The Norilsk Nickel Palladium Technology Center managed to cut time for laboratory development and tests of palladium-based materials technologies to 9 months, which is 2 times faster than foreign companies do, the center's Director Dmitry Izotov told TASS on sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "We have managed to reach the development and laboratory testing term of 9 months, against 18-24 months foreign companies have. We use a hybrid approach: on the one hand, for ...

On June 18, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum started. 20,000 representatives from 140 countries confirmed their participation in the forum. Russian-Thai cooperation covers a wide range of areas - from trade and investment to technology and tourism. Both countries are actively developing partnership within the BRICS framework, discussing the creation of a free trade zone between Thailand and the EAEU, and exploring the possibility of settlements in national currencies. Thailand ...