Bulgaria will be expanding cooperation with Russia in tourism, so it seeks to facilitate the issuance of visas for Russian tourists, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview with TASS ahead of her visit to Moscow.
"Russia is an extremely important partner for Bulgaria in...
One of the largest producers and distributors of meat products in Russia, Miratorg Agribusiness Holding, has signed an investment agreement with the government of Bryansk Region for a pig-breeding project, worth $38 million, Meat-expert.ru reports.
The document was signed on the sidelines of the VIII International Slavic Economic Forum in...
The head of Russian oil company Tatneft, Nail Maganov, said in an interview with TASS that at current oil prices, projects on the Arctic shelf are much less attractive than those in traditional production regions of Russia.
"Given the current oil prices, we are extremely interested in other projects, especially...
Thawing of once permanently-frozen ground covering more than half of Russia is increasingly putting buildings, pipelines and other infrastructure at risk of damage, Bloomberg writes.
According to Alexander Krutikov, deputy minister for the Far East and Arctic development, the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the...
Russia’s state-run gas major Gazprom has initiated the final stage of testing on the offshore section of TurkStream, pumping gas into the first branch of the pipeline, the company said, according to RNS.
“Filling the pipeline system with gas is a significant step towards the start of actual gas supplies...
Russia's security service FSB said Thursday it is now reviving cooperation with American agencies on cybersecurity issues despite major tensions between the two countries, TASS reported citing the agency’s head Alexander Bortnikov.
“We are restoring those relations,” FSB’s chief told journalists in comments carried by the news agency, despite trading...
The head of Russian Equities at U.S. bank Citigroup, Alexei Bolshakov, who also served as CEO of the lender’s Global Markets division, has left the bank as Wall Street accelerates its retreat in Moscow, bne IntelliNews reported on Tuesday.
Bolshakov, a stalwart at Citigroup in Moscow for almost nine years,...
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is mulling handing over full control over its state-run oil company PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela) to Russia’s Rosneft, local newspaper El Nacional reported citing industry sources.
According to the report, the initiative was put forward with an aim to secure the write-off of...
Turkey exported 505,547 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables to Russia in the first nine months of this year, valued at around $412 million, Fresh Plaza reported citing figures by the country’s Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKIB).
Peaches were ranked first with an export volume of 73,455 tons, valued...
Russia’s state-run geological holding Rosgeo has asked the government for additional capitalization of 10.3 billion rubles ($160 million), so it could remain competitive by investing in equipment upgrades, Kommersant reports.
CEO Sergey Gorkov wrote several letters demanding the sum to Finance Minister Anton Sulianov, according to the business newspaper. The...
