The United States has warned governments around the world that they could face sanctions over any "significant transactions" they make with Russia's military, senior U.S. officials have said, according to Reuters.
The warnings officials disclosed on Wednesday to reporters in Washington follow the U.S. State Department's claim this week that...
Russian state-run banks VTB and Sberbank will offer companies interest-free salary loans to ensure they can keep paying workers during the coronavirus crisis, RBC reported on Thursday citing deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.
Speaking at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and business owners, Belousov said the two banks will...
The economic crisis, including the coronavirus pandemic, will continue to manifest itself in the future. To overcome it, coordination of anti-crisis measures on the part of many states will be needed, said a spokesman for the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, as reported by TASS.
"We are aware...
Chinese company CEFC’s bid to purchase a 14.2% stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft has been frozen due to financial issues, Kommersant reports.
According to the report, pouring $9.1 billion into obtaining the stake in the Russian oil and gas company could lead to a substantial increase in CEFC’s Glencore-QIA...
The opinion of Russian citizens toward President Vladimir Putin has become more negative for a third consecutive year as he pursues constitutional changes that will allow him to extend his rule through 2036, according to a survey published by independent pollster Levada Center on Tuesday.
The share of respondents who...
The official unemployment rate in Moscow has risen more than 50% over the past three weeks, with more and more citizens of the Russian capital taking low-paid jobs to keep income coming amid an unravelling economic crisis, the Moscow Times writes.
Alexei Kudrin, head of the state Audit Chamber and a former...
The British government is considering ways to clamp down on the movement of Russian money through London markets. According to The Guardian, Prime Minister Theresa May is looking into imposing a ban on the City of London from helping Russia to sell its sovereign debt, which supports the Russian...
Personal involvement of Russian President Vladimir Putin in resolution of many issues is explained by a "complex mechanism" of public administration existing in Russia, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday in an interview with the Rossiya-1 TV Channel.
Interrelations of the federal center, various authorities, inter-budgetary relations -...
Tensions between the British and Russian governments are making a negative impact on Russian study abroad businesses, Moscow-based analysts say.
“We are worried as I would say any Russian citizen who cares about the development of our own country in the world ,” says Elena Solomonova, who manages education counselling...
A universal approach is needed to the problem of misinformation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday, TASS reported.
He said that the situation around the Financial Times and the New York Times following their allegations of Russia’s underreporting coronavirus mortality figures is to be addressed by Russia’s mass media...
