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Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, June 3rd © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS Izvestia: Geneva summit could bring about return of US, Russian ambassadors The most positive outcome expected from the upcoming Putin-Biden summit in Geneva on June 16 could be the return of ambassadors from consultations to each other’s capitals. Thus, the two countries will demonstrate their willingness for dialogue on normalizing or at least unfreezing relations from their current level, an informed sour...

But since then gold prices have soared, and last night hit the highest level in five months at $1,871 an ounce. It is the second major listing Mordashov has on the London stock exchange, following on from steel giant Severstal which went public in 2006. While many will cheer another multi-billion float, others in the City have reservations. Many of Russias oligarchs have made their fortunes through natural resources – but their companies have sometimes raised eyebrows when they have joined th...

They regularly win international informatics olympiads, work for IT companies all over the world and create popular online games and mobil

Follow RT on Jonny Tickle Moscow dealt with Covid-19 better than almost every major city in the world by allowing businesses to remain open, avoiding mass unemployment, and preventing an economic catastrophe, all while keeping the virus under control. That’s according to British consultancy company Ernst & Young (EY), which placed the Russian capital in the top three, behind Oslo and Singapore. The study chose nine major cities and split them into two categories. Within Moscow’s cla...

Why are Russian programmers the best in the world? DragonImages; Aleksandr Semenov/Getty Images They regularly win international informatics olympiads, work for IT companies all over the world and create popular online games and mobile apps, ranging from Tetris to Telegram. We look into how Russia has become one of the main production lines for turning out the best programmers in the world. The uncomplicated video game ‘Tetris’ designed by Soviet programmer Alexey Pajitnov ...

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, June 1st Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev© Yulia Zyryanova/POOL/TASS Kommersant: Moscow-West ties have catastrophically deteriorated in recent years, says ex-PM Medvedev Russias relations with Western countries, including the United States and the European Union, have dramatically soured in recent years, however, this is not Moscow’s fault, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and Chairman of the Unite...

A separate cluster dedicated to the study of biotechnology, in particular, countering biological threats, will be created at the Presidential University of Information and Cybersecurity, Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Liashko said.

For some, Russia’s identical high apartment complexes recreate Shanghai’s problems of dense development and overpopulation.

На 31 май 1863 г. в Браила започва да излиза седмичният политически и търговски вестник “Българска пчела”. През 1876 г. във Враца е разпространен слух, че към града настъпва редовна турска армия. Въстаниците се разпръскват и в резултат властите извършват масови арести. Същия де�...

For some, Russia’s identical high apartment complexes recreate Shanghai’s problems of dense development and overpopulation.