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Jan 2, 2020 00:45
A helium balloon traveled more than 2,500km by air from a tiny Austrian town to a mountainous village in Russia’s North Caucasus, prompting one of this year’s most amazing Christmas stories.
- New Year holidays TERRORIST ATTACK in St. Petersburg averted after US tip-off: FSB releases VIDEO of suspects’ arrest
The FSB released footage showing two terrorist suspects being detained by operatives in St. Petersburg. The pair have been plotting high-profile attacks over the New Year holidays in Russia’s second-largest city.Dec 30, 2019 08:43 - Jumping into 2020? Two Siberian men use PARACHUTES to leap out of high-rise apartment (VIDEO)A couple of thrill-seekers in the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk apparently grew so bored at a New Year's party that they decided to leave it by literally making a parachute jump out of the apartment block.Jan 2, 2020 16:58
- CHILLING VIDEO captures snow-covered passengers traveling on Russian bus with broken vent windowMuscovites have been complaining about a lack of snow this winter, but people in other regions of Russia have experienced no such shortage. Commuters in Norilsk even got caught in a blizzard while traveling inside a bus.Dec 31, 2019 14:32
- Orbiting toward 2020: New Year tree launched in zero-g aboard International Space StationThe crew of the ISS is fully geared for a New Year’s party. The walls of the station, orbiting the Earth at an altitude of over 400km, have been decorated and an adorned fir tree sent flying between the modules.Dec 30, 2019 15:10
- Finally got the ‘Witcher’ song out of your head? This Russian folk chorus will make you sing it again (VIDEO)Netflix’s new fantasy epic may have met with a mixed response from critics, but the song ‘Toss a Coin to Your Witcher’ proved to be a real earworm, and the Russian-language version has inspired an unusual cover.Jan 4, 2020 09:27
- Jumping into 2020? Two Siberian men use PARACHUTES to leap out of high-rise apartment (VIDEO)A couple of thrill-seekers in the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk apparently grew so bored at a New Year's party that they decided to leave it by literally making a parachute jump out of the apartment block.Jan 2, 2020 16:58
- Balloon with Austrian girl’s Christmas wishes miraculously lands in Russian villager’s yard & he proves Santa is realA helium balloon traveled more than 2,500km by air from a tiny Austrian town to a mountainous village in Russia’s North Caucasus, prompting one of this year’s most amazing Christmas stories.Jan 2, 2020 00:45
- CHILLING VIDEO captures snow-covered passengers traveling on Russian bus with broken vent windowMuscovites have been complaining about a lack of snow this winter, but people in other regions of Russia have experienced no such shortage. Commuters in Norilsk even got caught in a blizzard while traveling inside a bus.Dec 31, 2019 14:32
- From Blackjack bomber to 'Soviet Concorde': Legendary Russian planes left behind by Tupolev's late chief designerBuilt to keep up pace with the US and boost the USSR's booming airlines, his planes were a true engineering marvel of the time. We recall the most iconic jets designed by Valentin Bliznyuk, who has died at 91.Dec 31, 2019 11:43
- Orbiting toward 2020: New Year tree launched in zero-g aboard International Space StationThe crew of the ISS is fully geared for a New Year’s party. The walls of the station, orbiting the Earth at an altitude of over 400km, have been decorated and an adorned fir tree sent flying between the modules.Dec 30, 2019 15:10
- New Year holidays TERRORIST ATTACK in St. Petersburg averted after US tip-off: FSB releases VIDEO of suspects’ arrestThe FSB released footage showing two terrorist suspects being detained by operatives in St. Petersburg. The pair have been plotting high-profile attacks over the New Year holidays in Russia’s second-largest city.Dec 30, 2019 08:43
- Russian security forces prevent New Year terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg based on US tip-offTwo people, who planned to stage terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg during the New Year holidays, have been detained by Russia’s security services. The arrests were made after a tip-off from US intelligence agencies.Dec 29, 2019 17:32
- What -50°C looks like: WATCH steaming noodles frozen IN THE AIR by Siberia's sub-zero temperaturesHow cold are Siberian winters? A video demonstration shows how frigid temperatures in Yakutsk can stiffen a piping hot bowl of noodles within minutes – leaving a frozen mass that can even support the weight of a fork.Dec 29, 2019 11:14
- Ride’s too hot? Stolen STALIN LIMO found in Moscow day after the heistA luxurious, heavily-armored limousine that purportedly carried around Joseph Stalin himself was reportedly found stashed in a garage in Moscow. The armored vehicle is estimated to be worth $2.8 million.Dec 28, 2019 14:56
- ARTIFICIAL snow and Christmas trees in pots – did you ever imagine Russian winter holidays looking like THIS?As a snowless Moscow winter defies the image of the traditional Russian-style holiday season, piles of artificial snow have been brought to a central park in a last-ditch effort to raise local citizens' spirits.Dec 28, 2019 13:18
- Stalin’s limo, worth $2.8 million, was stolen in Moscow by crew of 6 with tow truckAn antique ZIS-115 car – a heavily armored limousine that purportedly carried around Joseph Stalin himself – has been stolen in Moscow. The missing vehicle is estimated to be worth around $2.8 million.Dec 27, 2019 15:43
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