Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Armenia should expect sanctions from the United States because of its close relations with Russia amid growing U.S.-Russia tensions, Armenian military expert Karen Vrtanesyan says. His remark came during a discussion on the possible impact of American sanctions on the subsequent Armenia-U.S. military deals, News.am reported. “There is a bit of...
A German think tank has published a report in which it accused Beijing of attempts to meddle in European politics and split the unity of Europe. The Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) said China is a bigger threat to Europe than Russia, the Kommersant newspaper reported. The report named Hungary, the...
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee has asked the Treasury Department for any records involving a Russian oligarch and his purchase of a U.S. mansion home from Donald Trump before he became president, The Palm Beach Post reports. Dmitry Rybolovlev, who made his money as a fertilizer magnate...
Demand for Dubai hotels has been on the rise last month, driven by a resurgent Russian tourism source market, Emirates industry monitor STR said in its latest report, according to Arab News. “High demand was enough to outpace somewhat slowing supply growth and push a positive occupancy comparison,” STR said, as...
Russian people have become less adverse towards the United States, the European Union, and Ukraine over the past several months, though overall negativity towards the West remains, a survey conducted by the Russian Levada Center pollster shows. According to the survey published by the Izvestya newspaper, 52% of the respondents were negative towards the U.S.,...
A Russian tycoon with close ties to President Vladimir Putin threatened Friday to sue media outlets for reporting accusations that he held a secret meeting with a senior Russian government official aboard his yacht in 2016. The allegations are stemming from an investigation by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Oleg...
Yadea, a market leader in the production of electric-powered motorcycles, bicycles, and scooters, has become the fifth Chinese sponsor of the forthcoming football World Cup in Russia, FIFA, the world’s football governing body, has announced. Yadea will receive a range of rights, including LED board exposure during the event, access to...
Dozens of Russian athletes have lost the last bid to join the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected their appeal, The Washington Post reports. The appellants had asked CAS to overturn a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to invite them over...
The Russian government has been making promises of a tax holiday to tempt unregistered Russian firms to come out of the shadow economy and eventually pay taxes to the state, but Moscow’s track record as far as keeping its promises means that very few firms have taken up its...
Russia has increased its investment in Mexico by 400% during president’s Enrique Pena Nieto’s government, American-Spanish language media outlet Univision reports, noting Moscow’s trend of warming up to the country “at a time when the U.S. is planning to raise walls”. Despite Russia’s investment in Mexico now reaching only $14.4 million,...