Arkady Petrov
Arkady Petrov is a Russian native living between Brazil and China. He holds a Master degree in Journalism and International Relations.
Brazil completes navigation tests for first homegrown submarine ahead of July delivery
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Riachuelo submarine, the first of the Brazilian Navy's (MB) Submarine Development Program (Prosub), recently completed a series of...
No longer a flock of sheep: Number of registered guns in Brazil up by 473% between 2018 and 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of firearms licenses in Brazil increased by 473.6% between 2018 and 2022, according to data published Tuesday...
Brazil was among the top 5 largest producers of solar energy in the world in 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The March statistics from ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency) indicated that Solar Energy generation in Brazil surpassed that of...
Branson’s Virgin Orbit rockets will soon launch into space from Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Virgin Orbit, the space company owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, announced on Monday that it has opened a...
Brazil election 2022: Bolsonaro to announce Braga Netto as VP “in the next few days”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said last night that "in the coming days," he would announce former minister Walter Braga Netto...
Brazil’s Lula da Silva says Assange deserves freedom, Oscar and Nobel Prize
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from the leftist Worker's party PT defended Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose...
Defying the Supreme Court, Brazil’s Prosecutor General confirms Bolsonaro’s pardon of MP Silveira
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The PGR (Prosecutor General of the Republic) requested this Tuesday (14) to Brazil's Supreme Court STF to annul the...
Government supports full opening of free energy market in Brazil, says ministry
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The program director of the Executive Secretariat of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), Camilla Fernandes, said that...
Airfares rise twice as fast as inflation in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While general price increases affect everyone in Brazil, the rise in airfares has been much more pronounced, affecting the...
Mario Vargas Llosa on Brazilian elections: “Between Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva, I prefer Bolsonaro”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature, commented on the elections to be held in...
New train with 120 wagons connects Brazil’s main agro-industrial corridor to Port of Santos
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rumo, a Brazilian rail logistics company controlled by Cosan Logística, completed in March the first year of the project...
Brazil elections 2022: U.S. intervenes in controversy over electronic elections that Bolsonaro questions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Six months before elections and amid controversy over President Jair Bolsonaro's doubts about the electronic voting system, the U.S....
Brazil, the country with the fourth fastest growth in photovoltaic solar energy in the world
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil became the fourth largest country in the world in terms of installed photovoltaic capacity last year.
According to official...
Brazil’s cultural diversity, a key factor for tourism
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - From the enormous importance of the Amazon to its colonial past, Brazil is a country with vast cultural wealth,...