Source link The foreign exodus offers domestic firms great investment opportunities, according to Vladimir Potanin The exit of Western companies from Russia due to Ukraine-related sanctions opens many new opportunities for domestic firms to invest and expand their portfolios, businessman Vladimir Potanin said on Thursday during the VTB Bank forum ‘Russia Calling!’ According to Potanin, […]
Source link Mir payment cards are now reportedly accepted in popular tourist destinations in Cuba Cuba has started accepting Russia’s Mir payment cards at point of sale (POS) terminals, the press service of the Russian National Payment System (NSPK) has said. According to a statement released on Tuesday, the cards will first be accepted in […]
Source link Brazil may boost supplies of industrial goods to the sanctions-hit country, Ambassador Rodrigo Baena Soares says Western sanctions on Russia intended to undermine its economy have opened a “window of opportunity” for Brazil, the country’s ambassador, Rodrigo Baena Soares, said on Monday. According to the diplomat, businesses in both countries have adapted to […]
Source link The Defense Ministry has shown off its attack aircraft operating above the Donetsk People’s Republic The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of what it described as Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jets striking Ukrainian forces amid the ongoing conflict. The clip captured the attack aircraft operating in an undisclosed airspace in Russia’s Donetsk People’s […]
Source link The country’s Supreme Court has designated the “international LGBT movement” an extremist group The Russian Supreme Court on Thursday outlawed the “international LGBT public movement,” designating it as extremist. The ruling took effect immediately and impacts the group’s subsidiaries, the court said, without naming any specific organizations. What led to the ban? Over […]
Source link Washington is committed to its sanctions policy, a senior official has told the FT Washington will pursue its sanctions policy on Russian energy “for years to come” as it seeks to halve Moscow’s oil and gas revenues by 2030, a senior US official told the Financial Times on Friday. The US has been […]
Source link The ruling of the country’s top court will have a “catastrophic” effect, Amnesty International warned The London-based human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has strongly denounced Russia’s ban on “international LGBT movement.” Marie Struthers, the NGO’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia director, said that the“shameful and absurd” decision by Russia’s Supreme Court is […]
Source link A young man with a leg injury was pulled out of a danger zone near a key Donbass city, according to a new video Russian service members have rescued an injured Ukrainian soldier who got stuck in the no-man’s-land in Donbass, according to a new video circulating on social media. A nearly two-minute […]
Source link Relevant agreements are signed with all members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Sergey Shoigu says A joint air defense system between Russia and the former Soviet Republics that make up the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has actually been created, despite it not being reflected in any documents, Russian Defense Minister […]
Source link In the early 1990s, the economic policy of Buenos Aires was set as an example to Moscow but, 30 years on, what has it led to? In the 1990s, Argentina was often cited as an example of an “economic miracle” and Russia was advised to take the same economic measures as Buenos Aires: […]
Source link Western sanctions have so far failed to halt Russia’s economic growth, which is now projected to outpace that of the Eurozone, the Guardian reported on Thursday, citing investment firm Amundi. According to the company’s forecast, Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 1.5% in 2024. In contrast, the Eurozone economy is set […]
Source link Vyacheslav Volodin has claimed in a meeting with Xi Jinping that Moscow-Beijing relations are at the strongest point in history Russian State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has led a parliamentary delegation to Beijing, vowing in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to strengthen cooperation between legislatures of the two nations as they […]
Source link The president has said the country must help civilians trapped under Israeli bombardment Moscow has a moral obligation to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza, Russian President Vladimir Putin argued on Wednesday. The day before, he told other BRICS leaders that he had been moved by videos depicting Palestinian children […]
Source link Energy giant Gazprom has topped the Forbes ranking of Russia’s biggest investors for the second year in a row, the outlet revealed on Monday. Gazprom led Russia’s 30 largest companies by capital expenditure, after investing almost $26 billion last year. According to the outlet, the gas giant’s investments in 2021 totaled nearly $23 […]
Source link Ukrainian pop star Jamala, who won the Eurovision song contest in 2016, had been placed on the wanted list in Russia, according to a database of the country’s Interior Ministry. Jamala was actually put on the list mid-October, but TASS and several other Russian outlets only reported the development on Sunday. The 40-year-old […]