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Russia says that it has an operational hypersonic weapon — the world's first — and plans to mount it on an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Russia Becomes First Nation with an Operational Hypersonic Weapon

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

By Dan Robitzski

A Russian YouTube channel built a knock-off version of Tesla's Cybertruck and then drove it around the streets of Moscow.

Russians Troll Elon Musk With Knockoff Cybertruck

By Kristin Houser

Russia is pouring big money into quantum research in a bid to catch up to other world leaders' quantum computer programs.

Quantum Physics

Russia Desperately Wants a Quantum Computer

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is launching a center devoted to monitoring meteors, comets, and asteroids to ensure they don't collide with Earth.

Science & Energy

Russia Is Working on Its Own Plan to Blow up Killer Asteroids

By Kristin Houser

The Russian government confirmed it will replace Wikipedia with an online version of the "Great Russian Encyclopedia," Reuters reports.

Russia Says It Will Replace Wikipedia With State-Run Site

By Victor Tangermann

Roscosmos announced plans to build an observatory on its planned Moon base so that it can better spot potentially dangerous asteroids approaching Earth.

Science & Energy

Russia Wants to Build an Observatory on the Moon

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Development Agency is seeking over $11 billion to deploy up to 1,200 low-orbit satellites to monitor next-generation hypersonic missiles.

The US Plans to Track Hypersonic Missiles With 1,200 Satellites

By Victor Tangermann

In what's perhaps one of the most frivolous lawsuits in recent memory, a Russian man is suing Apple for having his iPhone drive him to homosexuality.

A Russian Man Is Suing Apple for “Turning Him Gay”

By Victor Tangermann

A nuclear engineer in Russia was just fined $7,000 for using his top-secret lab's supercomputer to illegally mine Bitcoin at work.

Science & Energy

Russia Punishes Guy Who Mined Bitcoin at Top-Secret Nuclear Lab

By Dan Robitzski

The video uploaded by the Russia Defense Ministry shows the unusual combat drone aircraft take off next to a Russian S-57 advanced combat jet.

Watch Russia’s Combat Drone Fly Next to a Fighter Jet

By Victor Tangermann

A new simulation by researchers at Princeton University paints a terrifying picture of what a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia might look like.

This Video Shows Horrifying Devastation of US-Russia Nuclear War

By Victor Tangermann

A critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin used a drone to fly his electronics out of his high-rise apartment prior to a police raid on his home.

Putin Critic Uses Drone to Save Hard Drives Before Police Raid

By Kristin Houser

People from the Russian town Kiselyovsk want to gain entry to Canada as environmental refugees. Coal mining operations in their town have made it unlivable.

Residents Are Trying to Flee Russian Town Where Snow Turned Black

By Dan Robitzski

A state-owned communications watchdog in Russia claims that Google, Facebook, and YouTube interfered with a local election by allowing political ads.

Russia Accuses Facebook of Meddling In Its Election. Seriously.

By Victor Tangermann

After a failed docking attempt over the weekend, Russia's humanoid robot Fedor is now on board the International Space Station.

Russia Just Sent a Gun-Toting, Spacewalking Robot to the ISS

By Dan Robitzski

A life-sized humanoid robot named Fedor began its journey from Russia to the International Space Station on Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket.

Russia Just Sent Its First Robot to Space

By Kristin Houser

If the U.S. and Russian engaged in nuclear war, it would plunge the Earth into a nuclear winter, with tempteratures plummeting and soot blocking the Sun.

This Is What Would Happen if the US and Russia Nuked Each Other

By Kristin Houser

Russia is sending a semi-autonomous, gun-savvy robot to the International Space Station next Thursday. They hope the Russian bot will help build Moon bases.

Russia’s Gun-Shooting Robot Is Heading to the Space Station

By Dan Robitzski

A Tesla Model 3 exploded into flames on the side of Moscow's Ring Road highway after colliding with a stationary tow truck.

Watch a Tesla Model 3 Explode on the Side of a Russian Highway

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's massive floating nuclear power plant is destined to make its way across the Arctic Ocean to supply electricity to a remote eastern region.

Russia Is Floating a Nuclear Power Plant Across the Arctic

By Victor Tangermann

A Russian rocket engine exploded during a military test on Thurday, killing two people and causing a slight radiation spike in a nearby town.

Science & Energy

A Russian Rocket Exploded, Causing a Radiation Spike

By Kristin Houser

Russia's Ministry of Defense just released the first footage of its Sukhoi-S70 Okhotnik-B (Hunter-B) unmanned combat air vehicle taking flight on August 3.

Russia’s Top Secret Heavy Strike Stealth Drone Takes Flight

By Victor Tangermann

The massive radiation leak that plumed over Eastern Europe in 2017 was just definitively traced back to a Russian nuclear facility.

Did Russia Cover Up a Radiation Leak 100x Worse Than Fukushima?

By Dan Robitzski

A team of hackers stole 7.5 terabytes of information from a company working for Russian intelligence, revealing a number of troubling projects.

Science & Energy

A Russian Intelligence Contractor Just Got Hacked

By Dan Robitzski

Clergy within the Russian Orthodox Church want to end the practice of blessing Russia's nuclear weapons, but others are happy to frame nukes as holy.

The Russian Orthodox Church May Stop Blessing Nuclear Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

Last week, a Russian nuclear sub caught fire, killing 14. Now, a Russian Navy official says that the deceased crew averted a "planetary catastrophe."

Russia: Dead Nuclear Sub Somehow Avoided “Planetary Catastrophe”

By Dan Robitzski

A Russian sub caught fire on Monday, killing 14 sailors — and Russia won't say what kind of sub it was or what it was doing near the ocean floor.

Advanced Transport

Russian Sub That Caught Fire Possibly Sent to Cut Internet Cables

By Kristin Houser

Russia's defense minister recently announced that the country has begun combat tests for both lasers and hypersonic weaponry.

Russian Military Actively Testing Lasers, Hypersonic Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

State-owned media network Russia Today reports that the head of Russian space agency Roscomos Dmitry Rogozin has no interest in hiring SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Russian Space Chief: We Would Never Hire Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

Russian Tinder users could now having their sexts or explicit pictures turned over to the nation's government upon request.

Russia Demands Tinder Turn Over Users’ Sexts, Pics

By Kristin Houser

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

Putin: Russian Military Has “Science Fiction” Laser Weapons

By Jon Christian

The accused "Russian spy whale" might actually have once served as a "therapy whale," according to a man who thinks he's seen the animal before.

A Man Is Now Claiming He Recognizes the “Russian Spy Whale”

By Kristin Houser

A suspected Russian spy whale has made itself a fixture of a Norwegian port community, fetching rings for locals and even letting them pet its nose.

The Suspected Russian Spy Whale Is Acting Weird

By Kristin Houser

Russian president Vladimir Putin officially signed a bill into law yesterday that would require the country's internet to disconnect from foreign servers.

Putin Signs Bill to Create Tightly-Controlled “Russian Internet”

By Victor Tangermann

The group of fishermen in Norway found a whale wearing a strange harness with the words "Equipment of St. Petersburg" written on its strap.

Whale Suspected of Being a Russian Weapon Found in Norway

By Kristin Houser

Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is an actor who campaigned entirely online, using YouTube and Instagram to connect with voters.

The New President of Ukraine Only Campaigned Online

By Kristin Houser

Russia's new counter-drone technology is a low-cost drone that acts like a battering ram, knocking hostile quadcopters out of the sky.

Russia Built a Battering Ram Drone to Knock Drones out of the Sky

By Dan Robitzski

A recent report shows that amateur Russian hackers infiltrated the finance offices of several U.S. embassies around the world.

Science & Energy

Rogue Russian Hackers Are Attacking US Embassies

By Dan Robitzski

The Mueller Report, heavily redacted, describes a number of high-tech Russian operations designed to undermine and sway the 2016 Presidential election.

The Mueller Report Confirms We’re Living in a Cyberpunk Dystopia

By Dan Robitzski

A humanoid robot TV news anchor dubbed Alex just read the news on Russia 24, a state-owned television channel, yesterday.

Russia Built a Grotesque Robot Newscaster and Put It on TV

By Victor Tangermann

Russia's military says that its "super soldiers" are able to use "parapsychology" techniques to crash computers with telepathy they learned from dolphins.

Russia Says “Super Soldiers” Can Crash Computers With Telepathy

By Jon Christian

Russia's weapon maker Almaz-Antey built a drone that can fire a semi-automatic 12 caliber shotgun. Video footage shows the thing in action.

Watch Russia’s New Shotgun-Wielding Drone in Action

By Dan Robitzski

Russia is working to develop a ground force of killer robots. For now, the tank-like bots need help from humans, but that may change as AI improves.

Russia Is Planning A “Ground Force” of Armed Military Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Leaders from 25 nations, including China, Russia, and the U.S. are currently meeting in Geneva to draft laws that would prevent a space arms race.

25 Governments Are Meeting Right Now to Prevent a Space Arms Race

By Dan Robitzski

A 2018 patent suggests a Russian arms maker has invented a flying drone that features a rifle that's very reminiscent of Kalashnikov's iconic AK-47.

Russian Arms Maker Invents Drone With Built-In Rifle

By Victor Tangermann

Russian media confirmed yesterday that the Russian Navy is developing a "new non-lethal light-based optical interference system" that could blind enemies.

Russian Military Confirms New Weapon Causes “Hallucinatory Symptoms”

By Victor Tangermann

The Russian military is poised to begin testing Belgorod, a submarine that can launch six thermonuclear warhead-carrying deep sea drones.

New Russian Submarine Can Launch Nuke-Carrying Drones

By Dan Robitzski

Citing national security, Russia just blocked access to servers necessary to run the encrypted email service ProtonMail and the anonymized web browser Tor.

Russia Blocks Access to ProtonMail

By Dan Robitzski

Parts Suppliers Are Boycotting Russia’s Pistol-Shooting Android

Parts Suppliers Are Boycotting Russia’s Pistol-Shooting Android

By Victor Tangermann

By pumping unfiltered coal dust into the atmosphere, a processing plant in the Russian town of Kiselyovsk has caused black snow to fall on the region.

Horrifying “Black Snow” Blankets Russian Towns

By Kristin Houser

A Russian journalist shared a map of Russia's nuclear targets in the United States if the U.S. or its allies decided to strike first.

Russian Media Says Kremlin Would Nuke These U.S. Targets First

By Kristin Houser

Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov has unveiled a tiny, uncrewed drone that's meant to destroy remote ground targets from 40 miles away.

The Maker of AK-47 Rifles Just Unveiled a “Suicide Drone”

By Victor Tangermann

Some time in the next month, Russia will briefly disconnect the nation's internet to make sure local networks could withstand a hostile takeover.

Russia Plans to Cut Itself Off From the Global Internet

By Dan Robitzski

Google Is Censoring Search Results to Hide Russian Corruption

Google Is Censoring Search Results to Hide Russian Corruption

By Dan Robitzski

Russian media is reporting that the American toilet on the International Space Station (ISS) burst late last week, spilling gallons of fluid.

Russia Says the American Toilet on the Space Station Blew Up

By Jon Christian

A new Russian weapon now found on two warships makes enemies hallucinate and become disoriented, according to the nation's navy.

Robots and Machines

Russian Navy Says New Weapon Makes Enemies Hallucinate

By Jon Christian

Here’s a New Image of Russia’s Secret Uncrewed Spacecraft

Here’s a New Image of Russia’s Secret Uncrewed Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

New images surfaced on Russian social media of what appears to be Russia's "Okhotnik" heavy strike drone seen at an unidentified runway.

Images Surface of Russia’s Alleged Heavy Strike Drone

By Victor Tangermann

For the past three decades, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos have operated as equals. But now it seems that NASA may have outgrown its Russian counterpart.

Russia and America’s Long Space Partnership Could Soon Fall Apart

By Dan Robitzski

Robotics manufacturers are scrambling for more than a half billion dollars in Pentagon contracts for battlefield robots that will defuse bombs scout ahead.

The Pentagon Wants to Buy Thousands of Battlefield Robots

By Jon Christian

Russian TV Tried to Pass a Man in a Suit off as A High Tech Robot

Russian TV Tried to Pass a Man in a Suit off as A High Tech Robot

By Victor Tangermann

Tuesday's ISS spacewalk was a success, with the cosmonauts able to see and collect samples from the mysterious hole in the side of the Soyuz capsule.

International Space Station

Cosmonauts Hacked Away at the ISS in Search of Sabotage Evidence

By Kristin Houser

During a spacewalk, two Russian astronauts will examine a hole in the side of the ISS's Soyuz capsule in an attempt to figure out if was a work of sabotage.

International Space Station

Russians Search Exterior of ISS For Signs of Sabotage on Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser