The G20 summit, chaired by Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz al Saud, will take place on November 21-22 in a video conference format, the G20 said in a joint statement Monday, as reported by TASS.
"The G20 leaders’ summit will be held virtually on November 21-22," the statement says....
Twenty businesses, planning to invest in Karelia’s Arctic zone more than 150 million rubles ($2 million), registered on the Arctic investment portal, the regional Ministry of Economic Development told TASS, adding the project would offer 270 jobs.
"From August 28, businesses may apply for the status of the Arctic zone’s...
The poverty level in the Q2 of 2020 moved up 1 percentage point higher than in the Q1 and amounted to 13.5%, which therefore risks not achieving the national goal of cutting poverty in half by 2030, according to the economic monitoring of the Russian Accounts Chamber, TASS informed.
"The poverty...
A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed sanctions against Russian officials over the situation with Alexei Navalny, according to the statement on the website of Democratic Senator Chris Coons, TASS reported.
"U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Chris Van Hollen...
Russia's Sputnik V was registered in August, when it became the world's first registered coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik News reported. The drug was jointly developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Center and the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund is considering an offer by several private US pharmacological companies...
The brand of online Russian bank Tinkoff will live on despite its proposed sale to technology giant Yandex, Reuters reported citing the bank's founder said on Wednesday, reiterating his pledge to stay with the business.
TCS Group, the parent company of Tinkoff, is in talks to sell the bank to internet...
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich used offshore companies to secretly invest in football players who were rivals to his Chelsea football club, The Moscow Times reported citing a BBC Panorama investigation published Monday.
The information was obtained during the FinCEN Files investigation, which is led by 108 media outlets worldwide and...
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday supported a plan by the finance ministry to increase taxes for some mining companies and the oil industry, as Moscow seeks to plug the holes in its budget left by lower oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported.
Russia announced the plan, which is expected...
Russia’s transport police said on Monday their officers had questioned around 200 people as part of a pre-investigation probe into the case of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, and that the probe was still under way, Reuters reported.
Russia has not opened a formal investigation into the case despite...
Three senior executives of Sheremetyevo International Airport have been named to Kommersant’s 21st annual list of the Top-1000 Russian Managers. The list was developed by Kommersant Publishing House, which engaged the Association of Managers to make the selections.
Alexander Ponomarenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC SIA,...
