Russian President Vladimir Putin told a BRICS Summit in Brazil that his country’s economic cooperation with the members of the informal association of the world’s biggest emerging economies continues to expand, Channel One reports.
According to Putin, Russia's trade with Brazil, India, China and South Africa has grown by 22.4...
An increase in gas exports helped the growth of Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) to pick up in the third quarter and slightly exceed market expectations, the Federal Statistics Service said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
The statistics service Rosstat said the Russian economy grew by 1.7% in the third...
Russian engineering company Mosinzhproekt and the China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) plan to set up a joint venture for the construction of subways around the world, Moscow Deputy Mayor Marat Khusnullin has said, according to Interfax.
He said that several agreements have already been sealed with Chinese partners, particularly on the implementation of...
Oil reserves of the Russian Arctic zone amounted to 7.3 billion tons, while the region’s natural gas reserves stand at about 55 trillion cubic meters, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry Kobylkin said on Wednesday, according to TASS.
"Oil reserves of the Russian Arctic zone are estimated at 7.3 billion...
Sheremetyevo International Airport served 42,828,000 people from January through October 2019, an increase of 9.2 percent over the same period last year. There were 325,890 take-off and landing operations in the ten-month period, which was 10.8 percent more than for the same period in 2018.
From January to October, passenger...
Russia's football authorities said Wednesday the national team will not be wearing new shirts designed by German giant Adidas in upcoming Euro-2020 qualifiers after some pointed out they reverse the colours of the Russian flag.
"In the upcoming games, the Russian national team will continue using the kit in which...
Leaders of the BRICS group of leading emerging economy nations, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are meeting this week for a summit in Brazil, The Times of India reports.
According to the organizers, the leaders will discuss opening their development bank to other countries...
The First Deputy CEO of Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, Lev Khasis, told reporters on Wednesday that the management will restart negotiations on the sale of its Ukrainian subsidiary after Kiev lifts sanctions against the bank, Interfax reports.
"Following the introduction of Ukrainian sanctions against Sberbank, resumption of negotiations with anyone...
U.S. automotive giant General Motors (GM) said it has appointed Ciprian Suta as the company’s new Managing Director in Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Global Fleet reports.
Suta was formally appointed on October 1st. He succeeded the previous GM Russia Managing Director Hector Villarreal, who has been appointed...
A Russian business group describing itself as an “Entrepreneurs Association for the Development of Business Patriotism” is asking Russia’s Parliament to introduce mandatory government registration for Internet access, TASS reports.
The head of the Avanti organization, Rakhman Yansukov, proposes that anyone who wants to go online in Russia should verify their identity...
