Sunday, August 16, 2026
Indonesia’s deputy minister of state-owned enterprises (SOE) has said Jakarta wants to establish a national wealth fund similar to the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to attract foreign investment to the country, RNS reports. Indonesian President Joko Widodo earlier launched an initiative to establish a wealth fund during his visit to...
In a long-awaited development, Russian flag carrier and SkyTeam member Aeroflot and one world Japan Airlines (JAL) have announced the March 29 launch of their codeshare partnership, Russian Aviation Insider reported. The original memorandum of understanding was signed in 2017, but the project required airport relocations whereby Japan Airlines transferred its Moscow...
Air links between Singapore and Russia will be boosted in October with the launch of Aeroflot's non-stop service from Moscow to Changi Airport, Straits Times reported. Aeroflot, Russia's national carrier, will fly five times a week from Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport to Changi. It is Changi's first link to the...
The experts of Roskachestvo developed recommendations for purchases on foreign Internet sites, and also explained the difference in shopping at the largest market places - Amazon and AliExpress. “AliExpress, like Amazon, is a market place, but there is a fundamental difference - the dispatch of goods from AliExpress does not...
Rostelecom is exploring the possibility of biometric identification for servicing at banks and receiving other services for drawing veins in the palm, Rostelecom's Ivan Berov said, as reported by RIA Novosti. The plan is that identification by the palm will complement the already used signs - the image of the...
Moscow is counting on signing major new contracts between Russia and African partners, said Oleg Ozerov, deputy director of the African Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference organized by the Russia Today MIA. He recalled that very large contracts were signed at the Russia-Africa...
Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot has started paying extra money to its crews flying to China, the Sheremetyevo Air Traffic Trade Union said on its site on Saturday, according to Yakutia 24. The service crews at those flights will receive an extra 8,300 rubles (about $130) per flight, the union said.  "The...
Shares of the Polish state gas company PGNiG doubled in price over the year. The Poles attribute this to the fact that Gazprom has too high prices. However, analysts have a different opinion, RIA Novosti reported. If at the beginning of 2019 PGNiG shares were quoted at 7.6 zloty (about...
The key interest rate has been reduced to 6% per annum, already the Bank of Russia, as confirmed by Bank's Chairman Elvira Nabiullina, may move to a soft monetary policy, Kommersant reported. The combination of circumstances that the Bank of Russia faced in February 2020 apparently did not leave room...
The head of the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan, Perviz Shahbazov, believes that there will be no early ministerial meeting in the OPEC+ format due to the coronavirus, TASS reported. "In all likelihood, an early ministerial meeting will not be held within the framework of OPEC+," he told reporters on...