Monday, June 29, 2026
More than 1 billion doses of various novel coronavirus vaccines have already been administered worldwide, AFP reported on Saturday citing own calculations based on official data submitted by national authorities, TASS writes. According to the agency, as of 20:45 Moscow time on Saturday, a total of 1,002,938,540 doses of anti-coronavirus...
US President Joe Biden has recognized the events in the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century as "Armenian genocide," despite the fact that his predecessors avoided using the term, TASS reported. "Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian...
Russian Central Bank Chief Elvira Nabiullina does not rule out that the key rate will remain at 5% by the end of 2021, TASS informed. "Such a scenario is possible. All will depend on how the situation unfolds, which is why we provided a range of the average rate overall...
L-CHARGE, the super fast charging technology developer, announces the availability of its first-generation 10-minute-speed charging station fully working prototype. This achievement marks a significant milestone for the company on its way to bridge the gap towards a low-carbon economy, demonstrating the commercially viable gas-powered off-grid installations that would make...
The Russian Charge d’Affaires Sergey Koshelev was summoned to the US Department of State on Friday where he strongly rejected groundless allegations against Russia on destabilizing actions, Russia’s embassy in the United States wrote on its Twitter page on Saturday, Tass informed. "Today, the Russian Charge d’Affaires used the meeting in...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed that the competent authorities will hammer out the practical issues for restarting flights from Russia to Egyptian resorts, the Kremlin’s press service reported on Friday, Tass informed. "It was agreed on that the appropriate services will hammer out...
Russia’s central bank raised its key interest rate to 5% on Friday, a bigger than expected jump against the background of a weak ruble, high inflation and geopolitical risks, signalling that more rate hikes would follow, Reuters reports. The decision to raise the rate from 4.5% was at odds with...
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 8,840 to 4,744,961 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Friday, TASS reports. According to data from the crisis center, the coronavirus growth rate stood at 0.19%. In particular, 2,502 cases were confirmed in Moscow in the past day, 694 in St....
The Russian military scrambled a MiG-31 fighter jet to escort a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific ocean as it approached the Russian border, the Interfax news agency said on Friday, citing the Russian Pacific Fleet. “The Russian fighter crew identified the aerial target as a US Air Force RC-135...
Every sixth company in Russia recruits self-employed people, most often it happens in construction and information technology sectors, according to a survey conducted by the SuperJob HR-service, made available to TASS. The survey took place in April and involved 1,000 HR managers from all regions of the country. "17% of employers'...