Russia’s U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as “ridiculous” for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit, so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran, Reuters reported.
The United States, Russia, China, Germany, Britain...
Russia's 'Go Green' ambitions are about to get a significant boost from the VEB.RF corporation, with the focus being on attracting private investments for pursuing national environmental goals, Environmental Finance reported.
VEB.RF is working on the first-ever national standard of green finance to help achieve this goal, in sync with...
In April, AvtoVAZ sold 10,055 cars in Russia, the company said in a press release. This is 3.2 times less compared to April 2019, when AvtoVAZ sold 32,316 cars in Russia, according to the data of the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
The AvtoVAZ press release states that the most...
President Vladimir Putin instructed his Cabinet to work out the issue of increasing the maximum budget loan for regions with repayment in December 2020 by May 20, as reported by RIA Novosti.
"The Government of the Russian Federation to consider issues and submit proposals on increasing in 2020 the maximum...
Russia’s government has approved the list of support measures for systemic enterprises and the order of their provision, according to a statement released on the website of the cabinet of ministers on Sunday, TASS informs.
"Systemic organizations affected by the coronavirus aftermath will be able to receive state support. The...
In an interview with The Banker, Yuri Korsun, deputy chairman of Russian development institution VEB.RF, talked about its project finance factory, the impact of sanctions and the bank’s role in stimulating green finance in Russia.
According to Korsun, VEB.RF's main focus is to support investments in the Russian economy through...
Russia’s government has allocated over 81.1 bln rubles ($1.1 bln) for aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the sectors affected by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a respective decree released on the cabinet’s website on Sunday, TASS informs.
"To allocate to Russia’s treasury from the reserve fund of...
Patriotism is Russia’s national idea, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, cautioning, however, against flag-waving moods, TASS reported.
"Yes, it’s patriotism, I think there can be nothing else here," Putin said when asked about the Russian national idea. But patriotism should not be spurious, he stressed in an interview...
Material aid provided to Russians who cannot return home over the restrictive measures covers about 15,000 people, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova announced Friday, TASS writes.
"A total of 1 billion rubles has been allocated for this. We conduct payments that cover over 15,000 people," she said.
There are...
Twenty percent of Chinese companies operating in the Russian market plan to increase investments in their business in Russia, which is equal to the percentage of those who intend to maintain their investment level after the coronavirus pandemic, according to the results of the poll by the Russian-Chinese Friendship,...
