Moscow’s authorities plan to minimize restrictive measures by summer if the present situation with the coronavirus remains, Deputy Moscow Mayor for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Yefimov reported on Thursday, TASS writes.
"We hope that if the current situation with the spread of the coronavirus infection remains,...
The number of private investors with brokerage accounts on the Moscow Exchange since the beginning of 2021 has grown by 1.2 mln people and reached 10 mln, according to the trading platform information released on Thursday, TASS reported.
Over the past year, brokerage accounts were opened by 5 mln people,...
Despite record borrowing to shore up the country’s finances and fund its healthcare system during the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia has racked up far less national debt than first expected, a new economic analysis has claimed, RT reports.
On Wednesday, local media reported that the Accounts Chamber in Moscow had recorded...
Russia’s second-largest lender VTB on Thursday reported a 63% decline in net profit last year as the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a hike in provisions against bad debt but it said it aimed for record-high income in 2021, Reuters reports.
State-run VTB saw its net profit shrink to 75.3 billion rubles...
The Kremlin is concerned by the developments in Armenia but believes it is exclusively a domestic affair of the country, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated Thursday as reported by TASS.
Earlier on Thursday, the Armenian Armed Forces General Staff issued a statement demanding resignations of the prime minister and government...
Egypt has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 34th country outside of Russia and third in North Africa to do so, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund responsible for marketing the vaccine abroad, said...
Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 11,749 in the past day reaching 4,200,902, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reported.
For a second day in the row fewer than 12,000 daily coronavirus cases were recorded.
In relative terms, the growth rate stood at 0.3%.
The lowest growth rates in...
Corporate polluters could see their ability to pay shareholders targeted if they are found responsible for damage to the environment, under new plans proposed by the Russian government amid a spate of ecological catastrophes, RT reported.
On Wednesday, Moscow paper RBK published the leaked order, which was handed to...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that stipulates hefty fines for not complying with the law on the Internet and for violating the rights of Russian citizens on the Internet, including censorship of Russian media. The document was published on the official portal of legal information on...
The Progress Space Rocket Center (part of the state space corporation Roscosmos) has launched work on Bion-M No.2 satellite for delivering mice into outer space, the Center’s press office told TASS on Wednesday.
"Work has begun at the enterprise’s production units to make the spacecraft’s hulls, namely, the descent vehicle,...
