Moscow

Friday, Apr 19, 2024 | Last Update : 11:00 AM IST

Smoke billows from the frontline city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on May 3, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | Kremlin strikes hard, but this war has no winners

When will this madness end is the question that has been exercising the minds of all right-thinking people

05 May 2023 12:05 AM

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can Russians be tried for ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine?

The US and EU can take a call for the re-creation of wealth rather than push weapons into a war zone

17 Mar 2023 12:04 AM

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Gorby’s model: 1980s’ Sweden as socialism was being refined

Gorbachev, as the subsequent years proved, was clearly out of touch with the nation he had set out to transform

09 Sep 2022 12:06 AM

AA Edit | A murder to spur Ukraine war

It’s not often that Putin’s allies and mentors are the targets of car bomb attacks in a state known to use tactics like poisoning

23 Aug 2022 12:25 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP Photo)

Shobhaa De | Putin is everywhere… How super sexy is ‘new’ Russia?

Putin’s 'New Russia' is sexy, glamourous, flashy and trashy!

07 Aug 2021 10:41 AM

Roscosmos tweeted a picture of the cosmonauts wearing space suit bearing Indian flag.(Photo- Roscosmos twitter)

Four Indian cosmonauts resume Gaganyaan training in Russia after Covid19 scare

Four Indian Air Force fighter pilots are currently under training in Moscow, and are likely to be potential candidates for Gaganyaan project

23 May 2020 4:02 PM

Outside the Church of Savior of Spilled Blood in St Petersburg

Magical trip with memories

From visiting the Kremlin, to channeling your inner child at the Nikulin Circus in Moscow, Russia enchants.

05 Jan 2020 7:18 AM

Vyacheslav Kovtun and his wife used the imposition of sanctions on Russia in 2014 to produce their own cheese. (Photo: AFP)

Russians now winning gold prize at World Cheese Awards

Five years after sanctions, Russian cheeses getting top marks.

27 Nov 2019 11:01 AM

Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk in 1965, died in Moscow on Friday aged 85 after a long illness. (Photo: AFP)

Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, dies at 85

NASA and the European Space Agency both praised the pioneering cosmonaut.

12 Oct 2019 12:30 PM

A passenger jet made an emergency landing in a field outside of one of Moscow's airports Thursday after colliding with a flock of birds, injuring at least 23 people, Russian officials said. (Photo: AP)

23 injured in Russian plane's emergency landing

Ural Airlines lauded the crew for its professionalism in arranging the evacuation.

15 Aug 2019 1:59 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia on Saturday endorsed India's move of abrogating Article 370 and bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir, saying the exercise was "carried out within the framework of the Constitution of the Republic of India." (Photo: File)

'Carried out within framework of Indian Constitution': Russia back Centre's J&K move

Moscow expects that India and Pakistan would not allow aggravation of situation in J&K due to change in special status of state by Centre.

10 Aug 2019 9:48 AM

The rally came a week after the capital’s biggest protest in years, when some 22,000 marchers called on officials to reverse rulings and allow opposition activists to stand for the city council in September. (Photo: AP)

‘We want free elections’: Russians chant on street, hundreds arrested

The protest was the latest in a wave of demonstrations calling for fair local elections in the capital.

28 Jul 2019 9:25 AM

This water is saturated with heavy metals and harmful substances. (Photo: AP)

Siberian Maldives becomes selfie sensation for tourist

Toxic lake in Russia’s Siberia becomes selfie sensation.

14 Jul 2019 12:51 PM

Once the deal was done police pounced, arresting Said and charging him with human trafficking offences. (Photo: Representational image/File)

Sex trafficker arrested for luring teen into sex slavery

Russian police were tipped off about the plot and staged an operation in Moscow to protect the minor girl.

13 Jul 2019 6:30 PM

Nearly 700 protesters, the so-called black vests, protesting. (Photo: AP)

Nearly 40 people detained during migrant rally in Paris: Police

The protesters wanted the gaovernment to give them housing and settle their legal status.

13 Jul 2019 12:51 PM

Russia releases first group of captive whales despite outcry

Russia returned two killer and six beluga whales to their natural habitat in the Sea of Okhotsk last week.

05 Jul 2019 11:50 AM

Mumbai saw a rise of 20.4 per cent in annual household income during the period when compared to 8 per cent growth in home prices.

Mumbai sees 3rd highest growth in annual household income

The report stated that the consistent reduction in apartment sizes has lowered the average ticket price for a residential unit.

27 Mar 2019 3:28 AM

It said passengers on board at the time had been delivered safely to their destinations.

Moscow's new cable car closed by cyberattack

It opened to the public on Tuesday, with rides to be free for the first month, but suddenly halted the next day.

30 Nov 2018 1:24 PM

The City Council on Monday voted against participating in the project with Kestrel Technology Group. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

City of Moscow rejects pilot using “neighbourhood watch” tech

The technology would allow certain people such as health professionals to quickly notify law enforcement of potential crimes.

25 Nov 2018 3:31 PM

Buzzing is transmitted from two locations, one near St Petersburg site and a location near Moscow. (Photo: Pixabay)

Conspiracy theorists claim ghostly Russian radio station can fire nuclear weapons

Monotonous buzzing sound emanating from radio station for last 50 years has been heard around world on short wave frequency 24 hours a day.

17 Sep 2018 12:38 PM

1 of 2

Columns

Mohan Guruswamy