Thursday, August 13, 2026
Sheremetyevo International Airport has been named Airport of the Year in the annual Wings of Russia National Aviation Awards program for the second year in a row. The Wings of Russia National Aviation Award named after Evgeny Chibirev was established in 1997 by the Association of Air Transport Operators of...
The creation of a free economic zone at the Baikonur spaceport could make a significant contribution to the economy of Kazakhstan and Russia, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, as reported by TASS. "Our cooperation in the space sector and joint development of the...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 8,536 in the past 24 hours, 8,972 patients recovered, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Wednesday, TASS reports. The number of recoveries exceeds the number of new cases for the second day in a row. The daily increase in the...
The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has initiated an investigation against Russia’s top gas producer Gazprom, which is threatened with a fine amounting to 50 mln euro for refusal to cooperate in the course of proceedings concerning the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the...
After weeks of research in the fight against coronavirus around the world, potential medications are starting to be tested. In Russia, the Defense Ministry has chosen 50 volunteers for clinical trials of a new Covid-19 vaccine, Russia Today informed. “Fifty military personnel were selected to test the safety and effectiveness...
Oil and gas condensate production in Russia declined by 15 percent year-on-year in May to 39.7 million tons or 9.39 million barrels per day (bpd), according to Energy Ministry data, Russia Today reports. The figure is down from 11.35 million barrels per day in April and near Moscow’s target under...
The nationwide plan on economic recovery in Russia is an expert document and does not imply a wide public discussion, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, TASS informed. "No nationwide discussion is implied. That is an absolutely expert document," he said. So far, a basis of the plan has...
Russian tech company Yandex, in partnership with Hyundai Motor CIS and Hyundai Mobis, will launch 100 new unmanned Hyundai Sonata vehicles on public roads in Russia and the United States in 2020. Thus, the company will double its fleet of self-driving cars, Yandex press service told TASS. The first Hyundai...
President Vladimir Putin has approved the plan prepared by the government as the basis for economic recovery, TASS reported. "The government on the whole and our authorities have indeed completed a major and a serious job and prepared the groundwork. I believe the presented document can be taken as the...
US President Donald Trump told President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Monday about his idea of holding an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year with a possible invitation for Russia, the Kremlin and the White House said. Trump said on Saturday he would postpone a G7...