Profile Russia
news online!
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had detained seven people suspected of being members of the Islamic State that was planning large-scale terrorist acts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Urals. The gunmen were preparing to carry out "high-profile terrorist attacks using self-made explosive devices," the FSB said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on February 2. It is said that the discussion focussed on ways of optimising the structure of federal executive bodies of power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of the Advanced Research Fund on January 19.
The Celebration of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic Warbecame the most significant event of the year 2015, said the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, speaking at a New Year reception in the Kremlin on December 25.
Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds arrived in Moscow in theframework of the promo tour of the film «Deadpool», the eighth in the series «X-Men».
WhatsApp is getting free. The messenger introduced the fees a few years ago, forcing new users to pay an annual 99 cents subscription after the first year.Today in a company blog it is said: "As we've grown, we've found that this approach hasn't worked well".
Russian President Vladimir Putin will celebrate the New Year at home with his family. The president's work schedule provides for a break from December 31 to January 5, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
The Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented the publication of the Litvinenko inquiry report in the UK.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on January 15.
The European Union extended sanctions against Russia for six months.The sanctions will now extend until the end of July 2016.
The Russian ruble hit a historic low against the US dollar during Wednesday, January 20.The dollar exceeded the levels seen during the shock plunge of the Russian currency in December 2014.
After weeks of mild weather forecasters are predicting Arctic blast after warmest and wettest December on record, MailOnline reports.
Russia is not competing with anyone in fighting terrorism and continues favouring the creation of a broad counter-terrorism coalition under the UN supervision, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry department for new challenges and threats Ilya Rogachev said in an interview with TASS on Friday.
