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4 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after a powerplant operated by Norilsk-Taymyr Energy Company, a division of the Norilsk Nickel company, reported that nearly 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel spilled following the collaps...
25 May 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
On May 21, the Russian State Duma proposed a bill to punish illegal cryptocurrency activity with up to seven years of prison or 5 years of hard labour, according to reports from Russian media outlet, RBC. In what would be the strictest approach to cr...
12 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Russia Confirms Over 230,000 Cases of Covid-19: Reporting 10,899 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Russia has entered its tenth consecutive day with over 10,000 new daily infections. As of now, Russia has a total of over 2...
11 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
A fire broke out at a private hospice called the "Second House" in Krasnogorsk, Russia, on the outskirts of Moscow, resulting in at least 9 deaths and several injuries. According to Russian local media, six of the elderly residents are in serious con...
3 May 2020 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite
Russia has recorded a record 10,633 new covid-19 coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily increase of cases since the virus entered the nation. As of now, Russia has reported a total of 134,686 confirmed cases of covid-1...
7 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Azurnoob
The cost of petrol by the litre across the United Kingdom is sinking close to 1.23 United States Dollars for the first time since 2016. This fall comes as the industry reports a 75% decline in sales for March across the country amidst an ongoing lo...
19 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg
For the past two years, the Russian Federation has been trying to cope with the new regulatory challenges arising from crypto assets such as Bitcoin. Recent comments by a senior official at the Russian central bank indicate that the government is tak...
7 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1
Hi there, In the previous post, I talked about the quarrel between the Great Duke of Moscow Ivan the Third, and the Mongol Khan Akhmat. You can read about it here I stopped at the point when Akhmat was threatening the Russians to cross Ugra once...
28 Feb 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Solominer
This space probe was part of the unmanned space program under the Soviet Union. It had a lander onboard that attempted to make a soft landing and conduct experiments and collect martian soil to determine material properties. Though due to the failur...
20 Feb 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer
On the 6th attempt by the Russians to get a space probe to Mars, though a communications issue occurs on the spacecraft on its way to the red planet. One of its solar panels stopped functioning causing the space craft to operate at half power, thoug...
