The Russian rouble weakened on Tuesday, while stock indexes inched lower in early trade on Wednesday as the market followed closely a dispute between Moscow and London over the poisoning of a former doubled agent, Reuters reported.
Britain braced for a showdown with Russia after a midnight deadline set by...
Russia said it will not respond to UK Prime Minister Theresa May's midnight ultimatum over the poisoning of a former spy in Britain unless it is given samples of the nerve agent used in the attack, the Russian foreign ministry has said.
In a statement, the foreign ministry said British...
Despite political turmoil, Russia increased investment in U.S. government securities by 18.6% to $102.2 billion last year, data compiled by the U.S. Treasury Department shows, according to the Izvestya newspaper.
The investment in U.S. securities in 2017 accounted for almost a quarter of the overall amount of Russia’s international foreign...
In a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday, a group of 140 House Democrats urged the President to impose sanctions on Russia in response to Kremlin’s interference campaign in the 2016 election.
“Your actions over the last year have shown that you will constantly excuse President Putin and...
The British government is preparing a range of measures to strike back at Moscow after the Kremlin was linked with the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, The BBC reports.
Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday a "weapons-grade nerve agent" developed by Russia had been used in...
The White House is considering hiring veteran Washington lawyer Emmet Flood, who advised former President Bill Clinton in impeachment proceedings, to assist U.S. President Donald Trump with the Russia probe, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Flood met with Trump in the White House this week, the person...
The only remaining bidder for the Ukrainian subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank is now Belarusian Paritetbank, the country’s 15th biggest lender in terms of assets, owned by the country’s Presidential Property Management Department, Kommersant reports.
This comes after Ukrainian businessman Valery Khoroshkovsky scrapped plans to acquire the asset. Previously, he wanted...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s signing of a decree to introduce customs tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is viewed by Russian experts as a new protectionist measure and political instrument, several Russian newspapers wrote on Monday.
The decree to impose a 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum was...
The European Union on Monday officially extended its asset freezes and visa bans against 150 Russian officials and Russia-backed Ukrainian separatists.
The sanctions were first imposed by the EU against people involved in the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity in 2014 when Russia occupied and illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimea region....
Efforts to maintain trust between market participants, the government and citizens will be discussed by the participants in the 2018 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the press service of the Roscongress Foundation, which organizes the event, reported.
"Economic growth requires financial resources, and the effectiveness of financial mediation in...
