Russian President Vladimir Putin has secured six more years in the Kremlin with an emphatic victory in Sunday's presidential poll. His victory was no surprise but it was still sweet for the Russian leader, who has been re-elected by a landslide, winning three-quarters of the votes cast.
Claims of ballot...
Trade ministers from Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, among others will participate in the informal gathering of World Trade Organization (WTO) here next week.
According to the Economic Times, India is hosting the mini ministerial meeting on March 19-20 in the aftermath of talks collapsing at...
The largest glass manufacturing plant in Siberia may soon start minting bitcoins, local media reported. The management of the Ekran factory in Novosibirsk announced plans to invest around $200,000 in a mining in the first phase of the project to utilize surplus electricity and make use of empty spaces.
Ekran,...
Russia and China have cut their holdings in U.S. Treasury securities, with Russia selling $5.3 billion in January. The country has fallen into 16th place on the list of largest holders of American debt, which is the lowest level since February last year.
“We absolutely do not hold American securities...
The United States has accused Russia of launching cyberattacks that allowed the Kremlin remote access into American nuclear power plants, water facilities, and other critical infrastructure, according to a joint report released Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.
Russian hackers installed malware on vital energy networks...
Russian police discovered a large facility used for illegal bitcoin mining in the city of Orenburg, Bitcoin.com reported.
Investigating unusually high consumption of electricity in the area, the Orenburg police stumbled upon one of the biggest crypto mining facilities in the country to date. The miners have set up their...
The new German government headed by Angela Merkel, who has been elected to her fourth term as Chancellor plans to review its energy policy. The proposed move includes a drastic drop in gas purchases abroad, which is sure to affect Russia’s interests, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.
European experts estimate that within...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose heavy tariffs on China will have a “devastating impact” on the American economy, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has warned.
The comments by the world’s largest business federation on Friday came in the wake of the White House’s threat to impose tariffs of...
The diplomatic row between the UK and Russia now threatens to spill into energy issues, after UK Prime Minister Theresa May said that Britain was looking “to other countries” for its gas supplies, Platts reports.
The UK-Russian relations have quickly deteriorated over the past week after London said that a former...
Russia central bank will lead the project to create a blockchain-based registry that would include all the deposits from all banking institutions, Izvestya reported.
The Bank of Russia plans to launch the single registry of all depositors, powered by blockchain technology next year in a project run by the monetary...
