Russia-Azerbaijan economic ties are strengthening in 2018, with an array of projects underway in construction, pharmacology, and the automotive industry.
A jointly funded, new 325-meter bridge across the Samur River is planned to be put in operation at the beginning of next year, connecting Russia and Azerbaijan.
According to Azerbaijan's Minister...
UK jet engine maker Rolls-Royce is in talks with Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) on a possible partnership that would see the companies jointly supply engines for a new wide-body aircraft planned by China and Russia, Bloomberg reports.
The two companies met earlier this year to discuss cooperation on...
An interim agreement with a term of 4 years that provides for the establishment of a free trade area on a limited range of goods between the Eurasian Economic Union and Iran was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, TASS agency reported.
"The agreement provides for the formation of...
A Siberian town will be doomed unless Moscow finds a way to mitigate U.S. sanctions against aluminum giant Rusal, workers at one of Russia's biggest aluminum smelters have told Reuters.
The government will have to step in "so that people don't start howling," said a welder who has worked at the...
Moscow will not make any unilateral statements regarding cybersecurity, but it will also not agree to take the blame for allegations that are being pinned on Russia, Putin’s special representative for international cooperation in the field of information security Andrei Krutskikh said in an interview with Kommersant daily.
"We are ready...
Russia's communications watchdog agency says it is adding some Google IP addresses to the state register of banned sites, as a dispute over a banned messaging app intensifies.
Russia has ordered the popular Telegram messaging app to shut down because it won't share its encryption key with intelligence agencies. Communications...
European states are working together in an attempt to persuade the U.S. administration to ease sanctions targeting Russia, due to concerns that the restrictions will impact manufacturing activity across the continent, The Financial Times reported.
The initiative, led by Paris, outlines increasing concern over consequences that the U.S. sanctions on...
Twitter has moved to ban the Moscow-based security and antivirus provider from continuing to advertise on its platform, citing accusations of ties between Kaspersky Labs and Russian intelligence, Reuters reported.
“This decision is based on our determination that Kaspersky Lab operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable...
Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has revealed that companies hit by the latest round of U.S. sanctions asked the government for about 100 billion rubles ($1.6 billion) in support, Vedomosti reported.
The government will create a department within the ministry that will liaise with the sanctioned businesses, study their challenges...
Pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG has received approval from Russian antitrust authorities for its pending $62.5 billion acquisition of Monsanto, TASS agency reports.
Under the terms of the approval, Bayer must transfer to Russian recipients certain molecular breeding assets in several crops for a five-year period, the report said. The company...
