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By Polina Devitt and Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian metals producer Nornickel said on Tuesday it will boost output of nickel products...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia January 19, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said U.S. President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Tuesday that he wanted to normalise bilateral ties and to cooperate on arms control, Iran’s nuclear programme, Afghanistan and climate change. It also ...

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny has difficulty speaking, loses more weight, wife says 04/13/2021 17:31 MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was having difficult speaking and had lost more weight, his wife said in a social media post on Tuesday, after visiting him in prison. Navalny, 44, a prominent opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced a hunger strike at the end of March in protest at what he said was the refusal of prison authorities to treat him...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read MOSCOW, April 8 (Reuters) - Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin’s Interros Holding and its partner Vasta Discovery will invest 80 billion roubles ($1.0 billion) in construction of a new resort in mountains near the Black Sea city of Sochi, they said in a statement on Thursday. Demand for domestic tourism is up in Russia, home to 146 million people, due to coronavirus-related restrictions on foreign travel. The new all-year Vasta Valley resort will add to the exist...

4/7/2021 MOSCOW, April 7 (Reuters) - The Russian government has approved a formula-based export tax system for sunflower oil and a higher export tax for sunflower seeds, it said on Wednesday, as part of a drive to combat domestic food price inflation. Russia has imposed several export taxes for grains and sunseeds, among other measures, since December in its battle to tame rising food prices in the coronavirus pandemic. Starting from September, the formula-based export tax on sunflower oil is p...

Article content MOSCOW — Belarus’s potash monopoly has raised prices by 13% in a potash supply contract with India signed earlier this year, the Belarus Potash Company (BPC) said on Monday, signaling a stronger outlook for potash producers. BPC, a trading arm of Belaruskali, the world’s largest producer of the crop nutrient, signed its annual potash supply contract for 800,000 tonnes with India’s largest importer of the product, Indian Potash Limited, in January. We apologize, but this ...

By Reuters Staff (Adds details, quotes, context) MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) - Belarus’s potash monopoly has raised prices by 13% in a potash supply contract with India signed earlier this year, the Belarus Potash Company (BPC) said on Monday, signalling a stronger outlook for potash producers. BPC, a trading arm of Belaruskali, the world’s largest producer of the crop nutrient, signed its annual potash supply contract for 800,000 tonnes with India’s largest importer of the product, Indian ...

A Russian health official said on Tuesday a third wave of coronavirus infections was emerging in the country, which has recorded more than 4.5 million cases since the start of the pandemic.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Egypt has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 34th country outside of Russia and third in North Africa to do so, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement on Wednesday. RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund responsible fo...