Tuesday, June 30, 2026
The host of a political show on U.S. TV network MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell, retracted his reporting that claimed Russian oligarchs had co-signed for Deutsche Bank loans to President Donald Trump, Forbes reports. “Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Moscow on Tuesday and pledged to continue their defense cooperation, including on warplanes, Bloomberg reported. Turkey has been locked in a dispute with its NATO ally the United States over the purchase of American F-35 fighter jets,...
German banking giant Deutsche Bank has documents that show U.S. President Donald Trump has received loans thanks to billionaire Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin, The Inquisitr writes citing a report by MSNBC anchor Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday night. “The source close to Deutsche Bank says that the Trump tax...
Chinese online goods retailer Joom has bought an additional 10% stake in Russian grocery delivery service iGooods 325 million rubles ($5 million) Vedomosti reported on Monday citing representatives of both companies.  Joom will become the second-largest shareholder after the company’s founder, Grigory Kunis. iGooods is the largest Russian delivery service for...
Russian aircraft leasing company Avia Capital Services (ACS-Aero) said on Tuesday that it has filed the first U.S. lawsuit to cancel an order for 35 Boeing 737 MAX jets, Gazeta.ru writes citing a Financial Times report. The company is a subsidiary of state-owned Russian conglomerate Rostec. It said it was...
French carmaker Renault has started online car sales in Russia in partnership with local tech giant Yandex, Automotive News reports. The first car sold by its new online sales platform was the Arkana SUV costing 1.5 million rubles (21,200 euros), Renault said. According to Yandex, the Renault platform was the first such...
Russian food retailer X5 has opened its largest 'dark store' in Vyoshki, in the Moscow Region, the company said last week, according to Retail.ru. Serving the Perekrestok.ru online supermarket platform, the new outlet is the retailer's third no-customer store. It is spread across an area of 18,000 square metres and is capable...
A set of key economic forecasts was revised on Monday by the Russian economy ministry, which lowered its GDP growth and inflation projections for 2020, Meduza reported. The economy ministry kept is 2019 gross domestic product growth forecast at 1.3% but lowered its 2020 forecast to 1.7% growth from 2.0%. Less than two weeks before...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's office said after a meeting with the Russian Ambassador on Monday that the country will sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) - a move which could hamper the Balkan country's efforts to join the European Union, the Associated Press reported. The...
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the central bank and top government officials to find ways to boost the growth of real incomes in the country which he called “insufficient”, state-run news agency TASS reported. "Given the increase in wages in the economy, real incomes of people are growing slowly. This...