Due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Austrian government has announced a ban on entry into the country for citizens of the UK, the Netherlands, Russia, and Ukraine. According to the latest data, about 800 people have been infected with the virus in Austria, one of whom...
Finland’s national air carrier Finnair has canceled flights to Russia along with some other countries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Saturday, according to Yle News.
"Several countries have implemented new travel restrictions. Due to the situation, we cancel flights to Denmark and Norway 17.-31.3,...
Test kits for the novel coronavirus to countries have been sent by Russia to a number of countries including Iran, North Korea, and ex-Soviet states, the country’s health authorities said on Thursday, according to AFP.
The state health watchdog said in a statement that Moscow had sent 800 test kits...
Two geologists from Russian diamond mining giant Alrosa, who were arrested for illegally prospecting for gold in Zimbabwe’s Nyanga Park and washing the ore in Nyangombe river, were acquitted by a local magistrate, New Zimbabwe writes.
The pair, Tension Hlatini (36) and Igor Shmakov (49), employed as a geologist and...
Russian stock indices accelerated the decline caused by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and uncertainty about oil prices during the Friday trading session on the Moscow Exchange, VZ.ru reported.
The ruble-denominated RTS Index lost 5.6% and declined to 1,250.4 points, according to trading data.
The MOEX Russia Index fell 4.3% to...
Russian gold miner Pavlik Gold has selected Finnish industrial machinery company Metso to supply key crushing and grinding equipment for its ore processing plant in Magadan, International Mining reported last week.
The Pavlik gold ore processing plant started operations in 2015. It is currently producing approximately seven tons of gold...
At the beginning of this month, Russia's national development corporation VEB.RF, RT-Invest, and the Swiss-Japanese consortium Hitachi Zosen Inova signed an agreement to build four large-scale waste-to-energy plants. The creation of the plants will cut the amount of municipal waste sent to Moscow landfills by about a third. The...
At least 11,000 people that entered Russia from China are being monitored regarding the coronavirus, TASS reports citing the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor).
"From February 1, 2020, a separate terminal has been allocated and prepared under the supervision of Rospotrebnadzor at the...
New York-based diamond wholesaler Larry J. West has purchased a 6.21-carat intense pink diamond unearthed and polished by Russian mining giant Alrosa, the company said in a statement.
The unique stone originates from Yakutia, Russia's largest region and home to the world's pole of cold.
Larry J. West, a three generation...
A gas explosion at a factory in Russia on Friday killed six people and injured two more, emergency officials said, according to RIA Novosti.
The explosion occurred in Russia's central Oryol region, causing an engineering production facility under construction to collapse. It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the explosion.
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