Russia finished 2020 with a milder than expected 3.1% contraction, according to preliminary data from the Economics Ministry released on February 1, bne Intellinews reports.
Russia suffered a smaller contraction than most major economies in 2020 after the government opted not to re-impose a lockdown in the second half of...
The Russian embassy in Bulgaria reacted sharply against criticism by a U.S. diplomat in Sofia about corruption in the country, Euractiv reports.
“We noticed the recent statement by colleagues from the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria about the inability and lack of political will of the Bulgarian authorities to tackle corruption...
Russia may file a lawsuit over the hindrances other countries have been posing to the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev told Russian mass media in an interview, as reported by TASS.
"If there are reasons for this, it goes without saying...
The deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, described the years of Donald Trump’s presidency as a ‘period of disappointment’ in Russian-US relations, TASS informed.
"The period of the previous administration’s work is the period of disappointment," he said in an interview with the Russian media.
"Donald Trump, already...
Russia has documented 17,648 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest figure since October 28, 2020, TASS reports. The overall case count has reached 3,868,087, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed reporters on Monday.
The daily increase rate has reached 0.46%.
The lowest increase rate has been...
Nearly 2,000 people, including journalists, took part in an unauthorized rally in downtown Moscow on January 31, the Main Department of the Russian Interior Ministry told reporters on Sunday, TASS reported.
"In Moscow, there was an unauthorized public event, in which nearly 2,000 people took part as of 14:30 Moscow...
The new US administration showed political will thanks to which Moscow and Washington managed to agree on extending New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Moscow. Kremlin. Putin program on Rossiya-1 TV channel, TASS informed.
"We see that the new administration of...
Russia confirmed 18,359 new coronavirus cases in the past day and the overall caseload in the country reached 3,850,439, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday, TASS informed.
The average coronavirus growth rate reached 0.48%. The lowest growth rates in the past day were registered in the Tuva Republic...
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said on Saturday that Moscow and Tehran had signed an agreement for the purchase and joint production of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The first batch of the vaccine will arrive in Iran by February 7, Jalali told the IRNA news agency, TASS...
