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In August 2007, Russia Today became the first television channel to report live from the North Pole (with the report lasting five minutes and 41 seconds). An RT crew participated in the Arktika 2007 Russian polar expedition, led by Artur Chilingarov on the Akademik Fyodorov icebreaker .
Moscow [a] is the capital and largest city of Russia.The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, [6] over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, [7] and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. [14]
It was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow (or Muscovy) and then the Tsardom of Russia until the capital was moved to Saint Petersburg by Peter the Great. Moscow was the capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918, which then became the Soviet Union (1922 to 1991), and since 1991 has served as capital of the ...
Drones have struck both capital cities in the Russia Ukraine war after the conflict reached Moscow. Vladimir Putin reacted after Moscow was hit with a drone attack for the first time since the war ...
Watch live as Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference on Tuesday, 14 January, as Moscow officials and media report that multiple regions in the country came under a major ...
A building in central Moscow has been damaged in a drone attack in the early hours today, causing a “powerful explosion” heard across the business district of the Russian capital. Moscow mayor ...
1520 – Moscow said to contain "45,000 houses and 100,000 inhabitants". [1] 1524/5 – Novodevichy Convent constructed. [1] 1533 – Ivan the Terrible becomes Grand Prince of Moscow. [2] 1547 City becomes capital of the grand duchy of Russia. [6] Fire. [3] 1555 – Muscovy Trading Company of England active. 1560 – Saint Basil's Cathedral ...
The video released by Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday, however, showed Black Sea Fleet commander Sokolov appearing on a video conference call with Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu. It ...