The operator of a global network of radioactivity sensors said Monday its two Russian sites closest to a mysterious explosion on Aug. 8 went offline two days after the blast, raising concern about possible tampering by Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry, which operates the two ...
Russian panel to examine alleged foreign interference in mass Moscow poll protests
Russia's lower house of parliament on Monday set up a commission to examine alleged cases of foreign interference in connection with a series of protests over the Moscow city council election, while President Vladimir Putin defended the harsh police crackdown on some of the ...
No risk of increased radiation after deadly rocket blast, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday there was no risk of increased radiation levels after a blast at a military site in northern Russia on Aug. 8 that killed at least five people. Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of bilateral talks, Putin ...
Russia and China now appear increasingly isolated on the world stage and the question now is whether they have gone too far.
Mysterious missile explosion and radiation in Russia raise questions
A deadly explosion at a naval weapons testing range in northwestern Russia. A brief spike in radiation levels. An evacuation order issued, then rescinded, for a nearby village. Last week's mysterious accident on the White Sea, along with changing or contradictory information from Russian authorities, ...
Kremlin says it is winning arms race against U.S. despite rocket accident
The Kremlin boasted on Tuesday it was winning the race to develop new cutting edge nuclear weapons despite a mysterious rocket accident last week in northern Russia that caused a temporary spike in radiation levels. Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear agency, has said that the Aug. ...
Analysis shows 2020 U.S. presidential election still vulnerable to hacking
More than one in 10 voters could cast ballots on paperless voting machines in the 2020 U.S. general election, according to a new analysis, leaving their ballots vulnerable to hacking. A study released by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law on ...
Russia mourns five 'heroes' killed in missile test blast that led to radiation spike
The city that hosts Russia's main nuclear research site announced a day of mourning Sunday for five of its staff killed during a missile test that provoked elevated radiation levels. Russia has said that five nuclear agency workers were killed Thursday by a blast during ...
U.S.-based experts suspect deadly Russian blast involved nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' cruise missile
U.S.-based nuclear experts said on Friday they suspected an accidental blast and radiation release in northern Russia this week occurred during the testing of a nuclear-powered cruise missile vaunted by President Vladimir Putin last year. The Russian Ministry of Defense, quoted by state-run news outlets, ...
After 20 years on global stage, Vladimir Putin's prospects dim
Twenty years ago Friday, Russian President Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, a relatively unknown security services chief with scant experience in politics. The departing Yeltsin was casting around for a successor, and few could have predicted ...
Vladimir Putin's 20-year stint no threat to records of other long-serving leaders
Vladimir Putin has held power for 20 years but he is still well behind the record terms of Cuba's late Fidel Castro and North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung. He is also far from achieving the lengthy stints of many living leaders, with Equatorial Guinea's ...
Kyrgyzstan raid to seize ex-President Almazbek Atambayev leaves officer dead, government teetering
Ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan was on the brink of a full-blown political crisis Thursday after a special forces operation to detain former President Almazbek Atambayev failed, leaving an officer dead and a police chief in critical condition. Atambayev's supporters took up arms and threw stones to fend ...
