The investigation has officially indicted advisor to the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency and former journalist of Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers Ivan Safronov on high treason, Safronov’s defense attorney Ivan Pavlov told TASS.
"My client was indicted on Article 275 of the Russian Criminal Code (high treason). He pleaded...
The discussion of the topic of monetary reform in the Russian Federation arose from scratch: there are no reasons for such steps, said the head of the Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina at a meeting of the financial market development council under the Federation Council, Interfax reported.
Speaker of the...
The unemployment rate in Russia in June may reach 6.3%, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov said on Monday, TASS quoted him as saying.
"In June - there are no figures yet, they should be ready in the near future - according to estimates, the unemployment rate is likely to...
The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to extend the trans-border humanitarian aid mechanism for Syria through a single checkpoint on Turkish border for one year, German Permanent Representative to UN Christoph Heusgen, the president of the Council for July, said Saturday.
"Twelve votes for, three countries abstained. The...
The U.S. has fined Amazon for providing goods and services to individuals in Crimea, in violation of U.S. sanctions which prohibit firms from operating on the annexed peninsula, The Moscow Times reports.
The technology giant was also found to have sold goods to customers based in Iran and Syria, processed...
Russian security forces on Thursday detained a regional governor who staged an election upset against the country’s ruling party in the Far East in 2018 and accused him of organizing the murder of several entrepreneurs 15 years ago, Reuters reported.
Masked agents in camouflage pulled Sergei Furgal, the governor of...
The head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, said that the commission is considering the possibility of holding elections in September (a single voting day on September 13) for two to three days instead of one.
"Although it’s gotten better now (with coronavirus - IF), the epidemiological situation is...
The UN Security Council turned down the Russian-backed draft resolution on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria via one crossing on the border with Turkey, a source in the organization told TASS on Wednesday.
Seven countries voted against the resolution (the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Belgium, Germany,...
Residents of Moscow will be permitted to visit the theater again from Aug. 1 for the first time in more than four months, authorities said on Wednesday as coronavirus infections in Russia edged past the 700,000 mark, Reuters reported.
Theater audiences at 50% capacity will be allowed, President Vladimir Putin’s...
The global economy may decline by more than 5% if the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic occurred, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with reporters of the Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house, TASS reported.
The IMF revised its outlook downward for global GDP...
