VTB, whose application was removed from the AppStore and Google Play after the sanctions were imposed, is launching an online bank in the Telegram messenger. The new digital bank will be created on the basis of the existing VTB chatbot in Telegram. The service will be available to owners of smartphones of all operating systems.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia believes that Russia’s defeat in the current conditions can lead to disastrous consequences for all mankind, in case some “crazy people” try to defeat “strong Russians” who have never experienced a fall. “Today there are very big threats to the world, to our country, and to the entire
On Tuesday night, January 17, Philadelphia Flyers’ player of the Russian origin, Ivan Provorov, refused to wear a gay pride warm-up jersey on the team’s Pride Night, citing religious beliefs. For the pregame skate, the “Philadelphia Flyers” wore Pride-themed jerseys displaying names and numbers in rainbow colors and wrapped their sticks in rainbow tape. The “Flyers”
Ex-head of the now-banned Ukrainian party “Opposition Platform – For Life”, Viktor Medvedchuk, first time wrote an article for the Russian media after arriving in Russia from Ukraine as a result of an exchange of detained persons. As reminded, on April 12, 2022, President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced the detention and arrest of Medvedchuk
Tennis Australia has banned fans from bringing Russian and Belarusian flags to the stands of the “Australian Open” due to complaints from Ukrainian fans. The organizers of the “Australian Open” reminded that initially fans from Russia and Belarus could bring flags, but they were forbidden to wave them so as not to cause interference for
Sberbank has started operating in the Crimea with its first ATMs have already been installed on the peninsula, as reported by the press service of the institution on January 18, 2023. “Sberbank has formed a team and is starting to operate on the Crimean Peninsula. The first ATMs of the bank have already been installed
The head of Yakutia, Aisen Nikolaev, plunged into the Baptismal font on the Lena River in Yakutsk, where on Wednesday, January 18, the air temperature dropped to minus 53 degrees Celsius. In recent years, Baptismal bathing has been organized in the republic. The only exception was in 2021, when the Yakut diocese did not consecrate
Russian tennis player, Veronika Kudermetova, has won a ticket to the second round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne. The first round has also been overcome by Lyudmila Samsonova. In the opening round of the competition, Veronika Kudermetova defeated the representative of Belgium Maryna Zanevska with a score of 6:2, 7:6 (7:4).
Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, held a meeting on increasing the number of Armed Forces to 1.5 million military personnel as part of his work in the joint Special Military Operation (SVO). The meeting was attended by Deputy Defense Ministers, Commanders-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Russia, and commanders on the implementation of the decision
The period of participation of conscripts, contractors, and volunteers in the Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine will be counted in their insurance record in double the amount, as it follows from the government decree. “The government has approved aresolution on the calculation of insurance experience for mobilized, contract workers, volunteers. The period of participation
In the opening matches of the first round of the Australian Open, two representatives of Russia out of four passed. Diana Schneider, an 18-year-old debutante of the Grand Slam tournaments, will continue her performance, as well as a 26-year-old Karen Khachanov. As specified, Khachanov defeated a Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles with a score 7:6 (7:3),
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Yevgeny Ivanov, in a special interview with TASS, named the countries with which Russia plans to conclude agreements on visa-free travel and explained how a foreigner can now get a Russian visa. Against the background of artificially inflated Russophobic hysteria, which was launched immediately after the start of
Finland could donate a small number of German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if a wider group of European nations also decided to do so, Finnish President, Sauli Niinisto, said. Kiev has requested heavy military vehicles such as the Leopard 2, which would represent a significant step-up in Western support after the start of the
