40 States to Compete for 2018 Stenin Contest Prize
Young photojournalists from almost 40 countries have already sent over 1,000 photos to participate in the 2018 Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest organized by Rossiya Segodnya Inter
'Great Information War' Against Russia Begins to Crumble – Politician
Europeans are becoming increasingly discontent over the issue of anti-Russian sanctions and distorted Crimea narrative, Vadim Kolesnichenko, the chairman of the presidium of the Internal Council
