Life in Russia’s Primorsky Krai, a region bordering China and North Korea, has changed drastically since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Meduza writes.
The region has close ties with China through trade and tourism, and Chinese workers come to Vladivostok, the capital of Primorsky Krai, to set up small...
A major business event dedicated to economic ties between Russia and the Islamic World has been postponed to a later date due to the coronavirus outbreak, the organizers said in a statement on Instagram on Wednesday, according to TASS.
"In connection with the announcement by the World Health Organization of...
A Russian entrepreneur who moved to the U.S. because of the food embargo imposed on Western imports has found great success with her line of luxury dog treats, Russia Beyond reports.
Muscovite Olia Rosenblatt is selling her cakes, made from just meat and vegetables, in the ‘Mishka’ café in San Francisco.
“For...
Both Russian households and corporates showed signs of a modest recovery in activity in January, ING analysts said in a report, noting however that a further forecast is clouded, as it is unclear if more generous budget policy expected in 2020 can offset the potential negative effect of the...
Representatives of the 27 member states of the European Union have agreed to renew individual sanctions against Russians expiring on March 15 for six more months, Ura.ru reported citing state-run news agency TASS.
"Individual sanctions against Russian individual and legal entities were renewed for six months at the morning meeting...
A business forum uniting businessmen and officials from Azerbaijan and the Russian Rostov Region has kicked off in Baku on Wednesday, Report.az writes.
Addressing the event, the governor of Rostov Region Vasily Golubev highlighted the development of relations between the two countries. He said that the business forum aims “to...
New Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has instructed his government to revive the country’s ties with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Bloomberg reported.
The move is seen by analysts as a longshot bid to reopen links with western institutions severed after the Ukraine crisis began in 2014.
According...
Russia's service sector expanded in February but at a slower pace than the previous month amid softer growth in domestic demand, the Markit purchasing managers index (PMI) showed on Wednesday.
The index's headline figure declined to 52.0 from 54.1, staying above the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction, as...
The Ajman Media City Free Zone (AMCFZ), a newly-opened free economic area in the United Araba Emirates, presented the key services and investment advantages it provides at a promotional trip to the Russian capital, Moscow last week, the Emirates news agency reported.
The presentation is part of the zone’s plan...
The usual weekly auctions of OFZ treasury bonds by the Russian Finance Ministry on Wednesday are canceled “to facilitate the stabilization of the market situation,” the ministry said on Tuesday, according to Finanz.ru.
The move comes after a sharp drop in the value of the ruble and a bearish debt...
