Sheremetyevo Airport’s new Terminal C includes an automated system for screening cabin baggage based on a twin-projection scanner, boosting its already efficient and well-functioning security mechanisms, the airport’s authorities said.
In an interview with Transport Security and Technologies magazine, Sheremetyevo’s Deputy Director General for Aviation Security, Viktor Yermakov, says that...
A day before Russia’s massive coronavirus shutdown took effect, on March 27, the Moscow Mayor’s office signed a contract reportedly worth 3.2 billion rubles ($42.4 million) to purchase new concrete curbsides for the city, Meduza reports.
The city’s largest contract for curbstone supplies so far was with “Bashkirsky Kamen” (Bashir...
OPEC and Russia reached a provisional agreement Thursday evening for a global cut in oil production by 10 million barrels a day for May and June, the deepest cut ever agreed to by the world's oil producers, The Guardian reports.
The two sides said they expected the United States and...
The Bank of Russia, which has been on a gold-buying spree for years, has reversed the trend by first reducing and then completely suspending gold purchases for state reserves, Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes.
Experts attribute this to a growing demand for foreign currency amid the coronavirus crisis. Last year, gold exports...
As Moscow and other regions have imposed lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus, retailers have seen a sharp spike in alcohol sales in recent weeks, with customers buying liquor as ‘prevention’ against an infection, Reuters reports.
Vodka sales across Russia’s largest retail chains jumped 31% in the last...
The state should provide targeted assistance to all sectors of the Russian economy in the context of the pandemic, Russian Accounts Chamber auditor Danil Shilkov told TASS.
"Differential assistance will be needed to industries in recognizing all industries as affected," Shilkov said. According to him, for a number of industries...
Hours before the start of key talks between OPEC, Russia and other oil producers over efforts to prop up prices, a Russian source and an OPEC source told Reuters on Thursday Saudi Arabia and Russia still need to resolve differences over plans for deep output cuts.
"I'm not sure how...
Sheremetyevo International Airport is looking at two scenarios for reopening as soon as possible after the coronavirus emergency ends, according to Sheremetyevo's chairman, Alexander Ponomarenko, Yahoo Finance reported.
The first scenario involves the resumption of international flights in July and the gradual restoration of passenger traffic until the end of...
In the days since a non-working holiday was declared in Russia due to the spread of the coronavirus, around half of the country’s companies have taken various steps to optimize their activities, which particularly include wage cuts, Izvestia wrote, citing a poll conducted by the Center for Strategic Research...
More than of 90% entrepreneurs have been affected by the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and oil price downturn, Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has said, according to RAPSI.
Many applications from businesses are being submitted to the ombudsman’s office, Titov said Wednesday during his news conference.
“The fall in...
