The U.S. sales of the new JJ Abrams' "Star Trek" movie exceeded all expectations. In the opening weekend alone, the movie made $75 million from ticket sales. Movie lovers and critics gave the film some of the highest ratings. Critics
Following the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in over a year, relations seem to be stabilizing. The sides appear to have agreed to disagree over Georgia, and spoke reassuringly about returning to a "spirit of cooperation." But at the
This week, Russia has struck deals with two major foreign companies to develop the oil industry in the country. An agreement with Royal Dutch Shell, signed on June 27, will let the company develop production and transportation of liquefied natural
The world's greatest showcase of contemporary art, the Venice Biennale, has been held once every two years for the past 114 years. Despite all the changes in the world over the past century, the event remains rather influential. Everyone who
The Ingush president's time has come. The news coming in from various autonomies in the Caucasus has long been unnerving. It's not just the fate of the Caucasus in particular that is worrying, but the fate of Russia as a
Welcoming ceremony was held at berth 33.VLADIVOSTOK, July 1, vladivostoktimes.com US Navy destroyer Stethem makes a visit Vladivostok, the main RF Pacific Navy base. Welcoming ceremony was held at berth 33 with both countries' anthems playing, as Pacific Navy public
Side by side with skilled and well-known masters many gifted youngsters participate in it. VLADIVOSTOK, June 30, vladivostoktimes.com The solemn opening ceremony of "Loved City," the International Photo Festival, is held on July 1 at 5 P.M. in the Navy
Young people drew with hands, danced break and put on suits of chemical defense.VLADIVOSTOK, June 27, vladivostoktimes.com Vladivostok celebrated Youth Day. A number of events, dedicated to this holiday, prepared by the department on youth affairs of the Vladivostok Administration,
A modern vessel "Eastern Dream" can take on board over 100 containers, 70 cars and 500 people. VLADIVOSTOK, July 4, vladivostoktimes.com Long-expected launch of a new ferry line on route Vladivostok - Donghee (South Korea) - Sakaiminato (Japan) is to
Altai Kray and Republic Tuva will soon sigh an Agreement of Co-operation. In the sphere of mutual interests is the development of internal tourism, as announced today by the chairman of the government of Republic Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool, who came
There is a new electronic resource - scientific informational journal "New Research on Tuva" () This project of a group of the leading researchers of Tuva will enable a wide audience to find out about the latest achievements and findings
The first, double issue of the electronic scholarly journal "The New Research of Tuva" is now available at the site. In this issue, you can read articles by famous Russian scientists, Tuva scholars, there are interviews, overviews,, reportages, informational announcements,
Famous traveler Fedor Konyukhov, who was hospitalized on June 11 after suffering a tick bite, was discharged from the infectious disease hospital in Tuva, as the Kyzyl hospital announced. Currently he is undergoing a course of rehabilitation in the capital
Today, rescuers are searching again the area Sukhoy Log in the Tandy kozhuun of Tuva, where a 69-year-old woman from the village Vladimirovka, Yelena Syurkova, disappeared on June 6. The woman went with her friends to pick berries, but never
Michelle Feynman, whose father was Richard Feynman (1918-1988), laureate of Nobel Prize for physics, and one of the participants in the atom bomb project, came to Tuva on June 8.She is accompanied by Ilona Vinogradova, a BBC correspondent. This visit
Unforeseen circumstances, which brought the famous traveler Fedor Konyukhov to Tuva, became a basis for a press-conference, which took place on June 16 in the Government House.Vice-Premier of the Government of Republic Tuva Anatolii Damba-Khuurak, minister of health protection of
Today, the local sports community welcomed Lorisa Oorzhak like a national hero, as she returned from the Championship of Russia in women's wrestling in Stavropol with a gold medal.In the words of the director of the sports and physical culture
On June 24, 2009 in the conference hall of the Aldan Maadyr Tuvan National Museum, S.I. Vainshtein's book "Mysterious Tuva" was presented to the public. A special exhibition of the ethnologist's publications was organized in the hall of the museum.
