Tag: Russia

As a petrostate with a substantial influence on global environmental policies, Russia holds the power to significantly shape the course of climate action worldwide. Moreover, Russia’s stance on climate change can directly impede the green transition in Europe and hinder global effort...

Space exploration remains dynamic as developments have been ongoing over the years with several countries actively making their contribution to space exploration; and have continued to show interest in the long-term focus on space colonization. Three prominent countries at the fore of space explorat...

My father is a devout atheist, but I still understood the weight of being Jewish before I understood almost anything else. “Why did you leave Russia?” I asked him when I was a child. “They didn’t like Jews in Russia,” he replied. No further explanation. Just &l...

I was born in Los Angeles, but at a very young age, in the early 2000s, my family had to move to St. Petersburg, Russia. I spent nine years living in Russia before moving back to the US. As foreign tourists would say, there were three reasons to visit the USSR: Watching ballet, going to the circus, ...

What an Olympics! It was a proud moment to see each of the participants stretching to do their best. It was even more proud to see the medals India brought home — seven — the richest haul we have ever had in Olympics. It was cherry on top when Neeraj obtained his Gold with such a brillia...

Hi! We are Fernando and Víctor. Both from Argentina, we lived in Buenos Aires before traveling. One of us is an English Spanish translator working remotely and the other devotes his time to social media. Why Russia Fernando had already been in Russia before, in 2012, and lived in St Pet...

[I would like to thank my colleague David Sandel for bringing this forward. David and I were lead authors for “Smart Economy in Smart Cities”, a Springer publication, which included analysis of Ottawa and St. Louis.] China’s social media hashtag “Putin accuses Wa...

The tables seem to have turned in the nightly game of airstrikes. For the last month, Ukraine has been striking military targets deep within Russia, in Moscow, and at many airbases and military production facilities. Ukraine struck Pskov airport and possibly the Cheryokhino military base (home ...