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Trade turnover between Russia and Israel in January-July 2021 increased by 50% even amid the restrictions of the pandemic, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Russian media reported. The Russian leader noted the great potential for increasing trade. High-tech industries are among...
The US Treasury is ready to work with the US Congress on "holding Gazprom" accountable for activities that violate US sanctions, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo said at a hearing before the US Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Russian media informed. One of the senators criticized the...
Russia intends to invest $1 billion in the Armenian economy in the near future, according to Dmitry Volvach, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the Eighth Armenian-Russian Interregional Forum on Tuesday, TASS reported. "In mutual trade, we are...
According to Kommersant, the European Union is taking a stand on the Arctic and asking that it be acknowledged as a full-fledged participant. The EU's first demand is a total ban on coal, oil, and gas production in the Arctic and surrounding areas. Russia has challenged the EU's Arctic claims....
China is persistent in  stockpiling  nuclear weapons while making no guarantees about how it will use them. According to US high official  for nuclear nonproliferation Jeffrey Eberhardt, the increasing supply is becoming more difficult to hide from the rest of the world, reports Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Eberhardt has urged Beijing and Washington to collaborate...
Migration flows to the Russian Federation have been "feminized," according to analysts, Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes. Women are increasingly getting involved in migratory work. Previously, women generally followed their spouses, and migrant work was traditionally regarded as "masculine," but today there are a large number of unmarried women who see...
The desire of certain American lawmakers to drastically decrease the number of Russian diplomats in the United States is purely emotional, according to Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Earlier, a bipartisan group of US senators demanded that Biden take urgent steps to expand the number of staff at the US...
Leading senators have urged the US to consider removing up to 300 Russian diplomats unless Moscow grants additional visas to the US embassy. The US objected when Moscow prohibited embassies from recruiting Russian or third-country personnel on August 1, forcing Washington to lay off almost 200 locals at posts throughout...
The Kremlin said on Monday that the financial leaks known as the Pandora Papers show the United States as the world's biggest offshore refuge. When asked about the discoveries exposing Russian President Vladimir Putin's close allies in the concealment of huge assets in offshore tax havens, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov...
Iran began large-scale exercises on the border with Azerbaijan - the maneuvers started on Friday, October 1 and are the largest in the region since the collapse of the USSR, Izvestia reports. Sources familiar with the situation told Izvestia that one division is already operating on the border. But in...