Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Russia is ready for dialogue with NATO if that helps improve security in Europe, but so far there is no positive agenda with the alliance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Russian reporters in Athens late on Friday, TASS reports. When asked whether the Russian Foreign Ministry plans any...
The price of Bitcoin is down by 1.48% at $33,753, according to the trading data as of 05:16 am Moscow time, TASS writes. As of 05:23 am, the Bitcoin price was down by 1.08% at $33,891. On Friday the Bitcoin price rose sharply gaining 5,000 in one hour and reaching $37,299...
The EU sanctions against Russia are illegitimate and run counter to the interests of the European Union itself, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Russian reporters in Athens late on Friday, TASS informed. "Our attitude towards sanctions is well known," he said. "To begin with, it is an illegal...
The United States is optimistic about completion of procedures on extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between Moscow and Washington by February 5 for a five-year period, a representative of the Department of State told TASS on Friday when commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s signing...
A total of 19,238 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Russia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total case count to 3,813,048, the coronavirus prevention anti-crisis center announced Friday. The case growth rate in the past 24 hours was 0.51%, the statistics say, TASS reports. In particular, 2,284 cases were...
The coronavirus pandemic pushed Russian living standards to their lowest level in a decade, new economic data published by the country’s statistics service Rosstat has shown, as reported The Moscow Times. Real disposable incomes — a closely tracked indicator of Russian households’ financial wellbeing — dropped by 3.5% in 2020,...
Russia could provide the European Union with 100 million doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus shot - enough to vaccinate 50 million people - in the second quarter of 2021, the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which markets the shot abroad, tweeted on Friday, according to Reuters.  
Bitcoin during the trading session grew by 11.09%, peaking at $37,204, according to CoinDesk, TASS reports. On January 28, bitcoin showed a decline of over 10%. As of 12:19 Moscow time, bitcoin was growing by 7.8% at $36,126. Bitcoin is a decentralized system of the eponymous cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology. It...
Hard-working parents set an example for Alexander Skorobogatko and nurtured his natural drive to persevere and to achieve. The boy who competed in sambo and judo from the age of 12 started his first business at age 20 and became one of the pioneers of modern Russian business and...
Last Tuesday, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s team released their “biggest investigation yet” and invited Russians (and the world) to peer inside a Black Sea property his team alleges belongs to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) allege that they have discovered vast corruption schemes related...