Business Siemens threatens legal action over Russia's 'use of its turbines' in Crimea Sanctions barring EU firms from providing Crimea with energy technology were said to have been ignored by Russia. 10/07/2017
Russia Russian creates special unit to protect state sovereignty Russia’s upper parliament, the Federation Council, has adopted a motion to prevent foreign powers interfering in its internal affairs. It has set 15/06/2017
Business Russian central bank confounds forecasts with interest rate cut Russian interest rates have fallen to 9.5% on the back of better inflation data. 24/03/2017
View Is it all going swimmingly for Vladimir Putin? By Anders Åslund, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington After more than two years of economic contraction, Russia seems to have 07/02/2017
USA Russia's Lavrov: "We expect relations with Washington to become smoother" European allies are nervous, while Moscow seems delighted about the change of guard in Washington 10/11/2016
Russia Russians go to polls in parliamentary election Russians are going to the polls in a parliamentary election, expected to give the ruling United Russia party even greater dominance of the lower house. 18/09/2016
Business Russian key interest rate unchanged Russia's central bank has kept it key interest rate unchanged at 10.5 percent even as inflation falls. 29/07/2016
Business Junker and Putin talk in St Petersburg Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the St. 17/06/2016
Business 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. 08/06/2016
Business Russian interest rates on hold, inflation outlook uncertain Russia's central bank has left its main lending rate at 11 percent and signalled that it is not looking at cuts to the cost of borrowing anytime soon as it focuses on keeping inflation under control. 18/03/2016
Business Avtovaz boss Bo Andersson is out following sales slump Russian car ,manufacturer Avtovaz has dumped its chief executive Bo Andersson after the Lada maker reported a record loss following slumping sales. 07/03/2016
Business 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
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
Business 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
Business 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
Business Russia economy shrank 3.7% in 2015, inflation up 13%, retail sales fall 10% Russia's economy contracted by 3.7 percent in 2015 according to the government statistics service in Moscow. They said retail sales fell by 10 percent and capital investment by 8.4 percent. 25/01/2016
Business Rouble hits new lows, Kremlin unruffled The rouble slumped to new record lows on Thursday, threatening more hardship for ordinary Russians, but the Kremlin denied the currency was collapsing. 21/01/2016
Russia Russia enforces stricter currency exchange rules Russia has put into force measures to keep a closer eye on exchanges from rubles to foreign currency. The Russian Central Bank has decreed that 28/12/2015
Business Russia boosts oil exports to Asia, denting OPEC's drive for customers Russian crude oil exports to Asian countries have increased by almost a quarter this year according to data compiled by Reuters. Sales rose 23 18/12/2015
Business Iran boosts gas export capacity with eye on post-sanctions era The Russian President Vladimir Putin on his first visit to Iran in eight years has held talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Ostensibly for a 23/11/2015
Russia Putin swats down Russian worries on annual televised call-in Concerning everything Russians want to know about their president’s worldview, once a year, Vladimir Putin accepts their questions, sent through a 16/04/2015
Russia Russia Finance Minister slams 'political character' of Moody's downgrade Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Russia’s sovereign rating to below investment grade or junk status, citing the impact from the Ukraine crisis 21/02/2015
