Russia is building up its military in a remote Arctic airbase prime with missiles, radar and a runway as the Kremlin seeks to assert its dominance in the disputed oil-rich area which it declared this week it ‘our land’. The Nagurskoye airbase in the Franz Josef Land archipelago was built in the 1950s as a … Read more
‘That’s not training, it’s beating’: Horror as trainer is caught on camera slapping and kicking two beluga whales after they failed to kiss him for a stunt Trainer Dmitry Bachinsky, 32, caught hitting animals at aquarium in Vladivostok Footage shows Bachinsky training whales Nil and Lear to kiss him during a stunt When belugas refuse, … Read more
‘That’s not training, it’s beating’: Horror as trainer is caught on camera slapping and kicking two beluga whales after they failed to kiss him for a stunt Trainer Dmitry Bachinsky, 32, caught hitting animals at aquarium in Vladivostok Footage shows Bachinsky training whales Nil and Lear to kiss him during a stunt When belugas refuse, … Read more
Small amounts of Neanderthal DNA discovered in the dust of Spanish and Russian caves could give researchers new insight into how our early ancestors lived. The 100,000-year-old discoveries were made in three different spots: the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range … Read more
Small amounts of Neanderthal DNA discovered in the dust of Spanish and Russian caves could give researchers new insight into how our early ancestors lived. The 100,000-year-old discoveries were made in three different spots: the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range … Read more
Russia is ‘constantly tracking’ a British warship on patrol in the flashpoint Black Sea, the defence ministry in Moscow has announced. HMS Trent sailed through the Dardanelles and Bosporus on Sunday amid high tension over the Kremlin’s intentions in eastern Ukraine. Despite planning to track the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel’s every move, it posed … Read more
Russia is ‘constantly tracking’ a British warship on patrol in the flashpoint Black Sea, the defence ministry in Moscow has announced. HMS Trent sailed through the Dardanelles and Bosporus on Sunday amid high tension over the Kremlin’s intentions in eastern Ukraine. Despite planning to track the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel’s every move, it posed … Read more
Russian children carry toy guns and sing war songs about being ‘merciless to the enemy’ and ‘dying for the Motherland’ at primary school parade Schoolchildren as young as nine were filmed parading in military uniforms Footage was captured in industrial city of Elektrostal, which lies east of Moscow Vladimir Putin’s security official called for boost … Read more
Russian children carry toy guns and sing war songs about being ‘merciless to the enemy’ and ‘dying for the Motherland’ at primary school parade Schoolchildren as young as nine were filmed parading in military uniforms Footage was captured in industrial city of Elektrostal, which lies east of Moscow Vladimir Putin’s security official called for boost … Read more
A Russian actress has been chosen to star in an ambitious project which will be the first feature film made in space. Yulia Peresild, 36, will be sent to the International Space Station in October, Russia’s space agency said on Thursday. With her, will be director Klim Shipenko. Both will undergo special training including tests … Read more