As of today: February 5, 1852 – The Hermitage Museum opens its gates in St. Petersburg
On February 5, 1852, one of the most prominent cultural institutions in…
On This Day: January 2, 1905 – The Russian garrison of Port Arthur surrenders to the Japanese
In the decade of 1890 Russia experienced an unprecedented economic boom. For…
On This Day: December 21, 1919 – Emma Goldman is deported to Soviet Russia
OR Emma Goldman was born on June 27, 1869 in the Jewish…
Finally Viber in Russia
The app was blocked in the country by order of the telecoms…
New AI lab for British spy agency to tackle Russia’s cyberwarfare
"Putin will not succeed in his attempt to weaken support for Ukraine,"…
On This Day: November 16, 1849 – Dostoyevsky is sentenced to death
The famous Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky he was born into a…
On This Day: October 22, 1721 – Founding of the Russian Empire
On October 22, 1721, Tsar Peter I of of Russiaknown as Peter…
Meta has banned Russian state media from its platforms
The ironic response of the Kremlin The American company meta, which owns…
Ukraine bans military and officials from using Telegram
The order from Kiev was given for security reasons The National Security…
Soaring demand for pre-orders of the new iPhone in Russia even though it is… hot
Moscow manages to get them from other countries where there is no…