With the melting Kongsbreen glacier visible on the horizon, Ny-Ålesund at 79° North recorded a mean monthly temperature of ...

Russia has abruptly suspended operations at seven railway border crossings with Finland, Estonia and Latvia from the morning ...

The refurbished Soviet-era giant Admiral Nakhimov is set to become the world's most heavily armed surface warship, serving as ...

Today is the final day in the military court in Severomorsk. The judge heard the final arguments from both the prosecution ...

Work is now under way to deepen the central ventilation shaft, enabling ore extraction several hundred metres below current ...

Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers were intercepted by NATO F-35 fighter jets during a 16-hour mission over the Barents and ...

Roman Fyodorov previously commanded the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade and later the 61st Naval Infantry Brigade. He is ...

Thick black smoke blanketed parts of Moscow on Thursday morning after Ukrainian drones struck oil infrastructure in and around the Russian capital.

Yaroslav Melnik is one of several veterans with combat experience in Ukraine who are taking over key political positions on ...

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The advert promises prospective recruits a substantial one-off payment, debt relief, and “individual consideration” for both foreign nationals and those with criminal records. Patients visiting the ...

One week after Russia test-flew the nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile for 15 hours, Putin announced that the nuclear-powered underwater drone Poseidon has also been tested successfully. "For the ...