Monday, May 6, 2024
Dmitry Peskov, the country's press secretary, told reporters at a briefing that Russia is not ready to accept bitcoin as an official currency, Vedomosti writes. “It is clear that Russia is not prepared for such measures, and there is no compelling need to take such steps at this time.” Nonetheless,...
Russian space agency Roscosmos is planning to develop a new national orbital station with a higher-efficiency factor than the one of the ISS (International Space Station), Dmitry Rogozin, the CEO of Roscosmos stated on Saturday, TASS informed. Rogozin said that the efficiency factor he is talking about would be an...
Russian service members scored big on the 2021 International Army Games by obtaining 34 medals, thus winning the competition, TASS informed. The closing gala ceremony was held outside Moscow on Saturday in Patriot Park. The Ministry of Defense said that ceremony was attended by numerous defense ministers and general staff chiefs...
On September 1, the biggest Russian Internet firms, telecom providers, and media holdings will sign a charter on the protection of minors on the Internet, according to sources at multiple companies, a source close to the presidential administration and a government official confirmed. According to a company-signatory interlocutor and...
According to the Progress press office, the Progress Rocket and Space Center under the federal space agency Roscosmos submitted the conceptual design of the Amur methane-powered carrier rocket with a reusable stage to the space industry's research institutions on Tuesday, TASS reports. According to the Progress Rocket and Space Center,...
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has warned Apple for exploiting its formidable presence in the distribution market for iOS software, according to a report published on Monday. The Russian FAS warns Apple to remove any evidence of infringement. According to the statement, Apple must comply with it by September 30, 2021,...
The Kronshtadt Company is planning to start new production capacities for drones on their customer's territory including foreign countries, TASS informed. This was said by the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov at an Army-2021, An International Military-Technical Forum that closed outside Russia's capital city Moscow. The CEO said that they have been...
Indian Railways has launched 470 face recognition video cameras, in a system developed by the Russian company NtechLab, and installed at 30 railway stations between the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, including the city of Mumbai. By the end of the year, NtechLab will carry out at least...
For the first time, China used the digital yuan to trade futures on the commodity exchange on the stock exchange in Dalian, Chinese media reported. "Completely secure payment" for storage of goods in a warehouse was carried out at an auction in Dalian, northeast China, with the assistance of the...
Alexei Navalny, a jailed Kremlin opponent, claimed Thursday that Russia has forced Apple to delete his app from the App Store, putting his movement under unprecedented pressure ahead of crucial elections next month, Moscow Times reports. Navalny started aggressively marketing the app after authorities banned access to his main website...