Russia’s plan to naturalize more foreign citizens seems to be working - in the first quarter of 2020, over 2.5 times more people received Russian citizenship compared to the same period in 2019, RT reports.
In the first three months of the year, more than 161,000 people became Russian citizens....
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an investment forum in Moscow on Wednesday that Washington aims to deter the development of Russia and China, which according to the Russian leader is “a serious mistake,” Regnum reports.
“Balanced international economic relations is not their main goal, but their main strategic...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has already passed the peak of the economic problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, paving the way for economic recovery next year, Russia Today writes.
In an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel, the president said the country’s key macroeconomic indicators are...
Russia plans to create a special stock exchange where companies targeted by Western sanctions will have an opportunity to list their bonds, Krasnaya Vesna news agency reported.
Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev said the launch was initially scheduled for December but was then postponed to January as the ministry...
As Russia-U.S. tensions rise and pro-Kremlin politicians call repeatedly to close the Russian chain of global fast food giant McDonalds, the company’s management is taking a new tack: Go Russian, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Earlier this year, the company boosted the share of Russian suppliers its restaurants use...
Doing business without accreditation in the national system from July 27 will be classified as illegal business, the corresponding changes will come into force in Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reported.
Criminal liability under this article will now come not only for carrying...
Bitcoin during the trading session grew by 11.09%, peaking at $37,204, according to CoinDesk, TASS reports.
On January 28, bitcoin showed a decline of over 10%.
As of 12:19 Moscow time, bitcoin was growing by 7.8% at $36,126.
Bitcoin is a decentralized system of the eponymous cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology. It...
The sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States are groundless and will not affect Moscow's foreign policy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday.
"We consider that the sanctions are imposed absolutely without any grounds as for the reasons behind them... Russia's honest, open and constructive policy cannot be...
The head of Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin has written to President Vladimir Putin saying Moscow should pull out of the production cuts deal with OPEC as it is a strategic threat and plays into the hands of the United States, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported.
Sechin did not...
Delta, a major U.S. airline company, will suspend direct flights from the United States to Russia this spring, RIA Novosti reported, citing Moscow business daily Kommersant.
According to the company’s press service, the carrier won’t resume direct flights from Moscow to major American cities this summer. The airline reduced its...
