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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that the company was close to building a foothold in Russia and was considering opening factories there, Reuters reports. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, speaking via video connection to an event in Russia, said the firm already had manufacturing facilities in China and the...
Following Health Minister Mikhail Murashko's video conference meeting with regional authorities on Friday, the Health Ministry issued a statement saying that the coronavirus situation in Russia remained tense. According to the Ministry, Murashko noted that the situation with the coronavirus remained tense. However, it is proposed that the country's regions...
The Russian Federation is on the last lines in the top ten in terms of investments in defense, ahead of the United States and even Japan, there is no militarization of the economy in Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at a meeting of the Victory organizing...
The energy bridge from the territory of the Krasnodar Territory to the Crimea is operating normally, no failures were recorded, said the head of the Russian Ministry of Energy Nikolai Shulginov, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier on Thursday, the Minister of Fuel and Energy of Crimea Yevgeny Rukavishnikov told reporters that...
The anti-coronavirus crisis center in Russia reported 9,232 COVID-19 cases in the last day, taking the overall tally to 4,974,908 cases, TASS reports. In proportional terms, the number of cases increased by 0.19 percent. The Nenets Autonomous Region (0 percent), the Tuva Republic (0.03 percent), and the Jewish Autonomous Region...
The Interpol has refused Russia's application to issue a foreign arrest warrant for billionaire banker Boris Mints and two of his sons, who are reportedly exiled in London, The Moscow Times reports, citing the Mints' official representatives. The co-founder of Otkritie Bank is being sought by Russian authorities on suspicion...
On Thursday, Arctic countries vowed to combat global warming, which is three times higher in the Far North, and to keep the area peaceful as its strategic value grows, The Moscow Times reports. As foreign ministers from countries bordering the Arctic met in Reykjavik, Iceland, they discussed accelerated global warming,...
The talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken were described as "constructive" by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, TASS reports. Moscow confirmed its willingness to conduct a strategic stability dialogue with the U.S. and address all facets and influences affecting it. According to...
In the past week, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded over 4.8 million new coronavirus cases and over 85,000 deaths worldwide, according to a weekly update published in Geneva early Wednesday. From May 10 to 16, the global organization received reports of 4,809,520 new incidents and 85,975 COVID-related deaths from...
Gazprom said that in the "near future" it plans to allocate about 60% of investments to projects in the East of Russia, according Oleg Aksyutin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Department 623 of Gazprom. Projects include the Yakutsk and Irkutsk gas production centers and projects on Sakhalin. “In the...