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France could sell those Russian Mistral warships to China
The ongoing saga over France's potential sale of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia took a new turn Monday with Chinese media reporting that representatives from the French in Shanghai...
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John Kerry is headed to Russia for talks with Putin, but relations with the...
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hopes to explore Russia's willingness to curb its involvement in Ukraine and its support for Syria's president at talks on Tuesday with...
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The last report of murdered Russian opposition politician claims Putin spent...
Prominent Russian opposition politician and Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, who was gunned down on the streets of Moscow in February, has had his final report published today by his former colleagues. It...
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A bird's eye view of Russia’s largest ever Victory Day parade
The following clips were aired by Zevda, the Russian TV network owned by the Russian Ministry of Defence, during Victory Day on May 9th.The footage was filmed with GoPro cameras and shows Russian Air...
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Russia's Putin and South Africa’s Zuma are spending an awful lot of time...
Jacob Zuma is back from Russia, with love for its leader. Again.The South African president, who attended a massive World War II victory parade in Moscow, stayed on for talks Sunday with his...
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Report by late politician estimates Russians lost over $54 billion since...
The explosive posthumous report by Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, titled "Putin. War,"was published on Tuesday.The 64-page report alleges that Russia indeed played an active part in the war...
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Georgian president: I don't know what Russia wants from us
The former Soviet republics of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine are moving inexorably from the orbit of a Russian state that promotes values fundamentally alien to its neighbors, according to Georgia's...
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A report from Russia's assassinated opposition leader claims 200 Russian...
More than 200 Russian military personnel have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to a report based on research begun by slain opposition leader Boris Nemtsov.The estimated death toll...
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Putin's relationship with the 'Saddam Hussein of Russian business' says a lot
Vladimir Putin's relationship with the "Saddam Hussein of Russian business" says everything about how deals are done in the country.Bloomberg's Irina Reznik reports that Putin might takeover a private...
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The legal fees of accused Russian spy in New York City are being paid by a...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A state-owned Russian bank is paying for the legal defense of an employee charged with posing as a banker in New York while secretly spying for Moscow, his lawyer confirmed on...
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The Russian beer market is getting crushed
Russian beer is getting crushed.The Russian beer market plunged by an estimated 9% in the first three months of 2015 compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Russia's biggest...
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John Kerry is still holding out hope for Russia to fulfill the Ukraine peace...
Antalya (Turkey) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said it was a critical moment for Russia and separatists to fulfil a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine, following his...
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Russian oil company furiously denies reports that Putin could raid its $34...
On Wednesday, notoriously publicity shy Russian oil and gas company Surgutneftegas (Surgut) came out swinging after a Bloomberg article accused the company of being used as the Kremlin's piggy bank.The...
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Europe’s largest nuclear power station is storing waste in a 'shocking' way
Concerns have been raised by environmentalists and atomic power experts over the way waste is being stored at Europe’s largest nuclear power station, in crisis-ridden Ukraine.More than 3,000 spent...
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The Pentagon wants its two largest contractors to keep using Russian rocket...
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter and the nation's spy chief this week urged a key Senate committee to amend federal law to allow a joint venture of the two largest US arms makers to use more Russian...
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Runaway prices for a staple Russian vegetable show just how bad inflation is...
Cabbage inflation in Russia is totally bananas.Prices for the leafy green are up 97.59% since July 2014, according to Rosstat data cited by Vedomosti News.Back in July, you could grab one kilogram of...
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Evidence mounts that Russia supplied the missiles that shot down MH17 in Ukraine
More and more evidence is emerging that seems to document a large Russian military convoy that traveled to eastern Ukraine in June 2014 and brought Buk antiaircraft systems to Russia-backed separatists...
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NATO commander accuses Russia of making irresponsible nuclear threats
NATO's military commander accused Russia on Wednesday of making irresponsible nuclear threats, which he said were intended to make NATO think twice about how it responded to Russia's actions in...
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Baltic military chiefs want NATO to call for permanent troops amid Russian...
Baltic states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will seek a permanent presence of NATO troops on their territory to counter increased Russian air and naval activity, the Lithuanian army said on...
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Things are so bad in Russia that one-fifth of the country can barely afford...
Consumer confidence in Russia just sank below levels seen during the financial crisis, with almost one-fifth (18%) of Russians earning only enough to buy food and other basic necessities.The Nielsen...
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