The Russian Air Force will take delivery of its first fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet “in the third quarter of this year” for final state test flights starting in the fourth quarter, the service’s commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said Tuesday.
In July 2013, in order to bolster the ruble, the Central Bank sold the largest volume of currency since 2011. No one expects the ruble to gain strength in the near future.
State gas corporation Gazprom is making Latin America its new priority market and is increasing development in the region.
Drug users often report confusion and hallucinations, but it was Russia’s counter-narcotics watchdog that mixed up the pattern in the simple three-stripe design of the national flag, and then tried to blame the blunder on the wind when chided by bloggers.
Four environmental activists in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Gelendzhik have been found guilty of fraud.
Billionaire oil trader Gennady Timchenko intends to create a holding company to manage and consolidate his aviation assets, the Vedomosti business daily reported Monday, citing a spokesman for the entrepreneur.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin proposed joining Russia’s space and aviation industries at a Monday meeting about the Proton-M rocket crash.
Bloodhound Gang were this weekend banned from playing a Russian festival after their bassist shoved the country’s flag down his underpants during a gig.
Opposition candidate Alexei Navalny‘s fundraising system has raised objections in the Moscow City Duma, the Central Elections Commission and the Kremlin, with opponents saying that the candidate could be receiving funds from abroad.
A new high-speed rail line will connect Moscow and Russia’s Muslim region of Tatarstan. The projected cost is $30 billion for the link, which will cut travel time to the 2018 FIFA World Cup site from 14 hours to 3.5 hours. Experts weigh the project’s potential economic costs and ecological side-effects.
