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August 16, 2019

Hero Russian pilot bestowed nation's highest medal for 'miracle' cornfield landing: 'It feels odd and I'm shy'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday awarded the nation's highest medal, the Hero of Russia, to the pilot who managed to smoothly land his disabled passenger plane in a cornfield after a flock of birds hit both engines and knocked them out.

August 16, 2019

Kimberley Strassel: Fusion, the 'collusion' puppeteer

The Justice Department is investigating how a former British intelligence agent, Christopher Steele, came to exert so much influence over the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s erroneous Trump-Russia collusion narrative. Let’s hope the department is also investigating an even more influential man who had even less business manipulating the government: Glenn Simpson, the head of opposition-research firm Fusion GPS.

August 15, 2019

Russian pilot hailed after 'miracle' landing of passenger jet following bird strike

A Russian airliner carrying 226 passengers made an emergency landing outside Moscow on Thursday after hitting a flock of birds during take-off, causing both engines to malfunction, according to the airline. 

August 14, 2019

Russia cancels evacuation after missile explosion, claims tests show radiation levels 'normal'

Russia's military appeared to do an about-face on Tuesday after telling residents of a village near a navy testing range to evacuate after a mysterious explosion, only to cancel the order hours later while adding to the uncertainty surrounding the incident as local officials claimed soil samples showed that radiation levels have not risen after the blast.

August 14, 2019

Russian police caught on camera punching female protester in stomach

Protests for free elections in Russia hit a climax this week after a video, which has since gone viral, appeared to show a police officer violently punching a female demonstrator in the stomach following what officials called the largest such gathering in eight years.

August 14, 2019

Russian fighter jet chases off NATO warplane approaching plane carrying Russian Defense Minister over neutral waters

A Russian fighter jet reportedly forced a NATO warplane away as it approached a plane carrying the Russian Defense Minister flying above neutral waters in the Baltic Sea, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

August 13, 2019

Radiation levels at Russian test site spiked up to 16 times above normal after explosion

A mysterious explosion in northern Russia caused radiation levels to spike up to 16 times above normal, the state weather agency said Tuesday amid reports that evacuations have been ordered in the village not far from the blast site and medics who treated the initial victims have been ordered back to Moscow.

August 13, 2019

Stunning image of rare volcanic lightning captured by German photographer: 'It was a scary moment'

A German photographer who traveled to a small Russian island in the hopes of capturing volcanic lighting — a rare but dazzling phenomenon —  seems to have gotten what he wished for. 

August 12, 2019

Russia's secret nuclear-powered cruise missile may have been factor in mysterious blast that killed at least 5

The mysterious explosion in northern Russia on Thursday that left at least five people dead and unleashed a radiation spike may have involved a secret, new nuclear-powered cruise missile touted by Russian President Vladimir Putin last year as a weapon that would render NATO's American-led missile defense system "useless."

August 10, 2019

Russia nuclear agency says 5 dead in missile test explosion

Russia's nuclear agency said Saturday that five of its employees were killed earlier this week when a rocket engine exploded during a missile test at a military base in the far northern Arkhangelsk region.