Russia’s Wagner group signals it will stay in Bakhmut after threat to quit
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group appeared on Sunday to ditch plans to withdraw his forces from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine after …
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New drone attack causes fire at Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A drone attack on the Ilsky oil refinery in southern Russia, the second in as many days, has caused a fire, TASS news …
Russia’s Lavrov says Kremlin drone incident was ‘hostile act’
(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Wednesday’s drone incident at the Kremlin was a “hostile act” and Russia would respond …
Staging partial recovery, Russia’s April car sales leap 170.4% y/y – Autostat
(Reuters) – Car sales in Russia leapt by 170.4% year-on-year in April, analytical agency Autostat said on Thursday, with the country’s bruised car market staging …
Russia’s weekly consumer prices rise as central bank rate decision looms
(Reuters) -Russia’s weekly consumer prices rose at a faster pace in the week to April 24, data from state statistics service Rosstat showed on Wednesday, …
Russia’s Sberbank releases ChatGPT rival GigaChat
(Reuters) – Russian lender Sberbank said on Monday it had released technology called GigaChat as a rival to ChatGPT, initially in an invite-only testing mode, …
Russia’s Medvedev warns Moscow will scrap grain deal if G7 bans exports
(Reuters) – Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that if the G7 moved to ban exports to Russia, Moscow would respond by terminating …
Russia´s Lavrov in Havana on Latam drive to shore up support
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met on Thursday with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in …
Russia’s Navalny faces new charges after prison ‘provocation’ – lawyer
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, faces the prospect of new criminal charges after in effect being forced to break the rules …
U.S. sanctions Turkey-based entities it says helped Russia’s war
By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on at least four Turkey-based entities it said violated U.S. export controls …
Russia’s Prigozhin says no sign Ukraine quitting Bakhmut, more support needed
(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces were not abandoning the city of Bakhmut but that, even …
In Russia’s St Petersburg, locals say Finland ‘making problems’ with NATO accession
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Citizens of St Petersburg, the Russian city closest to Finland, on Tuesday accused their neighbour of turning its back on them …
Analysis: Russia’s military production, state splurge ease sanctions pain
By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rising military production and huge state spending are keeping Russia’s industry buzzing along, an analysis of …
Russia’s Lavrov: West trying to drive a wedge between Moscow, Beijing
By Ronald Popeski and Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – The West is trying to drive a wedge between Russia and China by talking about their unequal …
Russia’s corporate profits dropped 21.3% in Jan, business climate worsened
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian companies made profits of 2.34 trillion roubles ($30.25 billion) in January, data from the federal statistics service showed on Wednesday, down …
Russia’s monthly producer price index rises for first time in 10 months
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Costs in Russia’s manufacturing sector rose in February for the first time in 10 months, data from the state statistics service Rosstat …
Putin to offer ‘clarifications’ on Russia’s position on Ukraine during Xi visit
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will provide Chinese President Xi Jinping with detailed “clarifications” on Russia’s point of view on the Ukraine conflict during Xi’s …
Russia’s Sberbank recommends record dividend payout – CEO
(Reuters) -The board of Russia’s largest lender, state-owned Sberbank, has recommended paying a dividend of 25 roubles ($0.3260) per share and a total payout of …
Russia’s Avtovaz aims to almost double car sales in 2023
(Reuters) – Russia’s top carmaker Avtovaz said on Thursday it plans to sell at least 370,000 vehicles this year, the TASS news agency reported – …
ICC to open war crimes cases on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine- NYT
(Reuters) – The International Criminal Court intends to open two war crimes cases tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and will also seek arrest warrants …
US to help Moldova fight Russia’s destabilization efforts
By Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States accused Russia on Friday of seeking to destabilize Moldova and said it would …
Russia’s Lavrov: conversation with Blinken at G20 was ‘constructive’ but US said nothing new
(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that a conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the …
Aide to Russia’s Navalny steps aside in furore over sanctions letter to EU
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – A top aide to jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that he was stepping aside after calling …
Russia’s central bank warns of growing financial sector risks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank governor on Thursday warned of possible “systemic risks” in the banking sector as lenders scramble to make up for …
Russian military says it was rehearsing after St. Petersburg airport briefly closed
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said it had carried out air defence drills involving interceptor jets after St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport was forced to suspend …
Russia’s Magnit opens first ‘hard discount’ stores
(Reuters) – Russia’s Magnit supermarket chain launched its first “hard discount” stores under a new brand on Tuesday, the company said, as falling living standards …
Russia’s Tinkoff bank to suspend trading in euros from Feb 27
(Reuters) – Russian online bank Tinkoff, run by TCS Group Holding, said on Sunday it would suspend trading in euros from Monday following the imposition …
Russia’s UN diplomat accuses West of arm twisting in vote isolating Moscow
(Reuters) – Russia’s senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of “cowboy” methods and “arm twisting” of some countries during last …
Russia’s Prigozhin, Ukraine give varying accounts on fighting near Bakhmut
(Reuters) -Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said forces of his Wagner group had captured the village of Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine …
Russia’s defence spending to climb as revenues shrink – German IW Institute
BERLIN (Reuters) -Russia is clearly developing into a war economy, with spending on defence increasing while state revenues shrink, the German Economic Institute IW said …
Russia’s central bank says falling rouble driving inflation higher
(Reuters) – Russia’s central bank said on Friday that inflationary pressures across the economy had remained strong during the first two weeks of February, citing …
Russia’s Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm
(Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed and the Internet Research Agency, a …
Russia’s gymnastics, wrestling federations invited to Asian Games – officials
GENEVA (Reuters) – Russia’s gymnastics and wrestling federations said on Tuesday they had been invited to take part in this year’s Asian Games, a move …
Swimming-Singapore replaces Russia’s Kazan as host of 2025 World Aquatics Championships
(Reuters) – Singapore will host the World Aquatics Championships in 2025 after the Russian city of Kazan was stripped of the event over Moscow’s invasion …
How a band of Ukraine civilians helped seal Russia’s biggest defeat
By Jonathan Landay and Tom Balmforth KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian intelligence wanted confirmation last autumn that officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) overseeing …
Russia’s 2022 economic fall seen in lower incomes, slumping consumer demand
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian consumer demand contracted at its fastest pace in seven years in 2022 and real disposable incomes fell, data …
Russia’s Medvedev says more U.S. weapons supplies mean ‘all of Ukraine will burn’
(Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said the supply of more advanced U.S. weaponry to Ukraine will only trigger more retaliatory strikes from …
Russia’s deputy foreign minister to meet new U.S. envoy early next week – RIA
(Reuters) – Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov will hold a meeting with Lynne Tracy, the new U.S. ambassador to Moscow, early next week, the …
Prigozhin, Kremlin dismiss U.S. sanctions on Russia’s Wagner group
(Reuters) – Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin reacted sarcastically on Friday to new U.S. sanctions against his Wagner private military group, and the Kremlin said Washington …
Russia’s military reforms respond to NATO’s expansion, Ukraine -chief of general staff
By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – Russia’s new military reforms respond to possible NATO expansion and the use of Kyiv by the “collective West” to wage …
Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Poland signals intent to send tanks
(Reuters) – Poland will seek Germany’s permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine and will provide them whether or not Berlin agrees, its prime minister …
Russia’s Wagner group denies recruiting Serbs to fight in Ukraine
(Reuters) – Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group on Friday denied it was recruiting Serbs to fight in Ukraine, a day after activists filed criminal complaints against …
Russia’s central bank sold $47 million worth of Chinese yuan on Jan. 13
(Reuters) – Russia’s central bank said on Tuesday that it sold almost $47 million worth of Chinese yuan on January 13 to buy roubles, as …
Factbox-Who is Russia’s new war commander Gerasimov and why was he appointed?
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s defence minister has appointed Russia’s most senior general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, 67, to lead its war …
Ukraine expects EU to include Russia’s Rosatom in next sanctions
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Kyiv expects the European Union to include Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom in its next round of sanctions …
Russia says it shot down Ukrainian drone near bomber air base, three killed
By Lidia Kelly and Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday it had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to one of its air bases …
NASA mulls SpaceX backup plan for crew of Russia’s leaky Soyuz ship
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA is exploring whether SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members …
Subdued consumer demand one of Russia’s key economic challenges -deputy PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Fostering a recovery in consumer demand and helping the corporate sector become profitable are the biggest tasks for the Russian government to …
Board of Russia’s AvtoVAZ approves $585 million in 2023 investment programme – RIA agency
(Reuters) – The board of directors of Russian top carmaker AvtoVAZ approved the firm’s 2023 investment programme for just under 40 billion roubles ($585 million), …
Russia’s Lavrov: Either Ukraine fulfils Moscow’s proposals or our army will decide
By Ronald Popeski and Lidia Kelly (Reuters) -Moscow’s proposals for settlement in Ukraine are well known to Kyiv and either Ukraine fulfils them for their …