A Russian company, NEBO, successfully copied a U.S. inflatable antenna prototype for use in military satellite communication, after photographs of the American device was posted on the internet, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
”The U.S. Department of Defense placed an order for 36 inflatable antennas and posted photos of the device on...
The Russian Finance Ministry has warned that a new global collapse of oil prices is possible if the price stays above the long-term equilibrium levels of $50-60 per barrel, Dp.ru reports.
According to an official document by the Finance Ministry, "In 2018, oil prices have reached new maximums since 2014....
The Finance Ministry has drafted and submitted to the State Duma (lower house) a document containing the main areas of Russia’s budget, tax and customs-tariff policies for 2019 and the planned period of 2020 and 2021, RBC reports.
The document will be discussed at parliamentary hearings later on Monday, the report...
Russia’s Sberbank and its new cybersecurity division BI.ZONE have made an official partnership with the blockchain system Vostok, officially backed by Waves, to ensure the secure use of Vostok and Waves blockchain system, Cryptovest reported.
During the International Congress on Cybersecurity held in Moscow July 5th – 6th, Sberbank’s sub-division BI.ZONE...
Russian banking giant Sberbank announced on Thursday that it and Google have provided online shops and their clients a new tool for paying for online purchases – Google Pay, Finextra reported.
Sberbank claims it is the first bank in Russia to support online payment of goods and services through Google...
Russian internet company Yandex, known as Russia's Google, is planning to establish its own online shopping service that might help it become Russia's Amazon, Vedomosti reports.
The tech firm, Russia’s biggest, and best known for creating the country's most popular search engine, says it has 50 million monthly users —...
Spending by international visitors to Russia is expected to grow by 7% this year, according to research by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
According to the findings, the country’s travel and tourism sector grew by 3.2% in 2017 –supporting 3.3 million jobs (4.5% of total Russian employment), compared...
Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to abandon entry visas for each other’s nationals, it was reported.
A visa-free travel agreement was signed at a meeting of the intergovernmental commission in Kazan, according to Vedomosti.
Following the signing ceremony, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said...
A cargo of Russian wheat is expected to leave the Baltic Sea port of Kaliningrad for Brazil next week, Russia's food safety watchdog told Reuters on Friday.
The 25,000 tonnes of Russian wheat is the first such deal since both countries’ governments finalized talks to liberalize bilateral grain and meat trade...
Russia is ready to protect its interests amid trade disputes between the United States and China, which may affect certain sectors of the world economy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
According to him, the trade tensions between Washington and Beijing will certainly have consequences for specific sectors of the...
