U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is on the verge of imposing sanctions against several European companies that are part of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Foreign Policy reported citing sources familiar with the issue.
If built, the politically contentious underwater pipeline, planned by Russia’s state-owned giant Gazprom and a consortium...
Tech giant Apple is no longer complying with Russia’s ban on the Telegram chat app and is now providing an updated version of the popular messaging service through its App store for iPhone users, The Verge reported.
The move on Friday came one day after Telegram Chief Executive Pavel Durov...
Russian scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have upgraded the design of a nuclear battery they claim could power spacecraft for up to a 100 years, the Institute announced.
Conventional batteries—those found in most autonomous electrical devices—require redox chemical reactions, in which electrons are transferred from...
Russia’s big business is interested in the prospects of creating a territory with a special legal regime in Russia’s Kaliningrad region, Deputy Chairman of the regional government Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov said.
The Kaliningrad region is Russia’s enclave on the Baltic Sea, the country’s westernmost area. The offshore zone was discussed by...
Egypt rejected a massive cargo of Russian wheat claiming it contains excessive levels of the common grain fungus ergot, which caused a global supply snag on Thursday, Reuters reported.
Egypt is the world’s biggest wheat importer. According to a spokesman from the Egyptian Agriculture Ministry, the country’s authorities have recently held...
Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s minister of economic development, has criticized the United States for violating the principles of the World Trade Organization (WTO), saying Washington’s approach compares to "shooting itself in the foot."
"We are watching the U.S. shooting itself in the foot, damaging at the same time the whole world...
The Russian government will cut excise duties on gasoline and diesel fuel by 3,000 and 2,000 rubles ($48 and $32) per tonne respectively from June 1, TASS news agency reported citing an official who took part in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak where the idea was discussed.
At...
Ukraine’s national gas company Naftogaz said on Wednesday it had initiated the enforcement of a $2.6 billion damages claim awarded by the Stockholm arbitration court in a long-standing case against Russia’s gas giant Gazprom.
According to the Financial Times, the Ukrainian company announced that the process of enforcing the damages...
Earlier this month, Aeroflot began switching domestic flights to the new terminal B at the Sheremetyevo International Airport, and the first part of the flights with 46 round-trip flights will be switched by June 1, 2018.
Saratov, Voronezh, Belgorod, Stavropol and Perm are several destinations that will be connected with flights.
The Terminal B was...
