More than 500 scientists from Russia, China, India, Brazil, the United States, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia will take part in a scientific and practical conference on climate change and permafrost melting in Russia's Yakutsk from March 22 to 24, Andrey Fedotov, Permanent Representative of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic to the Russian President, said on Wednesday

A Russian transport An-12 plane en route from Yakutsk to Irkutsk went missing on Wednesday, a spokesperson of the emergency services told Sputnik

Thirty-one members of Katiba al-Tawhid wal-Jihad terrorist organization (banned in Russia) were detained in four regions across the country, they recruited new members and sent them to combat zones in Syria, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday

A creation of the Center of the Russian Culture in Teatro Carlo Felice opera house in Italy's Genoa will enable enrichment of existing network of collaborative experience between the two countries through the exchange of guest appearances of renowned instrumentalists and hosting of history-making productions originating from prestigious Russian theaters, Fabio Mastrangelo, who is often referred to as Russia's most famous Italian-born conductor, told Sputnik on Friday