Russia

Economy

Russia's central bank governor wants to lower risks from forex fluctuations

Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina says the bulk of banking loans in Russia should be in roubles to minimise risks related to currency fluctuations.

22/02/2016

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Russia: Icy water chess tournament

Russian winter swimmers found a new way to build up their stamina and concentration – by playing chess in icy water. In a lake in Russia’s Ural

22/02/2016

Culture news

Pavlova tribute highlight of Sochi Winter Festival

Sochi Winter Arts Festival is paying tribute to iconic ballerina Anna Pavlova, the Russian prima ballerina and choreographer whose company, founded in 1911, was the first to tour ballet around the wor

18/02/2016

Russia

Moscow authorities defend bulldozing of small businesses

The authorities in Moscow have defended their right to demolish small businesses they say are illegal and unsafe. Last week they sent bulldozers to

17/02/2016

Russia

Putin and Orban talk migrants, EU relations and gas in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Moscow.

17/02/2016

Culture news

The Little Prince is out of this world in Don't Leave Your Planet

The Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, famous for hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2014 is also the host city for the annual Winter International

17/02/2016

Russia

Europe launches Sentinel-3A satellite to help track global warming

Europe has launched a satellite it is hoped will help predict climate change patterns as well as improve everyday weather forecasting. The

16/02/2016

Russia

Seven killed in Russian gas blast

A powerful gas explosion that destroyed an apartment block in Russia has left at least seven people dead including two children. Other people were

16/02/2016

Russia

Russian lorries stuck as Poland and Ukraine close borders

Russian lorries are facing a tortuous journey to Europe because of separate disputes with Poland and Ukraine. Hundreds have been stuck at three

15/02/2016

Sport

Former Russian anti-doping agency head Nikita Kamayev dies

15/02/2016

World

Medvedev: Syria, Ukraine and the economic crisis - an exclusive interview

Russia is increasingly feared by many in the West as a growing security threat, yet paradoxically it’s one of the key players in finding a solution

14/02/2016

Russia

Syria would be 'chaos' if Assad ousted, says Medvedev

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that if the Syrian peace plan fails, more foreign troops could enter the conflict. Countries such as Saudi

13/02/2016

Russia

Syria ceasefire more likely to fail than succeed, says Russian FM

Russia’s foreign minister said a Syrian ceasefire set to start next week is more likely to fail than succeed. Sergey Lavrov was speaking at a

13/02/2016

Russia

Moscow criticised for flattening kiosks

Moscow authorities have been criticised for the late-night destruction of a number of small businesses around the city. The mayor’s office gave

10/02/2016

Sport

Katusha escape ban for two failed dope tests in 12 months

The disciplinary committee of world cycling’s governing body UCI has ruled that a suspension for Russian team Katusha was not warranted despite two

10/02/2016

Economy

Kremlin 'considering stimulus plan for Russian economy'

The Kremlin is reportedly considering a stimulus plan to revive Russia's battered economy that would support - among others - the car industry, railways, construction and agriculture.

10/02/2016

Russia

Moscow demolishes illegal metro kiosks in night of long shovels

Moscow has begun the large-scale demolition of kiosks and small shopping centres. Sergei Shogurov, head of the capital’s real estate inspectorate

09/02/2016

Economy

To Russia with cash: Chinese tourists offset fall in Western visitors

Russia is enjoying a tourism boom of Chinese visitors who have become the largest group of foreign visitors with numbers more than doubling last year compared with 2014.

09/02/2016

Culture news

Russia's Pussy Riot mocks prosecutor general Yury Chaika in new video

Russian ‘punk’ band Pussy Riot has released a video for a new rap-like protest song. In ‘Chaika’, the all-girl collective takes on the Kremlin and

05/02/2016

Economy

Russian recession set to deepen says central bank

Russia's economy is set to dip deeper into recession according to the latest central bank forecasts as the Kremlin looks at selling stakes in state owned companies.

03/02/2016

Russia

Moscow's homeless living in sewers to escape the cold

Homelessness is on the rise in the capital as the Russian economy suffers from the falling price of oil, its main export.

31/01/2016

Russia

12 dead in suspected arson attack in Moscow

A criminal investigation is underway after fire crews found 12 bodies in the wreckage of a burning building in Moscow. Arson is suspected after the

31/01/2016

Economy

Russia to talk to OPEC about pumping less oil to boost prices

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has confirmed that Saudi Arabia had proposed oil producing countries cut production by up to 5 percent each in order to support weak oil prices.

28/01/2016

Business Line

Oil prices to stay low, Russia suffers

The World Bank has slashed its forecast for oil prices, saying the cost of a barrel of crude will stay near the current lows for the rest of 2016

27/01/2016

Economy

Hopes of a supply cut deal push up oil prices

Crude prices rose on Tuesday on hopes that OPEC and non-OPEC producers may be edging closer to a deal to pump less oil and address a supply glut.

26/01/2016

Russia

Moscow: Litvinenko report could 'poison' relations with Britain

Russia is rejecting the findings of the UK’s inquiry into the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, cautioning that it could “poison”

21/01/2016