German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said he wants to resume dialogue and gradually improve ties with Russia, RFE/RL reported. His statement follows a wave of diplomatic expulsions over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England that Britain blames on Russia.
"There is no question of...
Billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov was arrested by Russian police on Saturday on charges of embezzling more than $35 million, in one of the highest-profile prosecutions of a Russian tycoon in years, Reuters reported.
49-year-old Magomedov, who is one of Russia’s richest men, holds assets in construction and logistics through his sprawling...
Russia’s Ministry of Transport said on Saturday that Moscow would demand an official explanation from Britain for why a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane had been subjected to a search at Heathrow Airport on Friday.
According to IANS news agency, the Russian embassy in Britain complained about the search at the...
The latest diplomatic expulsions have left Russia and the West with little capacity for more such largely symbolic measures, setting the stage for less predictable forms of escalation as the rift between the two sides grows, analysts say.
“There is still room for more battles in this diplomatic war, but...
An alleged Russian “front man” for Equatorial Guinea’s kleptocratic ruling Obiang family counts two notable Ukrainian businessmen among his associates, El Pais reported.
One of the businessmen is a former security official who was once imprisoned for smuggling missiles to Iran, while the other is an arms dealer with business...
The AliExpress Russia, a subsidiary of Chinese holding company Alibaba, Mark Zavadsky, will step down in May, RBC reported. He became the first staff member of the online retail service in Russia in 2014 and was in charge of localizing all services.
A spokesman for Alibaba refused to explain the reasons...
Russia's Foreign Ministry has summoned the envoys of a number of countries that expelled Russian diplomats in a row over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in Britain, Reuters reported.
The ambassadors of Germany, France, Britain, Poland, Italy, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the Czech Republic...
Two large Irish banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, may have served to peddle money from one of the most high-profile Russian corruption cases in the past decade, The Irish Times reports.
According to a report submitted to Irish police this week, around $3 million from an elaborate $230 million tax...
Moscow said it is expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and closing the American consulate in St. Petersburg, CNN reported. The Kremlin added it will retaliate in kind to other countries that ousted its envoys after the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the...
The United Kingdom is considering new measures against Russia, which it accuses of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Reuters reported.
On Wednesday, corruption in Russia was discussed in the British parliament, with lawmakers calling for the freezing of assets purchased by Russians using money of dubious origin.
Theresa May’s...
