Saturday, June 21, 2025
Instant messaging app Telegram has denied a Russian security agency access to its decryption keys, risking a ban in the country, The Financial Times reported. Roskomnadzor, Russia's communications watchdog, told the company last month that it had two weeks to give the FSB, successor to the KGB security agency, access...
Russian energy companies could spend as much as $50 billion on oil and gas exploration in Iran, a presidential aide told the Tehran Times. Yuri Ushakov said companies including Rosneft, Gazprom, Gazpromneft, Lukoil, Zarubezhneft, and Tatneft were “systemically working on development of fields in Iran.” The official’s comments come after Zarubezhneft...
The Russian Federation is the most blocked country by U.S. companies that have implemented country-specific IP block requests, a new report shows. The report by American cybersecurity company Distil Networks, titled “Bad Bot Report 2018: The Year Bad Bots Went Mainstream” looks at how bots are used by bad actors to...
Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, has announced plans to conduct an offering of its ordinary shares listed on the Moscow Exchange, Reuters reported. In the offering of primary and secondary shares, set to raise over $300 million, shares will be sold by existing shareholders, including MB Capital Europe, as well...
The Russian ruble edged lower on Tuesday, reflecting a sharp fall in oil prices the day before, Reuters reported. At 0809 GMT, the rouble was 0.14 percent weaker against the dollar at 57.58 and had lost 0.3 percent to trade at 70.95 versus the euro. Oil fell by 2.4 percent on Monday,...
Gazprombank is making plans to perform cryptocurrency deals before the year runs out, the deputy CEO of the bank, Alexander Sobol said, according to Russian media. According to the top manager, the country’s third-largest bank will attempt to perform cryptocurrency transactions for customers in its Swiss subsidiary. Some high profile private...
The Russian government is preparing a response to the U.S. decision to impose duties on steel and aluminum, Deputy Economic Development Minister Alexei Gruzdev said on Monday, according to TASS. "Russia is closely following and fully participating in all these processes. We will form our official estimate and make relevant statements....
The building of Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, will begin on Tuesday, Anadolu agency reported. The power plant, located in the southern province of Mersin on the Mediterranean coast, will be built by Russian State Nuclear Energy Agency Rosatom and will compose of four units each with a capacity...
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said he wants to resume dialogue and gradually improve ties with Russia, RFE/RL reported. His statement follows a wave of diplomatic expulsions over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England that Britain blames on Russia. "There is no question of...
India and Russia have started to move forward on a deal to supply New Delhi with the powerful S-400 air and missile defense system. However, in case the deal goes through, India might come under American sanctions because of the new Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act that was...