Thursday, April 25, 2024
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...
The new Ka-52 and Mi-28NE battle helicopters will be on display at Russia's state weapons seller Rosoboronexport (part of the state engineering company Rostec) at the HeliRussia international exhibition in Moscow on May 20-22, according to the Rosoboronexport press office, TASS reports. The Mi-35M battle and transport helicopter, the Mi-17V-5...
India's Ambassador to Russia Bala Venkatesh Varma said during a briefing that India will acquire the first collection of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air defense systems by the end of the year, according to TASS. " by the end of the year," he went on to say, adding that the deal was...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with China's Hualan Biological Bacterin to produce over 100 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 per year in China. "RDIF ... and Hualan Biological Bacterin Inc. (a subsidiary company of one of...
Guatemala's government will purchase a batch of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said Monday, according to TASS. Guatemala, he says, has accounted for half of the Russian drug's batch, according to the newspaper La Hora. Guatemalan officials expect to receive the first doses of Sputnik V...
The headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit Russia Manufacturing PMI recovery slowed in March, but still registered 51.1, down slightly from 51.5 in February, but still above the 50 no-change mark, bne IntelliNews reported. “The March PMI data signaled another marginal improvement in operating conditions across the Russian manufacturing sector. The...
Coronavirus antibodies can be transferred via the placenta of pregnant women to their newborns, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of Russia's Gamaleya Institute that developed the Sputnik V vaccine, said in an interview with Sputnik. "Antibodies can transmit through the placenta. A certain type of antibodies can be transferred, and that...
In March, factory activity in the euro area reached a record 24-year high, according to a business survey carried out by the research firm IHS Markit, RT reported. IHS Markit’s final Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which is considered a good gauge of economic health, showed it had jumped to...
Mali has approved the use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Tuesday. RDIF, which has actively promoted the vaccine abroad, said the shot had so far been approved for use in 58 countries, Reuters reports.
Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund and China’s Shenzhen Yuanxing Gene-tech have agreed to produce over 60 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 in China, RDIF said on Monday. RDIF, which is marketing Sputnik V globally, said that commercial production was due to start in May, Reuters reports.