Author: Steven Sahiounie

MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. The first group of tourists from Tehran arrived in Moscow under the agreement on group visa-free travel between Russia and Iran. A plane carrying Iranian citizens landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport (VKO), according to a TASS reporter.

MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. The Council of Duma has approved the date of the annual report of the Central Bank in the State Duma as April 10, an informed source in the lower house of the Russian legislative assembly told TASS.

Following the cabinet meeting, Alexander Novak requested drafting proposals on further improvement of roadmaps on development of hydrogen energy

The dollar-to-ruble rate dropped by 1.1% to 91.8 rubles, while the euro-to-ruble rate we down by 1.16%, to 100.05 rubles

“It is designed to cut untwined steel and aluminum wires and ground wires of power transmission lines that occur as a result of lightning strikes or corrosion,” the National Technology Initiative Platform said

Moscow repudiates the United States’ assessment of Russia’s presidential election and has no intention of heeding it, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said. Earlier, a US National Security Council (NSC) official told journalists that Washington had slammed Russia’s presidential election as “neither free nor fair.” “We categorically reject this assessment. Speaking to journalists late in the evening yesterday, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin noted that such assessments were quite expected and predictable,” Peskov said, adding that the United States “is deeply involved” in the conflict in Ukraine. “As a matter of fact, this country is fighting against us. Obviously, other assessments…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has congratulated his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on his historic landslide victory in Russia’s presidential election, which has paved the way for his fifth term in office. According to the Central Election Commission, with almost all ballots counted, Putin had 87% of the votes. Voter turnout, unprecedented in the country’s modern history, exceeded 77%. In a letter quoted by Beijing’s foreign ministry on Monday, the Chinese leader noted that Putin’s victory is proof that he enjoys the support of the Russian people, and expressed confidence that under his leadership, Russia “will be able to make greater achievements…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in a press encounter on Gaza that Palestinians in Gaza are enduring horrifying levels of hunger and suffering. The latest report on food insecurity in Gaza is an appalling indictment of conditions on the ground for civilians, he said. Guterres stressed that the world’s leading experts on food insecurity clearly document that famine in the northern part of Gaza is imminent. More than half of all Palestinians in Gaza –1.1 million people– have completely exhausted their food supplies and are facing catastrophic hunger, according to the report. “Palestinians in Gaza are enduring horrifying levels…

What has been unfolding in the Gaza Strip during nearly six months of relentless Israeli strikes illustrates the extent of the resistance front’s power, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said. “The resistance shown by the people of Gaza for about six months under the harshest attacks of the Zionist regime indicates the extent of the resistance’s power and its great capabilities,” the top Iranian commander said in a meeting with Syria’s defense minister, held in Tehran on Monday. Paying tribute to the defenseless people of Palestine for their epic struggle against the…

MOSCOW, March 18. /TASS/. Microsoft is discussing postponement of the suspension of operation of its cloud services and data access from March 20 to the end of this month, Vice President of Softline Group of Companies Andrey Blagorazumov told TASS.