Russia
Could Russia's plan to shun the dollar boost its economy?
The government is preparing a bill to ‘de-dollarize’ the Russian economy in response to incoming US sanctions. Drawn-up using ideas from VTB bank head Andrei Kostin, the bill could be approved by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in just two weeks.
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UK Foreign Secretary calls out Russian cyberattacks in pointed statement
"We will expose the Russian intelligence service" - the message from British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt as Britain takes aim at Russia. The UK foreign office is blaming Russian intelligence services for six cyber-attacks in an aggressive statement that directly implicates Vladimir Putin.
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Man charged in novichok poisoning named as Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga
One of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury has been named as a highly-decorated officer in Russia’s military special forces by investigative website Bellingcat. The man previously named as Ruslan Boshirov is said to be in fact Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga.
