Blinken says China is Russia’s primary military complex supplier
By Crispian Balmer and Humeyra Pamuk CAPRI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised on Friday Chinese support for Russia’s defence industry, saying Beijing was currently the primary contributor to…
The rise and stagnation of Russia’s economy during Putin’s tenure
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians have enjoyed a dramatic increase in living standards over the course of President Vladimir Putin’s nearly 24 years at the helm of Russian politics. On Friday, Putin said…
Two Russian Nationals Working With Russia’s Federal Security Service Charged With Global Computer Intrusion Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment on Tuesday charging two individuals with a campaign to hack into computer networks in the United States, the United…
Russia’s VTB Bank to finalise Otkritie integration by end-2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s No. 2 lender VTB will complete its integration of Otkritie Bank by the end of 2024, ahead of schedule, Georgy Gorshkov, deputy president and board chairman, said on…
Four Russia-Affiliated Military Personnel Charged with War Crimes in Connection with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
RICHMOND, Va. – War crimes charges against four Russia-affiliated military personnel were unsealed today. The charges include unlawful confinement, inhuman treatment, and torture of a U.S. national in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale…
Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri Delivers Remarks Announcing Four Russia-Affiliated Military Personnel Charged with War Crimes in Connection with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Thank you, Director Wray. The charges announced today — the first under the federal war crimes statute — are historic. The Department of Justice is holding accountable four Russia-affiliated military personnel who…
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks Announcing Four Russia-Affiliated Military Personnel Charged with War Crimes in Connection with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Remarks as Delivered Good morning. I am joined today by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Chris Wray, Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of…
Four Russia-Affiliated Military Personnel Charged with War Crimes in Connection with Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
War crimes charges against four Russia-affiliated military personnel were unsealed today in the Eastern District of Virginia. The charges include torture, inhuman treatment, and unlawful confinement of a U.S. national in Ukraine…
Revived Moskvich car brand breaks into Russia’s top 10
(Reuters) – Russia’s Soviet-era Moskvich car entered the country’s list of top 10 best-selling brands for the first time in November, data from Russian analytical agency Autostat showed on Tuesday. November sales…
Explainer-What’s at stake in Russia’s assault on Avdiivka?
By Dan Peleschuk and Andrew Osborn KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian forces are intensifying attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, seeking to encircle Kyiv’s troops there as Moscow’s war in Ukraine…
Russia’s Putin, shown alongside Orthodox icon image, warns West against meddling
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin, whose picture was shown between two giant images of an ancient Orthodox icon on Tuesday, warned the West ahead of elections in March…
Russia’s SPB Exchange clients to get a third of FX funds back after US sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s SPB Exchange, which specialises in trading foreign shares, said on Tuesday it would transfer almost a third of clients’ funds held in foreign currency to them in roubles,…
Russia’s sanctioned Sovcombank requests US licence to make UN climate payments
By Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian private lender Sovcombank has applied to the U.S. Treasury for a licence to make membership payments to a United Nations climate funding programme while its…
Russia’s budget deficit seen at around 1% of GDP this year -finance minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s budget deficit will be around 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday, marking the latest improvement in Russia’s fiscal health…
Russia’s Avtovaz sees 10% lower Lada production in 2023 due to U.S. sanctions -Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest carmaker Avtovaz said it had lowered its production forecast for Lada cars due to U.S. sanctions imposed in September, Interfax news agency reported on Friday. The company…
Russia’s Q3 GDP growth estimated at 5.5% -Rosstat
(Reuters) – Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.5% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, when it shrunk 3.5%, the state statistics service Rosstat estimated on Wednesday.…
Russia’s Navalny calls lawyers’ arrest illegal, says he’s isolated
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday condemned the arrest of three of his lawyers, calling it an illegal action that showed the weakness of the…
IMF: Russia’s war spending fuels short-term growth, longer-term outlook ‘dim’
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Huge fiscal spending on the military is fuelling short-term economic growth in Russia, but looking at the longer term picture the outlook is “dim”, the International Monetary…
Yellen says oil price cap has ‘significantly’ cut Russia’s revenues
By Andrea Shalal MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday said a G7-led price cap on Russian oil had sharply reduced Russian revenues over the past 10 months,…
Moldovan president says Russia’s Wagner head plotted coup against her -FT
(Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-European President, Maia Sandu, said Russia’s Wagner paramilitary force was the main force behind an attempt to foment a coup against her, she told the Financial Times in an…
Putin says Russia’s economy can cope with higher defence spending on war
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian economy can cope with higher military spending to fund the war in Ukraine now and in the coming years, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, shrugging off…
Russia’s Putin signs decree on autumn military conscription
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine autumn conscription campaign, calling up 130,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the government website…
Ukraine asks World Court to dismiss Russia’s objection, hear genocide case in full
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Ukraine on Wednesday urged judges at the U.N.’s highest court to dismiss Russia’s objections and hear in full Kyiv’s claim that Moscow abused international law by saying the…
Bad moment to hike rates as Russia’s growth stimuli sputter – economists
By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Double-digit interest rates and the possibility of more hikes down the road have come at a bad moment for Russia’s economy as the impact…
Russia’s war in Ukraine overshadows NATO’s 2023 northern Baltic Sea drill
By Sabine Siebold and Janis Laizans ON BOARD THE USS MESA VERDE IN THE BALTIC SEA (Reuters) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has injected a dose of grim realism into an annual…
North Korea’s Kim heads home after final stop in Russia’s Vladivostok -KCNA
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was headed home after making a final stop in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok, where he visited a university, an…
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