Enlarge / Roscosmos Head Dmitry Rogozin is seen before Russia-China talks at the Moscow Kremlin. (credit: Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images) Nearly four years have passed since Dmitry Rogozin became director general of Roscosmos, the state-run corporation that manages the country’s human and civil spaceflight programs, rocket production, and space technology development. Roscosmos is a […]
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Enlarge / Servicemen of Russia’s Eastern Military District units attend a welcoming ceremony as they arrive in Belarus to take part within joint military exercises. Russia’s army is combining its own means of transport with train travel. (credit: Getty Images) Hacktivists in Belarus said on Monday they had infected the network of the country’s state-run […]
Enlarge / Russian mobile phone networks could be severely hampered if mooted US tech sanctions go into effect. (credit: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg) The US is considering restricting the flow of semiconductors into Russia to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine. The move would prevent the Russian military and much of the nation’s economy from […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] This is absolutely horrifying… On Wednesday, a mother’s children watched in horror as she was swept away by a powerful current after jumping into the frozen Oredezh River to mark the Orthodox Epiphany near St . Petersburg, Russia. In case you didn’t know, Daily Mail reports that some people believe that […]
Enlarge / A Russian 3-stage Proton rocket blasts into the sky in 2000. (credit: NASA) Russia’s main space corporation, Roscosmos, said it is in the process of building four more Proton rockets before it shuts down production of the venerable booster. In a news release , Roscosmos stated the four rockets are on an assembly […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Over the past few months, geopolitical tensions have escalated as Russia amassed tens of thousands of troops along Ukraine’s border and made subtle but far-reaching threats if Ukraine and NATO don’t agree to Kremlin demands. Now, a similar dispute is playing out in cyber arenas, as unknown hackers late last week […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Russian law enforcement authorities said on Friday that they have arrested 14 people associated with REvil, a top ransomware group that has disrupted critical operations of wealthy targets and held their data hostage. The action, carried out by Russia’s FSB, the successor agency to the particular KGB, is a rare […]
Enlarge / An Angara A5 rocket launches in December 2020 on its second test flight. (credit: Russian Ministry of Defense) The Russian space program has spent more than two decades developing the Angara family of rockets, and government officials have expressed high hopes for the Angara A5 heavy lift variant. It is hoped that the […]
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A Russian man proudly admitted to authorities he was a cannibal after a decapitated body fell out of his car during a crash. Yegor Komarov (above) drew global attention this week after his court appearance was leaked online, which showed him nonchalantly giving off some serious Hannibal Lecter vibes as he […]