Leading Russian commercial pay-TV platform Tricolor TV is in talks focusing on a possible part-acquisition by state-owned energy giant Gazprom and a merger with Gazprom-owned NTV+, Fontanka.ru reports.
According to the news outlet, a deal could see Tricolor TV absorb NTV+ and bring on Gazprom Media Holding as a shareholder...
The Russian and Italian leaders jointly spoke out against EU sanctions on Moscow in Rome on Thursday, as Italy's populist government seeks allies on the world stage to counter French and German power in Europe, EUObserver writes.
"We have confirmed the excellent state of our bilateral relations," Italian Prime Minister...
Foreign direct investment in the Russian Far East has grown significantly since 2013, according to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev. Special economic zoning and concessions have stoked investor interest in the region, RT reports.
“When we started working on the development of the Far East in 2013, the share of...
The dollar-denominated Russia Trading System (RTS) index at the Moscow Exchange hit 1,471 on Thursday, its highest level in six years, while the ruble-denominated Moscow Exchange Index (MOEX) crossed above 3,000 for the first time ever, bneIntellinews reported.
Russia’s stock markets are not booming, but a savvy investor who invested...
Novatek, a Russian independent producer of gas is set to use 50 percent hydrogen-fueled turbines for the upcoming projects, TASS informed.
This was said by the CEO Leonid Mikhelson who spoke to reporters on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
Russia's government has approved a concept in August aimed at...
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed allocating extra money from domestic metals companies’ sales in order to stabilize prices for metal products used in construction, RBC business daily reported, RT writes.
Russian government officials met with the representatives of the metals industry on Tuesday to discuss the...
Fresh out of the final decision to leave the European Union, the British government is looking to lift anti-dumping measures on Russian goods, imposed by the EU back in 2015, RIA Novosti reported.
The UK Department for International Trade said in a statement published Thursday that it is going to...
Credit rating agency Fitch has lowered its 2019 forecast for the growth of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) to 1.2 percent from 1.5 percent, following a surprise slump in economic performance in the first quarter, Kommersant reported.
In 2020 and 2021, when the Russian government's $390 billion “national projects” spending...
Around $450 million in Bitcoin that went missing from the now-defunct Russian cryptocurrency exchange Wex may have been transferred to e-wallets owned by employees of the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the BBC in Russian reports.
After the funds were lost in 2018, an embezzlement case was opened to investigate...
As world governments plan financial relief to expedite the economic recovery after Covid-19, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is wedded to an unusual aid initiative. Chechnya is helping cash-strapped grooms to pay for their brides, Russia Today informed.
According to a press release from the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Chechnya,...
