Moscow’s security partnerships with Beijing, Pyongyang and other US “adversaries” were not anticipated by Washington, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing anonymous intelligence sources. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a strategic partnership and mutual defense treaty with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, before flying on to …
Read More »EU greenlights Russian-built nuclear plant
Hungary has received the European Commission’s approval to amend contracts for new reactors at its Paks nuclear power plant (NPP), developed by Russia’s Rosatom, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has revealed. The Paks NPP produces more than half of the electricity consumed in the country. Moscow and Budapest struck the plant-expansion …
Read More »Alexander Nepogodin: Modern Ukraine was built on an anti-Russia foundation, but a large part of the country refused to play along
The conflict in Ukraine has many frontlines. The world is mostly focusing on the hostilities, but an even more serious conflict is unfolding inside the Ukrainian camp. This standoff between Ukrainians and Russians as two political nations has been developing since 2014, but it entered a new, decisive phase after …
Read More »Russian-built passenger jet won’t get foreign parts – Trade Ministry
Foreign manufacturers have refused to supply components for Russia’s domestically-built MC-21 aircraft, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said. According to the minister, the nation’s state-run United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will put into operation two MC-21 aircraft instead of the previously planned four. The delivery of the jets is …
Read More »‘Biohybrid’ fish built to test synthetic heart cells (VIDEO)
Researchers from Harvard and Emory universities in the US have crafted a bionic fish out of two sets of lab-grown heart muscle cells, one set for each side of its flexible tail. When one set of cells contracts, the tail is pulled in one direction, and vice versa for the …
Read More »Russia has built up resilience to Western sanctions – EU
Russia has done far more to build resilience to Western sanctions than the European Union has to improve its ability to survive disruptions in the gas supply chain, the EU high representative for foreign affairs said on Sunday. Writing in his weekly blog, Josep Borrell accused Moscow of using energy …
Read More »How new Russian-built passenger jet MC-21 took off despite Western sanctions
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Read More »Most powerful telescope ever built blasts off into space (VIDEO)
An Ariane 5 heavy rocket with NASA’s 7-ton observatory in the cargo bay blasted off from the European Space Agency’s launch base in French Guiana at 7:30am EST (12:30 GMT). Everything went to plan and less than a half an hour later the French-made booster released the state-of-the-art instrument – …
Read More »‘The country that bombed you is your friend. The one that built your new railway is your enemy’
Thursday was National Day in Laos, a celebration marking 46 years since the landlocked Southeast Asian nation deposed its monarchy and became a revolutionary communist state, an effort which was supported by Vietnam. This year, the anniversary had added significance, as it saw the opening of a major new project, an …
Read More »After visiting SpaceX, ‘built on shoulders of giants, like Korolev,’ Sergey Korolev’s grandson praises ‘genius manager’ Elon Musk
Musk is an outspoken fan of the Soviet school of space engineering and repeatedly expressed his admiration with the ‘chief designer’, as Korolev was referred to in Soviet press until his identity was declassified after his death in 1966. Last weekend, the US entrepreneur had an opportunity to pay a tribute …
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