The USA is not likely to approve the law to ban the purchase of the Russian debt, Nordea Bank analyst Gregory Zhernov believes. According to him, the Americans make good money on Russian federal bonds (known for the Russian initials as OFZ – federal loan bonds). The House of Representatives supported the initiative to include […]
Russia Adding a New Super-Weapon to its Arsenal Exceeding the Best in the West by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman) Russian super-weapons technologically outmatch the Pentagon’s best, developed at a small fraction of the cost, using its resources efficiently. Despite pouring countless trillions of dollars down a black hole of waste, fraud and abuse, […]
The Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has decided to terminate the prosecution of journalist Ivan Golunov as it has been impossible to establish his guilt, the head of the ministry, Vladimir Kolokoltsev said. The charges against Golunov have been dropped, he will be released from house arrest on June 11, the head […]
John Kerry, who served as US Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017, had proposed another referendum on Crimea’s reunification with Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RBC. “I am not going to reveal a big secret here, but former US Secretary of State John Kerry told me about that […]
Yuri Slyusar, President of the United Aircraft Building Corporation (UAC), said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) that Russian companies would be able to produce 76 Su-57 fighter jets before 2028. “We have prepared production facilities for this. The factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur is one of technologically advanced enterprises at this […]
The United States has taken center stage in terms of the number of investment projects in Russia for the first time since 2013, a report conducted by EY audit and consulting network said. The annual study titled “Investment Attractiveness of European countries for 2018,” in particular says that foreign investors invested in 211 projects in […]
Russia’s trust in President Vladimir Putin has declined again. Russia’s Public Opinion Research Centre (WCIOM) said that Putin’s ratings have fallen to an all-time low. At the same time, however, sociologists speak about a strange paradox at this point. In the week from May 20 to May 26, Vladimir Putin’s rating made up 30.5 percent. […]
Representatives of the Russian Defence Ministry reported about the imminent modernization of aerial command posts known as “Doomsday aircraft.” According to Deputy Defense Minister of Russia, Alexei Krivoruchko, the development work on the modernization of the aircraft that carry air command posts on board – the Ilyushin IL-80 and IL-82 – had been completed. Today, […]
Over the past five years, the Russian government has made certain progress in its struggle against the dependence of the Russian economy on the US dollar. The share of the US dollar in the structure of Russia’s currency operations decreased from 79.6 to 67.3 percent from 2013 to 2018, a recent report conducted by audit […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill to ban the sale of disposable plastic tableware, Dmitry Kobylkin, the head of the ministry said. “The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, together with other countries, advocates the struggle against the pollution. We support the global trend to reduce the use […]