Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor does not intend to initiate lifting of the ban on the supply of apples and pears from Belarus, an official from the watchdog has said, according to Newsbel. Moreover, the agency does not even rule out the introduction of new...
Thousands of protestors have rallied in Russia's the northwestern Komi Republic against the construction of a new landfill in the neighboring Arkhangelsk region, local news agency Komi Inform reported.
The demonstrators gathered in Michurin Park in the Komi capital, Syktyvkar, on Sunday, protesting what they called Moscow’s "colonial politics" and...
China's leading SUV brand and part of Great Wall Motors, Haval, has launched the inaugural round of production for the highly anticipated F7 SUV in the brand's new factory in Tula, Russia, Just-auto.com reported.
The production of the Haval F7 marks a significant milestone as the automaker's first full-process mass-produced...
Azerbaijani state-owned company SOCAR and Russia’s biggest bank, Sberbank, have created a joint venture for oil refining at the Antipinsky Refinery, Kommersant reported.
It is expected that the joint venture, where SOCAR has 60 percent, will conduct processing works at the plant while it is in a state of bankruptcy,...
Russia’s biggest oil company, Rosneft, said on Sunday it began construction of a jet fueling facility with the capacity of 300,000 tons per year in St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, Interfax reported.
According to the documents provided by the company, the plan is to construct the facility in two stages in...
On Sunday, June 2, Brussels Airlines launched its first direct flight to Sheremetyevo International Airport. The route Brussels - Moscow - Brussels will be performed four times a week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (arrival at 12:20, departure at 13:15 Moscow time) on Airbus A319.
Passengers will be...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree naming dozens of airports across Russia, from Moscow to Magadan, after historical figures, the Moscow Times reports.
Under the decree published last week, 44 airports were given the names of prominent poets, writers, singers, scholars, political figures, engineers, and others.
In...
Russian oil output fell to 11.11 million barrels per day in May, its lowest level since June 2018, from 11.23 million bpd in April, Energy Ministry data showed on Sunday, according to Mail.ru News.
The country’s Druzhba pipeline, which usually ships one million bpd, or 1 percent of global oil...
Eighty-nine people have been injured in an explosion in a plant manufacturing explosives in Russia, the country’s health ministry has said, according to Euronews.
The blast took place Saturday at the Kristall state research institute in Dzerzhinsk, 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Moscow. An investigation is underway but the...
Key Russian defense advisers from state-owned corporation Rostec have left Venezuela, in a blow for President Nicolas Maduro, as Moscow weighs the leader’s political and economic resilience against growing U.S. pressure, the Wall Street Journal reports.
State defense contractor Rostec, which has trained Venezuelan troops and advised on securing...
