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No grounds for mandating anti-COVID masking in Russia yet

No grounds for mandating anti-COVID masking in Russia yet

No grounds currently exist for mandating a general mask regime due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Russia, head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing said

Rossiya Airlines rejected to operate in Georgia

Rossiya Airlines rejected to operate in Georgia

Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said the media claims alleging that the Russian-based Rossiya Airlines would start operating in Georgia were “unverified”. The agency noted that the airline’s application to operate in …

Sobyanin reelected as Moscow mayor

Sobyanin reelected as Moscow mayor

Incumbent Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin garnered 76.39% of the vote in the Russian capital, with 100% of results protocols from polling stations counted, the Russian Central Election Commission reported. As many as 2,499,114 voters voted …

Sber to develop Islamic banking in Moscow

Sber to develop Islamic banking in Moscow

Sberbank will open Islamic finance offices in Moscow, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Chechnya and other regions of the North Caucasian Federal District. The Islamic banking experiment officially starts in Russia today.

Yevgeny Prigozhin listed in plane crash near Tver

Yevgeny Prigozhin listed in plane crash near Tver

The Russian governmental agency in charge of civil aviation published the names of seven passengers and three crew members of the Embraer business jet that crashed in the Tver Region on August 23, mentioning Yevgeny Prigozhin …

Start given to Russia's MCD-3 suburban railway traffic

Start given to Russia's MCD-3 suburban railway traffic

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to start traffic along the route of the Leningradsky-Kazansky Moscow Central Diameter (MCD-3) suburban railroad line via a videoconference link. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin and Governor of …