Russia’s plan to naturalize more foreign citizens seems to be working - in the first quarter of 2020, over 2.5 times more people received Russian citizenship compared to the same period in 2019, RT reports.
In the first three months of the year, more than 161,000 people became Russian citizens....
Russians have become far more charitable during self-isolation, according to data compiled by Kommersant, which discovered that non-profit organizations recorded a notable increase in donations during quarantine, RT reported.
Based on data from online transfer services Yandex.Money and QIWI, Russians became much more active in supporting charities that support the...
Nord Stream 2 AG, the Swiss-based operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, will analyze the decision taken by the European court, which dismissed the company’s claim against the EU Gas Directive norms, and can file an appeal against the judgment within two months, the press service of...
Russian diamond producer Alrosa offered an option to buy rough diamonds through its digital platform amid the coronavirus pandemic related restrictions. The company offers over 800 rough diamonds from 5-10 carats batches, according to its official statement. The offered volume is the largest that the company has ever put...
Russia’s coronavirus death data is accurate, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, as reported by TASS.
According to an article on the CNBC website, Peskov "hit back at claims that the Russian data was inaccurate and insisted to CNBC that Russia is not misreporting virus fatalities."
"We conceal nothing," CNBC cited the...
Economic growth in Russia slowed to 1.6% in the first quarter, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, before sliding into a projected contraction in the second quarter caused by lockdowns aimed at curbing the new coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported.
Russia’s economy took a double hit in March and April, both from...
Another potentially deadly strain of coronavirus is likely to appear within the next ten years or so, Russia’s former chief sanitary doctor, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gennady Onishchenko told TASS on Wednesday.
"It appears that new strains of coronavirus do not emerge every year," said Onishchenko, who...
Russia will import about 300 mln face masks from China in May, Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Yevtukhov said on air of the Rossiya-24 television channel, TASS Reported.
"A large number of masks have been imported from China. On average, taking into account all the suppliers, (and we...
Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the United States has allocated $15.5 million as medical and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, the US Department of State’s press service said, TASS reports.
"The COVID-19 assistance to-date from the State Department and USAID includes Ukraine: $15.5 million in total...
Kiev’s line towards confrontation and whipping up tensions with Moscow remains unchanged, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday on occasion of Vladimir Zelensky’s first year of presidency, TASS reported.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, attempts continue to distort common history, glorify Nazism and desecrate memorials...
