Russia’s ever-vigilant telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor has started off 2019 on the same ban-happy note it ended 2018. After blocking over 130,000 unauthorized online gambling domains last year, the watchdog blocked nearly 12,500 domains in January, putting the 2019 total on pace for a new record, Russian website Championat.com reported...
Russia’s state statistic agency Rosstat said on Monday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.3% in 2018 versus 1.6% a year earlier, making the economy’s growth rate last year the highest for the country since 2012.
But the latest figure, revised from 1.6% earlier, is a...
Gasoline prices in Russia are the lowest in Europe, according to a report by state news agency RIA News published on Monday.
RIA Rating collected and ranked the price of gasoline and diesel in 33 European countries, as well as in the central Asian country and former Soviet republic of...
Strong and accelerated rise in new business activity has driven Russia's services sector on a continued growth path in January, according to the Markit Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) released on Tuesday.
The index's headline figure rose to 54.9 in January from 54.4 in December. It has stayed above the 50...
German lender Deutsche Bank scrambled to unload a $600 million loan to Russian state-owned bank VTB in late 2016 in order to minimize its financial ties to Russia, which had been accused of meddling in the U.S. election, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Congressional investigators said they expect the...
Plans by the government of Russia’s Moscow Region to send its trash to poorer — and often pristine — northern areas have led thousands of protesters to rally in more than a dozen Russian cities and towns, The Associated Press reports.
The biggest protests against the waste management plans were...
The smallest of Aeroflot Group’s four subsidiaries, Russia’s Aurora Airlines, reports that its operating results in 2018 have improved by five percent over the previous year, AvioPort.ru reports.
The airline, which serves Russia’s Far East regions, carried some 1.623 million passengers, retaining the 14th place in the ranking of Russia’s...
Danish manufacturer of wind turbines Vestas has secured an order for a 99 MW wind power project from a joint venture between Russia’s Rusnano and Finnish company Fortum, News-24.ru reported.
“Vestas has received a 99MW order in Russia, reinforcing our leading position in the country’s growing wind energy industry,”...
Russian security services could soon have access to the personal data of thousands of Apple users in Russia, following the U.S. tech giant’s decision to comply with Russian law and store user data on servers in the country, RBC reports.
Russian media and communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has confirmed for...
The “Big Three” in Russia’s mobile telecom industry (MTS, Megafon, Vimpelcom) are opposing the use of a single infrastructure for the development of the country’s 5G network, TASS news agency reports.
According to top managers from the companies, the government-planned model can lead to negative consequences, including the imposition...
