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…
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, cementing expectations that the central bank will…
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, joining the artificial intelligence chatbot race. The…
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 the Black Sea Grain deal that enables…
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 Havana, the latest in a series of…
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 of the maximum security penal colony where…
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 and helped Russia’s war effort, in the…
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 if they did, he would need more…
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 by joining the Western military alliance NATO,…
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 recent data shows, helping soften the economic…
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 relations and Moscow’s dependence on Beijing, Russia…
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 21.3% from the same period last year,…
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 showed on Wednesday, driven by a sharp…
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 state visit to Russia that begins on…
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 a record 565 billion roubles, CEO German…
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 – almost double last year’s sales volumes. The…
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 for several people, the New York Times…
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 help the Eastern European country fight off…
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 G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in India last…
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 on the European Union to lift sanctions…
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 a slump in profits recorded last year.…
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 all flights on Tuesday for an hour.…
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 and rising inflation push Russian consumers to…
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 of a further set of European Union…
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 week’s United Nations General Assembly vote that…
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 on Saturday. But Ukrainian military reports issued…
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