In what was a Soviet-era dream come true, a super big theme park named Dream Island, which the media are calling Russia’s answer to the world-famous Disneyland, The New York Times reports.
The large-scale indoor theme park in Moscow will be one of the biggest parks in Europe after its...
Russia’s Finance Ministry will revise the outlook and parameters of 2020 budget considering the aftermath of the novel coronavirus spread in the spring, Minister Anton Siluanov told reporters on Friday, according to Lenta.ru.
"It should be seen how long-term the consequences of the virus are. I think that we will...
The ruble-to-dollar exchange rate in Russia has exceeded 66 rubles per dollar for the first time since September 2019, and stock indexes have plunged to their lowest levels in months, which is partly due to the global coronavirus outbreak, Kommersant writes.
The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus outside of...
The popular motor show presenting trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are soon to take on the sub-arctic temperatures of Russia in their new series, The Sun reports.
The three TV hosts previously ditched their studio tent for a series of feature-length specials. A source told The...
The authorities in Chukotka, in Russia’s Arctic, say that the opening of a university in the remote region would help educate young professionals who later on would stay in the region and work there, TASS reports.
Chukotka’s Deputy Governor Andrei Bolenkov recently took part in the Arctic-2020 conference, together with...
The Russian Premier League (RFPL), the country’s top tier of domestic club football, has signed a three-season title sponsorship agreement with financial services group Tinkoff, Meduza reports.
The deal is set to have wide-ranging commercial benefits for the organization and its clubs, the country’s soccer authorities said.
Commencing immediately, the contract...
State-run monopoly Russian Railways has pulled out from a $1.3 billion project for electrification of a railway line between Garmsar, in Iran and Ince Burun (Narrow Cape) in Turkey, Interfax reported.
The Russian company has given up the project under the pressure of U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran. The project envisaged the...
The London-based head of equity trading at BCS Global Markets, Russia’s biggest brokerage, has been suspended after less than five months in the job, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
Alexei Bachurin has been absent from his desk at BCS Global Markets since the beginning of February, according to three people familiar with...
The Law on Crowdfunding (also known as the Law on Raising Capital), which came into force in Russia at the beginning of this year, clarifies the use of investment platforms and introducing amendments to certain acts, Lexology writes in an analysis of the legislation.
According to the website, the law offers...
A senior Russian lawmaker said Wednesday that the authorities are planning to hold a public vote on April 22 on the controversial constitutional reforms proposed by President Vladimir Putin, New Day News reports.
Pavel Krasheninnikov, a lawmaker with Putin’s ruling United Russia party, told local news agencies that a working...
