Thursday, August 13, 2026
Russia's economic growth reached 2.2 percent in October compared to the same month last year, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at an investment forum on Wednesday in Moscow, according to Reuters. "We see that the dynamic of economic growth is accelerating. Over the past month ... 2.2 percent growth,"...
In a reported breach of U.S. sanctions against Russia, Swedish bank Swedbank helped major shareholders in Russian arms manufacturer Kalashnikov send almost $1.1 million to the company’s American subsidiary, Swedish public broadcaster STV reported. Small arms producer Kalashnikov is one of the most recognized brands of the Russian arms industry. After Russia annexed...
Sheremetyevo has received the green-light from Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency to open its renovated Terminal C in January 2020, Airport World reported. According to the Moscow gateway, the first phase of its "new and improved" Terminal C ensures that it is equipped to handle international flights. The revamped terminal has...
Eight years after the onset of the bloody war in Syria, the flow of tourists into the Middle East country is beginning to recover, two Russian tour operators told Kommersant.  The companies have launched the sale of organized tours to Syria but one of them said it has so far...
Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport celebrated its 60th anniversary on August 11 this year. Originally built as a military airbase, SVO witnessed its first commercial flight in 1959 and has grown to become Russia’s busiest airport. Airport Technology's Varsha Saraogi looks back at the history of this iconic airport and...
Russia’s Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) has laid out a plan to raise investment in projects boosting output which would result in reducing dividend payments after 2022, the mining giant’s Vice President has said, according to Reuters. Sergey Dubovitsky was speaking to reporters at a briefing ahead of the Russian company’s capital...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has received the necessary compliance certification from Rostekhanadzor, the Russian Supervisory Body on ecological, technological, and nuclear issues, for Stage 1 of the Terminal C reconstruction. The construction of the latest terminal at Sheremetyevo Airport lasted from October 2017 to October 2019. The terminal was designed as...
A new development pattern for Russia’s regional and local aviation should be drafted in the first half of 2020 and applied in 2021-2024, Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov on Monday, according to the country’s Parliamentary newspaper. Akimov was speaking at a strategic session on the formation of conceptual approaches of the...
Delance Limited, the controlling company of troubled Russian car dealership Rolf, plans to sell the company to a single buyer, a company’s spokesperson said on Monday, according to state-run news agency TASS. "The decision was made to sell the whole group to a single buyer. The deal covers all group companies...
In a bid to develop transport links in the remote Yakutia region, Russia plans to build a $1.3 billion bridge across the Lena River, Kommersant reports. The project, set to be finished in 2025, has been approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the business newspaper wrote on Monday. The Russian leader...