Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and his partners are selling a 40.06% stake in Russian mid-sized gold producer Highland Gold to a Russian businessman, who will make a cash offer to remaining shareholders, they said on Friday, Reuters reported.
Abramovich, Chelsea soccer club owner, is selling Highland Gold, in which he...
The Russian ruble has fallen to its lowest level in months as eye-watering macroeconomic data and fears of renewed coronavirus outbreaks in Europe send investors flocking into safe haven assets, The Moscow Times reported.
Against the U.S. dollar the ruble printed 73.5 Friday morning in Moscow, having lost more than...
The number of the coronavirus infections in Russia has increased by 5,482 in the past 24 hours with the total number of infections reaching 839,981, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday, TASS reported.
According to the data, the daily growth hasn’t surpassed 0.7% for 10 days.
The lowest growth...
Sheremetyevo International Airport handled more than 134,000 tonnes of cargo and 15,000 tonnes of mail in the first six months of 2020, despite the crisis in air travel caused by the spread of coronavirus infection. Sheremetyevo Airport retains its leading position as the largest cargo handler of the Moscow...
China's new state-owned pipeline operator PipeChina has begun construction of the southern section of the East Russia to China gas pipeline, with completion expected in June 2025.
PipeChina has taken control of the pipeline as part of an asset transfer deal with state-controlled PetroChina, Argus Media reported.
The third and final...
Russia confirmed 5,509 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 834,499, The Moscow Times reported.
Over the past 24 hours 129 people have died, bringing the total toll to 13,802 — a rate considerably lower than in many other countries hit hard by the pandemic.
A total of...
The number of new coronavirus infections in the Russian capital has taken a 90-percent dive since the peak of the pandemic, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday, TASS reports.
"If we take the period from the peak of the incidence, the number of newly-diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Moscow has...
The European Union will remain closed to citizens of Europe’s largest country for at least another fortnight. That’s according to news agency TASS, citing a source in an EU member state’s delegation to Brussels, RT reported.
Eurocrats will make their updated “white list” public in the coming days, and it...
Researchers of the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered an unusual way of accumulation of point mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus genome indicating that recently it was evolutionarily adapted to reside in bats, the Institute’s press service reported on Tuesday citing the...
Sberbank will acquire a 6.95% treasury stake from Rambler Group and a 1.5% stake directly from A&NN, the second shareholder of the group, which will increase the share of Russia’s top lender in Rambler’s capital to 55%, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday, TASS reported.
"Sberbank plans to...
