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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...
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...
Risks of a significant slowdown in the global economy are still present, and the new coronavirus is the uncertainty factor for the coming quarters, the Bank of Russia said on Friday, according to TASS. "The risk of a further slowdown in global economic growth persists, including under the influence of...
The majority owner and CEO of Russian metals giant Nornickel, Vladimir Potanin, is now the richest man in Russia, the Forbes Real Time billionaire index released on Thursday shows, according to Kommersant. According to the publication, Potanin’s fortune increased during the day (February 6) by $418 million, to $25.1 billion. "This...
The Chairman of the Russian Accounts Chamber Alexey Kudrin has discussed with new U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan bilateral cooperation and the work of the Russian Accounts Chamber as the chair of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), the embassy said on Thursday. “Ambassador John Sullivan is interested in maintaining...
Russia’s En+ Group said on Thursday it will buy back 21.4% of its shares from state bank VTB for $1.6 billion, as it seeks to simplify its ownership structure to focus on development after the United States lifted sanctions, Reuters reports. Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, seen as a close ally...
Russia’s largest retailers such as X5 Group and Magnit are looking for alternatives to Chinese food imports, The Bell reported. Russia this week suspended visa-free travel for Chinese tourists and imposed a case-by-case regime of granting working visas to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Far East regions bordering China...
Chinese companies, including the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), are reportedly exploring the possibility of temporarily rescinding long-term contracts for the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Vedomosti wrote on Wednesday citing media reports.  Beijing is struggling to take control of the epidemic by closing cities and restricting travel,...
Five Israeli citizens were detained for six hours upon their arrival at Moscow’s airport before being sent back to Israel on Wednesday in the second such incident in less than a week, YNet news reported. Russian authorities held the Israelis in a locked room in the airport for hours without...
The global coronavirus outbreak could slow the growth rate of Russia’s GDP by 0.11 percentage points, analysts from the country’s major banks and analytical agencies told Izvestia. Prior to the outbreak, they had put the economic growth figure at 1.75%. MTS Bank analyst Roman Dmitriev handed down one of the...