The international payment system Visa announced that it is rejecting the idea of developing a payment system using QR codes in Russia, since there is no demand for such a service from citizens, banks and shops.

Cyprus is going to open its borders and airports to tourists from all countries from March 1, Turprom reports with reference to the state TV channel CyBC.

Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders found a way to make money on his meme, which appeared on the network after the last inauguration ceremony of the 46th President of the United States Joe Biden.

The owner of the Rhosus vessel Igor Grechushkin and Captain Boris Prokoshev, whose arrest warrant was issued by Interpol in the case of the explosion in the port of Beirut, are not subject to detention in Russia and extradition to the competent authorities of foreign states.

The amount of Russia's compulsory contribution to the budget of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2021 is almost twice the amount determined for China.

At least 135 cases of side effects of the drug from Pfizer and BioNTech have been identified in France, nine elderly people have died after vaccination, but the link between vaccination and death has not been established.

World Health Organization Committee officials said they saw no evidence of the impact of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on deaths in the elderly, and called for continued use of the drug from these companies.

The Interdepartmental Coordination Council under the Prime Minister of Georgia for the fight against COVID-19 decided from February 1 to lift the ban on regular flights, which has been in effect in the country since March 2020 due to the pandemic.

As the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said, Russia and the United States should take into account each other's concerns when discussing START-3.

Phone scammers have begun using a new scheme to extort money and personal data from Russians, the Bank of Russia reports.