A decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out of an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program could open unexpected opportunities for Russia’s aircraft manufacturing industry, pro-Kremlin news outlet Sputnik reported.
Trump’s Tuesday announcement that the U.S would seek to reimpose sanctions on Iran left little hope that two western...
A report that Russia’s current Finance Minister Anton Siluanov is to become Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister while “maintaining his opportunities within the Finance Ministry” can mean the Kremlin will opt for a policy for austerity this term, an expert told Eurasia Daily.
Mikhail Neyzhmakov, senior analyst at the Agency for...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that disengaging the American dollar from the Russian economy is one of his top goals, as he begins his fourth term in office this week, RBC reports.
Putin said that “the dollar monopoly is dangerous.” The announcement comes as Moscow and Beijing attempt to step up bilateral oil sales...
Thailand-based producer of seafood-based products Thai Union has made an agreement to acquire 45 percent of TUMD Luxembourg, Seafood Source reported.
TUMD wholly owns three Russian companies, collectively known as the DPR Group, a retail-focused fish and seafood business and one of the leading canned tuna producers in the country.
Russia...
Chinese authorities are ready to take part in the construction of a bridge that connects the Peschany Peninsula in the Russian city of Vladivostok and the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Northeast China, Russia’s state news agency RIA reported citing an official city statement.
On Tuesday, the Mayor of Vladivostok Vitaly...
The Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (COREPER) is considering a possibility of placing more Crimean officials on the blacklist of individuals subject to sanctions over Russia-organized presidential elections in the Ukrainian region, TASS agency reported.
“Restrictive measures in respect to actions that undermine or threaten the territorial...
Russia’s State Duma approved Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev for another term at the post on May 8, a day after President Vladimir Putin nominated him to continue at the position, The Washington Post reported.
A total of 374 lawmakers backed Medvedev's candidacy while 56 voted against. The State Duma is dominated...
Members of Russian State Duma’s Legislative Council will discuss the draft law on Russian countersanctions against Western countries on May 11, and the bill is expected to be approved in the first reading on May 15, the council’s chairman Vyacheslav Volodin told Kommersant.
On that same day the lawmakers will adopt...
The Republic of San Marino, a tiny European nation with a total land area of 24 square miles, could serve as a "window to Europe" for Russian companies, since it did not join other Western countries in imposing sanctions against Russia, San Marino's Secretary of State for Internal Affairs...
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), one of the world’s largest transportation and logistics companies, is marking the 20th anniversary of its Russia business, Seanews reports.
The jubilee comes as Russia’s relations with the West are at a low, with U.S. and EU sanctions against Moscow over the Kremlin’s alleged “malign activities”: meddling...
