Tuesday, June 30, 2026
United States National Security Advisor John Bolton has accused Russia of building hypersonic missiles based on stolen U.S. military technology, the BBC in Russia reported. Speaking about a recent explosion at a military facility in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region, Bolton speculated that the incident “demonstrates that although Russia’s economy is roughly the...
Polish authorities аrе not happy with the current price paid by Russian state energy major Gazprom for gas transportation across the country and said they would seek to increase it after the expiry of the current contract, Izvestia reported. Piotr Naimski, a Polish official in charge of energy security, said every year...
The former wife of Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin, Natalya, demands a significant part of his fortune, including a substantial stake in mining and smelting giant Nornickel, Vedomosti reported.  As lawyer Dmitry Gorbunov told the business newspaper, the divorce proceedings take place in London and will most likely be considered in...
Russia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has again requested that Prosecutor General Yury Chaika checks the legality of the prosecution of U.S. businessman Michael Calvey and partners of his Baring Vostok investment fund, Interfax reports. Earlier, the ombudsman repeatedly applied to law enforcement authorities over the Baring Vostok case. In February, Moscow’s...
The Russian government took a “bold move” in announcing plans to manufacture an electric car with a foreign car manufacturer, considering the lack of infrastructure and government support for EVs and the extremely low number of EVs in circulation in Russia, IHS Markit analysts said this week, according to OilPrice.com. Last week,...
The chairman of Russian Fishery has stepped aside and two top execs have left the company in the last few months, Undercurrent News reported citing sources. Stanislav Shekshnia, a professor at prestigious French business school INSEAD since 2003, is no longer chairman of RFC, he confirmed to the news outlet. Shekshnia’s Linkedin...
A Russian scientific institution, the Kaluga Scientific Research Radio Technology Institute (KRRTI) was blacklisted by the United States Department of Commerce, Novaya Gazeta reported citing a notice posted on Tuesday on the website of the U.S. Federal Register. The decision to impose restrictions was made because KRRTI is a subsidiary controlled...
The extraction of raw materials and their processing remains a key driver of Russia’s economy despite the government’s efforts to diversify and boost hi-tech industries, Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes. An analysis of Russia’s GDP over the past five years carried out by the Center of Development Institute at the Higher...
Economic ties between India and Russia in priority sectors should deepen and diversify to meet the bilateral trade target of $30 billion by 2025, India’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday, according to Regnum. This was emphasized by Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal...
The price of gold is set to skyrocket in the next months amid an escalating U.S.-China trade war, and Russia, which has been stockpiling the precious metal, is set to profit, RFE/RL reports. While upgrading Russia’s debt rating, credit rating agency Fitch said last week that the country “will continue...