Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov has visited French citizen Philippe Delpal in detention on Monday and again pushed for his release, the ombudsman’s press service has said, according to Moscow-based Echo Radio.
Delpal, who is a partner in investment firm Baring Vostok, is charged of being involved in a $40...
A jump in oil prices and local month-end taxes that boost demand for the ruble led the Russian currency to its highest level against the euro since last April on Monday, Reuters reported.
The ruble also hit a one month-peak versus the dollar on Monday, the news agency’s report said.
At...
China’s ambitious development strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has raised bilateral relations with Russia to a higher level, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui said, according to China Daily.
The ambassador made the remark in an interview with Xinhua on Friday ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s trip...
The Russian government has sought support from India’s industry to promote its Far East region by developing bilateral cooperation in the field of oil, minerals, pharmaceuticals, paper industry and logistics, KNN reports.
The Consul General of the Russian Federation, at an interactive meeting organized by World Trade Center (WTC) Mumbai...
Yandex.Market, the online retail unit of Russian tech giant Yandex, has said that its Bringly online store will be able not only to sell foreign marketplaces’ goods to Russians but will also allow its partners to trade each other’s goods on their platforms, Vedomosti reports.
Yandex.Market’s Chief International Officer Alex Vassiliev told...
The Syrian naval port of Tartus will be leased to Russia for 49 years during the forthcoming week, with the country planning to use the facility “for economic and logistical purposes,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told journalists on Saturday after meeting with Syria's President Bashar Assad.
Russia's Foreign...
Russian state oil giant Rosneft says a recent report by the news agency Reuters contains “patently false” information that President Nicolas Maduro is funneling money from Venezuelan oil sales through Rosneft to evade U.S. sanctions.
In a press release on April 19, the Russian energy giant called Reuters a “pseudo...
Trade between China and Russia reached 164.8 billion yuan (24.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of this year, up 9.8 percent compared with the same period last year, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has said, according to Xinhua.
Luo Weidong, director of Eurasian Affairs Department of the MOFCOM,...
Russian air express carrier Atran, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, is focusing on the escalating demand for online purchases between China and Russia, and has launched a new route linking Moscow with the Chinese city of Xi’an, Aviaport.ru reports.
The first flight was operated by one of Atran’s Boeing 737-400SF converted...
The Supervisory Board of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that Alexander Afanasiev will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer on May 15, Finansovaya Gazeta reported.
Afanasiev has led Moscow Exchange for seven years. During this time the Exchange became a public company, established relations built on...
