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Russia’s Energia Space Corporation plans to take the first tourist on a spacewalk in 2023

June 27, 2020
space
  • Energia Space Corporation in Russia declared on June 25 that it is preparing on taking the first tourist on a spacewalk in 2023, under the terms of a new agreement with a United States partner.

Russian high jumper Shustov gets four-year doping ban

June 11, 2020
Shustov
  • Russian high jumper Alexander Shustov, the 2010 European champion, has got a four-year ban for anti-doping violations.
  • Shustov, who withdrew from the competition in 2017, has been suspended until 2024 for “usage or attempted usage of a banned material or prohibited method”.

Russia leads BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities meet

May 30, 2020
BRICS
  • The meeting of the Heads of Tax Authorities of the BRICS countries, viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa was held on 29 May. The meeting was done by the Federal Tax Service of Russia.

India inks MoUs with Russia for coking coal

May 9, 2020
India inks MoUs with Russia for coking coal
  • India and Russia inked their energy partnership by increasing crude oil imports from Russia and possibly signing a memorandum of understanding to import coking coal to meet the demands of the Indian steel industry.

Russia to launch Arktika-M satellite by end of this year

May 5, 2020
Arktika-M Satellite
  • Russia has announced to launch Arctic climate and environment monitoring satellite. It will be launching country’s first Arktika-M satellite form the Balkonur space center in Decemeber 2020.
  • This satellite will collect meteorological data in the polar regions of the earth to improve weather forecast

AIBA World Cup 2020 to be organized in Russia

February 24, 2020
AIBA World Cup 2020

Russia will manage the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Team World Cup 2020. The tournament will be coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II under the motto “Boxing for peace”.