Russia's Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina said recently that the main constraints on Russia's economic development are domestic, putting her at odds with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who in an interview with Italian newspaper Il Corriere Della Sera this month blamed international circumstances including the sanctions, Expert Online writes.
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China has agreed with Russian authorities to “deepen trade in soybeans and other agricultural products” during a meeting this week, the South China Morning Post reports citing commerce minister Zhong Shan.
Zhong, a recent addition to Beijing’s negotiating team in trade war talks with Washington, met with the Russian minister...
The growth of Russia’s economy accelerated to 0.7% in June in year-on-year terms after expanding by 0.1% in May, the Russian Economy Ministry said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
In the second quarter of 2019, GDP grew 0.8% after growing by 0.5% in the first three months of the year....
The UN Agency for the Refugees' Affairs and Sheremetyevo International Airport honored the International Refugees Day by unveiling the ‘Refugees in the Modern World’ exhibit.
In accordance with the UN General Assembly resolution of December the 4th 2000, Refugees' Day is celebrated on June the 20th each year from that...
Russia's largest lender, Sberbank, has sued the former owner of the troubled Antipinsky refinery Dmitry Mazurov, accusing him and former head of the refinery Gennady Lisovichenko of large-scale embezzlement, Vedomosti reported this week.
The amount of embezzlement has not been disclosed, but sources in Mazurov’s company, New Stream, told Vedomosti...
Armenia wants to build a new nuclear power plant and is already in talks with Russia on participation in the project, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan told the PanArmenian.
Avinyan, who is currently in New York for UN events, has said that Armenia does not want to give...
Venezuela is considering using the Russian alternative to the traditional international payment system SWIFT, as the country braces for new U.S. sanctions that could further weaken its financial sector, Bloomberg reported citing sources.
As the monetary regulator’s approval is necessary if Venezuela wants to use the payment platform, the country’s...
A Russian AI-powered selfie-editing app that has been having a viral moment lately has become the center of a controversy after being called out over privacy concerns, TechCrunch reports.
FaceApp uses neural networks and artificial intelligence to add a few years and creates a pretty compelling version of the user’s...
Russia’s permanent mission to the United Nations Geneva Office is hosting a meeting between Moscow and Washington that will address strategic stability consultations. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is heading the Russian delegation, while the U.S. delegation is led by Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan. The delegation also...
Russian state-controlled carrier Aeroflot is to purchase six re-engined medium-haul Airbus A320neo family aircraft, according to documents posted on the country’s public procurement portal. Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for 2020, Rusaviainsider.com reported.
The carrier placed a request for proposal (RFP) with a value up to US$566 million to...
