Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The desire of certain American lawmakers to drastically decrease the number of Russian diplomats in the United States is purely emotional, according to Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Earlier, a bipartisan group of US senators demanded that Biden take urgent steps to expand the number of staff at the US...
Uncertainty about future limitations as a result of COVID-19 has resulted in a significant decrease in demand for restaurant franchises. Only 6% of prospective franchisees were interested in such ventures at the end of September 2021, compared to 10-11% in 2019. Restaurant owners were cautious about selling franchises to...
Sberbank became the most expensive bank in Europe. Previously, the first place was held by the British HSBC, Russian media reported. The cost of Sberbank shares has renewed its historical maximum: at the moment one security was worth more than 366 rubles. Market capitalization exceeded 8.25 trillion rubles - in...
Inflation in Russia by October 4 in comparison with this date a year earlier accelerated to 7.48% in annual terms, according to the review of the Ministry of Economic Development. A week earlier, the figure was 7.26%. According to Rosstat, consumer prices have increased by 5.48% since the beginning of...
The gas price on October 6 renewed its record - it jumped by 39% to $1970 per thousand cubic meters. Coal has not lagged behind - the price of fuel exceeded $300, which is 6% more than the record in 2008, according to the ICE intercontinental exchange in London. The...
According to a joint statement released on Twitter by Bloomberg writer Javier Blas, a group of five EU countries (France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Romania, and Greece) recommended examining the reasons for Europe's record-high increase in gas prices, TASS writes. "With regard to gas," the statement adds, "the operation of...
According to a recent study by scientists at the Carbon Brief climate analytics website, Russia has contributed 6.9 percent of the world's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions since 1850, Moscow Times writes. Russia is fourth in the world in terms of yearly carbon emissions, according to data from the Union of...
Leading senators have urged the US to consider removing up to 300 Russian diplomats unless Moscow grants additional visas to the US embassy. The US objected when Moscow prohibited embassies from recruiting Russian or third-country personnel on August 1, forcing Washington to lay off almost 200 locals at posts throughout...
According to the study's results, scientists from Spain and Canada found that the quantity of specific antibodies against the COVID-19 spike protein affects the survival rate of patients with severe coronavirus, as reported by RIA Novosti. Vaccination results in the production of these antibodies. Antibodies that target the viral...
The Bank of Russia is expected to increase its inflation and GDP forecasts for 2021 at a crucial meeting in October, according to Kirill Tremasov, director of the Central Bank's monetary policy department, in an interview with Izvestia daily, Kommersant reports. In July, the agency predicted 5.7-6.2 percent growth. “The...