A senior Gazprom official said on Tuesday that the company will start talks on extending a deal to transit Russian gas across Ukraine to Europe after a new government is formed in Kiev, Reuters reported.
The Russian state gas giant has been involved in difficult, EU-sponsored negotiations with Ukrainian...
The freezing cold wastelands of Siberia are transforming into habitable regions with milder temperatures as the climate changes brought on by rising temperatures kick in, a new research shows, according to Science Daily.
Siberia and the wider Asian Russia region accounts for 77 percent of Russia's land area but...
Companies from Switzerland consider Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to be important markets with high growth potential, the head of Switzerland’s Department of Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis said in an interview with TASS on Wednesday.
Last year Russia was ranked 25th among Switzerland’s trade partners, with trade volume...
Biometrics companies from China and Russia could soon be excluded from an influential U.S. government accuracy test of facial recognition technology, in another move that could escalate an ongoing tech war between great powers, the South China Morning Post reports.
According to a bill proposal by Democratic Senator Brian...
China’s Xiaomi has launched a collection of products in Russia, in a move that highlights the company’s intent to seriously position itself in the market, RIA Novosti reports.
The Hong Kong-listed company, best known for its smartphones, will now also sell its smart TVs, smart wristbands, wireless earbuds, and...
Damage from crimes connected to the natural environment in Russia for 2018 amounted to 12 billion rubles ($186 million), with the bulk of the illegal activities falling on the country’s logging industry, a Russian official has said, according to Interfax.
Yevgeny Miroshnik, from the department of management of methodological and...
Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has said that the second unit of the Novovoronezh II nuclear power plant south of Moscow has gone into pilot commercial operation, Bellona reports.
The reactor is a VVER-1200, the Russian nuclear industry’s flagship product as it seeks to expand its sales abroad. The new...
A criminal ring was uncovered last week by Russian police in the sales arm of diamond miner Alrosa, RIA Novosti reported.
An Alrosa employee and two outside associates – one an intermediary and the other who sold the stolen goods – was uncovered by Russian police. The three ring members...
Royal Flight, a Sheremetyevo-based Russian passenger charter carrier, has become the newest operator of the wide-body aircraft Boeing 777 with the delivery of a B777-300ER, which was previously operated by Emirates, Rusaviainsider.com reports.
The aircraft comes re-configured to a two-class layout and includes 14 seats in business class and...
Foreign citizens hoping to enter Russia will have a new electronic visa available beginning January 1, 2021, after Russian President Vladimir Putin has requested the system to be ready at an earlier date, Kommersant reports.
President Vladimir Putin has tasked the government to increase tourism revenue to $15.5 billion...
