Thursday, August 13, 2026
The Belarusian government is mulling over the possibility of importing American oil into the republic through Poland, and the discussion of this issue will be resumed after the quarantine Poland had imposed on its territory due to coronavirus is lifted, First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Dmitry Krutoy told...
Kamaz plans in August 2020 to complete certification and start production of Euro-6 eco-friendly trucks for the Russian car market, the company’s CEO Sergei Kogogin said in a statement, TASS reported. According to Kogogin, despite the fact that Euro-5 environmental standards are currently in force in Russia, the company is...
The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia has climbed by 11,231 over the past day, reaching 177,160 in all regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday, TASS reported. Some 23,803 people have recovered and a total of 1,625 patients have died. The daily growth rate in cases stood at 6.8%...
Russia's largest gas producer Gazprom said on Wednesday it was supplying natural gas to China as planned after the company's contractor said it was suspending works at a China-assigned field, Energy World reported. Stroytransneftegaz, a contractor working for Russian energy giant Gazprom at the Chayanda gas field in Siberia, said earlier on Wednesday it...
Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov expects that enterprises, including restaurants, shops and museums that had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic to resume operations from mid-May, TASS reported. "I hope that starting May 12-15, part of the businesses will start to resume their operation. This applies to certain restaurants,...
Russia’s construction sector may face around 10% of financial losses amid the current epidemiological situation, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin on Rossiya-24 TV channel. "It will only be possible to estimate the losses of each region the results of the year. With the...
Russian military experts have done everything to save Serbia from the coronavirus pandemic, Commander of the Russian task force in Serbia Major General Mikhail Chernyshev said, responding to the gratitude expressed by Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin and Belgrade Deputy Mayor Goran Vesic, TASS reported. "We tried to do everything...
The European Commission expects Russia's GDP to decline 5% in 2020 due to the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, which is more than double the 2.3% decline in 2015 caused by falling oil prices and Western sanctions, TASS reported. This assessment is contained in the European Commission's spring economic forecast...
The Ministry of Finance is expecting an average oil price in 2020 of $30 dollars per barrel, Kommersant reported. In an interview with Vedomosti newspaper, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated that Russia has created the necessary financial buffers and will live even at a price of oil of $10. According to...
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned officials to increase security and to do additional checks for possible Russian operatives appearing as political advisers working in U.S. politics for the upcoming November’s elections. According to The Associated Press, the report which was produced in February warned...