Russian forces have abducted a second Ukrainian mayor, this one .

Russian forces have abducted a second Ukrainian mayor, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said. Yevhen Matveyev, the mayor of Dniprorudne in southern Ukraine, was abducted, the minister said.

10 things about Russian homes that will shock you

"The average Russian apartment building would dominate the skyline of an English or Irish city, but here they're just a drop in the ocean of thousands of lookalikes," says Jack Dean, an Irish...

How Putin Rules | Foreign Affairs

 · Between 1996 and 2011, I served as a consultant to the Kremlin, advising Russian Presidents Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and Dmitry yet even I can hardly claim to understand the real mechanisms of power in today's the past few years, the country has reached a level of dysfunction that has pushed it to the brink, threatening its very existence.

Ukraine's Kharkiv rocked by deadly Russian bombardment

 · 2:58pm: Russian bombardment kills 3 in Kharkiv. Russian weapons pounding Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv killed at least three people and injured 31, including two children, according to ...

Russia and Belarus discussing second nuclear power plant

 · Prime Minister Raman Halouchanka previously reported that the possibility of building a second nuclear power plant in Belarus would be considered under the guidance of the National Academy of Sciences with the participation of Russian experts. The project will be completed by autumn next year, and Lukashenka will make appropriate proposals.

Video Captures Russian Missile Seconds Before Hitting Government Building

 · Seven people were killed and 22 injured on Tuesday when a Russian missile struck a Ukrainian administration building in Mykolaiv. On Telegram, Mykolaiv's Governor Vitaliy Kim posted striking video...

Special Report: How crypto giant Binance built ties to a Russian .

 · The organisation is headed by a former top advisor to Putin on internet policy, German Klimenko, and was set up in 2019 to develop Russian technologies. The fund's website says one of its partners...

How America Helped Build The Soviet Machine

At the end of the First FiveYear Plan period, work was so far behind that schedules were moved forward to the end of the subsequent Second FiveYear Plan. Around 1934 emphasis began to shift from building the plants to actually producing. The transfer of responsibility to Russians was well under way in 1936 and 1937. Foreign engineers who had ...

Putin Should Worry: Russia Is Preparing to Build 'New' Soviet .

14 hours ago · During an interview with Newsweek, former Ambassador Mark Green said that supplied weapons in Ukraine were doing "tremendous" reputational damage to Russia's militaryindustrial industry while at the same time forcing Russia to use up more of its resources. "It's going to be harder and harder for them to fulfill contracts ...

Russia's military buildup enters a more dangerous phase

 · R ussia is engaged in the largest military buildup in Europe since the cold war. It has demanded that NATO pull back from eastern Europe and rule out Ukraine joining the alliance. Weeks of...

Russia threatens US interests in Arctic with military buildup

 · As ice thaws in the Arctic, Russia is building up a military presence unseen since the end of the Cold War, as revealed by recent reports and confirmed by the Pentagon on Monday. Russia's military...

Russian General Lets Slip a Secret Plan to Invade Another Country .

 · "One of the tasks of the Russian army is to establish full control over the Donbas and southern Ukraine. This will provide a land corridor to the Crimea, as well as influence the vital objects of...

China officially joins Russia as danger to Nato

 · Jun 2021, 07:24. China has joined Russia as an explicit danger to Western allies after a Nato summit in Brussels on Monday (14 June). "China's stated ambitions and assertive behaviour present systemic challenges to the rulesbased international order and to areas relevant to alliance security," the 30 Nato leaders said in a joint communiqué.

Narrating the Second World War: History Textbooks and Nation Building .

By focusing on narrative techniques, including plot, concepts of time and space, and the egorization of characters as in and outgroups, this article shows how narratives of the Second World War in Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian textbooks contribute to nationbuilding.

World's Second Tallest Tower to be Built in Russia | ArchDaily

 · World's Second Tallest Tower to be Built in Russia Written by Andreea Cutieru June 02, 2021 Share Scottish architecture firm Kettle Collective has revealed plans for a 703metre skyscraper in St....

Russia Expands Military Facilities in Syria

 · Tartus and the Hmeimim air base, in the nearby province of Latakia, have been the main hubs for Russia's proAssad military intervention. A Russian military spokesman told reporters Wednesday...

Ukraine Is Doubling Its Army, While Russia Scrapes The Barrel For ...

 · Now compare that to Ukraine's own reinforcements. After losing 1,300 troops killed in action in the first two weeks, the Ukrainian army mobilized both its first and second echelons of reserve ...

Analysis: No second "Munich Agreement with Russia | MEMRI

 · To appease Russia with territorial concessions would not be just a "second Munich" but something much worse that could lead to a complete collapse of the modern international system. What Putin has been advoing since at least 2012 is a world without rules, and the Western analysts and policymakers who now suggest that he should be appeased are .

Russian Revolution of 1917

The February Revolution of 1917, which displaced the autocracy of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last effective Tsar of Russia, and sought to establish in its place a liberal republic. The October Revolution, in which the Bolshevik party and the workers' Soviets, led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Provisional Government.

Control Of Contract Work On The Current Repair Of The Roof Of .

Russia has Released a tender for Control Of Contract Work On The Current Repair Of The Roof Of The Mkou Building Of The Titarevsky Secondary School For The Needs Of The Mkou Titarevsky Secondary School in Infrastructure and construction. The tender was released on Jul 22, 2022. The GT reference number for the notice is . The scope of work comes .

Ukraine conflict: Russia bombs Kharkiv's Freedom Square and .

 · Building hit by missile in Kharkiv's Freedom Square Russian missiles and rockets have hit the cultural heart of Ukraine's second largest city in what officials said was a deadly and "cruel" attack....

Building engulfed in fireball after Russian missile strike

 · This is the moment a local government building in Kharkiv was engulfed in a huge fireball by a devastating Russian missile strike. Footage was posted to social media by Kharkiv region head Oleg...

Russia wants to build a bridge to North Korea. Literally.

 · Russia wants to build a bridge to North Korea. Literally. Analysis by Adam Taylor Reporter March 24, 2018 at 6:00 EDT Article North Korea shares a border with three countries — South Korea,...