Intermediate Russian News
Improve your Russian with free news lessons based on real current events. Published daily for approximately B1 to B2 learners, Intermediate lessons feature more detailed reporting, broader vocabulary, and more varied sentence structures, along with optional stress marks, slow natural Russian audio, an English translation, and useful vocabulary in context.
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В Москве́ откры́лась я́рмарка совреме́нного иску́сства Cosmoscow
The 14th Cosmoscow contemporary-art fair opened in Moscow on September 4. It includes more than 100 gallery stands, non-profit projects, talks, and tours.
В Ко́нго от Э́болы у́мерли бо́лее трёх ты́сяч челове́к
More than 3,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health workers are tracing contacts, improving safety in hospitals, and testing possible vaccines and treatments.
Но́вая моде́ль объясня́ет рождéние Луны́
A new computer-modeling study suggests that the temperature and material strength of the early Earth and Theia may have affected whether the Moon formed from a debris disk or appeared intact soon after a giant impact.
В Росси́и нача́лся но́вый эта́п внедре́ния цифрово́го рубля́
Russia began a wider rollout of the digital ruble on September 1, 2026. The service is voluntary for individuals, while major banks and qualifying large retailers must make digital-ruble payments possible.
Спаси́тели сня́ли с о́строва двои́х рыбакóв под Калинингрáдом
Two fishermen in Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast were stranded after the current carried away their boat from Nasypnoy Island. A rescue team reached the island and brought both men safely ashore.
Уда́р под Ки́евом стал са́мым тя́жёлым по чи́слу же́ртв в 2026 году́
A Russian drone strike on a warehouse in Myla, near Kyiv, caused a fire and major explosions. Ukrainian officials said that 38 people had been killed by August 30, while the UN monitored an inquiry into the attack and ammunition storage.
СКА победи́л «Адмира́л» со счётом 3:0
SKA Saint Petersburg beat Admiral Vladivostok 3–0 on August 28 at the Nikolai Puchkov preseason tournament. Zakhar Bardakov scored twice, while Artemiy Pleskov kept a clean sheet.
Ико́на XVI ве́ка верну́лась в Пско́в по́сле пяти́десяти лет реставра́ции
A 16th-century Pskov icon has returned to the Pskov Museum after a restoration process lasting more than fifty years. Visitors can now see the work, including traces of damage from a 2010 fire that restorers deliberately preserved.
Гла́ва Междунаро́дного у́головного суда́ попроси́ла Япо́нию защити́ть суд от да́вления США
ICC President Tomoko Akane has asked Japan to help protect the court from further U.S. pressure. She spoke after the Trump administration imposed sanctions on her and another court official.