Sunday, June 7, 2026
The Interpol has refused Russia's application to issue a foreign arrest warrant for billionaire banker Boris Mints and two of his sons, who are reportedly exiled in London, The Moscow Times reports, citing the Mints' official representatives. The co-founder of Otkritie Bank is being sought by Russian authorities on suspicion...
On Wednesday, the price of Bitcoin dropped below $34,000 (£24,030) for the first time in three months, since China introduced new crypto-currency restrictions, BBC reports. Beijing has made it illegal for banks and payment companies to provide services related to cryptocurrency purchases. On Tuesday, it also sent an alert to investors...
Russian officials said on Wednesday that the lifting of US sanctions on the company in charge of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline might help Moscow's tense relations with Washington, following a claim that the Biden administration was planning to do so. Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said it would be...
Gazprom said that in the "near future" it plans to allocate about 60% of investments to projects in the East of Russia, according Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Department 623 of Gazprom. Projects include the Yakutsk and Irkutsk gas production centers and projects on Sakhalin. “In the...
The Moscow shopping mall Sadovod has signed an agreement with the AliExpress marketplace to sell the goods of its partners. The management of Sadovod hopes to expand the geography of customers and increase the brand's awareness. "The Sadovod shopping center supports partners' access to the largest Internet sites," the Sadovod...
Sberbank does not see risks and signs of overheating in its consumer lending portfolio, said the head of the bank, German Gref. According to him, now the situation with consumer loans is better than planned. Central Bank reported that the debt burden of Russians is at a historically high...
The growth of the Russian gross domestic product will accelerate sharply in July-September, experts from the biggest bank in Russia, Sberbank said. The decline in GDP in the first quarter slowed to 1.3% compared to the same period last year, according to Russia's Central Bank. The Center for Macroeconomic Research...
Russian airlines could have an additional expense of 70 billion rubles per year, due to the increase in prices for aviation fuel while maintaining quotations at the March level, said the deputy head of the S7 Group Dmitry Kudelkin, at a meeting of the commission on transport and transport...
The volume of freight traffic at Sheremetyevo International Airport exceeded pre-pandemic figures. In the 1st quarter of 2021, Sheremetyevo handled over 80 thousand tons of cargo and about 8.5 thousand tons of mail, confirming its status as the largest cargo hub in Russia and a leader among Moscow airports...
The Ministry of Finance of Russia proposed to increase the minimum mandatory share of purchases from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 20 to 30% of the annual volume of purchases of customers under Federal Law No. 223-FZ On the procurement of goods, works, services by certain types of...