Top 6 questions to Russian consulates in the US

Everyone who has emigrated abroad has to contact the consulate of their homeland from time to time. Get a new passport or renew an old one, make a power of attorney or take part in elections, obtain citizenship for a child or notarize documents - all these and many others...

Unemployment growth recorded in 80 regions of Russia

In 80 constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the period from 4 to 11 February, an increase in the number of unemployed was recorded. Most strongly, according to the Ministry of Labor of Russia, unemployment grew in the Sakhalin Oblast, the Trans-Baikal Territory, the republics of Karelia, Buryatia and Khakassia. In the Republic of Tyva, Chechnya and the Kirov region, as well as in the Crimea and Sevastopol, the number of unemployed decreased during this period of time. Generally…

State Department is concerned about the continuation of hostilities in the east of Ukraine

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a briefing on Friday about the situation in Ukraine: “We are extremely concerned about the continuation of hostilities along and outside the confrontation line, including in densely populated areas, as well as information about the supply of additional tanks and ...

Obama said that the weakening of the Russian economy is unprofitable for the US

Russia's weak economy poses a threat to both Russian and American national interests, US President Barack Obama said in an interview with BuzzFeed on February 11. “[Weak economy] This is bad for Russia, but at the same time, it is bad for the United States, because ...

The United States may have made "In contact" and "Classmates" in the "pirate" list

The International Intellectual Property Union (IIPA) has recommended the US trade mission to re-include Russia in the list of countries in which intellectual property rights are actively violated. In the first places in the so-called "301 list" Russia was together with China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and ...

Russian detained in New York officially accused of espionage

The Prosecutor's Office of the Southern District of New York has formally charged the citizen of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Buryakov, reports on Tuesday, February 10, TASS, citing the press service of the department. The Russian is charged with "working in the United States as an agent of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) under an unofficial cover." The same accusation ...

Russia ranked second in blocking information on Twitter

According to company data for the period from July to December 2014, published on Monday, February 9, Russia ranks second in the number of requests to block information on the social network. Our country is second only to Turkey in this indicator. On the third place -…

Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow

In the Russian capital on the evening of February 7, talks were held between Russian President Vladimir Putin, the leaders of Germany and France - Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande. The heads of European states arrived in Moscow from Kiev to agree on a peace plan with Vladimir Putin ...

The EU did not rule out new economic sanctions against Russia

  The EU Council consisting of foreign ministers, which on Monday, February 9, may adopt individual sanctions in connection with the situation in Ukraine, may consider the results of the negotiations between Angela Merkel and François Hollande in Kiev and Moscow and bring it to the summit 12 ...

Expansion of EU sanctions will affect Russian deputies and officials

  The European Union is considering the possibility of introducing additional restrictive measures against high-ranking Russian officials due to the situation in Ukraine. This was reported on Wednesday by the German news agency DPA, citing a source in Brussels. According to the newspaper, the corresponding decision was made during ...

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