Actor and director Steven Seagal, who holds US, Serbian and Russian citizenships, announced his interest in the Far East Hectare program, which makes it possible to acquire a portion on land, during his visit to Russia’s Buryatia Region, Buryatia government press service said Monday.
He came to Buryatia on July...
Doing business without accreditation in the national system from July 27 will be classified as illegal business, the corresponding changes will come into force in Article 171 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reported.
Criminal liability under this article will now come not only for carrying...
Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s top diamond producer by output, has begun prospecting and preliminary exploration works for deposits in Zimbabwe, as part of a partnership with the country’s Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC).
The move is a welcome boost to the southern African nation’s attempts to expand diamond mining revenues. Zimbabwe...
Russia’s Central Bank has lowered its key rate by 25 basis points to another record low of 4.25%, according to a statement published by the regulator following its board meeting on Friday, TASS reported.
"On 24 July 2020, the Bank of Russia Board of Directors decided to cut the key...
The Russian economy despite the pandemic remains stable, there are enough funds for the implementation of national development goals, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Thursday, as reported by TASS.
"The pandemic actually slowed down the rate of economic growth, actually...
The acting mayor of Norilsk has become Deputy Mayor for General Affairs Nikolai Timofeev, according to the city administration, after Rinat Akhmetchin resigned on July 20, Kommersant reported.
The issue of Akhmetchin's resignation, as well as the appointment of an acting person will be considered on July 28 at an...
Russia and Turkey have agreed to continue efforts to bring about a long-term and sustainable ceasefire in Libya, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday as quoted by Reuters.
Russia, alongside Egypt and the UAE, backs eastern Libya commander Khalifa Haftar, whose fighters have been battling the forces...
Russia’s Economic Development Ministry projects GDP contraction at the level of 4.8% in 2020, Minister Maksim Reshetnikov told reporters on Wednesday, adding that GDP contraction estimations for the second quarter are within the range of May’s outlook, TASS reported.
"In budget forecasting, we generally stick to the estimations provided in...
State Development Corporation VEB.RF redeemed its Eurobonds Series 1 issue on July 9, 2020.
The Eurobonds for a nominal amount of US$1600 mn were issued on the Irish Stock Exchange in 2010 with a ten-year maturity period and an annual coupon rate of 6.902%.
The redemption of the Eurobond issue and...
The Baring Vostok Foundation fears that the timing of familiarization with the materials of the criminal case of the foundation's founder, Michael Calvey, as well as other defendants may be postponed until November. This was announced by a representative of the fund on Tuesday. In this case, the trial...
