"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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The country's gold and foreign exchange reserves thus increased by $3.02 billion or 33.8% in January-July. In July, they grew 3.5% (by $401 million) after a 3.4% increase of $379.3 million in June and ...

MOSCOW. Aug 5 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) worsened its current account deficit forecast for 2025 from $17.3 billion to $34.6 billion in the Inflation Report, updated in July, ...