Monday, August 3, 2026
Russia-founded “crowdsourced” same-day delivery service Dostavista has raised $15 million in a Series B funding by Vostok New Ventures, with participation from existing investors Flashpoint and Addventure, TechCrunch reports. Dostavista promises same-day delivery powered by its network of “trusted couriers”. The startup was founded in 2012 by Mike Alexandrovski, after...
Russian oil giant Rosneft was not included in the latest Forbes rating of 250 Best Regarded Companies in the world, the Russian fuel, with only Lukoil and Transeft representing the Russian energy complex this year, Oilru.com reported.  The third annual ranking Global 2000: The World's Best Regarded Companies is a...
Rising Middle Eastern oil production is making the commodity that comes out of this region cheaper compared to Brent-linked grades, which may lead to a price war, Bloomberg has reported, citing an FGE analyst. “There’s much cheaper crude, and a lot of it coming from the Middle East,” Grayson Lim,...
Sheremetyevo International Airport is listed among the best employers in Russia by Forbes magazine, which rated the airport number 33 among Russia's top 50, Airport World reported. The Forbes rating is based on a global survey of the corporate culture and practices of the largest Russian companies. The survey encompassed 150...
The next meeting of the Bank of Russia's key rate committee will be held on October 22. None of the experts contacted by Vedomosti expects the key rate to be maintained, much alone reduced, at the next meeting. The vast majority (13 out of 20 questioned experts) anticipate a...
Active cooperation of Russia and China over the fight against the coronavirus pandemic will continue, Russian Ambassador to China Andrei Denisov said Friday in an open interview with TASS First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman. "Since effectively the first days of the outbreak, it has become clear that international cooperation...
Coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 8,706 in the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total number of infected people to 520,129, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday, TASS reported. The latest data indicates that daily growth equaled 1.7% compared to 1.8% a day earlier. New coronavirus cases equaled 1,493 in...
Within five years, AvtoVAZ aims to introduce new Lada models, with their support, bringing the brand to a higher price category "far more than a million rubles," according to Nicolas Maure, the company's president. Mauve said that the company will begin the cycle of upgrading the model range in 2023...
President Vladimir Putin has accused the Russian Communist Party of calling on its supporters to reject constitutional changes because they “have always advocated the dictatorship of the proletariat” and seek its restoration, Russia Today reported. The Communists are the only party represented in the country's parliament advocating a 'no' in...
Troubled German banking giant Deutsche Bank is damaged by fines, legal action and the possible prosecution of “senior management” because of its role in a $20 billion Russian money-laundering scheme, The Guardian reports citing a confidential internal report by the lender. According to the document, the bank acknowledges “a...