Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday that the United States has not yet formulated its proposals on the format and composition of the American-Russian Business Council, RIA Novosti reports.
"Unfortunately, the composition of the business council has not been coordinated yet as the sides continue to discuss...
RBC Market Research has published its latest ranking of legal Russian bookmakers, after conducting an independent survey on the country’s bookmaking industry. The ranking is topped by betting company Liga Stavok, followed by Fonbet and BetCity.
According to RBC Market Research, 17 of the most important criteria for evaluating bookmakers...
The First Deputy Chairwoman of the Bank of Russia, Ksenia Yudayeva, said Friday that the regulator sees room for more basic rate cuts, sending a dovish signal three weeks before the bank's next rate-setting meeting, Reuters reports.
The Central Bank lowered the cost of borrowing for the third time this...
A decrease in exports was the main drag on Russia’s GDP growth in the second quarter of this year, as it deepened from -0.4% YoY in 1Q19 to -4.9% YoY in 2Q19, analysts comment after official data on the structure of Russia’s economy was published earlier this week.
The drop...
The Bank of Russia is in talks with oil tycoon Mikhail Gutseriev over a 140 billion rubles ($2 billion) debt owed by his family after a banking group they owned was bailed out two years ago, four sources familiar with the talks told Reuters.
The potential settlement deal would allow...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is a “kind and sincere” girl, but added that she may have been manipulated to serve the interests of others, BBC News reports.
"It's deplorable when someone is using children and teenagers in their interests," Putin said at...
Russia-Cuba ties have a "brilliant" future, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday as he arrived in Havana for a two-day visit, Reuters reports.
Medvedev, who was welcomed at Havana's airport by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, said the meeting "once again showed that Cuba is a really important...
Russia is planning to grant more than 1 trillion rubles ($15.5 billion) in loans to foreign governments and organizations over the next three years, Izvestia writes, citing the country’s draft budget for 2020-2022.
This exceeds the figures recorded over the past five years. The Finance Ministry has not unveiled...
Germany-based ticketing and live entertainment giant CTS Eventim has expanded in the Russian market after acquiring 51% of Russian tour and concert promoter Talent Concert International (TCI), Pollstar reports.
TCI now becomes part of the London-headquartered pan-European promoter network Eventim Live, which was created in March.
The transaction will be completed in the...
The head of Russian gas giant Novatek, Leonid Michelson, has said he is not worried about the effects of U.S. sanctions against Iran which shook the Russian energy industry earlier this week, Interfax reported.
A fresh round of U.S. sanctions against Iran last weekend affected Russia's liquified natural gas (LNG) exports through a web of...