Friday, August 14, 2026
Russia and the United States have suspended bilateral inspection missions within the framework of the New START treaty on reduction of strategic nuclear arms, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association Daryl Kimball has told TASS. "The United States and Russia agreed to suspend on-site inspections under the New Strategic...
The number of the coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 270 over the past day to 1,534, with 65 regions affected by the disease, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Sunday, TASS reported. "Today 1,534 cases have been registered in Russia. Over the past day, 15 people have...
Oil prices tumbled back below $25 per barrel Friday after Saudi Arabia said it hasn't recently held talks with Russia to end a price war that began earlier this month, The Street reported. Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, plunged by 6 percent to $24.77 a barrel while West Texas...
Russia’s Rosatom has introduced measures to prevent their personnel from contracting COVID-19, the state nuclear corporation announced, according to Znak.com. “At present, we have introduced additional measures at all of Russia’s nuclear power plants, including regular health check-ups of our personnel. We have arranged for as many employees as possible...
A "non-working week" began in Russia on Saturday in a move aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, Interfax reported. All restaurants, bars, motels, children's camps and ski resorts will be closed as early as March 28, and regional authorities have been advised to ban all public events and...
As fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues to create problems the Russian economy wil become unprofitable when the dollar hit 80 rubles, experts at the HSE Development Center wrote in a study, according to Nezavisimaya Gazeta. On the other hand, experts interviewed by the newspaper noted that some entrepreneurs might...
Signs of price-fixing in the buckwheat market were uncovered by the Russian anti-monopoly agency (FAS) amid the panic-buying spree fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, Vedomosti reports. Buckwheat has been a staple of choice for Russian shoppers to stockpile as the number of Covid-19 cases has climbed, with sales of the...
Russian steel company Severstal said on Friday one of its employees was suspected of having coronavirus after travelling from Moscow to the city of Cherepovets on a business trip with his wife. Severstal said the employee and those he came into contact with had been isolated and that he did...
An automatic system capable of conducting over 5,000 COVID-19 tests daily will be presented by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in one month, the sovereign wealth fund’s CEO Kirill Dmitriev said on Friday, according to RNS.  RDIF and Japan's Mirai Genomics have developed a new diagnostic system for detecting...
The global market may need a year or more to balance out in case of a decline in oil supply, while demand, hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, should be watched, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said on Friday, according to Reuters. Earlier this month, Sorokin told the news agency...