A study on the prices of products needed to celebrate the Carnival has been published As it turned out, in different regions of Russia, the cost of a serving of pancakes can differ by more than half. The rating was based on the cost of ingredients per serving of 30 pancakes. It turned out that it is cheaper ...
During 2014, Russia reduced its investment in US government bonds by $ 52,6 billion. According to data released by the US Treasury, in December 2013, Russia owned US securities totaling $ 138,6 billion. In December 2014, Russian investments in US government bonds fell to $ 86 billion. The RF most actively sold US government bonds ...
The Washington Post on Thursday condemned the "weakness of the West" in Ukraine, arguing that US President Barack Obama "passed the Ukrainian crisis to Germany with predictably poor results." In an editorial, the newspaper writes that "another victory" of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine ...
The White House said on Wednesday that it is "quite clear" that Russia and the separatists in eastern Ukraine are not honoring the terms of the ceasefire agreement signed last week in Minsk. The US administration warned that in such a situation “they risk facing more ...
Lithuania is calling on other states to help arm the Ukrainian army, which is fighting Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said Wednesday. The minister also said that Lithuania, whenever possible, supports the Ukrainian army, but he specifically ...
The Moldovan Leu has experienced the most dramatic moments in its entire history since 1993. It is rapidly falling in price. Since the beginning of the year, the leu has depreciated by 25,5 percent against the dollar and 17,8 against the euro. President of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) ...
The approval of the new State Armaments Program (GPV) is postponed from 2015 to 2018. Until now, the cost of purchasing equipment for the army, along with social costs, remained an inviolable budget item. At different levels - in the Kremlin, in the government, in the Ministry of Defense - ...
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Russia at the end of 2014 increased by 20 percent. 14,5 thousand companies were declared insolvent. In December, 1585 bankruptcies were registered - 28 percent more than in December 2013.
Russian Vladimir Drinkman, accused by the US authorities of organizing one of the largest hacker attacks in the country's history, insists on his innocence. He made the corresponding statement on Tuesday at a court hearing in the American city of Newark (New Jersey). The meeting in Newark lasted about ...
South Ossetia, an unrecognized state that was part of Georgia before the Russian aggression in 2008, can become part of Russian territory if the people want it. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized republic, David Sanakoev. However, at present, according to him, we are talking about unification ...