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44 storiesPutin backs proposal for digital library of Russia’s ethnic languages
President Vladimir Putin has supported a proposal to create a single digital library of the languages of the peoples of Russia, according to the state outlets RIA Novosti and TASS. RIA Novosti reported the support on 5 October, and TASS sai…
Macron convenes emergency meeting over French student protests
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency meeting with ministers on the evening of 6 October over nationwide student protests, with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and education minister Édouard Geffroy taking part. The protes…
Bank of Russia raises official dollar rate to 84.93 rubles for October 6
The Bank of Russia set the official dollar rate for October 6 at 84.93 rubles, up 1.45 rubles from 83.48 rubles on October 3, with the euro rising 1.01 rubles to 95.33 rubles and the yuan up 0.22 rubles to 12.65 rubles. RBC reported the rub…
Dollar tops 86 rubles on forex as central bank currency buying rises
The dollar rose above 85 rubles in Moscow trading on October 5, TASS and Kommersant reported, with Kommersant putting the Forex rate at 85.0001 rubles at 13:17 Moscow time, up 1.44%. Kommersant later said the over-the-counter rate reached 8…
France suspends lycée lessons as high-school protests hit 1,800 schools
Protests by high-school students in France on Tuesday affected around 1,800 lycées, according to RIA Novosti, while AFP, cited by TASS, reported that classes were suspended in nearly 900 senior schools — about a quarter of the country's tot…
France suspends lycée classes as high school protests enter third week
High school student protests in France reached their largest scale on 6 October, in their third week, with demonstrations nationwide and clashes with police in Lyon, Strasbourg and Rennes, RBC reported. A student union counted 450,000 parti…
T-Technologies units receive licences to work on Russia's crypto market
Companies belonging to the T-Technologies group have received licences to work on Russia's cryptocurrency market, the group's press service said, according to Interfax. The Atomize platform was added to the register of digital depositaries …
Bank of Russia publishes digital depository register including Sberbank, VTB
The Bank of Russia has published a register of digital depositories that includes Sberbank and VTB, and VTB was also entered in the register of organisations conducting digital currency exchange. VTB said it expects to open crypto trading t…
France student protests: Interior Ministry counts 250,000, organizers claim 450,000
Schoolchildren and students protested across France on Tuesday, with the Interior Ministry counting more than 250,000 participants nationally and 56,000 in Paris, while TASS reported nearly 260,000 overall. Organizers put the turnout much h…
Musk becomes trillionaire again as Tesla and SpaceX shares rise
Elon Musk’s fortune again exceeded $1 trillion, RBC, TASS, Vedomosti, iXBT, 3DNews and Kommersant reported. TASS said it rose by $30.6 billion from October 2, and Vedomosti, iXBT and Kommersant, citing Forbes, gave the same figure, driven b…
Russia's central bank says 220,000 digital ruble accounts opened in first month
Russia's central bank said more than 220,000 digital ruble accounts were opened in the month after the project's broad launch on 1 September 2026, well above its own forecast of about 60,000 accounts by year-end. The pilot phase, which ran …
Request Made in Ingushetia to Check Family That Left Sick Child in Moscow
A request has been made in Ingushetia to check a family that left a sick child in Moscow, according to RIA Novosti and TASS. Both state news agencies reported the request but did not say who made it or provide the child’s condition.
Moscow Exchange precious metals trading topped 557 bln rubles in September
Trading in precious metals on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 557 bln rubles in September, twice the figure for the same month last year, according to data published on the exchange’s website and reported by TASS, Vedomosti and Kommersant. Gol…
Bear injures elderly fisherman in Russia’s Irkutsk region
A bear attacked and injured an elderly fisherman in Russia’s Irkutsk region, also known as the Angara region, according to TASS, RBC and RIA Novosti. RBC identified the man as 81 years old. TASS reported he was taken to hospital with bite w…
MGKL CEO Lazutin plans to raise his stake to 29% from 12.7%; shares jump 9.4%
The chief executive of Russian pawnshop group MGKL, Alexei Lazutin, plans to increase his stake in the company from 12.7% to 29% through off-exchange deals. MGKL shares rose 9.4% to 2.115 rubles on the news before easing to 2.04 rubles, up …
Russian stock indices open higher on Ukraine talks hopes, LUKOIL report
The Moscow Exchange and RTS indices rose at the opening of trading on Monday, with Interfax reporting a 0.7% gain and TASS reporting 0.6%. Interfax attributed the rise to hopes of lower geopolitical risks and a continued negotiating track o…
Comex gold falls below $4,150 an ounce for first time since Sept 28
Gold futures on the Comex exchange dropped below $4,150 per troy ounce for the first time since September 28, TASS and Kommersant reported. Kommersant said the December contract was down 0.76% at $4,130.7 an ounce at 05:35 Moscow time, then…
Primorye records eight bear attacks on people since start of year
Primorye has recorded eight bear attacks since the beginning of the year, according to two Russian state outlets. RIA Novosti reported eight cases of bear attacks, while TASS described eight bear attacks on humans in the region. Neither rep…
Russia considers permanent Islamic banking regime, Central Bank discusses regulation
Media reports cited by RIA Novosti say Russia wants to move Islamic banking to a permanent regime. TASS, citing the newspaper Izvestia, reports that the Bank of Russia is discussing options for permanent regulation of Islamic banking. The a…
Putin authorises UniCredit to reorganise and split its Russian business
President Vladimir Putin has authorised Italy’s UniCredit to reorganise its Russian subsidiary, AO UniCredit Bank, by spinning off a separate entity whose shares go to the bank’s sole shareholder, and to carry out transactions to acquire th…