Monday, June 29, 2026
The total income of Russian hockey clubs, playing in the Kontinental Hockey League (or KHL for short), by the end of 2020 amounted to 17.5 billion roubles. This follows from the financial statements of clubs, analyzed by Bookmaker Ratings. As opposed to the prior reporting season, income decreased by...
Achieving herd immunity to the coronavirus infection in Russia, necessary to control the epidemic process, is possible no earlier than the end of summer, but this will be the immunity formed both due to inoculation and the number of infections, Chief of Medicine of the Lider Meditsiny medical center,...
Vladimir Putin's address is a firm response to the undue pressure imposed by the US and Europe on Russia, say international observers, suggesting that the need to solve global issues offers hope for a constructive dialogue between the world's major players, Sputnik reports. Moscow will find "asymmetrical" ways to defend...
Washington intentionally keeps quiet about its plans for the deployment of new nuclear weapon systems, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a commentary on Wednesday following the release of the U.S. Department of State’s report entitled 2021 Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament...
The effects of the pandemic surpassed the worst expectations of 24% of Russian entrepreneurs, according to a survey by the Otkritie Bank. The survey was conducted among 400 businessmen from March 26 to April 1, 2021, TASS writes. The poll showed that, for almost 25% of entrepreneurs, the crisis has...
An inaugural launch of a Glonass-K2 satellite for Russia’s global Glonass orbital navigation system is scheduled to be held late this year, CEO of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company (the satellites’ producer) Nikolai Testoyedov told TASS on Thursday. "We are launching our first Glonass-K2 satellite this year," Testoyedov said....
Exports of Russian wheat and meslin flour more than doubled in January-February when compared with the same period of 2020, amounting to 7.59 million tons, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, RT writes. In monetary terms, wheat supplies abroad more than doubled to $1.884 billion. Exports of vegetable oil...
The issues of the Russian and global economy, as well as social and technological agendas, will be discussed at this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will take place on June 2–5, RT reported. According to the forum’s official website, the key topic will be “A collective reckoning...
Russia’s GDP expanded 0.5% in March, data from the Ministry of Economic Development shows. It marks the first monthly growth since the coronavirus pandemic began to affect the Russian economy one year ago, RT reported. The GDP rate went into positive territory last month after the year-on-year decline seen in...
Russia is once again facing questions over its coronavirus-related data after it claimed its Sputnik V vaccine has 97.6% effectiveness based on an analysis of infections among vaccine recipients in Russia, The Moscow Times reports. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which is funding and marketing the vaccine, said Monday...