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The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has all the tools required to mitigate the negative effects of US sanctions, its governor Elvira Nabiullina said Tuesday. Nabiullina was addressing investor and public concerns following Monday’s stock sell-off and the decline of the Russian ruble after the latest round of US sanctions targeted Russian business leaders and […]
Media reports that the US is ready to shelter the Skripals under new identities point to the CIA’s role in the poisoning saga and mean they may now vanish for good, without providing key evidence, the Russian envoy to the UN said. Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s UN envoy, was commenting on the report by The Sunday Times […]
The concession took observers by surprise: Not only did the Belarusian government approve the celebration of Freedom Day on March 25, cherished by a small number of nationally conscious citizens, it would also provide the equipment for a concert in downtown Minsk, the capital. Long averse to outward displays of national pride, which have been […]
All Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers are scheduled to undergo “deep modernization,” the Russian Defense Ministry says. The upgrade will involve installation of new engines that will significantly boost their flight range. The new engines are expected to be 10 percent more energy efficient. This would ultimately allow the bombers to fly 1,000 kilometers further, Russian […]
The ambitious Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway project has attracted interest from Madrid, according to the Russian Ministry of Transport. The track is a joint project between Russia and China. “State Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Residential Housing of Spain Julio Gomez-Pomar informed Russian Deputy Minister of Transport Alan Lushnikov about Spain’s interest in participating in the […]
This week:Should the U.S. Meddle in Russia’s Election?Let us know by email or in the comments below. Russia leveled a seemingly stunning allegation against America back in January. The U.S. Treasury Department had sought an extension of sanctions imposed against Russian entities in the wake of Moscow’s efforts to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential elections […]
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Russia’s ban from the Olympic movement was lifted on Wednesday despite two failed doping tests by its athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The decision by the International Olympic Committee appears to be an attempt to draw a line under the state-concocted doping scandal that tarnished the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. The IOC allowed more […]
Published time: 24 Dec, 2017 10:39 A convicted Russian fraudster, who once ran the country’s biggest Ponzi scheme, Sergei Mavrodi, has announced plans to relaunch his digital currency ‘mavro’ on the Ethereum platform. “The time for change is now! We can do a lot!! Financial apocalypse is inevitable,” Mavrodi posted on his website, with a […]
ALAMY St Petersburg: Christmas tree in Palace Square After just a few hours of walking around St Petersburg, my eyes are starting to ache. And it’s not due to the bright sunlight glancing off the snow-covered streets – in fact, the December weather is unseasonably mild and the sky is cloudy and grey, with not […]
