Thursday, May 22, 2025
An international team of scientists has found that those with a special variant of the gene that regulates the functions of the immune system are twice as likely to get on mechanical ventilation when infected with COVID-19, Izvestia reported. The co-authors of the study from Russia clarified that such people...
The leaders of JSC Sheremetyevo International Airport took leading positions in the 22nd annual rating of the Top-1000 Russian Managers, prepared by the Association of Managers and Publishing House Kommersant. General Director of JSC "MASH", Mikhail Vasilenko is the leading among top managers in the category "Transport", in the rating...
On Friday, a descendant of Russia's last emperor, Nicholas II, married in a grandiose ceremony, marking the country's first royal wedding in the century since the Bolshevik revolution deposed the monarchy. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov married his Italian fiancée Rebecca Virginia Bettarini in front of hundreds of royal guests...
Following the second round of bilateral talks in Geneva, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov informed reporters that Moscow and Washington had agreed to create two strategic stability task teams. According to experts contacted by Izvestia, it is a significant step, but the present priority is to define the...
Kiev intends to utilize Ankara's military assistance to start a new stage of attempts to plan military operations in southern Ukraine. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces issued a special order lifting limitations on the use of weaponry in the Donbass war zone, directing the use of Turkish-made...
According to Vedomosti, Russia's exports will surpass $500 billion this year for the first time since 2013, citing a Citi study. Experts noted in a study note that exports are already nearing their best levels in years, and basic commodity prices are rising. According to Citi analysts, the increase in...
The economic crisis is not such a terrible phenomenon, the economies of countries, especially financially developed ones, come out of crises refreshed, change their technological structure, become more productive and a new phase of the economic cycle begins, experts explain. Georgy Ostapkovich, director of the Center for Market Research at...
Member of the European Court of Auditors, Johan Parts pointed to the unprecedented level of corruption in Ukraine, comparing this phenomenon to an epidemic, Interfax reported. According to him, there is no doubt that corruption is widespread in Ukraine on a huge scale. “You can tell your president that there are...
In 2022, 2.7 trillion rubles are going to be spent on national projects, the year after that almost 2.8 trillion, and 2.9 trillion rubles are planned for 2024, the explanatory note to the draft budget said, Izvestia reported. In total, over three years, allocations will reach 8.4 trillion, which is...
The Forum for Interregional Cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan has been held since 2003 in turn in the cities of the two countries - in 2019, the host city was Omsk, where the two sides discussed issues related to cross-border cooperation. The next in line was Kokshetau in the north...