European Union leaders agreed last week to name France's Christine Lagarde as the new head of the European Central Bank, and the veteran official got endorsement for the position from the Bank of Russia, TASS news agency reported.
The Russian central bank believes Christine Lagarde, head of the...
About 11 out of 12 mines belonging to Russia’s Alrosa Group, the world’s biggest diamond producer in karat terms, are located in Yakutia, a frozen region in northeastern Siberia rich in oil, gas and precious metals, AFP writes.
The majority state- and local government-owned company employs most of the town...
Turkey has been stockpiling parts for F-16s and other military equipment in anticipation of a U.S. sanction for acquiring the Russian S-400 air defense system, Bloomberg reported.
Two anonymous officials from Turkey who spoke to the news outlet refused to clarify on what types of spares were accumulated, how much...
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has called on Washington to recollect imposing its own sanctions instead of condemning the measures taken by Russia against Georgia, the ministry wrote on Facebook on Saturday, TASS reports.
"US Charge d’Affaires in Georgia Elizabeth Rood said the other day that the measures that Russia had taken...
Banks in Russia have lost at least 58.4 million rubles ($919,400) through cyberattacks carried out by infamous hacker groups Cobalt and Silence in 2018, according to a survey by Bank of Russia’s FinCERT (Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team) said on Friday, according to TASS.
"According to the data provided...
The Russian and Italian leaders jointly spoke out against EU sanctions on Moscow in Rome on Thursday, as Italy's populist government seeks allies on the world stage to counter French and German power in Europe, EUObserver writes.
"We have confirmed the excellent state of our bilateral relations," Italian Prime Minister...
A Shell oil refinery in Germany has halted imports via the Russian Druzhba pipeline because of slightly higher concentration of organic chlorine found in the crude, Reuters reported citing a Shell spokesman.
The statement comes just weeks after Russia said it had fully resumed oil flows to Europe via the...
A new capsule hotel is opening at Boryspil International Airport’s Terminal D on July 20, the Kyiv Post reports. Russian company GettSleep is behind the hotel at Boryspil — the company’s only other capsule hotel is based at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia.GettSleep.
“Boryspil Airport has joined the modern...
One of China's biggest carmakers, Great Wall Motors (GWM), has admitted a huge loss in a commercial dispute in Russia, but it claims that the incident won't have any impact on the company's plans and operations in that country, Now.com reports.
Responding to recent reports that GWM was defrauded of...
The level of investment into Russia’s real estate was up by almost a quarter (24%) year-on-year in the first half of 2019 to $1.6 billion, a report from JLL reveals, according to Interfax.
Investment in the second quarter was 13% higher than in the same period a year earlier and...
