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Economy

Junker and Putin talk in St Petersburg

Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the St.

Economy

Russia cuts cost of borrowing as inflation falls

Russia's central bank has cut its main interest rate by 0.5 percent to 10.5 percent, signaling confidence by its policymakers that inflation risks are declining.

Russia

Radical performance artist Pavlensky released in Moscow

Radical political performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky has been set free by a Moscow court after spending seven months in jail.

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Business Series

Rosneft's quarterly net profit falls 75 percent

Rosneft's quarterly net profit fell by 75 percent as crude oil prices declined, but Russia's top oil producer also blamed heavy investment in the period.

Russia

Netanyahu meets Putin in Moscow

It is the third time the Israeli prime minister has visited Russia in the last year - this time for the 25th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Business Series

Lukoil profits hit by oil price slump

Russia's Lukoil has said its profits in the first three months of this year were down by 59 percent as oil prices fell to a 12-year low and its output declined.

World

Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "Russia deserves better"

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s fall from grace was spectacular, once Russia’s richest man he was thrown into jail for a decade on what he, and many others, believe were trumped up charges apparently at the be

Sport

Korean Kim fences to saber gold in Moscow

The Luzhniki Stadium complex in Moscow hosted the Russian leg of the fencing World Cup Grand Prix.

Sport

Fourteen Russian athletes test positive from 2008 Olympics

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) said on Tuesday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had informed them that 14 of the country’s athletes have been suspected of doping at the 2008 Beijing…

Russia

MH17 crash: victims families sue Russia and President Putin

The families of victims of downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 have launched a lawsuit against Russia and its President Vladimir Putin.

Russia

US rejects Russia proposal for joint air strikes in Syria

The US has rejected a Russian proposal to carry out joint air strikes against jihadist groups in Syria, saying they have different…

Russia

Police end hostage-taking in attempted Moscow bank robbery

Police in Moscow have freed six hostages taken in an attempted bank robbe ry by a lone gunman.

Russia

Russian opposition leader Navalny attacked by Cossacks

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been injured after being attacked by a group of Cossacks. That is according to his spokeswoman, who says

Business Series

Russia's VTB bank returns to profit, but only just

VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, made a net profit in the first quarter of just 600 million roubles (8.1 million euros) while saying it sees "stabilisation" in the Russian economy.

Russia

Russia: three dead after mass ethnic brawl at Moscow cemetery

A large black car lay upturned in the street. The windows of others parked nearby had all been smashed. A body covered by a black plastic sheet lay

Russia

Russia accuses Estonian man of spying

An Estonian man has reportedly been arrested in St Petersburg, suspected of spying. He is accused of gathering classified information about the

Russia

Russian wildfires continue to rage

Wildfires have continued to rage in Russia’s Far East and Siberia, fanned by hot and dry weather. Some of the flames have reached a farm and

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Russian forest fires

A state of emergency has been declared in Russia’s Amur Region after 17 forest fires spread across an area of 9,700 acres. An amphibia plane is

Russia

Russia gives heroes welcome to Cuban spies

Known as 'The Cuban Five', they were recently released by the US after 15 years in prison for espionage, as part of the thawing of relations between the former Cold War foes.