Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Asteroid 163348 (2002 NN4) will approach Earth on Saturday but is unlikely to hit it, Russian space corporation Roscosmos told TASS Friday. "According to information we have, the minimal distance between Earth and Asteroid 163348 (2002 NN4) will be 5.09 million kilometers," the state corporation said. This would be closer...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced a strategic partnership between its portfolio company Doctis and Mail.ru Group, Russia’s leading internet and IT-company. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and further expanding its remote medical services, Doctis is set, with the support of RDIF, to deliver major...
Russia will produce from 510 million to 520 million tonnes of crude in 2020, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters after the OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting on Saturday, TASS reported. "We had an estimate of some 510-520 million tonnes, so within this amount," Novak said adding that the indicator includes...
Facebook will start labeling Russian, Chinese and other state-controlled media organizations, and later this summer will block any ads from such outlets that target U.S. users, it said on Thursday, Reuters informs. The world’s biggest social network will apply the label to Russia’s Sputnik, Iran’s Press TV and China’s Xinhua...
OPEC and its allies led by Russia meet on Saturday to approve extending record oil production cuts and to push countries such as Iraq and Nigeria to comply better with existing curbs, Reuters reported. The producers known as OPEC+ previously agreed to cut supply by a record 9.7 million barrels...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) invested about 200 bln rubles ($2.9 billion) into various projects within five months of 2020, RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev said on Friday at the meeting with President Vladimir Putin, TASS writes. "We will continue proactive investments into the Russian infrastructure, including together with our...
The Business Activity Index (PMI) in Russia is still significantly below the neutral mark of 50 points, which indicates a continued decline in economic activity, said the head of Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina during an online conference on Friday. However, consumer demand and manufacturing activity in many regions are...
Russia has asked the United Nations to call on the United States to return Russia’s diplomatic property in New York for humanitarian reasons amid the coronavirus pandemic, Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gennady Kuzmin said on Friday, TASS reported. "When the governor of New York State declared...
The cost of futures for Brent crude oil for delivery in August 2020 on the London Stock Exchange ICE rose by 2.6% to the closing level of the previous session and reached $41.02 per barrel, according to the trading data on Friday, TASS reported. The last time the price of...
Russia has managed to contain a massive diesel spill into a river in the Arctic, a spokeswoman for the emergencies ministry told AFP on Friday, The Moscow Times reported. "We have stopped the spread of the petroleum products," the spokeswoman for the task force in charge of the accident clean-up...