Born out of love: Putin hears heartwarming tale of panda Katyusha’s birth
Yesterday: …licks her to the point where she turns this pink, Akulova explained. She added that a pink panda is a happy panda. Now she already weighs 26 kilograms, compared to 150 grams when she was born.…
'No One More Cowardly': Israel War Cabinet Weighs Attack on Iran Despite US Cautioning
18.04 2024: On Wednesday, the Israeli prime minister said that Israel would decide on its own how to respond to Iran’s retaliatory attack, despite advice from its Western allies.
US Weighs Selling Israel F-15s, JDAM Bombs, Air-to-Air Missiles – Reports
02.04 2024: The US is mulling selling F-15 fighter jets, air-to-air missiles, and precision bombs to Israel as the US ally continues bombing Gaza, Politico reported.
Yaroslav Trofimov Writes History as it Happens in 'Our Enemies Will Vanish'
10.03 2024: An Uragan rocket weighs nearly 620 pounds and needs a special crane to be loaded into the launcher. Koval’s battery’s crane eventually broke down, just as his commanding officer arrived with a request to finish off a Russian column that…
Arctic LNG 2 receives first LNG in December, Cryogas-Vysotsk produces 812,000 tonnes in 2023 - Novatek
22.02 2024: The first Arctic LNG 2 production line with a capacity of 6.6 million tonnes of LNG was towed from the Murmansk region and installed on Gydan. The platform weighs 640,000 tonnes and is the heaviest moving object in the history of the global…
‘Want to Get 'Radicalized', See Russia’: Scott Ritter Weighs in on Tucker’s Eye-Opening Moscow Tour
16.02 2024: Fox News host-turned independent journalist Tucker Carlson said he felt “radicalized” and “legitimately angry” at America’s leaders after visiting a supermarket in the Russian capital.
Kremlin Weighs in on White House's Secret Briefing to Press Congress to Boost Kiev Funding
15.02 2024: The White House is trying to encourage the Congress to vote for a bill to allocate money to Ukraine through a closed briefing on a serious threat to national security, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 9
12.11 2023: the US is seeking ways to transfer frozen Russian assets to Kiev; and the Central Bank of Russia weighs in on the future of artificial intelligence in the finance sector. These stories topped Thursday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.…
US Pundit Weighs in on What's Behind America's Support for Israel
11.11 2023: America’s support for Israel dates back to 1948, when then-US President Harry Truman became the first world leader to recognize the Jewish state.
Photo: Webb, Hubble Telescopes Join Forces to Make Panchromatic Image of Galaxy Cluster
10.11 2023: The team believes that Mothra is magnified not only by the gravity of galaxy cluster MACS0416, but also by an object known as a “milli-lens” that likely weighs about as much as a globular star cluster.…
The End of the Abrams Tank Era?
09.11 2023: The M1 is a “very heavy” Cold War-era tank which weighs twenty tons more than its Russian rival T-90, David T. Pyne, an EMP Task Force scholar and former US Department of Defense officer, told Sputnik.…
Russia Weighs Prospects of Chinese Warships Patrolling Northern Sea Route
17.09 2023: The Northern Sea Route is an ambitious maritime artery running through Russia’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the Far North, stretching from the Barents and White Seas in the west to the Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Sea in the east.
Don't Drive Tanked
26.08 2023: …which weighs over twenty heavily-armored tons, sustained little damage. Those at the scene, as well as a growing internet audience, were quick to pin the accident on prodigious consumption of alcohol.…
Chado, the Roving Superdog
26.08 2023: He also loves our gray tomcat (who weighs twice as much as he does).
They curl up together in the sleeping bag.
While dachshunds are not generally associated with remote Russian villages (they are usually kept as couch…Tanks a Lot
26.08 2023: British tank called the Conquerer (which weighs 65 tons and was the heaviest of the 1950s) can only be seen in 4 museums anywhere in the entire world. This week's Odder News:…
Flurry of Drone Attacks on Moscow Disrupts Russians' Summer Travel
23.08 2023: Experts said the consequences of a plane hitting a drone depend on the size of the drone, with only minor damage if it weighs a few hundred grams. “The key is to prevent the drone from entering the engine;…
Despite the Kremlin’s Best Efforts, Putin’s Facade Has Cracked
13.07 2023: Rather, he weighs the possibilities brought to him by his advisers and the few remaining people that still have access to him, meticulously planning his next moves. Yet just days after the rebellion,…
Aquarius launches serial production of Android 11 tablet computers
23.06 2023: as well as video conferencing. It weighs 540 grams and battery life is up to 10 hours. The company plans a number of accessories, including a dock and keyboard. Aquarius is Russia's biggest manufacturer of computer hardware,…
State, business should be senior and junior partners, windfall tax a one-off - Belousov
13.06 2023: So profit is falling, and this weighs on investments, Belousov said, explained why a repeat of the windfall tax episode next year is unlikely. So it's a question of taxes - businesses themselves must figure out what is going on.…
'Unified' G7 Hits Russia With New Sanctions
19.05 2023: As the G7 weighs how to collectively choke Russia's trade in diamonds — including high-tech methods of tracing — Britain announced its own ban on Russian diamonds. London said it was also targeting imports of aluminum,…
Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption Laws at the DOD
26.04 2023: Pentagon weighs sending Stryker combat vehicles to Ukraine,” Politico, January 9, 2023 . Regulations of the Office of Government Ethics designate various components of the Department of Defense as separate agencies for the purpose of…
…bp starts oil production at Argos platform in the Gulf of Mexico
14.04 2023: Standing 27 stories tall, the platform has a deck the length and width of an American football field and weighs more than 60,000 tons. Ewan Drummond, senior vice president, projects, production and operations,…
Venture Global hits construction milestone at Plaquemines LNG
28.02 2023: The roof weighs 900 tons and is 294 feet in diameter. Air raising allows for better and safer access as well as a faster construction schedule, as the roof can be erected concurrently with the shell.…
Russia Weighs Wartime Tax Increase – Report - The Moscow Times
08.02 2023: Russia could increase taxes for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine to help plug a hole in the state budget, independent media outlet The Bell reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the discussions.
Angola's Angosat-2 telecom sat put into orbit - Roscosmos
13.10 2022: The satellite, which weighs 1.7 tonnes, is built on the Express-1000N bus developed by ISS. Its expected lifespan is 15 years. The spacecraft is capable of providing telecommunications services to the entire African continent,…
Proton-M rocket puts Angolan telecom satellite into transfer orbit
12.10 2022: 1000N platform developed by Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev. The spacecraft weighs about 1.7 tonnes, and its planned service life is 15 years. It is supposed to be put into a geostationary orbit with an altitude of 36,…
Kurnik: A Wedding Dish for One Hen of a Bride - The Moscow Times
08.10 2022: This Ilyinsky kurnik weighs 3.8 kg. It is 28 cm in diameter 28 cm and 8 cm high. Made out of rye flour, the kurnik is stuffed with pieces of chicken, and the bread lid is either cut off around the perimeter or broken by hand.…
Russian RPG-Armed Robot Dog Revealed to Be Chinese Home Bot
16.08 2022: The M-81 showed off its moves on the exhibition floor armed with an RPG-26 anti-tank rocket launcher which weighs up to 3 kilograms when loaded and comes with an optical aiming device. The robotic dog was also disguised in a black cloth coverall,…
Russia's LV launched from Baikonur puts Iranian satellite into orbit Baikonur - Roscosmos
09.08 2022: The nanosatellite weighs only four kilograms. It is equipped with video cameras and electronic systems, which will enable children to monitor the environmental situation in the region from space. School pupils and university…
EU Weighs Ukraine Candidacy as Russia Inflicts ‘Hell’ in East
23.06 2022: Moscow's troops have been pummeling the Luhansk region for weeks.
We Are All Ukrainians Now
07.06 2022: Which of these the West chooses will depend above all on how it weighs the large and predictable costs of the first against the small and theoretical risks of nuclear escalation if it embarks on the second - a risk that Russia would not…