Russia and Pakistan intend to expand cooperation in the energy sector, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said at a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. “Moscow and Islamabad have a mutual desire to increase bilateral cooperation, primarily in the energy sector and other sectors of the economy,” the Head of Russian diplomacy said.
VTB Bank Launches Alternative Payment Way Instead of Banned Application
VTB, whose application was removed from the AppStore and Google Play after the sanctions were imposed, is launching an online bank in the Telegram messenger. The new digital bank will be created on the basis of the existing VTB chatbot in Telegram. The service will be available to owners of smartphones of all operating systems.
Chinese Cars to Be Produced in Russia Under Lada Brand
The Head of AVTOVAZ, Maksim Sokolov, in a conversation with journalists, said that the production of Chinese cars under the Lada brand will be organized at the former Nissan plant in St. Petersburg. At the same time, it was previously known that companies from “friendly countries”, including China and Iran, will act as partners in
In First January Week Russia Increased Grain Exports Almost Twice
Russia, despite the New Year holidays, continued grain shipments for export and, as follows from the monitoring of the Russian Grain Union, from January 1 to 8, the country’s exports increased almost 1.8 times and exceeded 1 million tons. As reported, according to the Grain Union, in the first half of the current agricultural year
Experts Named Leaders of Russian Cars Market 2022
According to the results of the sales in 2022, Lada Granta has become the most popular car model in Russia. It was purchased by 87,982 buyers, as reported by the Autostat agency on January 10, 2023. The second in the list is the Lada Vesta model (32,790 cars), which was the market leader in 2021.
Russian Schools and Colleges Must Use Only State Information Systems Since 2023
Schools and colleges of the Russian Federation from January 1, 2023, should use only state information systems in the educational process, according to the press service of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. “Since January 1, organizations of basic general and secondary vocational education are required to use exclusively state information systems within
Russia to Limit Disclosure of Oil Exports Information
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has developed a draft government decree on the specifics of disclosure of information by natural monopolies providing services for the transportation of oil and petroleum products through trunk pipelines. The FAS proposed to temporarily change the procedure and timing of disclosure of information by Transneft. According to the
Russian Scientists Developed Navigator for Blind People
One of the Russian centers of IT developments, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, last year released several interesting startup projects, as said by the Director of the Business Incubator of the Financial University Anton Losev. “This year we can celebrate two startups. One of them is a navigator for the
First Module of Russian Orbital Station Hits High Readiness Level
The Scientific and Energy Module (NEM), which is considered by experts as the first module of the promising Russian Orbital Station (ROS), is now in a high degree of readiness, according to the Executive Director of Roscosmos for manned programmes Sergey Krikalev. “The module is in a high degree of readiness at RSC Energia, and
Russian Strategic Aviation to Receive New Hypersonic Weapons
Russian strategic aircraft will receive new cruise hypersonic missiles, as announced by the commander of long-range aviation Sergey Kobylash. According to him, in 2023, upgraded aircraft will be delivered to long-range aviation departments. “In order to increase the combat capabilities of long-range aviation, the deep modernization of the main types of our combat aircraft continues
Russia Increased Food Exports to Friendly Countries by 25%
Russia has increased food supplies to friendly countries by 25 per cent this year, the Deputy Prime Minister, Victoria Abramchenko, said in an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel. “We will continue this work,” Abramchenko said. As Abramchenko stressed, surpluses are sold abroad, and the priority for the industry is the implementation of the doctrine
Russian Officials Eased Law Regulations in Timber Industry
The Russian government decided to make the life of the players of the timber industry sector easier on several issues at once. In particular, it goes about transport subsidies and quotas for the transportation of goods in the direction of China, the rules of transportation through Kazakhstan and the principles of calculating rent for the
Russia Testing New and Modernized Submarines
On the territory of the Admiralty Shipyards enterprise in St. Petersburg, a solemn ceremony of launching the new diesel-electric submarine “Velikiye Luki” of Project 677 “Lada” was held. Also, the “Tambov” nuclear submarine of the project 671RTMK “Pike” of the Northern Fleet went to sea for testing after being repaired and modernized. “Today, on December