The facility in St. Petersburg has been given to the domestic luxury car brand Aurus A St. Petersburg-based plant formerly belonging to Japanese automaker Toyota has been handed over to Russian high-end carmaker Aurus, Russia’s acting Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, said on Tuesday. The brand is best known for producing limos for…

Soviet and Russian flags, as well as St. George ribbons, have been banned at WWII memorials in the German capital on May 8 and 9 A decision by Berlin police to ban symbols “linked to Russia” at the city’s WWII memorials during upcoming Victory Day celebrations has drawn the ire of Moscow’s embassy. The diplomatic…

The Russian mobile application market is an attractive segment for developers, including foreign ones. Russia is among the top 20 mobile markets in terms of downloads (6th place), with over 5 million installations. Revenue from mobile products in Runet (Russian-speaking Internet) is growing, and competition is also increasing. Moreover, major publishers have already established a…