Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The international rating agency Fitch has maintained an estimate of the fall in world GDP this year at 4.6%, according to a report by Global Economic Outlook (GEO). At the same time, the forecast for the Chinese economy was improved to a growth of 1.2% from the expected 0.7% in...
The number of officially registered unemployed in the Russian Federation since April 1 has increased by 3.5 times, but there is no need to talk about the explosive increase in unemployment, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Interfax reports. "Our first priority is the fight against unemployment," he said at...
The Kremlin on Monday rejected as “lies” media reports that Russian forces had offered to pay Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, according to Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was never briefed about the reported Russian military intelligence efforts and blasted a New York...
Russian state opinion pollster VTsIOM said on Monday that its exit polls showed that 76% of Russians had so far voted to support reforms that could allow President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule until 2036, Reuters reported. The nationwide vote on constitutional reforms began on June 25 and is...
U.S. President Donald Trump denied Sunday he had been briefed on intelligence that reportedly showed Russia had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, The Moscow Times reported. In a pair of early morning tweets, Trump angrily slammed the report by The New York Times as "Probably just...
Russia will hike taxes for the country’s top earners from next year, President Vladimir Putin announced in a speech to the nation Tuesday afternoon, The Moscow Times reported. In a lengthy address in which Putin discussed Russia’s fight with the coronavirus and hailed the success of the country’s health system...
Global retail giant Amazon and Japanese SoftBank have made approaches to Russian conglomerate Sistema about a possible acquisition of its online retailer Ozon, Sistema’s majority owner Vladimir Evtushenkov said on Saturday, Reuters reported. It’s not immediately clear if talks are still underway or have ended. Sistema has said it was looking...
The shareholders of PJSC AFK Sistema at the annual meeting approved the corporation’s board of directors in an updated composition, expanding it from 11 to 12 people, said Andrei Dubovskov, deputy chairman of the corporation’s board of directors, Interfax reported. The board of directors of Sistema includes Vladimir Chirakhov, the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for a ceasefire in Libya and a return to dialogue, the Kremlin said in a statement following a phone call between the two leaders, Reuters reported. On Thursday, France, Germany and Italy called on forces in Libya to...
U.S. intelligence has concluded that a Russian unit offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill troops of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, The Moscow Times reported, citing NYT. The purported bounties gave incentives to the guerrillas to target US forces, just as President Donald Trump tries to withdraw troops and...