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A unique building that twists almost 90 full degrees has been named skyscraper of the year. Towering more than 1,500 feet above St. Petersburg, Russia, Lakhta Center has received Emporis’ 2020 Skyscraper Award, beating out more than 700 buildings under consideration. The real-estate data company named Zaha Hadid’s Leeza Soho in Beijing and 35 Hudson Yards … Read more
Russia’s ‘sausage king’ is tortured to death after being shot with a crossbow while relaxing in a sauna with his girlfriend Vladimir Marugov, 54, was tortured for an hour on a family estate near Moscow He had been relaxing in the sauna with girlfriend Sabina Gaziyeva, who escaped Marugov, who was going through a divorce, owned … Read more
Britain has carried a series of covert attacks on Russia’s leaders and their allies, the former cabinet secretary has disclosed. Lord Sedwill said the UK Government had launched cyber attacks to punish President Vladimir Putin and his senior allies. He said the aim of such actions had been to ‘impose a price greater than one they … Read more
Russia’s coronavirus death toll may actually be double official figures – 45,663 instead of 21,475 – the country’s Federal Statistics Service reveals Federal Statistics Service compiled data from all deaths attributed to Covid-19 It also included cases where virus had been listed as an ‘important condition’ FSS’ figure would put Russia’s death toll above UK’s, … Read more
Russia’s military might is at its greatest since the Cold War with its nuclear weaponry and air forces gaining particular strength, a report by a British think-tank says. A decade-long revamp has given the Kremlin a well-equipped military in a ‘high state of readiness’ with upgraded aircraft and a ‘high-technology’ army based on professional recruits … Read more
The American military threw cold water on Moscow’s claim its supersonic nuclear-capable strategic bomber broke a world record for longest flight. Over the weekend, Russian media reported that two Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’ bombers set ‘a world record for [the] longest non-stop flight’ on Saturday totaling more than 25 hours. ‘Two crews of the Long-Range Aviation have … Read more
Russia’s new Skyfall missile that will be able to fly around Earth for years and launch a nuclear strike at any moment, Britain’s defence intelligence chief has warned. The 9M730 Burevestnik missile, also known as Skyfall by Nato, has been linked to the deaths of at least five scientists in an accident in Nyonoksa, north eastern … Read more
If abandoned ghost villages are your thing, this Russian republic does a nice line in them. Nestled in the heart of Dagestan in southwestern Russia are several ancient settlements that have been completely deserted, with residents having fled to bigger towns and cities in search of better opportunities. One of the most impressive is the … Read more
A group of leading scientists have questioned the ‘highly improbable’ results of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine tests. The 19 scientists, who work at prominent universities across Europe and the US, have cosigned an open letter highlighting their concerns over a series of duplications in antibody response results from early-stage Sputnik V vaccine trials. Enrico Bucci, a … Read more
Russia is risking a ‘new Cold War’ if it tries to push its power base beyond its border, Nato’s secretary general has warned. Jens Stoltenberg said that Moscow’s recent behaviour and attempt to establish a new ‘sphere of influence … requires a response from Nato’. His remarks come days after the North Atlantic Council met … Read more