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Historic Prisoner Swap Frees Americans Held in Russia After Years-Long, Multi-Nation Diplomacy
Just before midnight on Thursday evening, a plane touched down in the US and several Americans got to embrace their families, after they were...
Priceless Video Shows US-Russian Group Hug in Microgravity When Astronauts Arrive at the ISS
NASA's Crew-8 spacecraft recently docked with the International Space Station on its mission to deposit three US astronauts for a sixth-month stay, and their...
Teen Hailed as ‘Hero of Ukraine’ For Using His Drone to Pinpoint Russian Convoy Headed Toward Capital
A teenager used his very own drone to spot a Russian convoy approaching his town, providing real-time positional information which allowed Ukrainian artillery to...
Birdwatchers Flock to See Rare 8-ft Raptor After Huge Russian Eagle Takes Detour into Maine
The Steller's sea eagle. It’s ripped, royal, and rare. To see the world's heaviest eagle, with its eight-foot wingspan, an American would normally have...
65 Cats Are Treated Like Favored Guests at the World Renown Hermitage Museum in Russia
Like the building itself, the cats which roam freely around the basement of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg have endured through changing fortunes.
Originally brought...
Russians Beat Tom Cruise to Filming First Movie in Space with 15 Days of Shooting Aboard the ISS
Russia has a history of beating us Yankees into space, and along with being the first to send a dog, man, and woman into...
The World Achieves its Target to Protect More Land, Adding 42%—the Size of Russia—in Last Decade
Since 2010, over 8.1 million square miles have been added to the world’s network of national parks and conservation areas, an area greater than...
Mountains of Garbage in Russia are Being Turned into Fashionable Accessories
A Russian fashion brand is trying to tackle St. Petersburg's mountains of garbage by creating an entire supply chain out of them.
Sifting through the...
Toxic Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Fell Across India, Russia, and China Last Year–Dropping 6% Globally
Containing a large chunk of the total world population, the people of China, India, Russia, and the United States have all helped and worked...
Wild Persian Leopards Make a Roaring Comeback in Russia’s Mountains
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
A pair of Persian leopards, a species that numbers...
First Ever Perfectly-Preserved Extinct Ice Age Cave Bear Discovered by Reindeer Herders in the Russian Arctic
In a first-of-its-kind discovery, reindeer herders in the frozen tundra of the Russian Arctic find the “mummified” remains of an Ice Age cave bear.
Discovered...
Russia Sends Cargo Plane of Medical Supplies to US: ‘There is no alternative to working together’
Russia is sending its largest cargo plane carrying face masks, gowns, and medical supplies to US to help the country fight the COVID-19 pandemic
Russian Boy Paints Stunning Pet Portraits in Exchange for Donations to Local Animal Shelters
Since Pavel Abramov began his labor of love a year and a half ago, he has painted hundreds of portraits for pets around the world.
Hope on Horizon for Escaped ‘Russian Spy Whale‘ After Video of Its Rugby Skills Goes Viral
Since this video of Hvaldimir the beluga whale went viral last week, people are now rallying to help relocate the lonely cetacean to safer waters.
Watch Beluga Whale (Accused of Being a Russian Spy) Assist Woman Who Dropped Her Phone in the Sea
Even though it has been accused of being an alleged Russian spy, this beluga whale has proven itself to be very polite in international waters.
When Two Dogs Became Trapped in Ice, the Perfect Russian Rescuer Happened to Be Walking By (WATCH)
When two Labradors fell through the surface of an icy reservoir earlier this week, they were lucky that a Russian free diver was walking by.
People Are Not Their Politics: As I Visited Russia, I Found We Have More in Common Than We Think
Current events have thrust two of the world’s superpowers into a period of mistrust, political animosity, and paranoia, with every new revelation leading to...
Tribute to the Russian Who Once Single-handedly Averted a Global Nuclear War (1939–2017)
The Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov who single-handedly averted a worldwide nuclear war when he chose to believe his intuition instead of the computer...
Once Extinct in Japan, Stork Population Soars to 100 After Gift From Russia
Once wiped out in Japan, this species of stork is slowly – but surely – returning to the skies, thanks to regional conservation biologists.
Officials...
Russian Scientists Have Successfully Slowed Down the Aging Process
A group of Russian and Swedish scientists have just published a breakthrough paper, explaining how they successfully slowed down the aging process in a...