State procurement from sole providers in the Arctic increased by 37 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the press service of the RTS Tender online platform, Arctic.ru reports.
“The top five industries when it comes to the guaranteed maximum price of contracts in 2020 included buildings and construction...
Japan has offered to cooperate on Arctic shipments and agricultural imports from the sparsely populated Russian Far East, the state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported Monday.
The “new concept of cooperation” comes amid Tokyo’s years-long efforts to return a disputed Pacific island chain that Moscow has held since the end...
The head of Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Tuesday the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine would be approved for domestic use by 25 countries within the next few weeks, Reuters reports.
“Our Sputnik V vaccine is now registered in 14 countries. We’ll have more than 25 registrations...
Global defense spending rose by 1.9% to $1.9 trillion in 2020, Jane's Information Group said on Tuesday, TASS reports.
According to the company, "total global defense spending reached $1.93 trillion in 2020 - up almost $180 billion from $1.75 trillion in 2010." At the same time, experts expect global spending...
Sberbank has filed an application with the Central Bank to launch a platform to issue its own cryptocurrency - Sbercoin, said Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of the bank's board. According to him, the launch is scheduled for this spring, ICT Moscow reported.
The application was submitted in accordance with the...
The Russian government and the nation’s financial watchdog are reportedly working on a bill to prevent capital flight. The plan implies banning suspicious transactions to foreign bank accounts, RT reported.
The Russian authorities want to battle a popular scheme for withdrawing money – when a company based in Russia transfers...
The U.S. authorities charged three foreign nationals, including former Russian employee of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, with stealing official documents related to the U.S. refugee program, the U.S. Justice Department said in a press release on Friday.
According to Russian agency TASS, the three suspects are: Russian citizen Olesya...
Russia's communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, told Sputnik on Thursday it would fine six social media platforms — TikTok, VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube — for letting calls on minors to participate in unauthorized mass events to be published, Sputnik reports.
"All social networks are being monitored. Calls on minors have...
Hungary has agreed to buy 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, enough to inoculate a million people, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Reuters reports.
Szijjarto said an initial shipment would be enough to inoculate 300,000 people, followed...
The Kremlin views attempts to organize unauthorized rallies and incite young people to participate in them as unacceptable, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, TASS reports.
"The only appropriate stance is in favor of abiding by the law and against the organization of unauthorized activities, let alone...
