The head of Russia’s biggest bank, German Gref, has called on the country’s government to legalize online alcohol sales to help people who are self-isolating because of the coronavirus, RBC reports.
The CEO of Sberbank has started a mandatory two weeks in self-isolation after returning from abroad.
But during a videoconference...
Russian presidential advisor Anton Kobyakov and Swedish Ambassador to Russia Malena Mard discussed this week's aspects of Russian-Swedish cooperation at a meeting in Moscow, where they agreed on a number of joint projects, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported.
The key areas for cooperation will include interaction in regional multilateral organizations (the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Barents...
The value of trade between North Korea and Russia reached $47.9 million in 2019, an increase of 40.6% compared with the previous year, according to the data released by the International Trade Center (ITC), KBS reported citing South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.
Pyongyang imported goods worth $44.86 million from Russia...
Аll sports fixtures in Russia are to be suspended up to April 10 due to the coronavirus pandemic as the country registered 114 confirmed cases, the authorities said on Tuesday, according to The Moscow Times.
The national football and basketball associations as well as the Continental Hockey League issued simultaneous statements saying...
Russia is a big market for a variety of Pakistani products with favourable business environment and low taxes, the president of the Business Association for Cooperation with Pakistan (BACP) and member of the Russian Chamber of Commerce (RCC) Jawwad Rahim has said, according to the Nation.
The industry group head...
The Russian currency gained in early trade on Tuesday, heading away from the lowest levels since 2016 it reached earlier this month, Reuters reported.
The ruble followed oil prices, which inched higher, while other emerging-market currencies also pared losses. The Russian currency was 1.2% stronger against the dollar by 0751...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his country has managed to offset $50 billion in losses caused by Western economic sanctions since 2014, RBC reports.
“According to various estimates, we have lost 50 billion dollars, but we have earned the same amount,” Putin said in a multiple-episode interview...
The U.S. Justice Department has moved to drop its case against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities who were indicted as part of the former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election, The Washington Post reports.
In a court filing, prosecutors accused one...
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus has caused a soar in online food orders, Izvestia reported citing industry groups.
Food sales showed the biggest growth in February, by almost 25% in monetary terms, according to the head of the Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) Trade Committee Alexei Fedorov.
"The coronavirus scare has...
A $4 billion fund will be unlocked by the Russian government to help the economy with the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported citing an official statement.
The government also urged businesses to help slow the spread of the virus, the report says.
Reserves of 300 billion rubles ($4 billion) “can be used...
