Russia ‘tries to steal coronavirus vaccine’: US, UK and Canada accuse Moscow of sanctioning a wave of ‘despicable’ cyber raids on companies and universities involved in crucial research Western allies issue bombshell joint statement accusing Russia of cyber attacks UK, US and Canada claim Russia is trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research Security chiefs believe … Read more
Epic mountains, a mist-shrouded Manhattan Bridge and fighting stallions: The jaw-dropping images that have wowed the judges in an annual photography contest The images have been submitted to the Moscow International Foto Awards, which is in its seventh year The contest has been flooded with entries from photographers in more than 100 countries Incredible entries … Read more
Alligator called Saturn who survived World War Two in Berlin and was wrongly rumoured to have belonged to Adolf Hitler dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 Saturn the alligator survived the battle of Berlin and was taken to Moscow Zoo Saturn, 84, has died, surviving past the 75th anniversary of Hitler’s defeat Russian writer Boris … Read more
A large airplane carrying 448 people was seconds away from disaster as the crew believed the plane was higher than it actually was, narrowly avoiding crashing into a Moscow suburb. The crew of an Emirates Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger airliners, descended far below the intended flight path after mistakenly believing that the plane … Read more
Distressing new footage has emerged of passengers fleeing from an inferno jet as the Russian authorities today charged the plane’s captain with negligence after it was hit by lightning. Forty-one people died in the blaze after the Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash landed at Sheremetyevo, Moscow’s business international airport. A video that forms part of … Read more
Russia has reported 2,558 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, its highest daily rise yet. The country has 18,328 cases with 148 deaths from the bug so far, an overnight rise of 18. Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak, is under strict lockdown after 10,158 cases and 72 deaths were reported in the city alone. Residents … Read more
Senior church mystic close to Putin flies over Moscow in business jet to perform a blessing ‘to protect Russian from coronavirus’ Orthodox elder Iliy Nozdrin flew above Moscow and St Petersburg to bless cities He was seen flying alongside another prominent priest with icons and a cross The trip in an executive jet was designed to … Read more
Russia’s coronavirus tally rises above 10,000 with Moscow at its epicentre as Putin brings in strict punishments for breaking lockdown Nation saw a record one-day rise in cases and a death toll increase from 13 to 76 It is now illegal to break lockdown with punishment of up to seven years in prison Spreading misinformation … Read more
‘Keep pushing the nose down, bank to the left a little, now keep straight, keep straight, keep straight!’ Crash. It’s my first time attempting to land a plane and I’ve just clipped the top of some trees before the view out of the windscreen goes totally blank. MailOnline Travel’s Jennifer Newton is shown the ropes … Read more
Moscow enters lockdown: Streets are empty as Putin closes non-essential shops after Russian capital is hit by more than 1,000 cases Moscow’s sudden lockdown was announced by the city’s mayor on Sunday night It coincides with the start of a ‘non-working week’ declared by Vladimir Putin The capital has more than 1,000 infections out of … Read more