Russia’s nuclear-powered freighter will return to St. Petersburg without its captain Oleg Markov. The captain had to be evacuated to a hospital in Las Palmas, the capital of the Canary Islands, because of suspected meningitis. Image: Rosatom For the Russian...
CORRECTION: In our article about the COVID outbreaks among Russian Arctic peoples, we wrote that the author of the study listed a genetic predisposition as one of the reasons for a weaker immune system. This statement is incorrect and we have corrected the relevant...
The official logo of the Russian census makes a fresh impression. The Russian census has already begun in several regions of the Far East. From November 2, 2020 on, this will now take place in hard-to-reach areas. The census was originally scheduled for April 2020,...
When the sun’s radiation weakens in autumn and no strong winds disturb the water surface, the formation of Arctic sea ice begins. In the course of the ice formation, islands of pancake ice are formed. From this, ice floes continue to expand and form the pack...
To celebrate the new train, a lot of celebrities and residents of the city of Murmansk attended the festivities. (Foto: gov-murman.ru) On October 12, 2020, a ceremonial event was held to launch a new double-decker train connecting Murmansk to St. Petersburg, 1,450...