Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Belarus lost 1.5 billion Belarusian rubles (about $600 million) because of the oil dispute with Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko said in his address to the nation and the parliament on Tuesday, TASS reported. "In this difficult situation, we did not close our enterprises, unlike the rest of the world, we...
Russian medics have revealed the results of the pilot part of phases two and three of clinical trials of Avifavir, a domestic favipiravir-based drug capable of suppressing the coronavirus. It accelerated the removal of the coronavirus from the body in more than half of patients and didn’t cause any...
Russia’s richest are $27.89 billion poorer than they were at the beginning of the year, when the coronavirus started spreading across the globe, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI), Russia Today reported. While some tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg have seen their net worth skyrocket by...
Russia currently supplies the Avifavir anti-coronavirus drug to more than 15 countries, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel. "This drug is supplied to more than 15 countries," he said. Dmitriev recalled that earlier today the sovereign wealth...
Russia’s further gradual economic recovery may be unstable amid restrained consumer behavior, the Central Bank said in its report on monetary policy, TASS writes. According to the Bank of Russia, further gradual economic recovery can be unsustainable due to the decline in income, restrained consumer behavior, cautious business sentiments, as...
As U.S. lawmakers plot to stop one of Moscow’s most important projects in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, lobbyists supporting it are busier than ever but disclosing few details of their work, according to government filings and current and former U.S. officials, Reuters reported. The pipeline linking Russian gas...
Russia’s Defense Ministry is concerned over the human factor as one of the causes of air incidents and is taking special measures, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said at the ministry’s conference call on Tuesday, TASS reported. "We are somewhat concerned over the so-called human factor, which is one...
Washington’s deployment of land-based short-and intermediate-range missiles in various regions around the world will provoke an immediate reaction from Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday, TASS reported. "It is clear that deployment of American land-based short-and intermediate-range missiles globally seriously undermines regional and global security and will provoke a...
Sheremetyevo International Airport’s Terminal D began servicing international and domestic flights on August 1. The opening of Terminal D was made possible by the gradual ending of restrictions on domestic and international passenger traffic and the gradual increase in the number of flights arriving at and departing from the...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the ChemRar Group of companies have begun supplying the Avifavir anti-coronavirus drug to South Africa, RDIF announced in a press release. According to the press release, Chromis, a joint venture established by RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and ChemRar Group, announced the signing...