"Today Roscosmos' cosmonaut Sergei Ryzhikov took over ISS command from JAXA [Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency] astronaut Takuya Onishi," the statement said.

MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) has banned importing and transiting sheep and goats from Bulgaria and Romania as of ...

MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - The National Mercantile Exchange (NAMEX) recorded an all-time high volume of poultry and pork sales in July this year, the trading platform said.

MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev has called for removing barriers obstructing international trade in agricultural products to improve the food security of ...

TBILISI. Aug 5 (Interfax) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has signed an order of Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili scheduling local self-government elections for October 4, 2025, the ...

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY. Aug 5 (Interfax) - The southern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula shifted almost two meters southeastward after a major quake of July 30, the Kamchatka branch of the Russian ...

"Russia consistently favors active international cooperation in developing transport corridors and facilitating communication between various parts of the world," Patrushev said in his remarks at the ...

MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - The first flight of a fully Russian-made MC-21 passenger aircraft should be carried out in August, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister ...

YEREVAN. Aug 5 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Armenia has decided to leave the refinancing rate, or discount rate, at 6.75% per annum, the regulator said. The rate has been 6.75% since February 4, ...

MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - The Romanian Energy Ministry has declared a crisis-level state of emergency to allow OMV Petrom (controlled by Austrian oil company OMV) to access emergency oil reserves ...

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov previously said that payments to oil companies under the damper in 2025 are expected to be around 1.4 trillion rubles below plan - at around 2.6 trillion rubles ...

Taking into account the announced volumes of Finance Ministry operations, from August 7 to September 4, 2025, the CBR will thus sell foreign currency amounting to 9.24 billion rubles per day. From ...