The operation took place overnight at the Kapustin Yar launch site in Russia's southeastern Astrakhan region on July 8, 2024.

Ukraine's defense forces destroyed an Oreshnik intercontinental ballistic missile at the Kapustin Yar test site in the ...

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Vladimir Savin, a resident of Astrakhan, to 15 years in prison for ...

On the night of Monday, February 3, the Volgograd oil refinery and Astrakhan gas processing plant in Russia were attacked by ...

A new direct round-trip flight route between Rasht, Iran, and Astrakhan, Russia, was inaugurated on Sunday morning and will ...

This week, Russian Life takes you to the Volga Delta near Astrakhan, where Europe’s largest river flows into the Caspian Sea. This unique environment makes the region a fisherman’s dream. Far from the ...

The Russian authorities have arrested three individuals in Moscow who are believed to be the creators and operators of the ...

In our latest installment on pandemic travel in Russia, our contributor is enthralled by the diversity and hidden gems he found in the southern Russian city by the Volga River. When we entered the ATR ...

Russian police have arrested "three young IT specialists" in Moscow, charging them with developing and selling the notorious ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed a desire to travel to Astrakhan when he visits Russia later this month for the annual summit with President Vladimir Putin. Prime Minister Narendra ...

OLEG SHEIN may appear gaunt and wobbly, but his voice is buoyant. Since March 16th Mr Shein, along with several supporters, has been on hunger strike. They are protesting against an alleged fraud that ...

JUST below the city of Tsaritsyn the Volga seems to rebound suddenly from the precipitous cliff of its right bank; for thenceforward, diverging in a south-easterly direction, it goes wandering on in a ...