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Russia plans to have negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump regarding its application for expanding of the Arctic continental shelf, which the U.S. has not ratified earlier, Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei Donskoi told reporters on Jan. 21.

1. Built for the czar's elite guard

In the mid-18th century the site now occupied by the cathedral had a small church built for the Izmailovsky regiment, the elite group of soldiers created in 1730 by Empress Anna to personally serve the Russian ruler. The soldiers lived in nearby barracks and since they did not have a permanent base it was decided to erect a field tent and consecrate it as a church. In 1734 a wooden church was built on this site, and Empress Anna presented several priestly robes. Читать дальше...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin soon will make a call to the U.S. President Donald Trump to greet him on taking the office.

Unlike the peaceful freedom struggles in British colonies that eventually gave way to the independence and the formation of new nation states, Indonesia had to fight the Netherlands in a four-year war to attain independence.

Police in Washington, D.C. have released RT correspondent Alexander Rubinstein who was detained on Jan. 20 while covering protests amid the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, RT’s Alexey Yaroshevsky wrote on his Twitter page.