Almost a quarter of Russians polled about U.S. sanctions against their country (23%) aren’t aware that on April 6, Washington tightened sanctions against citizens and companies from Russia, a poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation has shown, according to Russian media.
The survey, conducted on last week, also shows that...
The volume of trade between Russia and China has been rapidly growing, with a 30-percent increase in the first quarter of 2018, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Commerce. The two countries have previously announced they aim to boost trade to $200 billion...
An influential Russian lawmaker has said that Moscow’s sanctioning of U.S. residents in response to Washington’s sanctions is not expected to cause a massive outflow of American companies from Russia, RIA news agency reported.
“The Law on Counter-measures is a framework. The document grants the government the right to introduce restrictive...
Despite U.S.-Russia relations being at a low, Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog has granted a provisional approval to American oilfield services firm Schlumberger for the purchase of a 49% stake in Russia’s Eurasia Drilling Company (EDC), Vedomosti reported.
The government’s Commission for Foreign Investments tentatively decided that the world's largest oilfield service...
Тhe idea of making it a criminal offense for Russians to observe sanctions imposed by the United States is a good one, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview broadcast on Saturday on state TV channel Rossiya 1.
Washington imposed sanctions on some of Russia's biggest companies and...
A probe by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has found no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election, RFE/RL reports.
The committee's investigation into Russia's suspected interference in the election - the findings of which were published in a...
The CEO of Russian state-controlled lender Sberbank has described cryptocurrencies as “immature and overvalued," adding that their tremendous popularity has resulted from attractive investment opportunities offered by these digital assets, TASS news agency reports.
German Gref shared his views on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology during a public lecture in the Moldovan...
The Russian central bank decided to keep its key interest rate unchanged on Friday, halting a rate-cutting cycle in response to new U.S. sanctions, Finanz.ru reported.
The central bank kept the key rate at 7.25 percent, in a move widely expected among experts and investors. The rate was cut twice earlier...
Russia’s top aluminum producer Rusal will make changes to its board and management in order to persuade the United States to remove the company from its latest sanctions list, Reuters reported, citing two sources familiar with the developments.
Rusal, which saw its share plummet after the U.S. Treasury put the aluminum...
The overall sentiment of Russia’s urban middle class toward the economy improved during the first quarter of 2018 almost reaching the pre-crisis level of mid-2014, Vedomosti writes citing data provided by Sberbank, Russia’s biggest banking and financial conglomerate.
According to Sberbank’s Consumer Confidence Index, the so-called well-being index, that is the...
