Support The Moscow Times!Contribute todayMy accountSignout×Contribute todayUpdated:Because the Volga's banks are elevated in this area, the spring meltwaters and rainfall from the hills inevitably carry the dangerous chemicals into the river.“If you stand above this Beloye Morye, you can see how these little white whirls rise above it and drift toward the nearby residential area,” Vasilyeva said. “If this stuff washes away into the Volga, it will be a big problem for everyone.”Read more about:Environment,Industry,VolgogradThe alarming rates of water level decline will threaten people,...…Support The Moscow Times!Contribute todayMy accountSignout×Contribute todayUpdated:Because the Volga's banks are elevated in this area, the spring meltwaters and rainfall from the hills inevitably carry the dangerous chemicals into the river.“If you stand above this Beloye Morye, you can see how these little white whirls rise above it and drift toward the nearby residential area,” Vasilyeva said. “If this stuff washes away into the Volga, it will be a big problem for everyone.”Read more about:Environment,Industry,VolgogradThe alarming rates of water level decline will threaten people,...WW…

Support The Moscow Times!Contribute todayMy accountSignout×Contribute todayUpdated:Updated with Peskov's remarks.Read more about:Nuclear arms,State DumaDuma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said capital punishment is "especially relevant in wartime conditions."Slutsky promised to “modify” the party’s political strategy ahead of local elections in September.A live video feed of the lower-house State Duma session showed a unanimous vote in favor of the agreements, followed by a standing ovation.Dmitry Peskov: "We would have been deprived from the deterrent factor."…Support The Moscow Times!Contribute todayMy accountSignout×Contribute todayUpdated:Updated with Peskov's remarks.Read more about:Nuclear arms,State DumaDuma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said capital punishment is "especially relevant in wartime conditions."Slutsky promised to “modify” the party’s political strategy ahead of local elections in September.A live video feed of the lower-house State Duma session showed a unanimous vote in favor of the agreements, followed by a standing ovation.Dmitry Peskov: "We would have been deprived from the deterrent factor."WW…

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Support The Moscow Times!×Updated:Here’s a look at the events as they happened:10:28 p.m.:10:20 p.m.: 9:55 p.m.: Many organizations have started to publish estimates of attendance. Navalny’s team have claimed 60,000 people attended the protest in Moscow, while Open Media 25,000 were on Moscow’s central Tverskaya street alone. Russia’s Interior Ministry earlier estimated turnout at 6,000 in Moscow and 4,500 in St. Petersburg, while the Ekho Moskvy radio station said there were 10,000-15,000 in Moscow and 7,000-9,000 in St. Petersburg. “It is impossible to count accurately, people...…Support The Moscow Times!×Updated:Here’s a look at the events as they happened:10:28 p.m.:10:20 p.m.: 9:55 p.m.: Many organizations have started to publish estimates of attendance. Navalny’s team have claimed 60,000 people attended the protest in Moscow, while Open Media 25,000 were on Moscow’s central Tverskaya street alone. Russia’s Interior Ministry earlier estimated turnout at 6,000 in Moscow and 4,500 in St. Petersburg, while the Ekho Moskvy radio station said there were 10,000-15,000 in Moscow and 7,000-9,000 in St. Petersburg. “It is impossible to count accurately, people...WW…

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Support The Moscow Times!Contribute todayMy accountSignout×Contribute todayMoscow has invested heavily in the Northern Sea Route as the Arctic warms disproportionately faster than the rest of the world and opens the strategic shipping route connecting Europe and Asia to year-round navigation.Read more about:Trade,Arctic,KaliningradRussian researchers say they are seeing fewer malnourished polar bears despite shrinking Arctic ice pushing the animals further south.A Russian commercial vessel has sailed the Northern Sea Route in February for the first time ever, with multi-year-old ice no...…Support The Moscow Times!Contribute todayMy accountSignout×Contribute todayMoscow has invested heavily in the Northern Sea Route as the Arctic warms disproportionately faster than the rest of the world and opens the strategic shipping route connecting Europe and Asia to year-round navigation.Read more about:Trade,Arctic,KaliningradRussian researchers say they are seeing fewer malnourished polar bears despite shrinking Arctic ice pushing the animals further south.A Russian commercial vessel has sailed the Northern Sea Route in February for the first time ever, with multi-year-old ice no...WW…