The Ekranoplan concept was born in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Its design stemmed from the discovery of the ground effect, a phenomenon in which an aircraft flying close to ...

Ultimately, the laser pistol’s practicality was limited by its low power, the fragility of space environments, and the unlikelihood of astronaut-on-astronaut combat.

At the end of the season, we got a taste of Ivan Demidov with the Canadiens. The talented young Russian forward only played a handful of games in Montreal, but already we could see the talent ...

Rossotrudnichestvo Chief Yevgeny Primakov (left) and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk (second left) at a Russia House in Dushanbe in June 2025. (Photo: gov.ru) The head of ...

The extension that could be announced as soon as Friday at the draft in Los Angeles would provide extended labor peace in a sport that has had multiple work stoppages, including the 2004-05 ...

It’s been quite the season for the Bolts Best Player of the Month club, watching the title belt pass among the hands of Nikita Kucherov, Brandon Hagel and Andrei Vasilevskiy. Alas, the fans can ...

Kucherov finished third in the Hart voting by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl finished second in the Hart voting and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov third, a single point ahead of Colorado’s reigning MVP Nathan MacKinnon, as chosen by members of ...

Kennedy met with the CIA following a 1955 tour of the Soviet Union, relaying his observations to the spy agency as a voluntary informant, the documents show.

TAMPA — For the second straight season, Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov led the league in scoring. And for the second straight season, it wasn’t enough to win the Hart Trophy as the ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck, Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov are the finalists for the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, the winner of which will be ...