Hundreds of Moscow residents protested this week over the government’s plans for a new highway through Russia's capital, DW reported.
Locals fear the construction site, which could cut straight through a nuclear waste site, will send radioactive dust into the air and into the Moskva River.
The planned highway was announced...
Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, and the country’s internet major Mail.ru Group have signed a letter of intent to create a joint online-to-offline (O2O) platform in the food and transport markets, the two groups said in a statement Thursday, according to Reuters.
The two targeted markets are Russia’s largest digital consumer sectors and are expected...
Ukrainian officials said Thursday the country’s navy has seized a Russian tanker moored in the Black Sea, in a move that could again raise tensions and undermine a much-anticipated prisoner swap between the two countries, The Guardian reported.
The move was immediately seen by analysts as retaliation for Russia’s seizure...
Russia and the European Union are unlikely to reach an agreement on payments in euros by the end of 2019, a high-ranking foreign ministry official has said, according to RIA Novosti.
"I do not think . The thing is, in the European Union itself, almost all payments are in dollars,...
Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has sent a letter to the Bank of Russia asking the regulator to postpone reforms requiring banks to increase capital buffers under the “Basel III” international financial rules, Reuters reports.
In the letter dated July 17, Siluanov wrote to central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina saying...
Russia wants to actively promote military and economy ties with Cuba, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday during a visit to Havana, according to News.ru.
Lavrov’s statement comes amid a trade embargo imposed on the Caribbean nation by the United States.
"We will support in all ways Cuba, Cuban people and...
Amid growing criticism over the criminalization of business disputes, lawmakers in the Russian Duma have approved legislation banning law enforcement authorities from extending pre-trial detentions for businesspeople without reason, TASS news agency reported.
After the detention of several Baring Vostok ,executives including the company’s founder Michael Calvey, Russia’s government polls revealed...
All the outlets and assortments of Russian second-tier food retailer Vkusvill are now part of a click and collect service launched by the company through a mobile app, Vedomosti reported on Tuesday.
VkusVill is a Russian grocery store chain that focuses heavily on fresh food and produce. It is one...
Gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Power sectors led Russian companies’ shares higher and drove Russian stocks indexes higher after the close on Tuesday, Finam.ru reports.
The MOEX Russia index gained 0.63% at the close in Moscow. The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Surgutneftegaz, which rose...
Russia's leading food retailer, X5 Group, has invited Baltic startups to pitch their offers for improving the company's retail chains, Latvian public broadcaster LSM reports.
The company will give the best young companies access to the infrastructure resources and expertise of Russia’s largest retailer as well as the chance to...
