Contents tagged with Russia
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Russian Media: BMW intends to build a full cycle plant in Russia
The German company BMW intends to build a full-cycle car assembly plant in Russia, Vedomosti newspaper reports citing a source familiar with BMW management. The probable location for the production facility is the Kaliningrad region.
The Kaliningrad Region is located in a special economic zone (SEZ), whose residents receive budget subsidies covering the costs of customs payments when importing components. As the interlocutor of Vedomosti specifies, welding and tinting of (cars’) bodies will be …
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Budapest: Hungary will not block anti-Russian sanctions
Budapest does not intend to violate European unity over the issue of sanctions against Russia, despite the conflict with Kyiv over education legislation, as stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in an interview with newspaper Kommersant.
According to him, while the Ukrainian law on education remains in force, Hungary will not support a single Ukrainian initiative or any important for Ukraine issue in any international organization. However, sanctions against the Russian …
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Kremlin threatens to close US news agencies in Russia
The Kremlin has warned again that some US media activities in Russia may be restricted in response to US pressure on Russian state media.
"Clearly, in case of further pressure and violation of our media rights, it is impossible to exclude reciprocal actions," the Russian President’s Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov said on October 6th. This statement was the latest in a series of threats from Russian officials.
On September 30th, the Russian Federal Service for the Supervision of Communication, …
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Kaspersky Lab intends to change work strategy in US
The Russian company Kaspersky Lab does not plan to leave the US market, but will change its development strategy, stated the company's CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, RIA Novosti reports.
"We are shifting our activities from one point to another, developing a sales network…we want to be closer to our customers," he said.
Kaspersky claims that the sales of programs to US government agencies brought in "almost zero". According to him, they were important from the standpoint of prestige.
Sources close …
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Hungary invites Russia to join in putting pressure on Kyiv over Ukrainian Education Law
Deputy Head of the Committee on International Affairs of the Parliament of Hungary Márton Gyöngyösi called on Moscow and Budapest to join forces to put joint pressure on Ukraine because of the education law that was passed, which allegedly infringes on the rights of national minorities, as reported by RIA Novosti.
Gyöngyösi also invited other countries of the region, the natives of whom live in Ukraine, to unite.
“We have tried to influence the situation as much as possible, but so far, it …
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Kremlin: Washington violates the US laws by declaring news agency Russia Today as a foreign agent
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova said that Washington violated its own legislation and the principles of freedom of speech when it said that the RT television channel is a foreign agent as reported by news agency TASS.
“We conducted our own expert study of this issue. It was based on a study of U.S. legislation, all major U.S. legislation that regulates the activities of journalists, including foreign journalists,” she said.
“The evaluation of the …
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Russian performers touring Ukraine will have to inform SBU about their visit 30 days in advance
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has required concert organizers to inform the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) about the events featuring Russian artists at least 30 days in advance. 232 deputies voted in favor of Bill 6682 which only required 226 to pass.
If a Russian artist is scheduled to perform at the event, the organizer must request information from the Security Service at least 30 days in advance to determine whether there are legal grounds preventing the artist from participating in …
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President of Bulgaria: Sanctions against Russia should be abolished
At a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that he wants European sanctions against Russia to be abolished, Nova TV reported.
According to Radev, it is necessary to seek diplomatic solutions for Russian issue, so as not to harm business. "In the economic sense, these sanctions are very painful," he said.
According to the Bulgarian president, sanctions cannot last forever, and business should not suffer from this.
"Therefore, they must be eliminated," …
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US expressed concern over Saudi Arabia’s plan to buy S-400 systems from Russia
Washington is "concerned" about the interest of "a number of American allies" in buying the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, as stated by Pentagon spokesman Michelle Baldanza in her commentary to TASS.
"We are concerned about the purchase of S-400 system," she said, adding that the United States has “repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining operational compatibility with the weapon systems of the US and other countries in the region in the implementation of major military …
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Ukraine: meetings of US representative for Ukraine Volker and Putin’s aide Surkov are an addition to Normandy talks
The meeting of the Special Representative of the US State Department Kurt Volker, and a personal advisor to the Russian President, Vladislav Surkov, is an additional platform for negotiations, which complements the Minsk and Normandy formats, the Political Director of the Directorate General for Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Oleksii Makeiev said, as reported by Radio Liberty. According to him, the Ukrainians were informed in advance about the details of this planned …